The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-01
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

In Washington it is considered probable that Lieu
tenant Greedy will next winter be given place in the
Signal Service, with the rank of major colonel
THERE is movement in st. Louis to celebrate the
discovery of America It has been predicted for
years that the of the discovery Of America would
at length reach St. Louis.
A SAN FRANCISCO woman is suing man for $1o,-
600 damages, because on the 21st of last month he
promised to marry her within "a reasonable Time y
and has not yet fulfilled the agreement
BEN" WADE's old home, at jefferson, O., is still
occupied by his venerable widow and one of his SONS
Captain Henry p Wade. The famous senator's little
Office, near by contains all his books and papers,
disturbed
MAN in Denver is the happy possessor of the pipe
and tobacco pouch of the once famous Ute chief
| Ouray. The wooden stem seems to have been made
from the spoke of wagon, captured, probably, from
some whites It is two feet long and of hickory.
A LADY residing Arch street. Allegheny, has not
been out of bed for years. nor raised to
sitting position. She is afflicted with spinal dis
| ease, and has passed through number of trying
operations. She is cheerful in the midst of her
affection, and word of complaint passes her
| lips.
Mr. TIIDEN is spending very quiet summer at
Greystone His health has improved perceptbly, and
various improvements that he is making He is much
interested in the alterations being made in the Viking
preparing her for southern trip during the coming
winter.
WHEN Dickens was employed by Warren, the black
ing maker it was part of his duty write poetical
and other advertisements. Here is one of the novel
lists early productions
II pitied the dove for my bosom was tender
pitied the sigh that she gave to the wind;
But ne'er shall forget the speculative splendor
OF Warrens jet backing, the pride of mankind"
THE remarkable suit against the Duke of Bruins
wick, now in court at Wetzlar, and which begun
in 1904, involves claim set up by the Counts of
Solberg against the administrators of the Ducal P
yate Domain for the restitution of certain estates
forests, and mines In the Hartz Mountains The
property is valued at nearly So 100000. After the
suit first begun it was carried on continuously for
half century.
In the German Empire seventeen years ago there
were 800 towns with populations of between 5000
and 5000, which were without railway accommoda-
tons. In the year 1880 the number of such towns
was only 1872 Of towns having populations Of be-
tween 900 and 5000 there are in theempir ,975
of which only 468 had any railway accommodation
seventeen years ago. By 1880 the number of towns
so provided had risen to 932
MAN living on the outskirts of Boston was recently
a nuisance in the shape of piggery. II SO happens
that the Everett town line runs through the mans
ground and, taking advantage of the fact the man
has by moving his offensive establishment few feet
put his swine colony beyond the jurisdiction of the
Boston officials farm SO located ought to command
an exceptional price in the real estate market
This time tits the wild woman, and not man.
She has been discovered in Iowa, near Dubuque by
hunters, supplied in all probability with pocket
TASKS. They got square look at her. She has. as
matter of course, all the accessories Of the awd
man, the unearthly scream the wild glare and un-
natural uster of the eye the jet black hair hanging in
disheveled locks over the shoulders no clothes to
speak of, and all that sort Of thing The accounts
omit to state whether the hunters had much of head
ache after their experience
Miss VIRGINIA PRESTON CARRINGToN of yir-
gina, has scrapbook containing large collection of
antique relics, consisting Of letters and autographs
Among them are letters from Washington Irving,
James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Daniel Webster,
Thomas II. Benton, Patrick Henry and Sarah Henry,
his mother together with great number of Others.
1t has been stated and doubtless believed until re.
Gently refuted that the family Of Patrick Henry was
exceedingly ilhterate unable to read or write This
shows that the mother of the distinguished
orator wrote splendid letter, in fine, bold hand.
THAT Mime. Loyson has always been q help and
never hndrance to her honored husband writes
Boston Transcript correspondent lis beyond dispute
She has assisted him in various ways and for some
time in Paris let all of her which she could pos
by spare to stranger tenants that she might in that
way increase their own limited finances. Nine 10y
sen IS charged with extravaganza Few women are
further from that fault than the wife Of Pere Hya,
cinthe. am very that her lifelong stock of
'Worths gowns have never decreased the home com
FORTS interfered in any way with the good works Of
either, or materially lessened their family ex-
chequer"
CAT endowed with extraordinary animal instinct
is reported from Ulster county, New York. Shefeeds
her little family Of three kittens on fish, which she
catches in pond near by, and onforces degree of
decorum in the table Of her offspring that is
truly remarkable, When she comes in with q meal
she will not permit any miscellaneous scrambling az
ter it. by which kitten might get more of the din
ner than its mate; but she lays the morsel fish Or
bird, as may be, before Of the young ones. The
other two she oblges to remain quietly at distance
while the is eating enforcing her authority against
any protest their part by frequent cuttings When
the kitten has eaten onethrd Of the meal the old cat
removes the dinner and places it in front Of another
kitten, who eats its third Of the meal unmolested,
when the third kittens turn comes The kitten that
is served FIRST day becomes the last on the list
the next day, and that rotation is maintained with UNI
varying partialty day after day
The Central Committee