The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-18
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

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THE second daughter of Mr.. Foster, our minister
to Spain, will make her debut in Washington society
this winter.
SECRETARY LINcoLN's little son is named Abraham,
for his grandfather, but he is called. not ABE" but
Jack, for short.
Ex-CoNGREssMAN JOHN R. LYNCH, colored, is
soon to be married to Miss Ella Somerville, a well
known teacher in the colored schools in Washington.
THE New York Freeman NEGRO organ) suggests a
fund of $4,000 for Gen. Grant, to be contributed
by the colored people of the country in 81 sub
scriptions.
AFTER Robert J. Burdette's last lecture in Boston,
a wel-dressed young lady is reported to have said to
her companion: "If I could get him alone some
where in the dark I'd hug him."
BELvA LocKwooDs tricycle. was run over and
ruined by a cab on Saturday. The tricyclist politician
had left her steed in front of the White House while
she went in to call on Mr.. Arthur.
Mrs. j. ELLEN FOSTER, of Iowa, the ablest Of all
the women temperance advocates, declares that TEN.
perance work should be a great moral reform, outside
of politics, at least so far as having a political organi.
cation"
ITEMS like the following are beginning to drift
through the press and point the march of events; IAN
old lady of ~eightysix years, living in Lewis county,
Washington Territory, cast her maiden vote at the
last election"
CAPTAIN F. P. BROwNELL, who avenged the death
of Colonel Ellsworth by shooting his murderer, holds
aposition in the United States custom service in Cleve-
land. He retains possession of the gun with which
he accomplished the act.
Mrs. LYNN LINTON and Mrs. Caldecott will bring
out a magazine in London at the opening of the com
ing year. 1t is to be as like the Century as possible,
without the illustrations, but instead of pictures it is
to have all the gossip of London, Paris, Berlin, Rus.
STA and Italy-and all for twelve cents.
IT Is said that by general consent the late Lord
Mayor of London, Mr.. Alderman Fowler, was the
most popular chief magistrate of recent times. 1t is
calculated that as many as $500 guests were enter
tanned at dinner at the Mansion House last year, and
5000 more at balls and other entertainments
THE new Life and Letters of George Eliot" " by
her husband, Mr.. Cross, to be published soon, is said
to be a most interesting book, though it does not con-
tain much that is new with regard to the main facts
of George Eliot's life. The book consists mainly of
letters and short pieces, marked by the usual clear
ness of expression and concentrated power of the
writer.
ARAB BEY and his fellow exiles in Ceylon complain
of i'll eatment They pleaded guilty on the distinct
understanding that if their property was confscated
they would receive an adequate allowance to support
themselves and their families in exile. Two governors
of Ceylon have successlvely declared that their allow
ance is not adequate. But the Egyptian government
refuses to increase it.
THE profits to Moody and Sankey on The sale of
their revival hymn books are said to have reached half
a million dollars. No other publications in that field
have approached these in popularity. The proceeds
are divided equally between the evangelists. Moody
has endowed a school with a part of his share, and it
is now reported that Sankey is about to do something
handsomely philanthropic.
IT is alleged by one who has been cured of a con.
suming taste for alcoholic stimulant that a half ounce
of ground quassia stepped in a pint of vinegar; a
small teaspoonful of the decoction to be drunk in a
little water every time the thirst comes on, affords a
certain cure. In afew days the liquor craving will
have entirely disappeared. This is a cheap, simple
and harmless remedy for a very serious and expensive
passion.
ACERTAIN Mr.. Cole, who has for many years been
the superintendent of a Church of England Sunday
school in the north of London, recently married his
deceased wife's sister. The local clergy thereupon re-
fused to admit him to the holy communion, on the
ground, probably. that he was a notorious evil liver"
and the Bishop of Bedford, with great pain, " has in
dorsed the action of the clergy. Mr.. Cole has replied
to the letter by joining a Nonconformist congregation.
A MAN in Jones county, GA, OWNS a carriage made
from timbers of the famous frigate Old ronsides."
The carriage was originally made for General jackson
by some enthusiastic New York Democrats. The
General invited his successor, Martin Van Buren,, to
itol on tho day of the latter's inauguration. 1t was a
very high affair, with folding steps reaching almost to
the ground. The interior, in its day, was finely up