The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-21
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM W. PHELPS has just paid
| $50 900 for plot of land in Washington, and will
build palatal residence there.
Mrs. PARNELL the mother of the Irish agitator, is
in extremely feeble health, yet she attends meetings
occasionally and delivers addresses.
| THE New Orleans Christian Advocate says; ''It is
too late to cry out against the intermngng of the
races. No power on earth can prevent it"
PRESIDENT Won AHE, of the st, Louis Baseball
club is said to be building eight brown-stone houses
with his share of profits of the club games.
LAURA BRIDGEMAN, the blind deaf-nute,
ffty-ve years old makes touching appeal to the peo
pie of Boston to establish special kindergarten for
| blind children.
! SENATOR CoNGER is the only member of the Senate
who wears dress coat during the sessions of that
body. His most conspicuous predecessor in that
spect was Hannibal Hamlin.
MRS. GAINES, the famous litgant, denies chat she
is rich During fifty years of effort she has not
cred enough properly to pay her lawyers and she is
now in stratened circumstances.
| PICCoLoMINI who operatic sensation in
this country quarter of century ago is old
woman in very destitute circumstances. Her cond
ton is attributed to her having married italian
marquis
Miss EVA MAoKgY daughter Of the bonanza king
is the head of society of young ladies who go about
doing what good they can among the worthy and de
serving poor of Paris. 1t is society that has abund
ant financial capital
PRINCESS FREDERICK of Hanover, has opened an
exhibition in London for the benefit of the London
"Flower Girl Brigade" The visitors are supplied
with bouquets by little street waits dressed in alpaca
dresses, snow-white caps and bright blue ribbons.
THERE is under contract to be erected in New York
an eighteenstory building At present there are sew
eral buildings in that city high to be above the
reach of the fire engines. The Legislature has under
consideration bill to limit the height of buildings
| II. ]. MAcKAY OF Washington has the original of
letter written by Gen. Andrew jackson, in which the
birthplace of the famous leader is mentioned Ian
caster s. c. Parton and other historical writers have
| said that Gen. jackson was born in Union county
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PHILLIPS BROOKS, who is altogether the biggest
man in Boston now is going to England again next
| year. He has been invited to preach the four uni
versty sermons at Cambridge Bishop Littlejohn, of
Long Island was the last gentleman who was similar
| ly honored.
THE silent Won Moltke," it is said, seated
in railroad carriage with his aiddecamp, when an
other officer crowding past him to get out said par
don me and few moments later, again said pardon
| ne;" whereupon the field marshal, annoyed at such
prodigal waste of verbage, turned to his aide and
| growed that chatterer!"
| SENATOR EDMUNDs is an agreeable and rather fas
cinatng companion. He lives in good style but enter
| tains rarely He has appearance of austerity
which does not go beneath the surface. He loves
| good story and can tell one we'll He is rich man
but not millionaire. His law practice has been very
remunerave during the past ten years, but the bulk
| of his fortune previously acquired.
PROBABLY the smallest and most unique postofice
in the world is barrel which swings from the outer
most rock of the mountains overhangng the Straits of
Magellan opposite Terra del Fuego Every passing
ship opens it to place letters in it take them out
Every ship undertakes to forward all letters in that it
is possible for it to transmit The barrel hangs by
iron chain beaten and battered by the winds and
storms but no locked barred Office on land is
| ONE morning Jerrod and Compton proceeded to-
gether to view the pictures in the Gallery of Iustra
! don On entering the ante-room they found them
| selves opposite to a number of very long looking
| glasses Pausing before of these, Compton re-
| marked to Jerrold: You've come here to admire
works OF art Very WE'LL first feast your eyes on that
work of nature! po;ating to his own figure reflected
| in the glass Look at it; there's a picture for you
Yes said Jerrod regarding Il iptently very line
very fine indeed" Then turning 90 his friend
| Wants hanging, thought
| A MAGNIFICENT club called the Athen@uI
Club has just been started in Madrid The house
has cost $3.50 900 raised by subscription among its
own members. Though it is neither remarkable fo
its architectural merit for its comfort, it has
noble library, with 10000 volumes and its corridors
are hung with portraits of former presidents and of