The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-11-27
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

PERCIvAL LEIGH, who recently died in Lon
don, was the oldest OF PUnoPs contributors.
EDWIN ARNOLD. author of Light of Asia"
never sat tor his photograph until quite re-
Gently.
Nh. MCKEE, librarian of the u s. senate,
wants to be postmaster of the house of repre-
sentatives. His name is in his favor.
THE emperor of China, who married against
his will in obedience to his mother now re-
fuses to see either his mother or his wife.
MRs. CLEVELAND is having her. portrait
painted by a Washington artist. 1t is said that
the picture will be presented to the Corcoran
art gallery.
THE emperor of Russia intends his eldest
son to mary Princess Helene of Montenegro, a
very beautiful and clever girl, who will be
seventeen next January.
LORD SALISBURY has dispensed with the
guard Of detectives that has watched over his
safety for the past three years. Mr.. Balfour is
still attended by detectives.
PIERRE LORILLARD has had a new iron
duck-boat built for his use in the creeks and
bays of Savannah. The boat is sixty feet long
and draws three feet of water. She is fitted
with engines of an improved pattern, and will
use oil instead of coal as fuel.
SIR JULIAN PAUNCEFoTE, British minister
at Washington, spends much of his time in
Maud, Sybil, Lillian and Audrey. He is de-
lighted with Washington, and considers it one
of the pleasantest cities in the world.
EZRA HIBBARD of jamestown, n. Y, killed
duck for Sundays dinner and on opening
the crop found specimens of gold quartz. A
gravel-bank in the rear of his house, where the
ducks feed, is being prospected for pay dirt,
and much excitement has been Occasioned by
the find.
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thirty years, was expelled from the congrega-
tional church in Woodhaven, Pa, on Sunday
for conduct unbecoming a Christian" She
confessed that five railway conductors had
given her tickets. thus cheating the company.
1t is said her husband will sue for divorce.
Mrs. KRAEMER, a sister of Gen. Grant, at a
Sunday evening service in a methodist church
in Brooklyn, told the congregation that for
twenty-five years she had prayed for the gen.
erals conversion, and that shortly before his
death the spiritual change took place as she
learned from her daughter and DIR. Newman.
JULIAN HAWTHORNE, in describing some of
his fathers unpublished MSS, which he is
editing, says: ale wrote so small hand that
he would put 1,5G0 words upon a page of ordi-
nary letter paper, and when he had written a
word OF line that displeased him he rubbed it
out with his finger and wrote over the inky
space thus made"
EDITOR ALDEN. who controls the destinies
of Ha1peI's Monthly Magazine, is tall thick
set, Misunderstanding man, with bristling
beard, hair streaked with white and a pair of
brilliant brown eyes. He is not as fierce as he
looks, and his success with the magazine proves
that ne has more literary genius than his ap-
pearance would indicate
The health of Mr.. J. r. Cox, NJ. p, who
sailed recently for Australia, has, it is stated,
broken down from imprisonment under the
crimes act and from hard work connected with
the plan of campaign. The doctors have for
hidden him 20 spend the winter in England
and generous friend placed at his disposal q
frst-class return ticket for the voyage.
NINE. HENRY GREvILLE, the authoress, has
written to a French paper to state that the
famous chateau of Nohant, in which George
Sand lived and died. is now in the market by
reason of the death of NJ. Maurice Sand. The
Nohant estate is situated few miles from La
Chatre pretty little city in the old province
of Berri. The chateau is three stories high,
and whoever buys it will have George Sands
study and bedroom just as they were when she
last occupied them.
THE son of Richard Wagner has determined
to follow in the footsteps of his father. and de-
v te himself to music He has already taken
the first step, having caused his name TO be en-
tered on the students roll at the celebrated
Raft academy or music school in Frankfort-on
! the-Main. The young man bears the name oil
/ Siegfried, and those who are intimate with him
say that the ambition of his life is to conduct
the performances Of his fathers works at Bay
reuth in the theater devoted wholly to his