The Indianapolis journal., 1884-07-10
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

ALoNDoN dentist has invented an electric lamp to
go into the mouths of patients and illuminate the
ernous tooth.
In Vienna lately banker of note was expelled
from the most fashionable clubs in the city for threat
ening to shoot servant who denied that the soup
cold.
In Queensland, immunity from punishment in
duces the white men to think nothing Of taking the
lives Of natives and the latter killed for stealing
few pieces of tobacco as was the case with skipper
st Dufaure Island. For traing theft he shot three
men whom he suspected
THE Oldest delegate to the Democratic national CON
vention this year is DR. Uriah Terr of Virginia. who
is ninety two years of age served in the war of 1872
entered politics in Jacksons first campaign, and went
first to national convention as delegate in 1914 to
vote and work for Henry Clay ss esge
AS soon as Lord st. Leonards was released from
jail last Saturday he repaired to a low tap-room
called for apot Of beer and clay pipe and proceeded
to publicly anathematize the British Judiciary for
something like an hour His Lordship is thought to
be in training for term in the workhouse.
An African correspondent tells of two effects Of the
heavy falls of rain during the past months in the Sa
hara region. Vast areas of usually arid land have
been made to bloom Like gardens, but hundreds of
baked mud huts have been melted away into their
original consistency much to the discomfort of their
occupants
AT Unitarian Conference in Bernardston, Mass,
address by Clergyman made excitement. He
thinks that there is nothing managed in such utter
disregard of true business principles as the religious
interest Of this country He holds that every minis
ter should have at least $50 families in his congrega
ton; that church with that number of families can
be run for about So, 500 year.
from scaffold in Naples. the people swarned over
the place, tearing into pieces the cord which had
bound the criminal and breaking into fragments the
stool which he had sat. Each took away portion,
in obedience to the superstition that any part of the
cord or chair of prisoner who has suffered death
will bring good fortune to the possesser.
PHYsIoALLY Mr.. Blaine is perfect man. He is
strong man, and it must be a good walker who can
keep up with him. He is wonderfully preserved and
and is just in the height Of full physical strength He
does not know what fatgueis He is in appearance
very striking manlarge full straight, and erect;
immense head; gray beard, cut close hair fast
whitening and indeed nearly white and somewhat
thin the top of his head and fresh eager jealous
face. This is as near as can come to describing
man who is the first to attract attention wherever he
goes.
THE Archbishop of York has suspended for drunk
enness the rector Of Flixton, near Manchester the
Rev. Richard NJ Reece. The charge was made in May
last by ten Of Reece's parishoners, and when com
missioners appointed to inquire into the matter
he admitted the charge. Mr. Reece is suspended
from the duties and emoluments of his Office for FIVE
years and condemned in costs. At the expiration of
the five years it is ordered that the sentence shall
tinue in force unless Mr. Reece produces certificate
Of good behavior signed by three clergymen Of the
diocese.
MAHMoUD- D-BEN- -AyAD, the Tunisian general who
died in Paris in $780, left fortune Of which the real
estate was valued at $50, 600, ,OO0 His heirs are
now disputing the possession Of it, and their number
is considerable for he had married one wife in Paris
and had had several wives in Constantinople large
part of his wealth was invested in French houses.
He owned the Passage-du-S -Saumon. which was sold
few weeks ago for 5000, 700. The building on the
Quai d'Orsay, formerly occupied by the Spanish
bassy also belonged to him. It has been sold for
$12O 900.
AN alphabetical list Of the personages in the thirty
two novels and novelettes Of Sir Walter Scott has
just been compiled, from which II appears that they
comprise 662 distinct characters. The compiler has
arranged the stories according to the periods in
which the scenes are laid. From Count Robert Of
Paris" the date of which is 1898, down to s'St.
Romans Well +" in 1912, there is but one century
he thrteenth which has not furnished an historical
background for another of this great range of
hctions. The gap lies between Ivanhoe" which
opens in 1894, and Castle Dangerous, the date Of
which Is 1906.
GENERAL SHERMAN was great favorite In Wash.
ington society In conversation he was quick social
and winning, conveying idea in very few words,
never experiencing embarrassment in his selection Of
words give his thoughts expression and in language
50 clear that no one could well misunderstand him
His small piercing eyes took in more in an instant
than most mems do in month. His fund of general
information was great and his remarkable memory
enabled him TO contribute interesting information no
matter what the subject of conversation might be.
Few undertook to understand him. but all who knew
him admired and respected him.
THE cholera panic in France recalls an incident Of
the elder Dumas in 1882. His servant rushed into
his room one day, saying. The cholera is in Parisl
ma has just fallen dead with it in the Rue Chau-
chatlr Dumas laughed, incredulous. "But It is
perfectly true Monsieur" said the scared domestic