The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-15


and taking a revolver fired four times at
him. Two of the shots took effect in his
face.
SENATOR EvARTs, speaking of the por-
trait of Mrs. Hayes in the Green Room of
the White House. said there was a mistake
in it which could never be corrected. it
having been painted in oil, while Mrs.
Hayes should always be painted in water
colors."
A MAN while eating lettuce in Boston
restaurant came upon a piece of gravel SO
suddenly that it snapped tooth off. He
sued the proprietor of the restaurant for
$500 damages. The Judge gave the case to
the jury. The latter found out what an
entire set of new false teeth would cost,
and made that the figures of their award.
IT is announced that Mr.. John Holdings
head, the London manager, has arranged
for highly realistic addition to the at
fractions of niagara in London in the
shape of a photographic reproduction of
the voice of the original Niagara. The NJ
agara thunder is to be bottled and shipped
for the purpose under the direction of Col.
Gouraud
MIR. BALL, the sculptor. has completed
statue in bronze of p. L. Barnum, which
is to be erected after the great showman's
death. The statue represents Mr.. Barnum
Sittlug IN d cuSu1O0eU CHAT, WIFI u me1nO-
randum book in his left hand and q pencil
in his right. Its height In a sitting posture
is eight feet. its weight is 5000 pounds, and
the cost is $4,000.
THERE is said to be an unrepealed law of
New Jersey, passed while the State was
British colony, which provides that all
women, of whatever age, rank, profession
or degree, whether virgins maids or widows.
who shall after this act impose upon, seduce
or betray into matrimony any of his
Majesty's subjects by virtue of scents. cos
metlcs, washes, paints. artificial teeth, false
hair or high-heeled shoes, shall incur the
penalty of the law now in force against
witchcraft and like misdemeanors."
Mrs. HENRIETTA STANDARD, the lady
known as John Strange Winter" subjected
herself for many years to severe literary
apprenticeship before publishing her first
book. Most of the characters in "BOotles'
Baby" and other military tales are studied
from life. John Strange Winter" was
born in York, England, in 1885, She is the
only daughter of the Rev. H. V. Palmer.
Her great-grandmOther was Hannah Pritch-
ard. celebrated actress of the last CEN
fury, to whose memory monument has
been erected in Westminster Abbey, close
to that of Shakespeare.
GEN. BENJAMIN F. TRACY was once a
newspaper writer in New York. For some
years after the close of the war. in which
he had served, he furnished editorial arti-
cles to the New York Times, which was
then a Republican journal, under the
practicing. law in Brooklyn at the same
time. He had become acquainted with Mr..
Raymond when both were members of the
State Assembly, and when the latter occu-
pied the Speakers chair. The two young
Republican leaders often held conferences
on political questions up to the time of Mr..
RaymOnd's death, in 1869.
Ex-Governor MCCREERY, of Kentucky,
during his nine years service in the United
States Senate, saved $40. 1000 from his salary,
and won reputation for economy which is
still talked about at the capital. There
was a cheap hotel in Georgetown whose
rates were some 81 week for board and
lodging, and here Mr.. McCreery lived. He
and back every day, thus saving dollar
or so week in car fare, and his personal
expenses were Insignificant. None of his
salary went to hackmen, to florists, to
Wormly or Chamberlain; he never played
poker and never went to the theater, and
when he quit Congress he had enough to
live on for the rest of his days.
JUDGE KELLEY, the Pennsylvania Con-
gresham, chewed tobacco constantly for
over fifty years. He had piece of the weed
in his mouth always-even going to sleep
with quid folded in his cheek. At last
nicotine cancer developed, and he had to
submit to q terrible operation, the cutting
of the cancer from his mouth. On the morn
ate upon him the Judge put a piece of to-
baccO slyly into his mouth. His daughter
detected it, and urged her father to take it
out. my daughter said the sturdy Con-
gresham, "those doctors will be here to cut
me up. in inst about one hour; they. tell me
that the chances are that NAV die under
the operation; now before / die / mean to
have one more good chew"