The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-02-27
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

going barefoot and blowing the flageolet.
GENERAL BOULANGER denies that he is to
marry Mrs. Lucas of ST Louis The lady is TO
be congratulated.
THE queen Will start for Biarutz March 4.
She will travelin strict privacy under the name
, OF Countess Bl moral.
II. SARAsATE, the famous violinist, now en-
joying period Of success in Berlin, is soon
/ coming 10 this country.
Miss HATTIE CARTER of Kearney county,
Kansas, has won several prizes at lassOing, in
competition with cowboys.
Ex-Gov. BIGELOw and wife of New Haven
Conn, are soon TO set out for Egypt and thu
far East. They will be gone some years.
THE Archduchess Elizabeth, the little daugh
ter of the late crown prince of Austria, is only
! six years old, but is an expert and fearless
skater.
GEN. BoULANGER is afraid that an attempt
will be made to poison him. He has gone te
Rogat for a rest and has taken his own cool
with him.
AT Stuttgart, Germany, died few DAYS ag'
the widow of the late Karl Frederick Ludwis
Won Schiller, eldest son of the poet, at the aga
of eIghty-6ve.
COFFEE PoT," well known characte
who peddled lunches around the New Ysrl
newspaper Offices, is dying in that city. He il
worth $4,000.
LORD SAusBURY's wedding present to hi
third son, who was married recently TO Lore
Dunhams sister, was q complete law library,
valued at $4,000.
Mr.. JOHN GRUNDY of Polk county is the
largest man in Arkansas. He is SIX feet ten
inches in hight, weighs 32S pounds, is active,
and his strength is equal to three men.
A RECENT visitor to the library of DR.. Oil
that appeared to he most frequently consulted
were a Bible and copy Of Shakespeare.
NEW ORLEANS continues to roll up the fund
for the family OF James Owens, the hero of the
steamer Hanna disaster The largest subscrip.
ton yet made is 5000 GO, that OF the children
and teachers Of the public schools.
NINE. MUTsU, wife OF the japanese minister
at Washington. has made 1900 social calls
since the season began. Last spring she could
not speak word OF English. She is now a
good Conversations IN our tongue.
u PicadilIy, London, young dandy is tax
Ing walk in a costume of decided originality.
1t consisted of a pair of lavender trousers.
patent leather shoes, and a short jacket made
wholly of sealskin. The effect was striking.
WHEN Mr. Andrew Lang made his appear
ance the other day as Clifford lecturer at St.
Andrews university, he was enthusiastically
Good FellOww His first lecture was on Mans
Conceptions of God"
CONGRESSMAN W. L. SCOTT of Erie, Pa, is
worth probably sl5,OOOOOO but he is one of the
least destinations men in congress. His face Is
salOw and he is rather thin and roundabout
dercd, with sparse sandy hair He represents
either as president director, 22,0OO miles of
railroad.
SIR JOHN MACDONALD, Canadian premier.
Il & Il
nexation sentiment among the people. To
counteract it he proposes, so it is reported, 70
parliament a series OF measures creating the
dominion into an Independent kingdom, with
one OF the English royal family as regnlng
head.
SENATOR COKE of Texas is firm believer IN
spiritualism. He is large, fne-looking man,
in vigorous health, and not in appearance
person given to tampering with the other
world. Bat he attends a great many seances,
and is fully convinced that the dead and the
living can communicate with each other.
THE other Sunday the German empress APP
peared in gown of white silk, with train
several yards long, embroidered with gold and
silver. The material cost $500. The embroid-
erv REQUIRED the work OF twelve girls for two
months William III prides himself on having
established a regime of Spartan simplicity
MIS-. Aston of New York never invites the
same people to dinner twice in a season. There
are a certain list of persons whose due it is to
be seen AZ the board, and that list is so large
that she has no chance to repeat invitations
which are sent out many weeks in advance, so
that there can be no possibility OF previous
engagements"
SEXTON WILLIAMS of st. Thomas church,
New York, who has suddenly become nOto-
rious. bears decided resemblance to Henry
Ward Beecher. is a great reader OF newspapers.
both secular and religious. He IS also known
as the New York correspondent OF several out
oftown publications. and poses as something
OF a literary man.
DR. MARY WALKER is masculine in her
garb but she cannot stand tobacco smoke. She
went IN TO the capitol in Washington few
DAYS ago to attend a meeting of the house CON-
mittee on District OF Columbia affairs. When
she entered the room the air was blue with the
incense OF cigars. Mary was incenSed at once,
and. covering her nose with her hands, rushed
from the apartment
OREGON has woman mail carrier a plump
little brunette, twenty years of age. She car
ries the mail both night and day distance Of
wentv miles, from the head OF navigation on
Iucinw river over the coast range OF mountains.
Although she has never met with any serious
mishap vet she once encountered three good
sized bears which frightened her horse SO that
he threw her and started for home. The horse
WAS however, recaptured and persuaded TO
pass the bears. which were aiterward killed.
So far this year she hss met two, but she rides
armed and has admirable courage.