The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-09-13

who knocked his brother-in-law out, but subse-
quent accounts show that the responsible party
was a stranger, who, seeing fight, jumped over
the fence. hit head, and then went his way.
Great indignation was felt in the community
and in the Maxwell family toward the new rela-
tive by marriage previous to this discovery, it
being generally held that he was too harsh In his
reception of his wifes kinfolk. After it was
found that he was responsible only for the less
serious bruises and bumps, sentiment
changed, it being felt that these demon
STATIONS were not uncalled for un-
der the circumstances. Young Maxwell
is on his death-bed and the old man is unable to
crawl, but the scene when son-in-law Shelton
with two black eyes and knob on mis- forehead,
called on the invalids on Friday, is said to have
been very affecting. The bless-you-my-children
act was performed under some difficulties owing
to inability of the parent and brother to lift their
heads Or raise their hands, but the emotion was
all there and the scene was very touching. The
reconciliation is said to be complete, and after
the son-in-law has acted as chief mourner at the
funeral Of his wife's brother, he will probably
take that relatives place In the family circle.
Mishaps of this kind might IN some regions have
tendency to estrange man from his relatives
by marriage, but in Georgia you never can tell
beforehand how mule will work.
A PASSAGE in "The Rise of Silas Lapham" has
given offense to Jewish readers. and one of the
number as been conducting correspondence
with Nr. Howells with such effect that the latter
has withdrawn the Objectionable lines from fu-
ture editions. The passage in question referred
to the depreciation Of real estate 'when they
move in" prices begin to shade down when
the first one gets in" says Mr.. Lapham. Mr..
Howells declares that he meant no harm by the
remark and some others of like nature, but on
the contrary, intended to rebuke prejudice.
AS the purpose seems to be misunderstood, how
ever, he will strike the lines out
AT least one man who is forced to handle much
manuscript has had the nerve to protest against
the intolerable nuisance of thin and transparent
paper so frequently used in preparing copies of
documents. Judge Bartlett, of Brooklyn, stated
in court recently that hereafter he would allow
no legal documents to be filed that were written
on brown or copying paper. A good quality of
white paper would have to be used and the
WRltiASt iuoiCOFcl, WOulu 10 TtQu.FcU 10 10 l0SI
ble AS the penmanship of lawyers is noto-
riously bad, this ruling will work to the advantage
Of amanuenses and type-writers within the
jurisdiction of Judge Bartlett's court.
AN Atlanta Constitution man has been inter
viewing the LADY" editor of a weekly newspaper
down there. After some conversation which
brought out the fact thatthe woman ''edited" a
farm and afamily as well as apaper the subject of
politics was referred to. "Sir," said the lady, sim
ply but comprehensively, II have fifteen scrap
books" Let the able male politician who fiat
tiers himself that because women cannot vote
they are therefore not to be considered as factors
in politics, consider this disclosure in all its
dreadful possibilities. A woman with a news
paper and mountain of scrap-books is being
to be conciliated.
A PHILADELPHIA preacher has appealed to
Governor Pattison to fix the 18th of October as
Thanksgiving Day, because it is the anniversary
of the discovery of America The preacher is
two hundred years too late. Turkeys are not
good and fat before November and who ever
knew mince pies to be ripe in October? Without
these and other 'fxin's' which properly belong
to the season of November, Thanksgiving would
be hollow mockery
THE american Society of Professors of Dane
ing" held its annual convention in New York last
week. A new polka and a new round dance to
be known as the york" were introduced by
Professor Sphinx, to whom they owe their par
entage, were gravely considered. and being
pronounced good were seriously christened
Without conventions in the interests or its
varied industries. the country would be lost.
BOsToN correspondent, having focused Mr..
Henry James through her specs, pronounces that
novelist to be an absurdly "Brummagem" imta-
ton of an Englishman, who has fallen into the
error of supposing cockney and cosmopolitan two
synonymous terms. Your true "Bostonlan'
could not be expected to recognize any loveliress
in Mr.. James, though he were an Apollo and an
Emerson rolled into one.
MARIETTA, Ga, has model wife in the per-
son of Mrs. E. r. Tenant who resigns the
SUPPLEMENTARY Of womau's work at the New
Orleans exposition, saying: my husband is
opposed to ii. and [ give it up in Difference to his
wishes" Mounted in glass case and put on
CAAioiIoh, Ihio AdlO idiy NOUlQ prove q OTdWiuS
card as the last of her kind. @
THE deadly cigarette has again got in it's
work. A New York actress was burned
to death by going to sleep with lighted ciga-
rette in her hand. 1t is not generally so quick
in its work, but it always gets there if given
time.
THE Sanitarian asks: "What Shall We DRINK
0, we'll; make it the same
THE GRUMBLER AT IT AGAIN.