The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-05

Japan, and $3.50 600 for villa at Cannes. Her son
has caused the courts TO take legal possession of her
property for fear of being left peuniless orphan.
Mr.. IRA D. SANKEY sang Ninety and Nine before
immense audience in Brooklyn Sunday. and ex-
planned that the song written by Miss Cesny of
Melrose, Scotland, and published by local paper
Mr.. Sankey met with it by accident
Victor CAPoUL who was very i'll in Paris recently
recovered with astonishing rapidty when he heard
the rumor that he to be married next month. His
note Of denial to the editors of Paris demonstrated
that he is in a fair way to complete recovery.
In his recent tour in Scotland Gladstone exhibited
his vgor by walking up Ben 1lacdhu as easily as
Cleveland will walk over Ben Butler Macdhui is the
second highest mountain in Scotland and the entire
distance footed by the Premier and his daughter Helen
was fully twenty miles.
THERE is truth in the report that Mr., Logan has
rented fashionable residence in Washington and in
tends to occupy it this winter. He has only rented
two rooms in the house in question and, whether or
not he is elected to the vice-presdency, will not de-
part from his present modest manner of living.
Mr. RICHARD BURDELL, of New York, has dis.
tingushed himself by choosing to take up his abode
fast railroad train. He is a regular Traveller on
the limited express between New York and Chicago.
He has income of $50 900 year. and is too rest.
less to stay in hotel He is entirely able and willing
to bear the expense of $35 day that it costs him to
live Pullman car for the sake Of the soothing eff
feet of travelling at the rate of sixty miles hour.
THE Capital says of the late Mr.. Garrett: 1.-THE
finest trait in the character of the John w Garrett
his devotion to his wife He did three fourths of
his business in his library at home with his wife at
the table beside him Surrounded with telegraph OPP
erators-there were always three on duty, and he in
sis thata Oe rail.
roads sent over the wires should be sent to him-his
wife was always at his size giving the Office home
like appearance"
Mrs BONANZA MACT1EY, escorted Mrs Bonanza
Fair, the other day from Paris to Liverpool whence
Mrs Fair is to take passage for America. OF the re-
turning rich woman a Paris letter-writer SAYS: 81
at the various shops orders just completed for
her. never more beautiful lingerie nor more
luxurious and the prces The bill at place alone
for eighteen garments, all of linen and deliberately
trimmed with real lace, was something near So, 600
not ZOO francs, mind"
M. THEIRS was enthusiastic collector of prints.
On one occasion, difference of opinion arising be-
tween him and we-known curieux as to whether a
print exposed for sale in the first or second state
the latter losing his temper in the discussion tarty
observed: On the matter of engravings NJ Theirs,
am more of a connoisseur than you" NO cooly
replied the future President of the Republic staring
at the other through his spectaces you are not or
you wouldn't have said you were"
THE current impression that jeff Davis is in aflu-
ent circumstances is contradicted by Georgia news
paper, which publishes letter from lady who has
just visited the ex-Confederate President in which
she reports that he is very poor. The plantation
which Davis received legacy from female sym
pathzer is covered with water at the present time.
Davis has been disappointed also in the returns from
his book, 'Fhe Rise and Fall of the Confederate
States, which has never been in demand since the
first feeling of curiosity was satisfied popular sub
scripton in the South is suggested, of such proper
lions as will enable Davis to spend his remaining days
in pecuniary comfort
A CORRESPONDENT, writing from the City of Mex
leo, says: "All along the length of the canal the
whole popuace turn out to do their washing, and at
the time to perform their personal additions.
While was there horse-race claimed the attention
of the mass of the people who had come out under
the cool shade of the trees Right could be
whole families bathing in the warm waters of the
| canal Young and comely women would step down
and disrobe with much sang frod if in the pri
vaey of a bathroom, and paid attention to the by
ISLANDERS. There whole rows of men. women and
children, of all ages in natures bIoadcoth, enjoyed
to the utmost the genial warmth of the swftAowing