The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-22
PERSONALS.


ment that his son was secretly married /,
absurd fabrication. The marriage was pri-
vate, but both families knew 1t was TO cccur
Ex CONGRESSMAN FRANK HURD has been
heard from to the effect that ii seems TO be
difficult to find the right sort of Democrats
to fill the offices. Mr.. Hurd is an Ohio DEM
crat of the old fashioned kind.
THE late Commissioner of Agriculture,
Mr.. George II. Loring, is making heavy in
vestments in houses and lots at the Capital
in full confidence that real estate in Wash
ington is rising and not lowering.
STEPHEN BULMER. the well-known English
atheist, recently deceased, left s. 900 to his
co-worker, Bradlaugh; and TO his own wife,
who had supported him for years, he left
the pr nicely allowance OF So week.
MISSES MANNING, Endicott, Lamar, Gar
land and the two younger daughters OF Sec
rotary BayaId are not yet in society, but
will be debutantes next winter, and pending
that time the veteran Ben Psrley Poore VEN
lures to call them Cabinet resebuds."
LIEUTENANT Greedy, of Arctic experience,
complains that he has not recovered his
mental vigor since he returned home, and
army officers who have seen him say that he
is unfit for service. His articulation is
very feeble and his eye-sight is very defec-
tive.
MAJOR BURKE OF the New Orleans Times.
Democrat, retires from the Dictatorship of
the Exposition broken in health, from over
work, and, worse yet. he is said to have in
Cured personal obligations TO the amount of
$4,000 in his efforts to keep the Exposition
running.
THE historian, George Bancroft, is in such
good health that he is seen in the saddle
almost daily, generally riding out With his
friend Librarian Spofford. Mrs. Bancroft,
too, is much better than usual, and the VEN
cradle pair will leave Washington for their
Newport cottage early in June.
JOSEPH FLANNER. we'll known IS an Amfri-
can resident of Paris, and an habitue of the
Anglo-Americsn resorts in the quarter of
the Grand Hotel, died suddenly there lately.
Mr.. Flanner first went to Paris some twenty
three or twenty-four years ago as one of the
agents of the Southern Confederacy, charged
with the mission of negotiating the rebel
governments bonds, and never returned to
this country.
CAPTAIN HOWARD, whose bravery saved the
day to the Dominion troops in their recent
fight with the Riel insurgents, is native of
Connecticut. Ae served in the war of the
Rebellionand also five years in the regular
army, where he had considerable experience
in Indian warfare. He is brave, cool
headed soldier, thoroughly familiar with
army life, and he is also very ekillful
machinist, possessing complete knowledge
OF the mechanism of a Gatiing gun.
SOME colored people at Pittsburg with sub.
stantial fortunes sre John Gather, with an
estate worth S35. 600, who fed from Louisi-
ana forty years ago; Robert and Emanuel
Jackson, prosperous business men, who in
herited 600 from their father, an ex.slave;
"Uncle" John Turfey, whose wealth is put
at $50, 600; Mrs. Williamson. widow, OF Al
legheDy, with fortune of SOC, 600, and Geo.
Knox aud his wife. who own property valued
at $4,000.
SOME surprise has been expressed that
young Bsrrios, subject of Guatemala,
should be allowed to receive his military ed
ucation At West Point. The explanation of
his presence there will be found in q Joint
resolution of Congress. approved February
z, 1884 by which the Secretary of War was
authorized to permit Antonio Barrios, of
Guatemala, ard joe Victor Savala, OF Mic
arsgus, to receive instruction at the Military
Academy at West Point, provided no ex-
pense should be caus sd to the United States
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