The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-08

Martins, N b., to a large congregation. He
was born to the profession, his father being o
clergyman.
SENATOR EDMUNDs has written to an inouir
ing constituent that while he has been an attor-
ney for railroad corporations in several cases he
has never been an attorney against the govern
ment.
sold OBSERVER" whose letters have ap-
peared at set intervals in she New York Sun for
years past, is Hon. Thos. B. Carroll, now resid-
ing on one of his numerous farms near Saratoga
Lake.
JOAQUIN MILLER was in ST. Helena, Cal, last
week. The Star, of that city, says: HE is
shorn of his locks and is now scarcely distinguish
able from an ordinary individual as he walks the
streets"
VIM M EKIN, son of Gen. James A. Ekin, of
Louisville, has been dropped from the rolls of
the Quartermaster- general of the army. He was
agent of the government to investigate war
claims in Tennessee.
Missouri Republican: Mexico may insult the
United States and shoot American citizens, but
it is some consolation to know that every well
regulated dime museum III this country has
cork leg that once belonged to Santa Anna
NEW YORK has a ''pet" hotel, where oil sorts
of household pets, from canary bird to mon
key, are boarded during the absence of their
The little canary pays 25 cents the parrot 80 the
monkey 10 pussy So and dogs from So to $4.5O
per week.
MRS. SLOANE, the daughter of the late VIM.
H. Vanderbilt, has magnificent summer resi-
dence at Lenox. Mass, where she is preparing
to give pastoral comedy performance after the
fashion set by Lady Archibald Campbell in
England. New York society is nothing If not
English.
MRS. SUNDERLAND, of Washington, is famous
for her diamonds and jewelry. She wears ear
rings with pendants which weigh thirty two
carats and an emerald ring set with diamonds.
the central stone being fully an inch long and of
proportionate width. She is known as the dia-
mcnd queen.
LAST summer Mr.. Tilden built at Greystone
one of the largest green houses in the country.
There are four grape houses. four peach houses,
palm house, stone house. tes rose house,
Hybrid rose house and an aquatic house The
grape and peach houses arranged as to
give fruit eight months out of the twelve. They
are completely stocked throughout.
'"FHE 1sraelites Gathering Mamma in the Will
derness," by Ercole d Roberto Grandi a capable
member of the Ferrarese school, has been hung
on one of the screens in room IA of the National
Gallery in London, and, although the colors have
to some extent faded, it is. considering its age
ing in l479-in very fair condition
FRAU CosIMA WAGNER the widow of the
great composer. is the illegtimate child of Liszt
and the Countess d'Agoult. She was named
after the lake of Como It will be remem bered
that some fifteen years ago she ran away from
Won Bulow and lived with Wagner up to the
time of his death. the master composer of this
age eXcusing the desertion upon the ground that
he could not compose without her, and of course,
a nF mn vrapo hou oil nth
GREYsToNE consists of 120 acres and improve
menfs. The Greystone mansion and sixty acres
of land were Mr.. Tilden's first purchase They
cost the gentlemen from whom it was bought-a
Mr.. Notwithstanding like half million dol
lars. He halter, who had large contracts
for making army hats and was quite rich when
he began to build Greystone He unfortu-
nate in his business investments. and this fine
property had to be sacrificed. Mr. Tilden paid
about $150.000 for it. His additions since the
purchase of sixty acres of land and his green
houses have cost perhaps 100000 more.
Miss DOLORES LLEoNART Y CAsANovAs has just
received the degree of NJ D. at Barcelona. 'sShe
began" says the Pail Mall Gazette, cher uni
versity studies at the age of eight when thirteen
she became B. A. and now, at the ripe age of
nineteen, after coming out first in all her exam
nations, and taking numerous prizes, she is a
fully qualified physician and surgeon. Fancy
female b. A. of thirteen discoursng on hideous
diseases with sx-syllabled names, and correctly
diagnosing and prescribing for her brothers and
sisters. But it ls what we have got to expect,
and the fair Spaniard is to be congratulated on
being the first of her sex to show what can be
done in the way of rapid development Miss
Dolores, etc., may be fairly addressed, like her
| namesake sung of Mr. Swinburne, as wise
among women and wisest our Lady of Pain
THE custom of Baltimore street boys to fol-
low any. man wearing a white hat and cry "Pe-
nuckle," has become such a nuisance that the
newspapers are asking the authorities to put
stop to it. The boys not only cry ''penuckle, !"
but throw sand and stones at the white hats.
The American says that some weeks ago some
gamblers were arraigned before a justice Of the
peace. One of the prisoners wore black stiff
hat striped with chalk marks The magistrate
asked him what those marks meant The pris-
oner explained that he and his companions were
having game of cards called by the Germans
| 'penuckle,' and that they took his hat to keep
| the tally on The magistrate then advised the
prisoner to wear white hat so that the marks
would not show. From this the cry ''penucklen
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