The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-30
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


Mr. ROBERT P. PORTER has joined the editorial
staff of the Philadelphia Press
THE Rev. John S. Inskip president of the National
Campmeetng Association and editor of the Christian
Standard is not dangerously i'll as was reported
last week. and his attendants declare his condition to
be by no means alarming.
Mrs. FRANCES HoDGsoN BURNETT, who taken
seriously i'll last summer has not yet fully recovered
She is now in her thirty fifth year and is lady of
toleraby petite stature trfe given to embonpoint.
In conversation she is most vvacious and entertain
ing, and is sadly missed in Washington society.
l. FEW days since private in the Hampshire regi-
ment, at Gosport, in England, called upon the Al
mighty TO strike him blind. A little while afterward
he felt drowsy, and threw himself on a bed On try
ing to open his eyes he could not do and he is
under treatment at the Hasiar Military Hospital not
having recovered his sight Such at least is the &C.
count given in an English paper.
SIR JOHN LUBBOCK has trained a black poodle to
present different cards when it desires be fed or to
go out The words food" "out" and bone" are
printed them and the animal has been successfully
trained to associate these cards with the desired
events of the day Presently those people who haven't
any dogs will be taxes to pay for the education in the
public schools, of the dogs owned by their neighbors
Sir John Lubbock should be called upon to halt.
YOUNG Henri Rochefort has returned to Paris
physical wreck after his experience with NJ de Brazza
the Congo. African fevers have robbed him oe his
hair and teeth, but in those respects his father tells
him, the wg-makers and the dentists will soon make
him as good as The young is disguised with
NJ de Brazza, whom he regards as an mpractcable
dreamer. He is trying, Rochefort says to win the
favor of the savages by atery which taxes the form
Of initiate Thnes is gFs -, at clothes, drinks
only water and lives cocoanuts and bananas.
BISHOP POTTER has addressed letter to the clergy
Of the diocese of New York in which he says that
ing to old age and nfrmtes he has to hope
that he shall be able to the functions of
his Office and transfers the without reserve to
Dr. Henry Potter, the assistant bishop. Power is
thus conferred the assistant TO take action the
presentment of charges against Rev. Heber Newton,
for expressing heterodox views from his pulpit, and
the cergymen who have been opposing Mr.. Newton in
his promise to bring about a speedy trial.
GOT the actor, being recently in a small town in the
south of France volunteered for benefit for the poor
His drew crowds. The mayor turned over in his
prosy and pompous mind what he coulddo in acknowl
edgement. He invited the actor to complimentary
breakfast and placed before him egg in which ten
golden louis concealed. Got took spoonful,
and, discovering the contents ceased eating The 9th
guests who in the secret watched him atten-
lively and the hostess inquired why he did not finish
the egg. Madame he replied, Inever eat the yolk"
'Do you throw it away2 she asked with astonshment
mo, 1 always leave it for the poor"
AS FAR as health of body and mind is concerned,
Frederick Douglass will make perhaps better hus-
band than many of the dudelike weak-looking young
men of fashion who take out licenses in Washington
every week two. He is in splendid health A great
giant of a man. he weighs two hundred pounds,
and walks briskly along the streets Wall street
broker. His hair is white wool, and it
stands out from his head like the snakes of
the Medusa He has big head, a big neck,
and big frame. He is perhaps the richest negro in
Washington, and is worth about one hundred thou
sand dollars. His present income is nearly if not
quite Thousand dollars year, he will have
enough to keep his white wife in a white way
SPEAKING of the marriage of Frederick Douglass,
the Rochester Democrat says: Mrs. Douglass is the
daughter of Gideon Pitts of Honeoye in the town of
Richmond Ontario county, and is very intelligent
lady of spotless character Mr. Pitts was original
Aboltionist and of the most sterling worth and
of large influence in his community. In Honeoye at
an early day abolition conventions We're of frequent
occurrence, and many of the abest antislavery
tors have spoken there; and thus the place edu-
Gated not only in antslavery ideas but received
intellectual culture of high order WELL which has
rendered it only intelligent but has also freed
from many of the prejudces of caste 1t in such
a community and amid such influences that Mrs.
she has the courage of her opinions"