The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-11
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

cOnN DRluhI ltIt al estate VarlOu6ly eS-
timated from f25O.OOO to s75O,OO
A WEALTHY New York woman, whose
name will not be announced, has given
$4,000 to the S%algamundi Club to be used
In assisting needy young artists.
JOHN BRIGHT was an inveterate smoker
and he left a very fine collection of pipes.
He was also fond of the game of billiards.
the intricacies of which he had well mas
tered.
IT is proposed in New York to raise a fund
of 100000 as a memorial of the late DR.. c.
X. Agnew, the income of which shall be
used to defray the expenses of the Manhat-
tan Eye and Ear Hospital, in which he took
a deep interest.
The late Editor Richardson, of the Port
land. Me-, Advertiser, was so sensitive tina
al the Maine newspapers respected his un-
expressed wish that no mention be made of
his illness. Not q word of the news was
given out till he had died.
j. w. SHOwALTER, of Kentucky, q par
ticipant in the chess congress-, has five
brothers. Their names are John and James
and Jules and so on, but each has the same
initials. The head of this interesting
family also signs himself j. w. Showalter.
The idea was an eccentricity of his.
THERE is still living in Northampton,
Mass. an old musician known as Uncle
James Hurlburt, whom Jennie Lind once
drove twenty miles to hear. His ~favorite
instrument is the ~violOncell0, and he still
gave him as a mark of her appreciation for
q solo which he played for her.
A writer states that Sir John
A. Macdonald, the Grand Old Man of the
Dominion of Canada, has a penchant for
bright red London ties, and, except when
in evening dress, rarely wears any other
hue. Several people have endeavOred to
discover the secret of Sir Johns London
tie-maker, but in vain; the genius remains
an interesting incognitO.
GREECE is q very small nation and a poor
one, but it's Chamber of Deputies has
felt called upon to vote a dowry of $50, 900
to the Princess Alexandra, who is about to
marry the Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovitch
of Russia, and Sl0S.0O to pay for a house
for the heir apparent, the Duke of Sparta,
who is soon to marry, also. Royalty is an
expensive luxury, but Greece apparently
must have 1t.
MRS. AMELIE RIvES-CHANLER and her
husband have been the recipients of many
social attentions during their visit in Vir-
ginia. The authoress is said to be much
prettier than she was in the days of her
maidenhood, and the local papers go nto
raptures in describing her beauty. One pa
per speaks Of her eyes as great double
vioIets, so indescribable are their hue be-
tween purple and blue"
WARD MCALLIsTER, the New York So
ciety leader, is between fifty-fve and sixty
years of age, and is bald and stout He
weighs nearly two hundred pounds and is
five feet ten inches high. His hair is light
brown and slightly curly. He has a heavy
cc,l, -,rC<aoho nfroolyoA NTH v-ar, c~1
a large gray imperial, blue eyes and heavy
eyebrows. His side face strongly resem-
bles that of the late Emperor Louis Ma
pOleOn.
IT is interesting to note that John Bright
had ~undoubted Jewish blood in his veins.
The Abraham Bright who went to Coventry
early in the last century had for his wife a
handsome Jewess named Martha Jacobs.
One of their children was William Bright,
and one of Williams was Jacob Bright.
Jacob Bright, the father of the illustrious
Englishman who died only q few days ago.
THE Japanese Princess, who was given q
reception at the White House, in Washing
ton. a few days ago, is said to have been
fairly ablaze with diamonds. They sparkled
in her coronet and in the coils of her black
hair. They formed stars of glittering light
around the black velvet band which en-
circled her neck, and they. rose and fell
in flashes of luster with the heaving of
her breast, and shone in masses upon her
wrists. Her dress was of Partisan manu-
~facture.
The body of Mrs. NJ. T. Austin, for many
years principal of the Clark School, San
| Francisco, and a prominent educator on the
coast, was cremated the other day at Rose
| dale. in compliance with the terms of her
will. Th furnace was heated to a temper
AZURE of 1900 degrees. The coffin was con-
| sumed Immediately, but the body, although
thoroughly calcined, retained it's shape.
| This was the thirteenth cremation in the
crematOry.
HAN CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. according
to Mr.. Gosse, was a peculiar and decidedly
unpleasant child. When he was pleased
he played on his hat like a tambourine.
When harsh words were said to him, his
tears and sobs came as readily and copious-
ly as those of the immortal turtle In Alice
| in Wonderland The genius of the youth
| ful Andersen was stimulated by wedding