The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-05
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


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GEN. DAN S1cKLEs is being gossiped about as
New York's coming Mayor.
Mr.. B. P. SHILLABER Mrs. Partington) still
goes about on crutches, but his general health is
excellent.
PAUL H. HAYNE, the Southern poet. is re-
ported to be seriously i'll at his home, near Au-
gusta, Ga.
Mrs. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN says. in lie tier
to friend, that her life in Europe will be retired
and quiet.
MRS. ALLEN, of Liverpool has presented
Queen Victoria with parasol of satin made by a
poor Irishwoman.
In 1909 Cardinal Wolsey first combined straw
berries with cream in an exalted moment of su-
preme inspiration.
THE female physicians in Philadelphia are be-
coming so numerous that they will shortly form
medical society of their own.
IT is said that Peyon, the French lion tanner.
keeps his money in box in the lions cage This
is safer than an average savings bank.
GENERAL BUcKNER, of Kentucky, has farm
Of !. 500 acres in quiet part of the State He
lives the life of an elegant gentleman.
SENATOR KENNA, age thirty-eieht. is the only
Congressman in that house under forty years of
age, and there are only fourteen others under
fifty
LAUNT THOMPSON, the sculptor has nearly
finished an equestrian statue of Gen. Ambrose
r. Burnside, which is to be set up in Provi-
dence
An advertisement ia an English paper calls for
cook s'no fringe no beer" which being inter
preted meanetb no banged hair allowed in tho
kitchen
A WOMAN states that she has, for many years,
observed the men taken to the station house by
the police. and not one in two hundred wears q
tall hat.
REPRESENTATIVE HITT's prospects of recomi
nation and re election from the Sixth Illinois
district are improving. and he is now said to be
sure of success
"CLAD in deep mourning, but looking wonder
fully well. and almost cheerful, is how the OK
Empress Eugene appeared when she visited the
"Colnderies," in London, the other day.
FLORIDA Times Union: The bravest are not
always the tenderest, as the poets sing; there is
the red game rooster. for instance; he will fight
bird of double his weight but he cuts up tough
in a pot-pie.
THE repairs upon the church at Stratford-on-
Avon where the remains of Shakespeare repose
will have to be postponed indefinitely because
subscriptions to the fund have been so small in
amount. The committee are thinking of appeal
ing to the American public.
WASHINGTON Post: young society girl in
this city says that if there is any one thing more
necessary than another it is that all boys should
be taught at school how to WELD lady's fan to
a lady'S satisfaction. Not one male person in a
hundred. she says knows the first thing about
flaming lady as it ought to be done.
Mr. RUsKIN, as was recently related in this
column, took occasion to advise churches not to
run into debt "Starve and 60 to heaven he
said 'ibut don't borrow. Try first begging |"
Forthwith Methodist Church in neieborng
village took him at his word and begged of him,
| and i'll reply he sent them guinea and q gra-
cious letter.
THEY tell of a boy in England who, seeing a
great tent in which q panorama of .Buny ans
Pilgrims Progress" was being exhibited, went to
the ticket taker and asked if Mr.. Bunyan was
in. Receiving a negative reply. he remarked
that he was sorry, as Mr.. Bunyan was his father
and ended with the query, "Of course you'll pass
me in freeY"
A Swiss correspondent of the Republique
Franchise, in looking over the papers of the
eccentric Duke Of Brunswick, deposited at tbs
library of Geneva. has found the draft of q
secret mutual assistance treaty between him and
the late Emperor Napoleon It is dated Ham,
18th juno. 1914, and is not only signed Louis
Napoleon Bonaparte, but is written by him on a
white silk pocket handkerchief in marking ink
AMONG the papers left by the late King Lud.
wig is one containing the plans of the castle he
had intended to build in the future. His Maj
esty had planned chateau designed to surpass
even that of Herrenchiemsee, on the apex of
Falkenstein, the ascent to which would be we'll
nigh impossible. The grand hall of this pro-
jected chateau was to be paved in mosaic, and
the center of the hall was to be adorned by an
enormous peacock composed of precious stones.
IVAN LEosKI was born in Warsaw forty years
ago. and when young man loved and was loved
by Rachel Korpf But Ivan was a Republican,
and so old man Korpf wouldn't let Rachel marry
him. His political opinions caused Ivan's ban
ishment. Ho came to this country. settled in
North Bergen, N. j., as a florist, and got to-
gether nice property. He and Rachel cor
responded, and when, not long ago, Rachel re-
ceved some properly by the death of relative
she at once set sail for America to join her lover
They were married on Tuesday last.
Two Savoyards who have been exhibiting a
tame bear through New England since April l.
quarreled in Fall River. and in the fight the
arm OF one was broken and his thumb chewed.
He sought the authorities, who arrested the
victor. He was searched and $500 found la
small coins As both men owned the bear. IL
was rather difficult TO attach the prisoners ha.f.