The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-04

sewing for them assisting with the family sew
ing, besides dressing herself we'll She was to
have no "outs," and if upon trial she suited she
might receive as much as SIG month,
THE Boston Courier says that in that city re-
Gently two gentlemen were overheard discussing
a threat made by Washington crank to assassi-
nate Governor Butler on his last visit to the ma
tiOnal capital SIT would have saved us good
deal If he had done it," the first speaker remark
ed, grimly. "Oh, I'm glad he did not" was the
significantly ambiguous retort SIT would be a
lasting disgrace to Massachusetts to have him
Ole outside the State"
WHEN the daughter Of Lady Gordon eloped ie
became necessary to apprise her mother of the
TACT. Her daughter had run away with young
lord with whom she had been dancing at bail
given by the Duke of Devonshire ooh! heav.
ems" cried the poor mother, ''on such cold
night, too, and without her flannel peutcOat!
Ana to think that it is all my fault, because
wanted to set off the delicacy of her shape to
catch the Duke of Bedford"
JAMES CAREY, the informer on the Phoenix
Park murderers Is thus described: Anybody
who expects Fenian informer TO be a man of
necessarily pale and sallow complexion, with
shrunken form and wizened features, and a gen.
eraly ill-conditioned appearance about him, de.
noting that he is prey to remorse and nervous
terrors, would be extremely surprised to see the
individual to whom our knowledge of the
Phoenix Park murderers is chiefly owing, as he
lolled comfortably enough in the witness chair
to-day and yesterday. He is as fat and ford a
traitor as could be imagined.
EX-SENATOR DAVID DAVIS, who, with his wife,
is stopping at the Palace Says the San Francisco
Post, absolutely refuses to talk about politics.
No reportorlal ingenuity can extort political
opinion from him, but he is loud in his praises of
the beauties Of the State, and particularly those
of southern California He regards the beauty
| OF Yosemite as peerless, but says 1t could be
judiciously improved by the expenditure of some
money by the State. He cannot understand why
| the people Of the State do not make liberal APP
preparation for the maintenance of this great
natural park whereby the number of visitors
from abroad could be increased from two thou.
sand to twenty thousand.
MRS. LOWELL, wife of the American minister
to England, is in very delicate health, and was
not able TO go to court last season. This year,
| however, she resolved to run the risk of attend
ing the first drawng-rOom, but was obliged to
apply for dispensaton in some small matter Of
costume. The Queen, besides asserting to Mrs.
Lewell's request, sent a private message that
| she was on no account obliged to come to the
drawing-room unless she received the permits
sion of her medical advisers, and that, if they
could not sanction her attendance at the palace,
her Majesty would have much pleasure in pay
ing her visit at the legation Mrs. Lowell was
so much pleased at the Queens friendly SYM
pathy that, In order to testify her appreciation,
| she attended both drawing rooms.
THE growing popularity of the royaI game
of whist as social amusement serves to recall
the saying of Charles James Fox, that there was
but one greater pleasure in life than losing at
whist, and that was-winning; and recalls also
the keener wit of Canadian lover of whist and
everything English Colonel Ormond retired
officer in the English army, had long been noted
| for peculiarly robust but penetrating profanity,
and also for the rat-terrier tenacity with which
he contended in whist for the odd trick. After
playing his favorate game sixty years for about
eight nights in the week, 1t is not strange that
he died. Colonel Ormand is dead" said Mr.,
Wetmore, the morning after the gallant Briton's
demise. "Ah2" said Mr.. Almon. ''Yes," said
Wetmore, "he'll not be troubled any more about
the odd trick" NO." said Almon, but he'll
have more trouble about the last TRIUMPH