The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-02

THE Mormons, ii is said, had more missionaries
in the field last year than the American Missionary
Society.
800 TREASURY note made entirely with pen is
IN possession Of in Philadelphia Experts have
been deceived BY it.
Mr.. WALTER BEsANT, who is careful student OF
his profession and its details states that throughout
England ninetsnths of the books read are novels.
JANE GRAY SwIssHEIM said before she died: "Oh
but is good to have lived and suffered and worked.
to know that nothing can go wrong with if only
do right
LIEUTENANT GREEDY had little boy, born to him
while he was absent and the child is nearly three
years old. His wife has been living in San Diego,
CAL, but is now ON her way East.
PRINCE Louis, the youngest of Plon-Plon, is
undergoing military service in regiment at Blois
He is said to be bright handsome youth very popu
lar and ardently attached to his father
THERE is house in Kingston, N. H, which has
been painted red, white and blue The owner,
pensoner has thus periodically adorned his premises
the ground that the government has paid for it.
ONE of the Boston theaters is now occupied by no
other employees than women by whom all parts Of an
opera played the tickets sold and collected,
the auditors shown their Seats and the orchestral
music made.
DR.. SETTER, in the Boston Medical and Surgical
journal recommends beef tea made very hot with
red pepper for delirium tremens London surgeon is
stated to have treated $50 cases successfully with
this remedy alone.
GENERAL SHERIDAN was recently asked who were
with him in his famous ride he said: Sandy For
sythe and Col 0'Keefe, of my staff. Forsythe Is
down in New Mexico now, Ieutenant-colonel Of the
Fourth Cavalry. OKeefe killed at the battle Of
Five Forks
THE remains of the late Prince of Orange were IN
TERED at Delft famous for its blue earthenware and
as being the of the murder of William the 81
lent The church, beneath which is the royal vault
containing the dust Of thrty-three members of the
House Of Orange, is noted for its fine bells.
THERE is one newspaper man in America who owns
private palace car, worth $4,000. This distn-
guished journalist is Mr. E. H. Talbot, manager Of
the Railway Age. However, his paper is a weekly.
he should run daily for few months, you would
have to look for his in the shop Of the junk gentle
man.
SIR ARTHUR HoBHoUsE remarked at a recent
meeting in London that he could understand that
Sunday might be made so dull that men would be-
driven to work to relieve the tedium Of the day but
he could not understand how they could be tempted
to doso by giving them opportunity Of enjoying
themselves
Chassis the oldest game now in use 1t was originally
played in India where tradition says was invented
5000 years ago. The Indian game however was
much improved as it traversed other nations. Il
reached China and then came through Persia to
Europe Before the sixteenth century there had been
fifteen writers chess of whom seven were Asiatics
AT Minnesota lakeside hotel fne-looIing roast
spring chicken was brought on and being attacked
BY the head Of the table suddenly took notion to
dart from the plate, and after wildly leaping about
the diningroom, to the CONSERVATION Of everybody,
disappeared out of the window. It appears that the
spring of this chicken cooled up inside and that
this time it was the landlords joke.
The electric railway at Brighton in England il a
success. runs along the shore every ten minutes
picking up passengers as it goes and can be stopped
when hailed, as easily omnibus. Its motion is
sliding and pleasant Its capacity is apparently un-
limited It is to be extended to the western end Of
Brighton beach, and is then expected to yield very
handsome revenue to its promoters.
Mr.. MATTHEW ARNoLDs visit to this country
with his eldest daughter has really resulted in
Strengthening the bonds Of union between England
and America, and, as SUCH is the only notable case
Of the kind on record Mr. Frederick W. Whit
ridge, who will marry the young lady is a distn-
guished Independent Republican as well as graduate
Of Yale college lecturer on legal subjects and New
York lawyer.
THE Council Of State in Paris has issued decree
modifying the rules by which uniformity of height In
the houses in Paris is secured The height Of build
ing, before is to depend great extent upon the
breadth Of the roadway. Thus, in streets less than
metres 80 centimetres wide IL metres is the max
imum elevation; while in streets of 20 metres and
more in width 20 metres are allowed This measure,
however does not apply to public buildings.
A sEAMsTREss arraigned in a New Haven
court last week on charge Of having stolen three
here fbat ga
on her baby. In order TO find out the truth Of her
story, the baby, which was eleven months old, was
brought into the courtroom and the three coins
placed table near it's mothers chair. The baby
looked at the coins for moment and then clutched
them with nisers eagerness refusing to give them
up The seamstress was allowed to go free.
Mrs. CUSTER, the widow of General Custer. is at
the Ocean House. Swampscott accompanied by her
sisterin-law Mrs. Calhone. By singular as well as
sad coincidence both these ladies lost their husbands
in the same battle with the Indians on the Yellow
stone and it is said that both received the news Of
their widowhood the day and hour. Mrs. Custer
rarely refers to her dreadful sorrow and lives under
it patiently and meekly and it has been repeatedly
denied that she made the criticism the blunders Of
the battle which have been in times past attributed to
her The two ladies at the hotel are the objects Of
much kind and consderate attention.
BOSTON HERALD writer at the summer school Of
philosophy declares that the always shines when
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe visits Concord. There is the
glow Of life in the clear sky and there is the quicken
ing Of life when it is known that she is to speak She
is one Of the few women Of our day who can appear
on the platform without making one wish she were
She never does anything unwomanly, but, OBJ
servant she is Of the forms of society she
complacenty conyentiona she dares to say what she
thinks She says it boldly, gracefully, with certain
fascination, and, though herself beyond the
seventies she all her weight of yeats and learn
ing lightly, like flower"
LABoUcHERE, in the London Truth says: "A lady
Of my acquaintance recently from America with
the intention of passing few weeks here. Having