The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-06
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

JOSEPH Cook, of fame as a pulpit orator, is to take
to the Prohibition platform this autumn.
THE 500 Lords of England have an average income
of 1920. 900 each, and their gross income is about
$75, 900, 900:
THE sum of 81 500, 900 has been expended in
erecting a hunting castle for the Empress of Austria
in the Laniger Wildpark, near Vienna.
1--WE will allow 80 cents apiece says the
Blakely (Ga.) News, ''for grown hens to parties whose
paper has been stopped and are still owing us for il.
LADY BURDETT-CoUTTs WINS the smallest pony in
the world. AS many Englishmen boast of having
twenty-fve-pound ponies, L3dy B.-O.'s must be a lit
tie one, indeed.
Mrs. BELvA ANN LocKwooD's presidential boom
advertised and advanced her lecturing tour so that
she has cleared 5 1000, whereas her principal rival in
the presidential race, the Widow Butler, has only
cleared out.
THE Shah of Persia has had a terrestrial globe
made for him. 1t is eighty centimetsrs in diameter;
the seas are made of emeralds, and the countries are
mapped out in diamonds. s~apphires. rubies and other
precious stones.
WILLIAM PoRoHER MILES. one of the leading mem
bers of the Confederate Senate, and a man who had
more to do probably than any one else in designing
the confederate flag, is in Washington. He is a tall,
portly man, with gray hair and side-whiskers.
$4,000 ~ NS0 rs N&o oAAShC4 az 1AL'
Bockman's breeding farm, in Orange county, New
York. In company with General Beale and j. B.
Huston he was inspecting the stock buildings on the
property and after dinner smoked his final cigar.
1IR. GEORGE W. CHILDs, Of Philadelphia, has be-
come almost a perpetual pall-bearer for the distin-
guished dead, beginning back with James Gordon
Bennett, ST., and coming down to General Grant, with
Admiral Stewart, Edwin Forrest. Professor Henry,
General Meade, and many more eminent names be-
tween.
THE poet Whittier protests against the profusely
published paragraph about his brothers buying thou
sands of acres in North Carolina for a temperance
colony settlement, and says that he has no brother
and that he knows nothing about the projected settle
ment, which would seem to settle the matter, at all
events.
THE cake ordered for an October wedding in New
York is to be surmounted by a tower of candy, in
which will be live birds. The bride is to break the
artificial cage with g. tiny hammer and liberate the
birds. No doubt some person will be mean enough to
insinuate that if the bride had baked the cake she
would have been obliged to use a sledge- hammer to
break it.
THE Emperor of Russia has given the imperial pal
ace in the holy city of Kieff to the Grand Duchess
Alexandra Petrovna. who intends to make it her
principal residence. This palace was built within the
iast tWehty years oy the la9e CZar. luis a vast ouild-
ing in the rocco style, with large court-yards, gal
leries and pavilions, all the apartments being sumptu-
ously furnished. and they contain an immense collec.
ton of valuable drawings and engravings, and some
splendid china and objects of art. which were brought
here from st. Petersburg in 1876 for the visit of the
King and Queen of Italy. The gardens are very fine,
and contain some grand old trees. while the conserva.
tories and wineries are not to be surpassed in Russia.
The park extends to the Dnieper. and from the terrace
are extensive views of the steppes and the imperial
| forest of Tchernikoff, which affords capital hunting.
The old palace at Kieff w~assbuilt of wood and brick,
early in the last century, and was burnt down in 1919.
The imperial apartments, which were occupied by the
Emperor aad Empress during their recent visit. are
to the left Of the entrance hall. and are fourteen in
number. and magni6cently furnished. The Grand
Dukes have rooms on the floors above.