The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-05
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


ANNA DICKINSON is about to lecture on Wendell
Phillips.
Miss TERBy's aureole of pale Saxon hair says
the New York Mail is now being initiated by ladies of
| fashion.
| Miss OLEA BULL. of Cambridge Mass, the little
daughter of the late Ole Bull already is an
plished violinist.
A SAN ANTONIO, Tex, German insured his life for
50 900 in favor of his wife, upon learning which the
woman became furious, declaring that her husband
had sold himself to the devil, and deserted him and
cannot be found.
| IT found necessary to prove the marriage of
old lady in Maine the other day and after little
search three credible witnesses were produced who
testified that they present at her wedding sixty
! three years ago.
| A PARIS paper says that the English gamblers at
Monaco the most determined and lose the most
1t is said that each day when the play begins the bank
has in hand 100000; the play becomes brisker
this is sometimes raised to 100000 more.
| ACCORDING to the Lyon Medical women practiced
medicine and surgery a century and half ago
There then in Lyons forty master surgeons
and thirteen widows of surgeons in regular practice
All doctors widows had the right practice ned cine
and surgery.
| CoNsrANTINoPLE was much disturbed by the sud
den death of Kadri Pasha. 1t followed the arrival Of
letter purportng to reveal plot to dethrone the
Sultan which Kadri to aid with the Adranople
army, and it whispered that Kadrs death not
wholly due to natural causes.
| CHARLES HOWARD, of Burlington, is rated one
of the wealthiest in Vermont He is bachelor
and the bulk of his property is destined to to pub
lie objects it is said 81 900 900 is the legacy to be
| left to Mrs Evans, Mr.. Towards niece and the wife
of the noted dentist, DR.. Evans who the Aneri
| nd iS 40 6pn II,
DURING some excavations at Epidaurum, in the
Morea, among the ruins of celebrated temple to
/ Esculapus, five statues found. One was a
Roman attired in the chlamys, another satyr. ar7
other Hecate bordering over spells and expiations
and two others of goddesses not yet identified.
Thirty inscribed tablets also found.
GENERAL JOHN G. FREMONT lives at New Brighton,
Staten Island The oldest SON. Jack is naval officer
Frank, another son. is in the regular army and is
stationed in Montana Territory. Mrs. Fremont the
Jessie Benton of so many years ago is still hand
some and noted pianist says that her hand the
keys is the most beautiful hand in New York.
A GENTLEMAN of education and experience adj
vertises in Des Mones paper that he wants employ
ment in writing speeches for members of the Legisla
ture He will prepare on short notice addresses on
any subject desired His terms are So for ten
minutes speech and So for each additional five min
served"
DIR. SCHIEIMANN gives, in letter 70 the British
Academy the results of his examinations in the
mound upon the plain of Marathon, htherto consid
cred the tomb of the Athenians who killed in the
battle The famous excavator found nothing in the
tumulus except fragments of prehistoric pottery,
probably belonging to the ninth century B. c.. and
rude arrow heads of obsidan glass There
traces of human skeletons funeral trappings.
WHILE Russia is reported to he on the eve of abol-
ishing official nobility, Germany, the other hand,
has lately ordered by decree that the style "High
Wellborn is henceforth also to be given to all captains
and ieutenarts Of bourgeois extraction in active
ice and to pensoued army officers not below the rank
IF staif.o1iccrs If captain of bourgeois birth
tires IRON active service without having obtained the
character, Of major he is only entitled to the address
Wel!born while officers belonging to the nobility arc
always High Welborn.'
WHEN Mr.. Gladstone arose in the House of Com
mons to reply to Sir Stafford Northcote in the debate
on the vote of censure he showed himself Sin good
form from the very first sentence. clear and firm in
voice animated in manner, and emphatic utterance.
throughout his speech the House was in a state of
grea excitement but when, after speaking of Gordon
| and his mission he dropped his voice impressivey
and went on to announce the formation Of British