The Indianapolis journal., 1886-11-27

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year when shippers feel safe in shipping in large
Quantities.
CHECK for one cent was recently drawn in
New York by the government in favor of an i'm
| porter who had paid excess of duty to that ex-
| tent.
REED, the latest Boston detaulter, is ffty-o
years old, short in stature, with blonde side
| whiskers. As far as known, his habits have been
| good.
SOMEBODY who has studied Henry Georges
views on ownership in land proposes that Mr.
George should christen his followers 'the Free
| soil party"
PRESIDENT PIERCE alone has the honor of the
twenty-five administrations of having retained
his Cabinet intact throughout the four years he
was in Office
LIFE In place of the chestnut bell, we now
have tie electric button You are invited to
press it, and the point of needle runs into the
| hnger We are a humorous Nation.
| PUCK: 1t has at last been found out that the
reason the Salvation Army recruits wear their
hair so long is because they can wear one collar
| an entire season without being detected.
New HAVEN News: A man out West rolled
pillow-sham up and choked his scolding wife to
death with it. We have often wondered if those
articles wouldn't some time nave use found for
| them.
THE King and Queen of Ccrea, according to
the Berlin Borsen Courier, have dismissed their
native physicians and intrusted themselves re-
spectlvey to the care Of Dr. Allen and Miss Ell
len, lady who studied in Boston.
RECENT Illness from which he has now recov-
cred, has obliged Mr.. Wilkie Collins to defer for
short time the publication of his new story
called 1.-THE Guilty River" 1t will, however. be
in the hands Of the public very soon.
YOUNG woman at Banksville, Pa, went into
trance and visited heaven. Her father thinks
her experiences in the celestial kingdom are too
holy for daily paper, and he proposes to have
the story written out for the Pittsburg Christian
Advocate.
GARABED S. AZHDERIAN, an Armenian, is
member of the freshman class at Williams He
supports himself by selling embroideries, scarfs,
etc, sent to him from his native land. When he
graduates he will be able to keep little gents
furnishing store" and dun his classic customers
In pure Latin
"DR ALFRED RUSSELL WALLACE, the great
est naturalist of our time. is having much sue
cess with his illustrated Lowell Institute lect-
ures.' says the Boston Beacon. ''He is simple
| speaker, leaves out mere technicalities, and of
fers the best lectures of the kind ever delivered
in this country"
THEODORE Roosevelt, who Is now in Lon
don, is quite social lion. The aristocracy have
extended very warm welcome He goes fox
hunting, and his name is up at the Athenaum
Club. He is to be married next week, and will
proceed to Italy for the honeymoon The Prince
of Wales, it is said, will give him dinner when
he returns to London.
PROBABLY the last letter ex President Arthur
ever wrote was addressed to William W.
| Wright. of Geneva. 1t was dated Nov. 16, aud
received the day of the writer's death. 1t
| acknowledged the receipt of sketch of Judge
| Folger by Mr.. Wright, who besides being an
active politician is man of good literary taste.
and was written In firm, bold hand.
ABOUT two years ago James Gleason, of New
| Haven, received word that he had fallen heir to
an estate in Ireland. He went over to take
possession, was shipwrocked on the voyage. es-
capped, reached Ireland, but failed TO obtain his
| fortune. He returned home, and recently died.
A few days after his death came news that the
money was on it's way to New Haven.
| MISS MAY MCTAvTsH, of Baltimore, descend
ant of Charles Carroll of Carrollton on her faith.
| ers side, and of General Winfield Scott on her
mothers has sailed for Europe to enter the
convent of Carmelite Nuns at Brussels. She was
young and we'll known member of Baltimore
society. A younger sister took the black veil at
the Convent of the Visitation, near Baltimore,
three years ago.
| The Book aker reports that several American
publishers have discovered that they can save
money by having their books printed in Europe.
Printing Offices in London and Berlin have taken
orders year or more ahead Of the time of de-
| livery, and the contracts have proven equally
satisfactory to both parties. The Jobs have been
large enough to warrant the casting of type in
exact imitation of the styles in vogue here.
A sTRoLLrNG gypsy told West Virginia
farmer that if he would place $25 in certain
hollow stump and leave it there all night it
would be doubled in the morning The farm er
tried it, and sure enough he found $50 in the
stump. Then the gypsy advised him to put all
he had, 500, in the stump and draw out 81 400
in the morning. The farmer took this advice,
and is now looking for q gypsy who he says has
stolen 800 from him.
Mr. SrlLsoN HurcHlNs, the we'll known
Washington journalist has the necessary wealth
and leisure now to give himself up to the organi-
zation of first class club at the capital. It is
to be called THE Jefferson" and will be mod
eled after the Iroquois of Chicago, and the
Manhattan, of New York. The matter has been
considered, and about two hundred Washington
ans of the Jeffersonian persuasion have taken
an interest IN 1t to the extent Of lending their
names.
A MEMBER of ons of the militia regiments
Wnlcn guarded the chicago stockyards during
the recent strike having. because of his enforced
absence from business, been discharged by the
firm which employed him. Mr.. P. D. Armour
sent word to General Fitzsimons, in command
of the militia that all soldiers who had lost po-
sitions by reason of their military service would
be employed by him at work similar to that they
had been doing, aud at as good wages as they
had previously received or better
"WHERE are your tickets, gentsl" asked the
door keeper of st. Louis theater to line of men
who confronted him in Indian ile." 'It's all
right" shouted man at the tail end of the line.
1--WE got the tickets. There's twelve of us with
me. Count EN- as they go in" "In you go,
gents" said the oorkeeper, and he tailed off
eleven who Immediately mixed with the crowd