The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-23
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


| meeting at Philadelphia, Oct 6.
KANSAS School Teacher-"Where does all our
grain go TOT" Unto the hopper" ''What hop
| PERI "Grasshopper" triumphantly shouted q
| scholar.
MATTHEW ARNOLD the philosopher, appears
at Mount Desert wearing a corduroy coat, wide
| trousers pearl kid gloves patent leather shoes
| and Scotch cap. People look after him in
| amaZement
IRA D. SANKEY on his return from Europe,
intends to rejoin Mr.. Moody at Chicago Said
he the other day: DO consider Chicago the
worst city in the Union2 No; but consider it a
| very infammable city"
M. De BRAzzA, the explorer says that after
nine years experience he has come to the con-
| clusion that the West African territory and the
| basin of the Congo must be left to be developed
| by the original inhabitants.
| POPE LEO XIII has decided to give contribu-
ton of 500 000 to be devoted to an exhibition of
religious art. to be be held at the Vatican gar
dens on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary
of his entrance into holy orders.
A CHARLESTON woman was strangely affected
| by the earthquake. Her hair, which is long and
black, is falling out in places, leaving the bare
scalp exposed The physicians state that it is
caused by paralysis of the scalp, caused from
| fright.
4. P. ROWE is q trife over the medium size,
with a pleasant intellectual face, which is
| almost covered with rich and handsome coal
| black beard and mouStache Mr. Roe is in the
| prime of manhood, being about forty-6ve years
| of age.
IT'S taught in South Carolina schools,
By friends of Mr.. Talafero,
For spelling names there rules,
And General Simon Baliafero
Where he alive might freely range
Ger orthografc pastures strange,
And euphemistically change
A Roland for an Alafero.
Chicago News.
| BLoND1N, the tight-rope walker lives quietly
| in London, at the age of sixty-two. He tried to
exhit in Paris after the authorities had refused
| to let him walk across Niagara second time,
| except with net suspended under the rope: but
his great feat had taken the interest out Of all
| subsequent performances in that line and they
| all seemed tame in comparison. Blondin retired
| on moderate competence earned IN his perllouS
profession.
| Two or three years ago Phil Armour saw a
negro porter in palace-car industriously trying
| to spell out words in a well-thumbed reader
whenever he had moments leisure. He be-
came interested in the boy, and offered him $25
if he'd read six lines before the train reached it's
destination. The porter, by hard work, earned
| the money, and now he is student in Oberlin
College, sent there by the generous Chicago
( packer. He is very black and very ambitious
| AT the recent banquet of the Society of the
| Army of the Tennessee at Rock Island, Ill, Gen.
| Sherman presided and rather abruptly cut off
| Major J. NJ Beards.ey, of Rock Island, VINO
| proposed a sentiment and attempted to make a
| speech. After the banquet Major Beardsley
| shook his fist near General Sherman's face and
| INDUCED in violent language He was led away
| by friends but incensed that he renewed
| his denunciations a little later, but was again
restrained. General Sherman is always in COM
mand-on duty or off.
REALLY, not all Germans are music-lovers.
The Hohenzollerns are not Franz Liszt, after
vainly trying with his most brilliant perform
ances to produce some impression upon Prince
Frederick, brother of the King of Roumania,
| exclaimed: mo wonder! All the Hohenzol-
| lerns l have known cared nothing for music
Old Prince Albert once told me he looked upon
music expensive noise and of his own
son, now Regent OF Brunswick, he said: He
cannot be true Prussian prince. for he does
not admire women nor get drunk and does not
play the organr"
LENA Fry, the little daughter of David Fry,
of Rumptown. Loudon county. Virginia who
| astonished the physicians and people in that
vicinity by her long sleep, is dead. She was ff-
| teen years old. Her first long sleep two
weeks ago, when she slumbered sixty-six hours.
Then she was thought to be dead. Her last and
final sleep began nine days ago, and ended on
Thursday She begged those about her not to
let her GO to Sleep but they could not relieve her
of the drowsiness which took possession of her
All efforts to awaken her were fruitless. The
doctors say she starved to death while asleep.