The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-27


been lett IN the closets A Waterman is now
in possession of the premises.
One of the new Congressman from New
York State, when asked at the Capitol the
other day to vote for bill, astounded the
man who was electioneering for the measure
with the novel answer: 81 shall take pleas
ure in asking the opinion of my legal adj
wiser at Albany as to the bill, and will act
upon what he says
A Berlin woman lately attempted to kill
herself by drinking five ounces Of kerosene.
She became unconscious but was fully re-
stored to health IN three or four days The
DeutSche WOchenschrift tells of 4 man who
drank habitually an ordinary liquor glass OF
petroleum several times weekly without any
disagreeable consequences.
a man from New Lisbon, " ", mailed
two letters at the Oneonto Postotiice the 9th
er day. His strange manner in buying the
stamps, and his query as TO what to do with
the stamps after he had bought them, excl
ted curiosity, and inquiry brought out the
singular fact that, although ffty-five years
OF age, he had never before mailed letter
\ Judge in Walla Walla, W. T., thus ad-
dressed q prisoner the other day, upon whom
ne was about 10 pass sentence for obtaining
money under false pretenses: Considering
the service ycu have done experienced peo-
pie. and the lessons YOU have taught, YOU
have been OF some service to the commun-
ity by doing evil that good may come OF il.
/ J. therefore, give you the lowest penalty al
lowed By the law for penalty-One year in
the peDitentiary.
Peter Cummings drove the first boat that
made the trip from Buffalo over the Erie
Canal in 1925. De Witt Clinton stood at the
bow of the boat and gave the word to start
The boat was called the Young Lion of the
West and was drawn by nine horses gayiy
caparisoned. Cummings drove until he was
seventy-five, when he was drowned at Pen
dletOr. He is buried at TOnawanda, and
Erie Canal boatmen are now raising a fund
TO erect monument over his grave.
A New York philanthropist proposes to or
ganize land company which shall furnish
homes to deserving young men in small cot
tages costing s., 500. BY novel plan in case
the tenant dies after the close of a year the
! property will be decided to his wife as q
home. The company will not lose, because
| its plan is the insuring of the young mans
| life for the amount of the mortgage on the
property, and if he dies his wife takes the
/ property and the company the insurance.
During the recent Scottish elections some
of the voters walked twenty miles to the
| polls in a driving rainstorm. In other cases
! they had to cross stormy channels in small
| boats. So determined were the people to
vote that the men joined together and hired
| a small steamer. In another case the Candi-
date himself chartered a steamer for the day,
and on its arrival such was the tempest that
| the small boats could scarcely get out to it.
| Not to be beaten, the voters carried on their
! shoulders a large boat from far inland and
| launched it for the occasion.
New York has curious little burial place
called the Marble Cemetery" which con-
tains a large representation of the aristocracy
| of the city. 1t lies east of the Bowerv. COM
| prises little more than half an acre. and its
existence is unknown to the bulk of the in
| habitants of the city. 1t does not contain a
single grave, as all the intermentS are in sub
| terranean vaults. The entire soil has been
excavated and the vacancy filled with rows
| of vaults. These vaults are covered with
| three feet of soil, which permits full growth
| of turf and shrubbery. &The cemetery con-
tains only the best families, and only the
names of the old Knickerbockers appear.
A physician was recently called to visit a
| patient named Antonio Baranta, living at
Jackson Gate, Cal. He is an Italian, about
| fifty years OF age, and earned living BY
| mining. He was suffering from bleeding at
| the nose to such an eXtext that all ordinary
/ remedies proved unavailing to stop it, In
/ order to prevent the patient from bleeding
| to death ii was found necessary to plug the
nostrils Another feature OF the disease vas
the appearance of livld, purple blotches
over the hands and arms and other portions
of the body. Even the tongue was affected
/ in this way, and far down the thioa as
could be seen. These spots were caused by
the rupture of the small, superficial veins,
and the consequent presence of stagnant
| blood beneath the skin. 1t is not common
maiady The victim will recover.
A correspondent writes from Mandalsy
just after the deposition of Thebaw: Next
morning obtained admission TO the palace,
/ and for several hours wendell my way
/ through the endless succession OF buildings.
| 1t is impossible to attempt here any detailed
description of the mingled magnifeence and
squalor, filth and splendor which | wit
messed. / found myself in the
/ Lord White Elephants house. He had been
left without food or water. The magnificent
7 silver vessels which held his food had been
/ lying about unprotected The royal mon
/ ster seemed in very bad temper tho wonder.
/ He was chained by the fore feet to massive
! pillars. Unless you were told that he was
white you would not perceive il. In the
dusky light he seemed much like any other
elephant On closer examination he seemed
! of light mouse color, with large white
/ blotches." The same correspondent des-
describes most disgracetul scene oil plum
/ der. The crown Jewels narrowly escaped.