The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-12
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


Russian minister at Washington He is a
pleasant man i'll spite of his name.
Dom PEDRO, of Brazil, is the oldest reign
ing sovereign now living. He mounted the
throne IN 1881, at the age of six years.
THE house In which Lord Byron was born,
situate in HOLES street, Cavendish square,
London, is about to be demolished, so as to
enlarge diapers shop.
NJ. JULES SIMON recently declared French
to be the most difficult language in which
to talk nonsense. Yet it has been the diplo-
matte language OF Europe.
SCANDAL has not agreed with NJ. Daniel
Wilson. 1t is reported that he looks almost
as old as his father-in-law, NJ. Crew and
is completely broken down III spirit.
The DUKE OF SUTHERLAND has built
cottage on beautiful grounds skirting Lake
Butler, about two miles from Tarpon. Fla,
called it Sutherland Manor and is now
living in it.
Rev. FATHER JAMES CROKE, whose death
in st. Vincent's Hospital, New York, is Just
reported, will be remembered for his heroic
services during the San Francisco cholera
epidemic of 1880
JENNY LIMBS husband, Otto Gold
schmidt, has raised monument to his
wife's memory which is in the form of a
cross about ten feet high and cut from
Swedish granite. D.
Hon. 1GNATIUs DONNELLY is quoted as
saying that he doesn't care a sixpence about
what nybody says about his book or him
self: He says. Il am right, and time will
Justify me. Nine-tenths of the graves of
the world are filed with unadulterated
FOOLS"
p (LEGITIME, President Of Hayti, is as black
!; as the ace of spades. He is tall, finely
formed man, about fOrty-five years of age.
His face is covered with heavy black
beard and mustache. His manners are
those OF a refined and courteous gentleman.
The Peoples Palace, in London, which
provides social as we'll as educational ad-
vantages to the poor and middle classes, is
delighting its visitors with an immense
arctic fete. The whole of the exhibition
hall has been lifted up as an arctic village;
kinds OF entertainments are held.
AMONG other petty insults to which the
widowed Empress Frederick has been SUBJ
jected by her eldest son is the order re-
Gently published in the Official Gazette de-
on her coat-of-arms and decreeing that in
FIXTURE she must content herself with the
attribute of mere queen of Prussia.
IT is reported that Queen Olga, of Wur-
temberg, has notified the invalid King that
he must abandon the notion of recalling his
American favOrites, Messrs. WOodcock and
Henry, if he wishes her to remain with
him. Their Majesties are now at the Hotel
Splendide, Nice, and the two Americans
are staying somewhere in the neighbOrhOOd.
A CURIOUS scene took place at Bucharest
the other day when deputation of the
Chamber presented the King of Roumania
with the address voted in reply to the
speech from the throne. Among the twenty
members of the delegation five happened to
be noted for their anti-dynastic opinions.
To one of these, NJ. AleXandresc0, who was
lOlling in a not very respectful attitude, the
King said, Il believe it was You, sir, who
Missed me at Jassy," to which the deputy
replied with SOME confusion, "Oui, sire, un
peu."
HENRY NJ SANKEY'S real name is John
Howlands. He was born in Wales, near the
little town of Denbigh, and his parents
were SO poor that he was sent, at the age of
three, to the poor-house St Asaph. When
he was thirteen he was turned loose to take
care of himself. He was we'll Informed, and
taught school for while. He shipped from
Liverpool as cabin boy when he was four
| ten, and reached New Orleans. He was
there adopted by merchant named STAN
ley, who gave him his name. Young Stan
now, if alive, fOrty-eight years of age.
AMONG those somewhat advanced in
years, who have recently become husbands
and fathers are ex-Gov. John d. Long, men,
| Der of Congress from Massachusetts; Gen.
Joseph r. Hawley, Senator from Connecti-
cut. and Gen. Arson G. McCoOk, Secretary
of the Senate. General McCook is the in
| FAINT member of the proud and happy trio,
a q n Or
makes loving papa at the age of fifty -one,
and General Hawley greets his first baby,
| aged sixty-three tthe General not the
| baby). 1t is said that the General has OBJ
served that his baby is probably Demo-
| craft, as he hasn't said a word since the cleo
| ton.
| M. FELIX JULES MELINE, who has been
reelected President of the French Chamber
| of Deputies by an overwhelming majority
| over NJ. Andrieux, was first elected Presi-
dent of the Chamber in April last, when NJ.
| Floquet vacated the chair on becoming Pre-
mier. The contest on that occasion was a
notable one. There was three cornered
struggle between ex-Premier Brisson An
| drieux and Clemenceau. The opponents of
| the last named finally united on Nj. Meline,
and the last ballot stood 16S for Meline to
| 16S for Clemenceau. NJ. Melne was there
| upon declared elected because he had served
| O longer time in the Chamber than his OPP
| p0nent.
| NJ. CARNoT is first-class carpenter, and
| can handle the saw and plane as well as
any mechanic. 1t was at Chabanais in the
Charente, where his father possessed cha
| teau, that he learned the trade. Carnot,
| ST., insisted that all his children should
learn some occupation; there is no tell
| ing:" he used to say; "yOu may want 1t
some day, for we live in strange tines So
| Carnot, jr., was put to the bench, and, ac-
cording TO his professor, clse NJ. Delarge,
who is still living. acquittes; himself most s
career. Mr. Sardin, who was an apprentice
| at that time, but is now master cabinet
maker in the Faubourg st. Antoine, de-