The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-04


and fearless soldier, who won distinction in
many of the hardest-fought battles of the war I"
IsMAIL PAoBA has turned aside on his way to
Baden Baden to spend ten days in London "out
of season"
LIEUTENANT GREEDY is now in better health
than at any other time since his return from
Lady Franklin bay.
LOWELL Courier: The American cup for
men of slverware, looking like % tall pouter-
pigeon suffering from kings evil
NIoKLEs are SO scarce in the Northwest that
merchants in Minneapolis and ST. Paul have
written East to have several barrels shipped to
them, Offering to pay all expenses and 2 per cent
premium.
THE blue fox furs presented by the Gear to
the Sultan are described as two magnificent
pieces made up of the finest skins, and measur
ing each three metres square. Their value is
reckoned at $50, 600 roubles.
THERE is never sanitary theory arises that
is not Immediately reversed. The great apostle
of wooden clothing, DR.. jaeger, has found a rival
in DR.. Lahmann, OF Stuttgart, who advocates
the substitution of cotton for wool, as being less
irritating to the skin, cheaper. and cleaner.
COLONEL HOOPER, the provost marshal in
Burmah, who photographed condemned Grim
prisoner to confess under threat of death, is
Judged guilty of the charges against him. Con-
sequently, Colonel Hooper is to Oe-repri-
manded.
Mr.. GEORGE w. CHrLDs has high estimate
Of woman's ability as editorial writer, and
declares that two of the best writer's the Phila
delphia Ledger are women. He adds that "when
women do the same work as men they should
have the same pay. and carry out this rule in
my own business"
A YOUNG woman at Beaver Falls, Wis, went
fishing and took number of children with her.
In batting her hook she cast it into the water and
instructed the children to cast pebbles in a cir
Gle around the line, SO that the fish would be
frightened toward the bait. And yet she won
ders why she didn't catch any fish.
A SMART fellow at the Chico, CAL, races, brag-
ging about how he could endure the pressure of
any carriage running over his open hand, illus
trated his remarks by placing his hand in front
CT the hind wheel of a carriage that was passing.
When the carriage had passed, the fool had two
badly smashed fingers that may have to be am
putated.
A CHINAMAN, who has been in the New West
minister, Canada, jail under sentence of death,
was very angry when told few days ago that
he was reprieved for month. He said that af
ter death his soul would inhabit the body of a
bird and he was anxious for the trans migraton
10 lake place CnaL ne mlRnG peck OUT the eyes OF
those who had testified against him.
ANDREW BURKE a sailor, went swimming on
Sunday from his vessel, which lay of the Havre
de Grace coal wharves While he was in the
water shark grabbed his foot and yanked him
| under, but he freed himself, and his splashings
and yels scared the fish away, and he was res
cued. His ankle bone was found to be crushed,
and several pieces have been extracted at the
hospital where he now lies.
AT the recent convention of homeopathic ply
sicians at Saratoga doctor from Springfield,
Mass, telling of his success with diphthera, is
reported to have said 81 have cured hundreds
of cases with sulpho-carbolate of soda, and
never lost one, while my neighbor, high
dilutionst. has lost every case he had" "Name
him! Name him." cried the delegates, and the
doctor did name him, and now there are two
Springfield physicians that are bitter enemies,
IT is related that just after Tilden's supposed
election to the presidency, Manton Marble,
Henry Watterson and John c. Jacobs were try
ing to find out from Tilden to what big Offices
they were to be appointed. One of them said:
NOW, Governor, be frank, for once and tell US
just what you intend to do with u.s." Holding
glass of sherry in his hand Mr.. Tilden looked
at them steadily and said, in a calm and meas
ured way: Gentlemen, you shall all have the
reputation of being influential with the admin
istration."
AN interesting feature of the recent Grand
Army gathering was the attention paid by some
| thousands of the veterans at Los Angeles to the
children of John Brown The veterans had gone
down there for q days excursion The fact that
Jason and Owen Brown, together with their sis
ter and her husband, Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson,
are living near Pasadena, and were in town, did
not seem to become known to the visiting sol
diers until late in the afternoon When it was
known, the children of the old hero of Ossawat-
tonne were put into a carriage, the horses I'M
hitched, and with long rope the Kansas, Iowa
and California boys formed in procession and
hauled the family through the streets, the band
Body" and the whole enthusiastic crowd singing
the stirring battle hymn and cheering. The
demonstration visibly affected the occupants of
the carriage. When the procession reached the
depot Owen Brown made pithy and character.
istic speech.