The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-09
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

MR.. GERHARDT, the artist offered $40 600
for the Grant death mask, but declined to sell.
THERE is report that Ex-Governor Georges. Bout
well will become editor of the Boston Traveller.
PROF. SARGENT says that the nutmeg hickory of
Arkansas is the strongest wood in the United States
JUDO has given her opinion that baked beans are
disgusting. Judic might as well cancel her Boston
dates
HAwTHoRNE's sonin-law, George Parsons Lathrop,
novelist and essayst. has turned newspaper man. He
will do" New York for the Kansas City Times
In Iowa. it is said, there 955 farms owned by
women. Twenty of these dairy farms and are
managed entirely by women There are in the State
1872 women physicians and five women lawyers.
THE big bridge between New York and Brooklyn is
becoming very popular From 10000 to 65, 900
every day in the cars, while about IL 900 walk
over. The walk of mile in the clear atmosphere so
far above the surface of the river is considered pro-
motive of health.
GEN. JOHN A. LOGAN has filled his new Washing.
ton house with American Indian moccasins, leggins
hunting shirts blankets robes and other aboriginal
bricabrac, and his procivity for such curos is said
to be due to the Indian blood which is rumored to run
in the Senator's VEINS
CANON FARRAR reserved exclusively for Boston
audience his lecture Dante" but the Transcript
of that town confesses that the Canons critical and in
tellgent audience never before understood all the
fulness and greatness of the Italian poet till this En-
glishman told them the story.
THE Flood palace, Hob Hill, San Francisco is
being fitted up with woodwork and brc-a brac brought
together from every part of the world. Sixty car
loads the way each has it's special attrac-
tons from different country, and nothing is left out
that could crafty the hunger for luxury of the newly
rich.
MRS. CHARLES DE KovEN, widow of the Rev.
Henry De Koven, died few days since at Florence
Italy. She was, when she married, famous
belle being the daughter of Joseph R. Leroy the then
King of Wall street, while her husband was deacon
on $600a year. He afterwards figured in George
William Curtiss "Potphar Papers as the Rev. Cream
Cheese.
SECRETARY LAMAR. who went abroad as confeder
ate agent during the war; says that the proposition to
abolish slavery originated with Napoleon HIS Prime
Minister the Due dc Morny. but that he Lamar never
proposed it to Pamerston much less to jefferson Da-
Wis, who, he knew would not listen to it. De Morny
reason that the French peasantry would not sup
port intervention in favor Of slavery
ONE minutes Imprisonment in jail was the punish
ment imposed on a chargedin Clarendon ARK, }
court with having sold the products of land for which
he had failed to pay the rent The trial occupied sew
era days and upon the verdict being pronounced the
condemned walked across the court room and pac ed
himself in charge of the sheriff, who took him to jail
where he served out one minutes time.
A FEW days ago party of Georgia gentlemen were
discussing high prices in the South during the latter
part of the civil war; Il paid $40 yard for suit of
gray cotton jeans" said the first speaker; the suit
clothes cost me $500 after being cut and made -
The biggest trade made during the war;" said No.
2, twas $50 for spool of cotton thread" 'And l. "
said the third speaker, paid $15 for shave"
POLISH physician made dreadful mistake a
short time ago. young girl suffered from some
disease in one eye and there was danger that the
other eye would be similarly affected unless the
diseased eye speedily removed. The girl was
chloroformed, and the eye successfully removed;
but to the CONSERVATION of all, when the patient re
gained consciousness. it was discovered that the
sound eye had been removed. The physician was so
overcome with remerss that he attempted to kill him.
self
FROM recent statement it appears that the cost of
restoring and completing the great cathedral of Co
logne from 1928, when the work resumed after
neglect of nearly threequarters of century down to
April l of the present year. 81 900 900 marks,
exclusive of objects for the services or for decorative
purposes, and of large number of private donations
Work of this kind perhaps the best means the stu
dent of history possesses for asceraining with
degree Of precision the quantity and quality of the
religious sentiment prevailing within given area over
definite period.
VERY few of the admirers of Franz List are proba-
bly, aware that nearly thirty years ago he had the title
of nobility. we'll that of Chamberlain conferred
upon him by the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weinar. Still
he has made of them nor of that Of
''Hofrath" given him by the Prince of Hohenzolern.
Hechingen, having contented himself with the dis
tinction of PoctOr Philosophie received from the
University of Kenigsberg. honor which he shared
with men like Bessel, Lobeck yoight jacob Rosen.
kranz and others. and of which he WAS proud. His
numerous decoratons-the oldest of Which, the Prus-
sian order pour lie merite. he received as early as
1842-he only wears the rare occasions whom he
appears at court.