The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-27
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


AJUsrIcE of the peace of Bowdon, Ga. has served
thirty years and never had judgment reversed or
sent back for new trial.
Mr. JOHN T. RAYMOND makes a habit of calling
nearly every one Judge" because this is so much
easier than trying to remember names.
How many women know that in the revised YER
sion, Psalm lviii, II, reads The Lord giveth the
word The that publish the tidings are q
great host?'
GENERAL FRANZ SIGEL, with whom the boys were
going to fight some twenty years ago, has just been
appointed to SO 500 position in the New York
county clerks Office.
This is my wife-these ladies are her companions"
is the form of introduction employed by Normons,
VINO thus battle the people DESTROYS Of obtaining evil
dence as to their marital relations.
CLEMENcEAU, standing at the Tribune of the
Chamber is stiff, erect, ready always prepared; pa
tent taking in at glance all the of the
House; cool, collected and sure of success.
LORD lDDEsLEIGH's means are quite inadequate to
support earldom according to old-fashioned ideas
and he has expectancies None of his kindred are
afiiuent. His income is about $25 900 year.
MORRISON, the Toronto agnostic, who was expelled
from the order of Masons for declaring his agnosti
cism, is manufacturer of church windows, ard the
exposure of his unbelief is injurng his business,
EX-SENATOR WILKINSON, of Minnesota, does not
nearly look she sixtysix years with which the caen-
dar charges him. He is TALL dark man, and moves
about Washington actively as he did in ante-bellum
days.
IT is said that the Mahdi every day after reading
his prayers rises up to his full height, and turning
toward the north, draws his long, two-edged sword
and cries: Two, wo to YOU Stamboul, for the sword
is against you!"
L. ho1T MAJ
Apostles for a jury could convict the town commits
sioners the county commissioners and liquor dealers
of murder, said Rev. G. Durham, in a recent lecture
at Durham. S. C.
IT is said there is very nearly as much curiosity
among visitors at Washington to see Higgins as there
is to see the President. People look at him with the
same sort of interest that they have in the man who
blew out the gas
A PAPER piano has been marufac jured at Paris
The material for the case was compressed and took
perfect polish, and the tone of the instrument
though not loud was very sweet-a soft full quasi
continuous sound, resembling somewhat that of the
organ.
GENERAL GRANT smoked his last cigar on the Goth
OF November, 1884 In letter to friend mention
ing the circumstances, he said he had smoked many
thousands of cigars, and they had been his greatest
comfort through the last years of the the bat
tleield
THAT famous painting, the Hcbein Madonna was
not sold to Englishnau after the death of the
Pricess Charles of Hesse Darmstadt On the con
trary, she left command in her will that should re-
main III the family and account be permitted to
go to England, France or Russia
WHEN Grant assumed command of the Amy of
the Potomac General Oglesby asked him: "Iow do
you like the looks of it?' This is very fine army
answered Grant, and I told these men have
fought with great courage and bravery. think
however, that the Army Of the Patomac has never
fought its battles through"
Mr. ROSWELL SMITH, chief owner of the Century
Magazine is down with serious paralytic stroke
Long Branch. A year ago he gave up smoking and
abandoned the moderate use Of wine. His physicians
advised against this step but he persisted believing
that simple and regular habits would pull him
through Kidney troubles the cause of his present
condition.
IT is remarkable fact that the city Of Truro in the
center Of the population of Cornwall (Which county
has $50 600 inhabitaats) with II 900 people-and
seven times that number within few miles-has for
many years only had three physicians but of late two
only. When it is considered that 10 America there is
doctor every 800 600 people the contrast is
wonderful
THE probabilities are that clerical gentleman was
mistaken in his boy the other day as he was waiting
at the Elmira depot to the freshair children dis
posed Of. The gentleman stepped up to bright little
fellow, patted him the head and remarked: Are
you of the fresh air fellows my boy? The little
fellow looked up, cooy measured his questoner from
plug hat to BACKED boot and said: Il amt your bow
and amt so - fresh as you think. What do YOU
take me for anyway"
VISITORS 20 Switzerland in the last twenty wears
have been disappointed to find the glaciers whose
greatness tradition has gloried in, dwindng toward
the heads Of the valleys, and by their shrnkage un.
covering fresh moraines and broad acres Of bare rock
and gray rubbish not attractive to the general visitor
however interesting to the geologist. Now however.
science is informed that shrnkage has come to halt
and many glaciers seem to have begun forward adj.
vance again and likely to recover the ground lost
through series of warm years.
AMBROSE CHAPMAN, WATERBURY farmer has
discovered way to kill snakes which has hereto.
fore been unknown. He has for many wears been a
sheep raiser the hills of Walcot and he saws that
his sheep have novel method of DESTROYING their
enemy the raft Iesnake. AS soon Of the rep
tiles approaches flock of sheep they quickly. but
quietly form il line and walk round and round the
snake breathing upon it as theypass, untit becomes
supplied and finally dies. Mr. Chapman insists that
he has seen the operation performed by his sheep
number fstmes and always with success
THE will of the late Samuel Ireneus Prime gives TO
his son Wendell Prime eleven shares Of stock Of the
Observer and all his BOOKS copyrights and private let
tiers. His on-in,law, Charles A. Stoddard and the
atters wife given $l1 900 ard six shares of the
Observer stock. Lily, the testator's daughter re-
ceves eight shares of the stock and his son Samuel
r. K Prime promissory note for 81 IS 900 a mort.
cage on a farm in Illinois and IS 900 cash NO HE
his wife Elos the testator leaves the house and lot
| No 80 West Thirty ninth street, New York with
most of its contents and the residue of the estate
which, upon her death, is to be divided among the
three children
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