The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-02
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS,

ELLEN TERRY, the actress is so much out of health
as to distress her friends. .st.
PRINCE AMADEUS, of Italy, ex.King of Spain, is
notorious for his numerous amours.
WHILE Elizur Wright was Insurance Commissioner
OF Massachusetts, he was offered $4,000 year by
certain insurance if he would resign. He declined
the Offer
GEN. ROBERT WILLIAMS Assistant Adiutant-gen
eral U. S. A., who married the beautiful widow of
Stephen A. Douglas. has been very Ill at Fort Mis-
soula, M. II.
ABOUT twenty young men of Newton, Kan, have
formed club having for its purpose the essenin of
the expense attached to living. They expect to make
it for about So week.
A JUSTICE of the peace In Croton, Conn, was
obliged, not long ago. to content himself with kiss
from the bride in lieu of marriage fee. He has now
nut up placard Terms cash."
A STATUE recently discovered in the bed of the
Thor proves to be a Bacchus. He stands six feet
high is cast in bronze with ivory eyes, is exousitey
modelled, and in excellent preservation.
PAULINE LUoCA is singing the shrewish Katharine's
part in THE Tanning of the Shrew," at the Imperial
Opera in Vienna This opera by Goetz, will be heard
| in the American cities in the winter now at hand
MIME. MoDJESKA has sent to the New Orleans Ex.
position doll dressed by her own hands as the Scott
ish Queen Mary, and the costume an exact COPY in
miniature of her dress in the last act of MARY
Stuart"
AN Illinois farmer left of nitro gycerine on
the table Of his cottage 1t is supposed the pushed
off the can, for after tremendous explosion she was
found clinging to tree 500 yards away nervous but
almost uninjured
A DONKEY which there seems every reason to be-
lieve was more than hundred years old died lately
at Cromsrty Scotland. Since 1879 it had been in the
family of Mr.. Ross, and how old it was when il
came to that family is not known
RUTLAND papers tell the story of farmer in that
neighborhood, widower, and well.to-do. who. not
long ago, wrote to woman by whom he had never
describing his circumstances. He told her that
if he did not hear from her to the contrary within two
weeks he would call with a minister and marry her
No letter came and he carried out his threat at the
appointed time. e
THE following sentence, written by Alfonso. the
late King of SPAIN in the autograph album of Miss
Foster the daughter Of last minister to that coun
try will be read with special interest since his DEATH
IA la Senorita Foster: Ell gefe del pals de la trad
cion los remerdos que etusiasta admirable de
las ggantescas creaciones de la hbre America. del
pals del parvenir.-Alfonso Mario. 1884" The trans
laon of this is: The chief of the country of tradi-
ton and memores-who is enthusiastic admirer of
country of the future"
MUsURUs PAsHA, who has been the Turkish min.
lister ambassador at the court of st. James since
1851 is about to retire owing TO his great age as he
is seventy-eight. He is a native of Crete belong
ing to old family in that island, by race Greek
and member of the Greek Church Christian
representative of Mohammedan power in Christian
country, he has discharged his high functions in a
perfectly satisfactory to the successive Sui
tans who have employed him. He is man of the
highest literary cultivation speaking several modern
languages and good classical scholar His translation
of Dante into modern Greek attests the sodty of his
requirements. He will be succeeded in England by
Rustem Pasha also a Christian.
SOME years ago the late Ex-Governor Coburn went
to Dead river to take charge of the drive While there
some of the drivers duck in the stream and
they thought it would be fine feather in their caps
if they would capture the bird and present it to their
employer. Accordingly. fine afternoon several of
them set out. and after long and wearisome toll they
captured the unSortunrte bird just about that time