The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-09
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SENATOR BECK and his son are going to the
Bermudas.
RUMoRs thicken that Secy. Bayard will live
in Europe after next March
THE sultan never a plate, but takes his
food usually with spoon or his fingers di-
rectly from the little kettles in which it is
cooked.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE has largely re-
gained her health. She is able TO walk out
every fine day, and writes letters to her friends
In firm, strong hand.
THE Garfield monument at Cleveland will
not be dedicated before Decoration Day. 1t is
said that an admission fee viii be charged, per-
manenty 10 all visitors.
PROF. L. A. PARK of Andover who led the
action against Prof. Smyth for heresy, is now
old man, with a smooth face and long gray
hair In cold weather he wears heavy shawl
about his shoulders over his overcOat.
JIM OWENS, the brave negro who recently
reproduced Jim Bludso's" heroic deed on a
burning steamer on the Mississippi. bore a
name which will not be forgotten. English
newspapers are telling the story of his glorious
death. Here is chance for George B. Sims 10
pay the tribute of verse to a noble fellow. A
fund is being raised at New Orleans for his
family.
Miss HELEN HAMLIN, daughter OF 4. c. Ham
lin of Bangor, and grand-niece of Hannibal
Hamlin, was married at Bangor Monday even
ing to Edward Hamlin OF Boston, distant rel
alive of the bride The bride is the young lady
to whom Longfellow referred in his poem of
"The Iron Pen" as "the beautiful Helen Of
Maine" She is beautiful and highly accom-
plished lady.
KING KALAKUA Of the Sandwich Islands,
has become prey to the cigarette habit. He
awakens in the night to puff his paper-covered
weed, he smokes between courses at meals and
IS in fact, during his waking hours, always
surrounded by cloud of ill-smelling smoke.
The influence Of his example has affected
Queen Kapiolani, and she rolls cigarette with
the skill of a Spanish senorita.
THE Madrone vineyard, the finest property
of the kind in California, has been bought by
Senator Hearst who proposes TO raise guam
tity OF grapes to be used in making native
wines. The vineyard is historical one, as the
mansion on ii was built by Gen. Sherman and
afterward was the home of Fighting Joe"
Hooker and of Gen. Stone, who, after his court
martial, took service under the khedive.
TINS years Florida orange crop is described
as unprecedented" DeLand alone, it is said.
will ship over $1,000 boxes The other day
Mr. Houston brought into Sanford an orange
C'WaShington naval'') which measured IA by
141Z inches in circumference ana weighed one
and three-quarter pounds. He has shipped
great many boxes of this variety from Belair at
50 per box, running mostly ninety-six 10 the
box.
1T is not generally known that the Rt.
Rev. William L. McLaren, bishop OF Hi
nois, was for seven years n reporter on the
Pittsburg Gazette aud Chronicle and the Cleve-
Iaud Plain Dealer, during which time he had
Whitelaw Reid and other now distinguished
newspaper men as companions. To a Mnwau-
kee Journal reporter he stated that a newspa-
per Office was "a very good place in which TO
learn to be bishop, il being liberal educa-
ton in itself"
THE most prominent bngand IN China, HO
Ia Lao-hu. has been captured and killed. He
was giant, being seven feet two inches in
hight and broad in proportion. He has been
concerned in great many robberies and a
large number OF murders. ii Hung Chang,
viceroy of China, made up his mind that the
burIy rufiian must be checked in his career.
Ho Ia Lao-hu made bold fight against the
troops sent out TO arrest him, but was fatally
wounded during the skirmish.
THE PRINCESS MATHILDE, who has gath
cred around her all the Bonapartist and literary
notabilities of Paris at her Sunday evening re-
ceptions for many years past, is debarred by
failing health from resuming them on their
wonted brilliant footing this winter. She will
open her salons usual; but her invitations
will be limited to old and intimate friends, be-
longing for the most part TO the world of art
and letters. The doctors disapprove oil her
stirring out OF doors in the evening, but she
means TO make an exception in favor of NJ.
Edmond de Goncourt, who is a particularly
valued friend.
THE pope has received nearly eight hundred
requests from French eeclesiastics for one OF
the jubilee offerings which he announced his
intention of giving away In most cases the
choice of the article was left to himself; the OBJ
iect of the applicants being merely TO secure a
memento of the Jubilee however trihing. The
pope will probably present the costly ivory
tabernacle sent him by the American catholics
to the Church of Our Lady at Lourdes. Over
a thousand demands came from Germany,
mostly from the priests of the poorer classes,
and nearly all asking for one or another of the
objects used IN catholic worship.
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