The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-11
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

alton caused by similar TO that which afcts
General Grant
SPIRITUALIsTs assert that the excessive of to-
bacco drives off good spirits and attracts all sorts of
bad ones, which work mischief
A SON of Charles Dickens is a captain in the Cana
dian mounted police and is in command of post
threatened by Riels rebel forces
Ell MAKKI, rival of the False Prophet in the Sou
dan, is now said to be Larry Mackey, who used to
keep shoe store in Donegal. Ireland.
THE reported recall of NJ J. Cramer, United States
Minister to Switzerland is without foundation. Mr..
Cramer is brother-nlaw of General Grant.
MRS. GARFIELD's brother has bought hotel in
Mississippi City, and expects that Mrs. Garfield win
be one of his guests during the coming summer.
In describing the ovation rendered to Miss Emma
Nevada the other night the San Francisco Chronicle
says Everybody cried when Emma Nevada sang
Home, Sweet Home Even the mezzanine boxes
were in tiers.
MRS. ROBERT G.. INGERsoLL and her daughters
described oldfashioned folks in their style. They
said to dress plainly and comb their hair natur
ally. The three of them look for all the world as if
they portraits cut from old book of beauty
Mr.. CHARLES CROKER, the live Yankee who really
built the Central Pacific railroad, attended Irvngs
farewell performance. Mr.. Croker is of the very
either Governor Senator or defendant in woman
scrape
GENERAL CHARLES P. STONE 'sI feel encouraged
about the prospects of the Bartholdi pedestal. We
now have $50 900 in hand, and I have ordered the
stone-cuttng to recommence. We receiving
cement at the island and will probably begin laying
course next week."
SEVERAL years ago General Grant uttered these
earnest words about the Bible: "Hold fast to the
Bible as the sheet-anchor of your liberties; write it's
precepts your hearts, and practice them in your
lives To the influence of this book we indebted
for the progress made in true civilization and to this
we look as our guide in the future"
THE Grand Army Post at South Abingdon Mass,
intends giving novel entertainments pie party,
really Each lady is to contribute pie the pastry of
which shall bear her name. The pies are to be
wrapped in paper and sold to the highest bidders who
are then expected to do escort duty for the remainder
of the evening for the lady whose is the pie.
It is presumed that gentlemen only are to bid
GENERAL BUTLER, when young man, in address
ing court. made many illusions to English law,
when he interrupted by the venerable judge with
these words, delivered in very emphatic tone and
manner: young man, don't you talk to me about
English law. I knew all about it years and years be-
fore you born. You take your seat. sir!' He
did, but his pride was wounded and it is reported that
the young advocate burst into tears.
SENATOR CoLQUITT is one of the few members of
Congress who once adorned pulpit. He formerly
Methodist minister. and Georgia member said
yesterday, good one" His father Governor Col
quit was story teller, to the South what Abra
ham Lincoln to the North and the whole country
Every in WHILE" said Senator Colquitt, II
meet some old man who tells me story that my
father told him forty or fifty years ago."
THE stories about mummy wheat" sprouting after
having lain dorm in Egyptian tombs for thousands
of years. are to say the least very dubious. in the
opinion of Dr. Brown, F. L. S. mo wsll'authenti-
Gated instances of such finds are" he adds 'extant
while among other articles sold by the Arabs to
credulous travellers as coming out of the same tomb
as the ancient wheat have been dahlia bulbs and
maize the deposition of which in the receptacle from
which they said to be extracted necessitates the
belief that 900 years ago the subjects of the Pha
raohs were engaged in commerce with America"
WHEN, soon after the war, the United States sent
monitor to convey the Gear the resolutions of Con.
gress congratulang him his escape from assassina
ton the officers of the American vessel were
gorgeously entertained at st. Petersburg AT great
banquet in the Winter Palace the enthusiasm ran so
high that fair voting princess tore the diamond neck
lace from her throat and threw it down the table
toward the officers exclaiming: AUX Americains!'
The string broke and the diamonds scattered the
floor. The officers picked them up and pressed them
to their lips amid shouts of give la Russie! Vve
les femmes Russes"
A DRAPERs assistant in London who was in the
habit, with his masters cognizance, of attending a
workmens sociaistic meeting neglected for week
two to attend the meetings and the following dialogue
took place between master and man: Master-"Well,
John, and how is it that you have not kept up your
attendance at the socalistc meetings. John (rather
confusedy)-"Well, sir, don't think shall go any
more" Master-"But, how is that, joint" john
81 have found sir that the scheme is not quite fair
as thought it was. At the last meeting I attended
we calculated how much there would be for every
when every thing divided up, and we found it
would only be 91O5 each, and you know, sir, have
$50 in the bank"
SINCE this government has been organized there
have been only thirty people named in resolu-
tons of thanks by Congress. With three exceptions
this honor has only been paid to officers for great
gallantry in action during The three excep.
tons were those of Captain Ingraham Captain Ring
gold and Captain Dahlgren. In the first case,
Captain Ingraham cleared his ship for action and
rescued at the cannon's mouth an American citizen
by the name of Martin Koszta from illegal seizure
and Imprisonment board the Austrian war-brig
Hussar; Captain Ringgold honored for his daring
and skill in rescuing the of the steam transport
Governor, wrecked in a gale the LIST of November,
| 1861, having board battalion OF United States
marines, and also for the search and of the
battle-ship Vermont, which disabled in gale on
the Goth of February 1864. The third. Captain
Dahlgren, was thanked for his improvements in
gunnery. This honor gives the recipient the right
of admission to the floors of Congress at any and al
| times.