The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-19
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


BETS in New York are 500 to $50 against the
Democratic State ticket
d. o. MILLS has formally transferred his Office from
San Francisco to New York.
SINCE 1860 more than 2, 500, 900 immigrants have
| landed in the United States.
HEIDELBERG University will celebrate next August,
the fvehundredth anniversary of It's foundation.
Miss FLORA MCFLIMsEY S new fall hat is so high
that it recalls the headgear of the naughty boy
school sent to stand in the corner.
BECAUSE Charles Downs who was in an Ohio peni-
Tertiary, didn't want to work any more, he deber-
| atey chopped off three fingers of his left hand.
THE United States has only thirty nine ships in its
navy, but it has 16O doctors. 12O paymasters and
242 engineers There also seven rear admirals
and As captains.
MANY California towns compelling the Chinese
to out of the corporate limits and the Los An
gelos hotels dischargng their Chinese help and
substituting white persons
QUEEN VICTORIA will enter upou the fftieth year
of her reign June 20, 1885, and it is stated that
the corporation Of the city of London are planning
| grand celebration of the event.
LORD TENNYsoN is very neglectfu in the matter of
dress. When in Copenhagen a year ago he was
obi ged to decline invitation to dine with the King
because he had dress suit in his luggage
met the girl of the.
And gently took her ~
thought I'd pop the
But didn lave the Sc.
st. Joseph Gazette.
MADISON MORTON, who wrote Box and Cox" is
living on public charity in London at the age of
eghtysix. Persons who have only the farce per-
formed at private theatrcas should not exult at the
dramatist's wretched fate.
LIEUT.. FREDERICK SoRwATKA is described as a
stalwart, powerful tough looking man. with head as
big walruss He is said to be brilliant talker
which is more than may be said of him as writer
| though his tings are full of interest.
PTTTsBURG Chronicle: Are you in favor of en-.
larging the curriculum" asked rural school director
Of farmer in his district Enlarge nothing" re.
piled the old gentleman; 1.-THE buildings big enough;
what want is to reach things to the scholars"
AN organized effort is being made among the law
yers of Illinois to raise pension fund for the widow
OF Emery A. Storrs She was left without property
or any means of support-as her husband never mas.
tered the art OF saving moneyand is In poor health
ANDREW HARPER who died recently in Mis- sis
sppi, the author of famous piece of American
humor known the Hard shell Baptist Serm ON. the
text of which declared. AN he played on d harp of
thousand strings sperets of JUS men made perfect"
PROFESSOR MARIA MITCHELL, of vassar College,
celebrated her sixty seventh birthday few days
iely-cake of sxty-seven layers--one for each year
which raised the lady's room by means of a
derrick.
NoRRIsTowN Herald: A New York physician who
looks fifteen years younger than he really is attcib-
utes this favorable condition to the use of lemonade
taken regularly four times day. He has used 3 900
lemons year for ten years If he was making lem.
onade for sale at circus he wouldn't use 900 lem.
ons in 100 years.
JOHN SHERMAN will now be one of three men of the
country elected to five full terms to the United States
Senate Thomas FL. Benton, of Missouri was the
only who served thirty consecutive years in the
Senate Henry B. Anthony was elected to five full
consecutive terms to the Senate by Rhode Island but
he died soon after entering his fifth term.
THE principals and employees of the London banks
recent meeting held at the Mansion House. the
official residence of the Lord Mayor. Sir r. N Fow
Ter, the Lord Mayor presided. and Rev. c. H. Spur
geon gave address. Many of the leading bankers
present and the large Egyptian Hall was
crowded.
ALREADY after their terrible experience of cholera
the people Of Valencia making great preparations
for the annual bull-fght. The bulring holds twenty
thousand spectators, not including the many babies
in arms carried there Then there is to be TIE Deum
celebrated with such pomp as to make it popular
amusement and this is to be followed by the great
annual fair Those dead from cholera are utterly for
gotten.