The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-18
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

MRS. HELEN HUNT JACKSON is now in Califor
MIA, and in very i'll health suffering from nalaral
fever
GEORGIA man tried to cut the cords in the feet of
his daughter that she could not mper her soul by
dancing.
WHITTIER thinks that besides himself Elizur Wright
and Robert Purvis the only surviving signers of
the famous anti-savery declaration in 1888.
THE deep dark plot Of Baltimore girl was to mix
chemical with the rouge used by rival, that
it would turn her cheeks black ndebly instead of
pink.
A RECENT prize man in one of the leading New
England colleges said to have paid his way by buy
ing old clocks and other brcabrac in country towns
and selling them at fancy prices to New York and New
Haven collectors
THEODORE THOMAS says that every singer and
musician should be baldheaded. 1t not only adds
dignity to their position but is natural mark of
superior smartness
DE-. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES is of the opinion
that bad air, bad whisky and irregular habits keep
the doctors alige''-which may be true of some of
en- but it is to be hoped that DR.. Holmes finds other
means to proong his delightful existence.
| ARTHUR ORToN displays in the London shop
windows recent portraits Of himself with thin
wrinkled face and old, look which makes him
look less than like the pictures of the late Sir
| hOSer 1lcHOorne ne pretended 10 perSonate.
THE Atlanta Constitution is authority for the state
men that when Whittier wrote the poem of Barbara
Fritche he supposed that he was writing of a true
incident, but he is convinced that the pretty little
| story in the poem had foundation in fact
1T is reported that Harry Garfield takes professor
ship in ST. Paul School, at Concord, n. H., where he
prepared for Williams College, and his brother who
| the youngest member of the recent graduating
| class at Williams will study law at New York
| MAJoRGENERAL G. G. AUGUR who has just been
relieved of command in the Department of the Mis-
souri, is visiting his in Evanston Ill., and ex-
cept for the time consumed in short tour Of the
| lakes he will spend the summer there Washington
| however, will probably be his permanent home.
| AN English lady of rank having, after many re-
| marks as to her own exclusiveness condescendngly
invited Miss Rose Eytinge the actress to her recep
ton the following Tuesday the recipient of this
fattering invitation pointedly replied Thanks Lady
| -, but never pay first calls except upon roy
atty" Curtain
IT is said that Notwithstanding General Fremont is
very poor he and his wife have retained their position
| in the Astor portion of fashionable society in New
York without difficulty. They are in many of the
highly fashionable gatherings, away below the
quality of Dress but seemingly the less respected
! for that short-coming.
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seems to own dog, and the miserable little things
are barking and wailing at everybody's heels There
was a time when frstclass Saratoga hotel would
accommodate dogs, but that time was not as hard
as at present. Money is what the summer hotel man
wants this year. and he wants it quick too.
MRS. j. f. B. STUART, widow of the dashing con.
federate cavalry general is visiting her father Gen.
| Philip st. George Cooke, at Detroit. Mrs. Stuart
married six months before the broke out and the
father and son,in,aw entered the opposing armies.
| General Cooke opposed to General Stuart only
once on the battlefield and that was at Wiamsport
The two men admired and respected each other very
much.
| MR.. SHILLABER, the Mrs. Partington," is over
seventy and cripple. For thirty years rheumatism
tortured him. and he has completely lost the use OF
his lower limbs. Locomotion save in a wheeled
chair, is impossible with him. He can neither stand
nor walk but while in these respects he is as helpless
as a babe, his general health is sound his appetite
generous and his spirits are uncouded. Some of the
funniest of his sayings have been written when he
! III acute pain.
ACCORDING to the Swedish papers, on the evening
| of June 10 shot at Orkened, in Scana
which had parchment card tied to its neck with the
| following lines written in ink
l come from the burning sand,
From Soudan, the murderer S land,
| Where they told the lie
| That Gordon would die
The bird had previously been wounded in the wing
and was very exhausted.
A RADICAL Socialist entered fashionable restau
rant in Paris and ordered sumptuous dinner. How
is this?" said q brother Communist who approached
him. All my friend, said the champion of frugaty
| and economy. II am now about to give myself some
idea of the vile existence of the infamous rich classes
,vho have heart to feast while
zens are starving" And l. too" said the other
have here with precisely the intention.
So they united their appetites and gained crushing
| victory over the aristocratic meal.
SENATOR FRYE, like ex-senator Hamn is a noted
fisherman. He has camp at Rangey, where he us
ually spends the He is excursion
in Canada and reee ntly sent splendid salmon TO
friend, with the following letter: 81 away up in