The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-26
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


A TRAVELLING man was arrested IN Oberlin,
Kan, for singing Nearer, My God. to Thee on
the hotel porch Sunday evening.
CYRUS FILLMORE, the only living brother of
ex President Willard Fillmore has been visiting
In Buffalo. His home is in Indiana
SEVERAL Boston yachtowners had the bad
taste to put their flags at half mast because of
the death of Gray, the defaulter and suicide,
who was yacht captain.
THE news from the whaling fleet in the Arctic
ocean is discouraging the catch at latest reports
being very small. This has had the effect to
advance the price Of whalebone % cents pound,
to 49,
MICHAEL CARRIssEY died in Dover, N. H., re-
Gently, at the age Of ninety years. Years ago
he served a transportation sentence of fourteen
years in Van Deman's Land for taking part IN
an Irish rebellion.
JAMES ARMSTRONG, of Loure, Canada, we'll
TODD farmer, aged eighty three years, fell inlove
with a maiden of seventy-six summers, who re-
Jected his suit. Therefore he made his will, be-
queathing her all his property, and hanged him
self.
WHENEVER the Emperor William undertakes
to eat his dearly beloved lobster his doctor in
variably shudders and protests. but the aged
Emperor merely smiles and continues his meal.
lie eats good deal, and is particularly fond of
shell-fsh.
LITTLE tornado whirled through Godsboro,
N. O., the other day, and, finding the front door
of fine residence open, dashed into the house,
gathered up lot of furniture, burst open a rear
door and flung the whole lot in a heap in the
back yard
WHILE a circus was paradng in Kingston,
Canada, recently, wagon containing den of
lions overturned and the top of the den
knocked off, A fire was built around the cage
then the wagon was righted by the aid of two
elephants.
A BRocKToN, Mass. shoemaker has spent a
deal of valuable time in making pair of shoes
out of 852 different pieces of leather. Each tip
contains 102 small diamond-shaped pieces. Four
teen different kinds of leather were used, and
various colored silks were used in doing the
stitching.
The statement is in print that the celebrated
Ex-Governor Pinchback, OF Louisiana, may be
seen any day at the races in London carrying on
the business of professional book maker In
his slave days Pinchback was himself put up as
stakes in game of draw poker, on Mississippi
steamboat, and changed masters then and there.
ROBINSON is short-sighted and wears spec
tacles. Going along the Strand he trod on the
foot of very pretty young lady. "Awk ward
fellow, said she don't you see2 And you wear
spectacles, too" Robinson smiled sweetly as he
contemplated the injured member Il beg your
pardon, madam" said he, hut should need a
microscope to your foot"
Miss LILLE DEvEREUx BLAKE is trying to
reason out the timidity of the woman-women.
She said in herrecent Buffalo address: IA woman.
in order to vote, does not need to be about sew
enteen feet high, dress in armor and get up on
ahapk ~ ho hal l0t- 10 N0ta
or as heavy as the fan hold in my hand and
women who have voted have survived the opera
ton, have gone home and been able not only to
| recognize their friends. but to go about their
ordinary duties without experiencing any evil
effects whatever But this is more than can be
said for many male soveregns after visiting the
polls.
EMPRESS ELIZABETH, of Austria during her
recent visit to Gastein stopped at dairy house
| while taking one of her usual long promenades
into the country Her Majesty asked for bowl
| of milk. and then found to her confusion that
| she had not kreutzer to pay for it. The dairy
| woman. who had no idea that she address
| ing her sovereign, seeing the lady's embarrass
| ment, said: Don't be troubled, madam; If you
| do not pay me you will be all the more certain
| TO come back" Her Majesty promised that she
| would return and pay the next morning. She
! did not forget her promise, and she surprised
| the dairywoman by mailing her handsome
present for her pcliteness.
A husband once seized large knife,
And attempted to carve up his kwife,
But the neighbors in,
In the midst of the din,
And succeeded in saving her klife.
| A maid with expression benign,
Whose dresses were costly and ign,
| Was wooed by youth
But she doubted his truth,
And to give him her hand did declgn.
maiden scared by gnome
AS she climbed up the stairs TO the gdomej
OF the State-house one day
For a view of the bay
And she uttered shrek and ran ghome.
Boston Courier.