The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-05

Queen Elizabeth as a page He wore
striped satin waistcoat and doublet of
velvet. cut in ancient English STYLE, with
effeminacy about him that he was strik
ingly suggestive. anything effeminate can
be striking, of English nobility tastes.
FORTY-FIvE years ago five young men of
Concord, n. H., formed club. A few nights
ago they ate together their forty fifth yearly
supper. All are married now, and there has
been only one death in the five families in
all this long stretch of time. The club is
composed of DR.. w. w. Hurd, of New York
city: Joseph S. Abbott, of Washington, ID.
c.; DR.. Charles A. Tufts, of Dover, n. H.,
and George A. Blanchard and j. c. A. Hill,
of Concord. They sup at one another's
houses by turns, the entertainer this year
being Mr.. Blanchard.
HONOR thy father and thy mother, that
thy days may be long in the land,n were
the words which figured most prominently
on a transparency just outside the railway
depot at Breslau on the occasion of Kaiser
Wilhelms recent visit to that city. The
Young monarch was deeply incenSed at
this strange want of tact on the part of the
local authorities. He chose to regard the
transparency as an intentional a1lusion to
his unfilial behavior to his parents, and has
vowed never again to set his foot in the
ancient capital of Silesia.
THE Pope has received nearly eight hum
dred requests from French ecclesiasts for
one of the jubilee offerings which he an
nounced his intention of giving away. In
most cases the choice of the article was
left to himself, the object Of the applicants
being merely to secure O mementO of the
jubilee, however trifiing. The Pope will
probably present tbs costly ivory taber-
nacle sent him by the American Catholics
to the Church of Our Lady at LOurdes.
Over a thousand demands came from Ger
many, mostly from the priests of the
poorer parishes, and nearly all asking for
one or another of the objects used in Cath
Ole worship.
Col. JOnN G. DENT, who died few DAYS
ago, was brother ln-law of General Grant,
and served with distinction in the Mexican
war, where, while in an engagement, he
was thrown on the pOmmel of his saddle
and injured. He also served in the war of
the rebellion, and was in Libby prison.
Owing to his relationship to General Grant
the cOnfederates demanded a large ransom
when exchanging prisoners for his person,
but as no concessions were made he was
there long time. At one time Colonel
Dent was very wealthy, owning before the
war a large part of Sacramento, Cal. During
the floods he lost his property, and settled
in Missouri, where in 1883 he established a
stock farm in Carthage.
The widely-spread report about Mrs.
General Grant having bought new home
on Riverside Drive, New York, came from
the purchase of house near that thorough
fare for Mrs. U. S. Grant, jr., that is, Mrs.
''Buck" Grant. She was the only daughter
of the late ex-senator j. B. Chatfee, of Colo
RADIO. His estate was left to her, with the
exception of few requests to relatives,
and was estimated at about 100000 1t
was in an unprOductive condition, but his
old friend, ID. Fl. Moffatt, president of the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad, who became
his executor, has managed it so we'll that
its productiveness is now assured, and out
of some of the returns Mr.. MOffatt purchased
the Riverside house for Mrs. Grant and her
children. Mrs General Grant goes often to
see her grandchildren, and to visit the
Generals tomb near by. This is doubtless
the foundation of the rumor. She still
lives in the old house on Sixty-sixth street.