The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-19
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

MR. GLADsroNE's Grafton over his home rule
bill contained a 700 words.
BISHOP STEVENS of Philadelphia, now Of
tends to all his episcopal duties Apparently his
| health is quite restored
IT is said that Senator Payne has had rup-
ture with the McLeans owing to jealousies on
the ladies' side of the two households.
RECORD is made of the death at the Bradford,
England, work-house Of the good woman who
nursed Charlotte Bronte and her sisters at the
Haworth parsonage.
For FIVE years Verdi has been working more
or less at his new opera, "Iago," and it is not
finished yet It is expected to be brought out
for the first time in Milan, but the time is not
fixed yet.
Mr. ENooH PRATT. who gave BaltimoreI its
fine free library. is thought to be worth six or
seven millions, all self.made He is past seventy,
understood and very thin, though lie is still hale
and agile.
WHEN Sam Jones received a Eve hundred-dol-
lar donation from Louisville newspaper man
for charitable object, he remarked: ''Tbe time
has arrived when the secular press often does
more good for God and His people than the relg-
ious press"
w. A. CRoFFUT clearly knows on which side
his bread is buttered. Having written up the Van
Tense of Mr. Gould. why" he exclaims, s'why
is Patti paid 5000 nights Becauke there is
only one Patti!n
HERE'S how dye do.
Whatever shall dos
Since stopped my advertising
My trade has fallen off surprising
Within 6 week or two.
Here's how dye do!
THE poetica1 name of Galveston is the Clean
der City, but. according to the Galveston News,
the trees which gave the city that title have
been destroyed by the extraordinary frosts of
last winter. Says the News: 'sIt is not exag
geratng the case whatever in asserting that
there will not be solitary oleander in bloom
this summer and perhaps for many summers to
come
FRANK BOILING, of Cherokee, Kan, threw
himself on feather bed that lay on the floor
during thunderstorm He neglected to draw
up his legs. and his feet were touching the floor
when the lightning struck the house and played
about his feet. burning them and knocking him
senseless. That part of his body that was on
the bed was not hurt and child lying By his
side was uninjured.
WASHINGTON PosT When one looks at the
dimnutive form of Representative Wheeler, of
Alabama the long, thin, struggling black hair
the bald crown, and the big beard in which the
small pale face is hidden it is difficult to realize
that that is the dashing daring. clever cavalry
general Of the confederate armies When the
General puts his little soft round hat on the
back of his head and hurries along with quick,
short step. his head away in front, the identity
| is still more incredible.
MARSHALL FIELD, the well-known Chicago
merchant is called lucky by his friends few
years ago, in settling with country merchant,
he WAS induced to take $500 of mining stock
He didn't want it, and offered big discount for
| cash, but the merchant didn't have the cash and
| so Mr. Field kept the stock. In seven years he
has drawn $50, 900 in dividends from that stock.
and it is said that all the money he evar has in
vested in mining stock, and he has invested con-
| siderable and with great success was his profits
| on that $500 worth
sONNETs AND B0NNETS.
The poet burns the midnight oil
To write his vernal sonnets
And milners with vgor toll,
Constructing Easter bonnets
Boston Courier.