The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-19
ABOUT PEOPLE.

JUDGE LAWRENCE, Comptroller of the United
States Treasury. is said to own four thousand
acres of farming land in Ohio.
BILL NYE, who has acquired reputation as a
humorous writer in connection with the Lara
ME Boomerang, has bought an interest in the
Chicago Eye.
MRS. HANNING, the only surviving sister of
Mr. Carlyle, has peremtory refused to permit
the publication of large collection of her
brothers letters which she possesses. Mrs.
Hanning has been settled in Canada for about
forty years past.
Miss CATHERINE L. WOLFE, of New York, gave
| a reception at her new villa, in Newport, on
Saturday, the first ever given within its wall.
The property is the finest in the city, having
cost over 100000. The dining room was
dressed with wild grape vines, attached to
which were luscious punches from lighthouses.
Mrs TREyINo, wife of General Trevino and
daughter of General Ord, of Texas, is slowly
dying, and it is said tn at ter baby, the interna-
tional baby" will die, too. General Diaz, the
child's godfather. gave him a valuable estate.
The reason of his generosity lies in the fact that
both he and TreviIo were at one time RIVALS for
the Mexican presidency.
THE parish of Kinkais, In Finland is now
boastng of its DR.. Tanner in the person of a
peasant. According to the NOvoe Vremya, this
faster has existed without any kind of food for
thirty days and thirty nights. He differs from
the American doctor, however in this respect
that with him the fasting is not trial of his en-
durance, but simply case OF idleness. He is a
middle-aged man, fit for work, but extremely
Idle The neiGhbors keep his wife and children,
but leave him entirely to his own devices. He
is therefore content to prolopg his existence on
nothing but water and tobacco. The long fast,
however, has made him dreadfully thin.
Mr.. JOHN W. DONALDSON has finished his
statue of Pere Marquette, for which he re-
ceived a commission year ago from Mr.. Bella
Hubbard, of Detroit. OF course, it Is largely an
ideal work, but it follows closely all aitainable
descriptions Of the great missionary pioneer. 1t
represents a man nearly six feet tall, about
thirty years old, well proportioned and
erect, with massive head and broad shoulders
The face ia intellectual and dignihed, with high,
full forehead large, kindly eyes, straight, prom
nent nose, thin nostrils, large mouth, and
strong, heavy lower jaw and chin. The figure is
clad i'll a long, loose robe, with girtlle at the
waist. The right hand holds an open Bible
GEN. GHoURKo still remains Governor general
of Poland. The story went that he was to be
recalled on account of the speech that the made
several weeks ago at the Russian Club at War
saw. In this speech he said "You may be con-
WINGED that your appeal to my Russian heart
has not been in vain; that shall act as Rus
sion patriot, and that 1 shall defend you and
Russian honor with all my power against the
attacks Of all enemies, whoever they may be, to
my last breath. Our cause is the cause of all
Russia, the cause of all Slavs it will, and must,
therefore, be victorious; to 1t the future belongs,
however much our German neighbors may pro-
test and intrigue against IT." This expression
OF faith could hardly have shocked Alexander
I'LL
GABRIELLE GREELEY, the daughter of Horace
Greeley, who recently bought her fathers estate
at Chappaqua, N Y, is described as a tine-look-
ing young woman OF rather retiring manners
She was her fathers youngest and also his IA
vOrite daughter In her personal appearance
however, she resembled her mothers family,
being brunette, while Ida and Pickle favored
their father. Gabrielle is woman of great
nerve, WHICH was displayed at the above men