The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-21
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

| MATHEW ARNOLD will be buried in the little
churchsyard near the place where he was born.
| Staines Middlesex.
Miss JENNIE FLOOD personally manages her
snug fort une of IS. 000,00o She does it 80 sue
| cessfuliy and enjoys it so we'll that she is not
| likely coon to accept partner in the RESPONSE
| oility.
IT is reported in London that the Duke of
| MARLBOROUGH will return this country in June
| to continue his wooing of fair, young and,
| above all, wealthy widow whose charms at
| tracted him when he was here last year.
| JAMES c. FLOOD, the bonanza millionaire, who
| lost over 900 by the DISASTROUS Nevada
| Bank wheat deal last year. and whose death has
| been expected several times. owing TO Bright's
| disease. will leave San Francisco next month for
| Europe.
| THE Rev. VIM. F. Slocum, pastor of the First
| Congregational Church of Baltimore. Nd. has
| been asked to accept the presidency of Colorado
| College, located at Colorado Spring lively
town of TO- 900 inhabitants near the center of the
| State of Colorado.
THE Chicago postmaster has received a letter
| directed to the ''Wealthiest Gentleman in Chica-
| 60" Another man wanted Mr.. Judd to give
| him list of all the unmarried ladies in the city
| with view to making choice. and still
other writes the postmaster to oblige him by
picking out likely young woman for wife.
HERBERT SPENCER is in much better health
now. although he is still restrained from the la
| Dor of writing He is able to work three hours
| a day, and dictates every thing to a secretary
| His favorite recreation is billiards, and this
| game has been a OF great benefit to him
by its gentle exercise and entertainment.
IT has been the custom in the United States
Senate for each member to contribute $40 to-
wards wedding gift for the bride of a Senator
who marries while in office. Somebody has
called the custom and finds that che usual tribute
has not been paid to Mrs. Hawley The
sight will be remedied at once. Ten dollars
apiece from the Senators amounts to $3.50, asum
which is sufficient to purchase a magnificent
present.
THE baby King Of SPANS second birthday is
to be kept in Madrid next May by a monster
fete to the school children. Each child will
wear little medal with the young kings por
trait. while Alphonso VII and his family will
have similar medals in gold. Twelve thousand
meat pies as many cakes and oranges, and
1900 pounds of sweets have been ordered to re-
gale the little ones. who will sing hymns and
odss to their juvenile sovereign.
EMILE lola is about to astonsh the world
He expects to do it by . perfectly clean novel
LIE Reeve" is free from all the Objectionable
features of the increasingly disagreeable Rougon
macquart SERIES OF which LA Terre" caps the
climax, and 10 said TO be correct In its char
acter that IL might be described by some persons
as "goody -goody." At the same time it CONTAINS
the accurate and inimitable analysis OK char
acter and circumstances upon which his real
fame IS based.
Colonel visscher. the humorous poet of ST.
Joseph. No.. was appointed mail agent on a
Western road some years ago, but had hardly
entered his duties when money package
was stolen from his car. and he had some diff
Guilty in satisfying the department that it was
not his fault. A few days later Ills train left
the track and he sustained broken ankle. He
then sent in his resignation. with the words
II am tired OF holding position where have
one foot in the penitentary and the other in the
grave.
A NEW Lincoln story comes from the South.
It is related that on his arrival at General
Grants camp 1T City Point, Va. in 1864, the
part of his trip made by water had left him
with a sense of sea sickness. TRY oysters and
champagne" urged a staff officer CHATS the
very best remedy in the world for sic kness"
NO" answered the President-'no, I don't
think champagne was intended to do much
curing. I've noticed that most of the men
sick ashore have always been drinking that very
medicine"
IT would be an interesting test of school
boys. or even of an undergraduates, knowledge
of modern history to call him TO write out
list of the eighty Popes Emperors. Sultans.
and Presidents who died during the lifetime of
the late German Emperor. Forty-nine Kings
form the most numerous group. which includes
George ILL., George Nv, and William ". while
the group of Presidents comes next with TWEEN
ty-two, of which twenty-one the American
Presidents, dating from George Washington to
Garfield.
1T would seem that not all the English resi-
dents of Berlin remain thoroughly British
ana unhHecLeu Dy herman ways as Dr Mac
kenzie. Mr. Lowe, the Times correspondents in
that city, 10 more German than the Ger
mans themselves in his opposition to Sir Nor
rel: and for thie. and his assumption of uni
versal knowledge. he is laughed at by the Ger
man journals. From this 1t would seem that
the Germans, for all their omnipotence, not
very different from other people. and condemn
those who ape them.
A NUMBER of young married journalists in Los
Angeles have perfected scheme to form col
ony ard settle together on the outskirts of that
city The site chosen is Ramona where each
family will have half-acre lot. and a dozen
houses. costing from 81. ZOO to s., 600, will be
completed within sixty DAYS. Among the col
onlsts is Thomas Mast formerly of Harpsr's
there. The directors of the new Rapid Transit
railroad have placed a special engine and car at
the disposal of the newspaper colony.
STRANGE sound aroused the people of Mead
vile. Pa, from their beds on Tuesday night
about y o'clock. On going out upon the street
TO discover the cause. the citizens that the
sky was literally black with wild geese. ducks
and SWAPS The birds had become bewildered
by the electric lights. and hundreds. and posi-
oily thousands, of them were circng in various
directions over the city, their thonk furnishing
chorus that made sportsmen ache to try q
shot two. A gentleman climbed TO the TOP
of one of the highest buildings at 3 o'clock and
dreds in all directions. This was kept up until
daylight came wher the fowls we're able to con-
tinue their course. and disappeared from
view.
Newspaper paragraphs have bad boundless
merriment over the lace cuffs" of the late ex-
Attorney general Brewster. The truth is that
thu lace cuffs were not lace at all. When
Dir. Brewsteri began at the bar he was DOOR,
and his early years marked by bitter
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