The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-28
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

of Connecticut She is still young and fair, and has
graceful figure
CALIFORNIA has State Board of Education, which
has just elected literary proofreader and edtorn
chief" at salary of 5000 per month.
ONE of the Cars most intimate and confidential
advisers in all matters relating England is said to
be Mr.. Heath, the English tutor Of the Czarewich.
WE are likely to get some Thackeray letters
series written to a college friend during fifteen
years has been placed in the hands of Charles g. LIE
land, presumably for publication.
IF you wish to retain your composure under trying
circumstances, conjugate Greek verb. That is how
Miss Cleveland contrives to be sefpossessed if
are to believe Mrs Holloway, author of THE Ladies
of the White House."
THE first shipment of red slate ever made to Europe
was sent within a week so from North Granville,
N. Y ut is a fact not generally known" says JUS
tice that the only red slate in the world is found in
four towns in Washington county"
A YOUNG lady writes to the New York journal: II
have always found the best way to bring tardy lover
to the point and have had six beaus all blondes-I
married brunette-was to sigh deeply and remark:
am going far away for long time; perhaps may
never see you again
DRIFTING.
We're drifting along to the month Of June,
When the soda fountains fizz,
And the summer hotels will very soon
Be doing rushing biz
And to earn little surplus cash,
His poeketbook thin to swell,
The student will shortly be singing hash
AT the mountain or beach hotel
Boston Courier.
FRANCES E. TOwNsLEY was ordained by council
of Baptist churches in Nebraska This is the first in
stance in modern times at least of the formal setting
apart of woman to the Office and work of the
gelical ministry. The Methodist Church, though it
permit women to speak in its pulpts has declined to
ordain them. There have been few women preach
ers like Miss Anna Oliver and 'Bible readers" like
Miss Smiley, but none of them has obtained ordina
ton. This Nebraska case is distinctly new thing.
UNITED STATES senator, talking recently about
the pension granted to daughter of John Tyler said
1.-The government already pays pension to John Ty
lers widow. She is this daughters stepmother. She
has never given the daughter any benefit of the PEN
sion. We seriously debated whether we would not
take away part of the widows pension at the
time we gave one to- the daughter 1t ought to have
been done for lesson to humanity, but it might
have looked if the country sm all in it's treat
ment of the families of it's great men,"
THERE is no crcumlocution about the manner in
which the Pail Mall Gazette opens its review of
newly issued work by Mrs Custer widow of the late
General Custer and dealing with life in Dakota. The
opening sentence will be terrific shock to John Bull
while Mrs Grundy will read it with feelings of hor
ror 1t reads thus q Boots and Saddles is per-
feet godsend to world cursed with English dullness
and responsibility" There is nothing really new,
however, about the expression Sixty or seventy
years ago either Leigh Hunt or Shelley gave
preston in a magazine of that day to similar
phraseology.
ABE BUzzARD, the famous Pennsylvania outlaw, of
whom so much has been written, is described by a
neighbor anything but hero The neighbor says:
Imagine dirty, slovenly looking sneak the height
Of whose ambition is to rob a henroost skrmishing
around farmyard while the working in the
field ready to steal anything he lay his hands on
from dunghin rooster to a clothes horse, and you
have picture of Abe Buzzard in all his glory lived
in Lancaster county and have the whole Buzzard
gang brought to court more than once, and in in
stance did their daring adventures amount to more
than robbing country store, and that was always
done while honest men slept, and in such blunder-
ing that any of the country constables could
capture the thieves and the goods if they had
so desired.
PHILADELPHIA prides itself on its china. Ex-At-
torney- Brewster has spent consider able part
of forty years in making collection He has end
of plates and saucers that besides their intrinsic
beauty valuable for historic association He has
dinner set that belonged to Louis Philippe of
France Mrs. George W. Childs is his chief rival She
has agents the lookout all the time for odd
things in table decorations Mrs. r. III. Townsend
jr, has many unique and expensive pieces in the way
of gold center ornaments and candelebra. FIRE.
quenty the service and decorations her table when
she gives dinner represents $25, 600 $50. 900.
Mrs Henry c. Gibson wife of the millionaire exdis-
tiller, has fine and valuable china Mrs. James P
Scott au;hter Of Hugh Davids and daughter -n-law
of the late Thomas A Scott largely to old Dutch
deli and porcelans. Mrs Edward III. Filler whose
husband has made So 600 600 in the manufacture of
hemp has large and costly collection. So has Mrs
DR.. Da Costa whose husband attended Grant for
few days at the beginning of the Generals throat
trouble, and is said to make 500 900 year out of
his practice. Mrs. James G. Smith, sister of An
thony j. Drexe the banker and ten times million.
are, has particularly fine lot
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