The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-07
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

THERE seem to be mugwumps In Burlington,
too. They call them Dacoits there.
AT least four Incorporated towns in Colorado
are at an altitude over 5000 feet above the sea-
SIGNoR BALDI of Genoa, boasts the posses
sion of the letters once worn by Christopher Co
lumbus.
HARTFORD now prohibits the sale of Sunday
newspapers on the streets after 10 o'clock Sun
day morning
THERE is musical protective union in New
York. but, so far no diminution Of the feline
population is apparent.
In one of ODonnells professions in San Fran
cisco. recently, man carried banner inscribed:
"San Francisker will be free"
THE French spoliation claims have been passed
upon by more than fifty committees of Congress,
and have been the subject of more than 5000
petitions.
THE steady shrinkage Of glaciers in the Swiss
Alps has caused severe losses to many of the
peasantry by the drying up Of pastures formerly
moistened by glacial rils.
GEN JUBAL A. EARLY is described as ven
erabe-appearing man, his long. white beard
reaching to his waist and his bent figure indi
eating the rapid advance of extreme old age
Mr.. McELHoNE. the chief of the official re-
porters of the House of Representatives for
i've years, Is training MS son. sixteen
years old, to become his successor in the post he
has SO worthily filed
DRIVING through Windsor. recently, the
Queen noticed cab horse thrown down and in
]ured by an accident. and forthwith directed
that the owner should have new horse given to
him from the royal stables.
THE japanese government has lately sent to
Vassar College a pair of bronze vases, hand
somey ornamented with inlaid decorations in
gold and silver, in appreciation of the education
given to two Japanese girls.
THE first greenback issued is owned by Ed
ward Stacom, of New Richmond, Allegheny
county, Michigan. It is 81 bill, bears date Aug
l, 1862 is marked Series A, No. l, and was paid
out to him as Union soldier.
A PROSPEROUS farmer at Marion, O., has
eloped with his hired girl The local paper ac-
counts for it by saying that he had always
manifested deep interest in religious revivals
but OF late had become a speculator in Bohe-
milan oats"
CURES of sciatica are reported as having taken
place in Paris after single application Of DR..
Debove's method of freezing the skin above the
painful parts with spray of chloride of methyl.
The operation is said to be applicable also to
facial neuralgia
HERR HERMAN, the German traveller, is
back in Berlin from his eight months African
explorations, thoroughly disguised with Congo,
which he declares to be, a state Or for profita-
BILE purposes of trade a humbug, and, he even
suggests, swindle.
THE London Lancet says that children who
are allowed to go barefooted enjoy almost per-
feet immunity from the danger of "cold" by ac-
oidental chilling of the feet and they are alto
gether healthier and happier than those who, in
obedience to the usages of social life wear shoes
and stockings.
The talk in England now is of marriage en-
gagement between one of the Queens grand
daughters and Prince Frederick Leopold only
son of the late "Red Prince" OF Prussia. The
young man is esteemed desirable catch, inner
iting his fathers great wealth, as we'll as much
of his spirit and mind.
THE venerable w. W. Corcoran of Washing
ton, is now interested in removing the remains
of Major pEnfant from the farm where he was
buried to one of the public parks, with view to
putting proper monument over the same to
mark the memory of the man who made the
plan on which the capital city was laid out.
"CRANMER, of Colorado" as he is popularity
called, is probably the most extensive cattle
raiser In the world His cattle are all branded
with three circles, the three circle brand he calls
it. Once he was at a cattle convention, and
while conversing with party of friends one of
them happened to mention the name of shakes
peare. shakespeare" observed Cranmer,
Where have heard that name beforeq What
kind of a brand does he use on his cattlep
AN unrepealed law Of New Jersey, passed
while the State was British colony, reads as
follows ''That all women. of whatever age,
rank, profession or degree. whether virgins,
maids or widows, who shall after this act impose
upon, seduce and betray into matrimony, any of
his Majestys subjects by virtue of scents, cos
metcs washes. paints, artificial teeth, false-hair
or high-heeled shoes. shall incur the penalty of
the law now in force against witchcraft and like
mSdemeanors."
THE Palace Laeken, near Brussels, Is in tele-
phonic communication with the opera-house in
Brussels, and 1t appears that the Queen of the
Belgians was lately listening to a rehearsal of
the new opera by Litolff when she suddenly
dropped the receiver and retired. The leader
of the orchestra, in his anxiety to bring the
chords up to the perfection he considered neces-
sary, used rather strong language The Queen
made a formal complaint, and there has been
much trouble at the opera-house.