The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-14
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

THE Bank of England has a floating balance of
500, 900 600 and the bank notes. if stretched to-
gether end to end, would reach distance of Il, 500
miles.
MRS GLADSTONE who is a very homely and usually
a very badly dressed woman, says a recent London
letter has taken wearing the richest clothes and the
finest diamonds.
The name of the Arizona mining district, Qui-
otoa is pronounced "Keho-toa the Tho" very short
1t is supposed to big basket, and to aude to
the shape of the mountain.
Mr.. AYsKEH KABAYAMA, a student at Wilbraham
Academy who there last Sunday christened and
received into the Methodist Church. is a son of the
communicative chief of the Japanese army.
Rosa BoNHEUR is now able to go out of doors She
has derived much benefit from medical treatment
and a complete cure is expected She will spend
the rest of the winter and the early spring in Paris
! GENERAL FITz JOHN PORTER when student at
Exeter Academy fine scholar, the best swimmer,
marbleplayer and athlete in the school. None had
higher reputation for honor. integrity and character
| than he.
WE published lately incident which occurred
during visit of the Emperor of Germany to the great
needle mandatory at Kreuznach. A mechanic of
Newark N. j. seeing the same statement in the New
York Sun took hair from his own beard on the first
attempt bored it. reamed the eye, threaded it with
silk and sent it to the editor.
! Mrs. SARAH j. EVANS, bride of year, went with
her husband into the Union army in 1861. She cared
| for the wounded made many camps comfortable, and
at Arlington in 1862 originated what Is now known
as Decoration Day" She in the army four years.
Her death occurred in Des Moines few days ago and
at her funeral Crocker Post, g. A. r., of which she
honorary member, gave her body escort to the
grave.
| AN English NJ. p when standing for an Essex
sfituency is said to have been interviewed by an
dertaker as to his vote. Anxious to secure it, the
learned candidate ordered coffin of him. This
forwarded London but, unable to induce his wife
to tolerate it in the bridal chamber or his servants to
allow it in the neither regions he had it carried down
to Lincons Inn, placed on end, fitted with shelves,
and used as bookcase
Lucy STONE relates the following anecdcte of the
late Wendell Phillips: II remember when the worlds
anti-slavery convention was held in London in 1910.
Mr.. Phillips sent delegate, accompanied by
two ladies. On arriving at London the ladies
not admitted the convention and consequently Mr..
| Phillips refused to go in Those in attendance at the
convention did everything in their power to induce
| him to change his mind but he remained firm, and
| did not go in"
On of Horace Greeleys visits TO Pike county he
nearly trod upon rattesnake, A friend killed the
snake and afterwards had the skin tanned and worked
into pair of slippers, which presented to the
great editor. Mr.. Greeley priced them highly until
the failure of the Fourierite experiment. when dis
| liking to see anything that reminded him of Pike
county he gave the slippers TO his brother who now
lives in western Pennsylvania, and still retains them
| in his possession.
! A CORRESPONDENT of the London Telegraph says
| that an Arab woman when left a widow, mourns her
husband much, but often marries again. The night
before her second marriage she pays a visit to her
first husbands grave. There she knees and prays
him not to be offended. As, however. she feels he
may be- she brings with her donkey laden with two
goat-skins filed with water. The prayer ended she
pours the water the grave to keep him cool under
the circumstances about to take place and having
well satisfied him, departs.
'ONE March day" says the venerable Bishop
| Pierce (MethodisD, of Georgia. Il rode ten miles
| through y drenehng rain to Fatrock chapel only to
| find two persons there, and boy After
waiting few minutes said: We might well leave
here. there will be no congregation But the man
quietly responded: Through FIVE miles of peting rain
| l have come to hear preaching I my duty and
| replied You right You entitled to it. For
one hour addressed my little congregation, and
never listened to with more attention"
| THERE is in recent English magazine pretty
story of Harriet Martiueaus lawn at Ambleside. She
could get turf for love money; but one morning
she found cartload of turf lying the gravel which
had been pitch forsed the wall On bit of pa
per, pinned to slab of the turf was scrawled ITO
Harriet Martineau, from lover of her Forest and
Game Law Tales Peacher." The writer adds