The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-19
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

FANNY MAcAULAY. the historians sister. has
died at Brighton. aged eighty years.
FATHER GRAFTON, of Boston, has been elect.
cd bishop Of Fond du Lac. He was an intimate
friend Of the late Bishop Brown, of that diocese.
HARVARD has graduated three Presidents,
two Viee-presidents, eighteen Cabinet officers,
three Speakers of the House OF Representatives,
and four Supreme Court judges.
EDWIN BOOTH does not eat the hearty late sup
per that he used to. A cracker, n piece or cheese
and one glass of beer insures to him q sound
and restful sleep.
THE Emperor of Germany sleeps, as did his
grandfather, on an iron campbell. He is SUBJ
ject to insomnia, aud often walks his room
nearly the entire night.
ISAAC S. DEMENT,, of Chicago, is the fastest
stenographsr in the country. He recently took
town 1887 words in five minutes. The Rev.
DR.. Phillips Brooks has no terrors for Mr.. De-
ment
THE Empress Of Austria and the Empress of
Japan will be in this country about the same
time. The former has the more beauty aud is
the better horseback rider, but the Mikado's
wife will possess the greater charms as q nov.
city.
CHIEFJUsTIcE GEORGE W.. STONE. Of the Su-
preme Court of Alabama, celebrated his birth
day a few days ago. and was surrounded by over
seventy children, grandchildren and great.
grandchildren. He danced q jig with ono of his
great grandsons.
Mrs. CRAwsHAY, OF Brecon, England. has
placed in the hands of William Rosetti the sum
of s12, 500, the income from which is to be used
annually as a prize to the woman who shall pass
the best examination On the writings of Byron,
Keats and Shelley.
MARGARET POLAND, the author of John
Ward, Preacher" is an American lady about
thirty years of age. She was born in Pitts
burg, and is the wife of o Boston gentleman.
Her first appearance as an author was in 1884,
when she contributed q few poems to the lead
ing magazines.
REV. NEWMAN HALL, the distinguished Eng
lish divine, writes to a friend in Toronto: II
suppose at seventy-two l ought to be old, but I
feel as young as ever. and preach about hve
times a week. / can walk ten miles without
fatigue. My voice is as good as ever and preach
ing an increased delight"
BISHOP VINCENT, Of the Methodist Church,
has recently received from London a fine life
size oil painting Of John Potter, LII. D., Bishop
and priest. and who was sfterward made Arch
bishop of Canterbury. The portrait was painted
by John Vanderbank in 1877.
Miss MARY BUTTERwoRTH, daughter Of Hon.
Benjamin Butter worth, is at the Burnet House
in Cincinnati, for o short stay with her parents.
Miss Butterworth. who will add yet one more
to the atti active debutantes of the coming sea-
son, has been the recipient Of marked attention
during her tay.-Washington Post.
REV. ANTHONY ATWOOD, long known to the
Methodists of Philadelphia, and the Oldest mem
Der of the Philadelphia Conference, died last
week. He was born in 1901. and has taken an
active interest in church work since 1918. Be-
sides his contributions to church periodicals. he
wrote the following works: THE Abiding Com
~forter," THE Pastors Legacy young Mans
Way to Honor" and "The Causes Of the Mar
velous Success Of Mothodism in this Country
Within ito First Century"
ANENr Mr.. Chamberlain's marriage. the Pail
Mall Gazette has this to say: THE advent of
an American girl into English society. at first.
was . curiosity, 1t soon became . pcrtent 1t
is now assuming the dimensions of a menace.
Before long it will be recognized as a calamity.
OF all the forms of competition there is none so
deadly as this. We can stand our farmers be-
ing ruined by American corn. We can listen
unmoved to the walls of grsziers made bank
rupt by the influx of American beef. But the
American girl 10 too much. Already We hear
the murmur and the drawing-room growl of the
despairing Belgravian mother, who sees, season
after season. American girls swoop down upon
the most eligible partners. and cut our native
girls ont before the very eyes OF their distracted
narentsr