The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-20
SENTINELS.
Notes and Items Captured on the skirmish
Line.

tons by twenty nine composers. It was
probably the most colossal feat in the history
of music.
Recent explorers in Alaska came upon a
native village containing eleven male, five
of whom were deaf mutes while one of the
women was wholly deaf. This state of
things is accounted for by steady inter
marriage, as no other Indians lived within
several days journey.
The trial of Rev. j. G.. Armstrong rector
of st. Phillips Church, Atlanta, Ca, is in
progress. Mr.. Armstrong is accused of inn
moral revelry during his vacation last sum-
mer when he visited Cincinnati, and claims
to have visited certain houses in search of a
daughter of dear friend who had requested
him to do so.
The royal chapel where the thanksgiving
service in connection with the twenty-ffth
anniversary of the day on which King Will
lam assembled the throne of Prussia was cele-
brated is built IN the form of an octagon, and
is richly ornamented with frescoes. The
altar is covered by baldachin supported on
four pillars of Egyptian alabaster.
British widowers with eligible deceased
wives sisters need not despair. The Mar
riage Law Reform Association is in a posi-
ton TO state that its majority in the new
House of Commons is larger than in the
last in which their supporters practically
numbered two TO one. They are going to
introduce their bill in each House in the
coming session.
A rigidly condensed item of mining news
is thus given in a Western medical paper:
In the Solferino mine, Nevadaville, Col,
loose rock knocked A. Warren out of the
bucket. A piece of jawbone was found at
the ], 200 foot level, and a piece of skull and
a bQ I
prised his recoverable effectsn
Leprosy is declared by the Lansing Iowa
Mirror to exist to a considerable extent
among the colony of Scandinavians from
Northern Norway, now settled near the vii
lage of Spring Grove, in Houston County,
Minnesota. Doctors who have examined
the subjects, who are in three or four differ
ent families (but are related) are said to
have pronounced the malady undoubtedly
leprosy.
Americans are the third highest in point of
numbers of the foreigners residing in Japan,
according to statistics published in native
paper. The Chinese stand at the head of the
list with 2,471 residents, followed by the
English with els, the Americans numbering
| 1S7. Although the Americans are far less nu-
merous there than the Chinese or English,
| they occupy more houses, in proportion,
| than either.
The Italian people have left off smoking
cigars, owing to their indignation at new
law affecting the price. In Rome an aSso-
citation called the Pipe.club has been formed,
| every member of which refuses to smoke
cigars. In Naples companies of young men
parade the streets with long pipes, so that a
regular revolution in the habits of the people
have been effected.
The Paris fire brigade is composed of 1,743
men and fifty-one officers, divided into
twelve companies occupying as many bar
| racks in different parts of the city. I'm
| portant features of the system are the forty
six lookout stations, and the telegraph
| which connects all the stations with one
another, and with headquarters, and is used
for no other purpose.
| A Washington correspondent, writing of
the Presidents New Years reception, says:
IL took sketch of the Chinese Minister as
he trotted across the vestibule in silks,
satins and furbelow. He was the most
| striking figure among the diDlOmates, and
| he is the tallest Chinaman 1 have ever seen.
No adequate idea of the gorgeousness of his
attire can be given in print. His robe, of
| the finest material, almost swept the floor,
| and he looked like a celestial king as he
went in to pay his respects to the President"
There are in st. Petersburg 10000 drivers
and as many lanltors or watchmen thou
| sands of policemen, detectives, gend' armes
and Cossacks patrol the city day and night.
| Ali of these now EleSs the city Chief of PO-
| lice, who recently ordered fires to be kept
| burning in the streets paying for the
same out of the City Treasury. The
cold has been so severe that in Novem-
| Der, before the fires were provided, many
, Watchmen were frozen tn DEATH
A curious military point arose at the birth
| of the Prince Of Wales. 1t has been the Gus
tom for the officer on guard at st. James
Palace 10 be promoted to a majority when a
royal child was born. The guard was relieved
| at 40. At that hour the new guard march
ed into the palace yard and three minutes
later the child was born. The question arose
which officer was entitled to promotion. The
officer of the fresh guard claimed it because
the relief marched in before the birth and
the keys were delivered oyer to him; but the
other officer claimed it because the sentries
had not. been changed when the child was
| actually born. His men were still on guard,
| and he disputed the fact of the delivery of
| the keys, arguing that in all probability this
had not occurred at the moment of the birth.
Although there was no precedent, the old
guard got it.
| LIE IT1uCt anu IllCcoo VI w dlCo, ~ hoo
been finally arranged, will arrive at Chester
| on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of West
minister January 10. They will be accom-
panied by their three daughters, and will be
welcomed at Chester by the Mayor and cor
| poration, who will present an address. The
city will be gayly decorated for the occasion.
| Wednesday the royal party will leave Ches-
ter Station for Rockferry, where they will
enter special train and proceed to open the
Mersey Tunnel. The party is expected to
include the Duke and Duchess of Westmin-
ter the Earl of Derby and Mr.. and Mrs.
Gladstone. Thursday the Eaton covers will
be shot over by select company, aud Fri
day, if practicable, the Prince of Wales will
join the Cheshire Hounds. The Prince and
Princess will return to London by special
train from Chester Saturday morning.
Frank w. Fisher, Manager of the Detroit
Electrical Works, has invented new system
of cash carrier and parcel carriers, by which
the former difficulties in turning curves and
in carrying parcels to the cash and parcel
desks has been entirely obviated. The power
with which the cars are propelled originates
| at the ends of each station or line in a SIM