The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-05-23
HERE AND THERE.

Los Angeles, Cal, sold about ninety million
dollars worth of real estate last year.
One night last week Jack Smith of Eustis,
Fla, killed five 'possums at one shot.
There is a clergyman in England named
Straight whose curate is named Crooked.
More than one-half of the L. S. senators now
in Office were born in states other than those
they are representing.
COW in Findlay, O., has developed strange
appetite; it catches and devourS every stray
feline that comes in Its reach.
A nugget of ruby ore, weighing 160O
pounds, and estimated to be worth $4,000, was
taken from mine near Elko Cal, few days
ago.
George Davis, a colored man of Chicago, will
allow a barrel of -four TO fall on his head and
shoulders from distance of three feet for y a
drop.
Baltimore has passed an ordinance against
the playing of hand organs In the streets and
Memphis has prohibited peanut stands on the
streets.
A new diamond has been discovered in
Wadira Kavor, in the presidency of Madras.
1t weighs over siXty-seyen caTatS and is valued
at $4,000
In Baltimore it is proposed to put letter
boxes on the street cars. This will bring let
ter to the postoifice from any part OF the city in
hall an hour.
n young lazy married cnap IN TennSyiVa-
mia the other day after having refused him
eighteen times. She was eighteen, he was
twenty-eight, and had just $500 in the bank.
The statement that at the beginning of the
war there not railroad bridge over the
Mississippi river, islncOTect That stream was
spanned by a bridge between Rock Island and
Davenport IL 1856.
The Engineer says there is no properly re-
corded instance of locomotive ever attaining
q greater speed than eighty miles an hour, and
quotes Charles X. Martin as saying that higher
speeds are mythical
Station Agent Shannon of Bellevue, Mich,
has a bible which was printed at London from
1915 to 1919 and is valued at $780, There is but
one other Of the same edition in existence and
it is in the British museum.
There is wonderful brown and golden bird
in Mexico, a species of the bee martin, that is
remarkably expert bee catcher. lie has way
OF Ruling up his feathers on top of has head,
so that his crest looks exactly like beautiful
flower When bee comes along TO sip honey
from this delusive blossom it is snapped up and
devoured.
Matthew Amold's grave is close by those of
his two eldest sons, and also his youngest child,
and to those of a small circle OF relatives and
connections, among whose tOmbstOnes are to
be read the names of some eight or ten men,
'bers of the auckland family, and that of Mrs.
Delafeld, sister of DIR. Arnold, and aunt of the
late poet and scholar.
A well-knOwn Wall-st broker was giving his
son a lecture the other day. "Above all, my
son, be honest. Let nothing drive you from the
path Only the other day, for instance, GUS
toner of ours made mistake in giving me an
account. Instead of giving me $1,000 he owed
my partner and myself he gave me 5000"
"Well" 81 gave 500 OF it to my partner
Truth.
Heavy machinery is now runby artesian well
power in many parts OF France, and the eXpe-
rianca of he French show that the deenpr fba
well the greater the press and the higher the
temperature. The famOls Grenelle well, sunk
to the depth of ,S00feet ana flowing daily some
100000 gallons, has pressure of sixty pounds
to the square inch, the water being also so hot
that it is used for heating the hospitals.
There was great wolf hunt in Berea, Wis,
some days ago. Three hundred and thirty
nine inhabitants of the tOwnturned out TO Kill
the wolf, and after two days hunting, sue
ceeded in capturing that ferOciOus beast When
killed it weighed tWenty-three pounds, and the
coroner's inquest over the remains brought in
a verdict of death from fright"
There was very peculiar suicide in Laney
park, Elmira n. y, the other morning. A
robin redbreast, deserted by its mate, sought to
drown its misery in death. Taking u long
string which he had picked up to put into its
nest, he swung it around bough then wound
it around his neck and expired. The body
hung in the tree all day and many pedestrians
gazed at it curiously.
A college student was invited one Sunday to
occupy the pulpit in little country church.
After what he considered a mastery effort on
the subject of Lazarus and the Rich Man." he
called on a good old brother to pray, and was
somewhat electrified to hear the following:
80, Lordl we thank Thee that we are not like
this poor, despised beggar Lazarus who we've
Jest ben lstenin' top'-BOSt0R Journal
The butchers national protective association
will hold its annual convention in Philadelphia
on May 22. An interesting feature OF the con-
vention will be a grand barbecue, at which
fifty steers and 100 SouthdOwn sheep will be
roasted under the direction of the celebrated
barbecuist, Mr.. Wade. There will be four
bitches, each 90 feet long, feet deep and u
feet wide Sixty cords of wood and 400 pounds
of butter for basting will be used.
a Boston paper tells of funny blunder
which was made by Bishop Eastburn at
| crowded church wedding in that city. Some
spectators at the back of the church stood
upon the benches in order to get better view
of the ceremony. The bishop saw them and
pausing in the service said, in his most solemn
tones: Remember the sacred character of this
house; let all who are present sit upon the
floor and put their feet upon the seats"
A young man failed to receive an invitation
| to a surprise party to which many that he
knew were specially invited. He brooded over
! il while and then stole q march on all the
others by inviting the young lady in whose
| honor the party was given 30 go with him to the
theater. Not knowing OF any other arrange
ment she gladly accepted, and after the per-
Torrance he suggested lunch, thereby MAX
ing the other party, kept waiting for her re-
turn, literally one OF surprise.-BoaOR Times.
s. A. Ruff has an interesting Indian relic, re-
Gently turned up by the pillow upon his place
! about mile from Mikesville, Fla 1t was a
double-barreled pistol of ancient make and for
gotten pattern. The woodwork of the handle
was gone, but all the rest was intact and in
good state of preservation. The rifed barrels,
about four inches in length and of about thirty
eght-caliber, are arranged like those of an or
binary double-barreIed shotgun of to-day,
with separate hammers and triggers and are
tubed for the use of percussion caps. The
weapon was probably dropped where found
during some of the Indian wars. Both barrels
were loaded.