The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-03
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


A PEACH-GROwER at Marshallville, Ca,
obtained a clear profit of 81. 600 on one car
load of peaches shipped to New York.
GENERAL SHERMAN has announced his
intention to do all he possibly can in order
to secure the 1892 exposition for New York.
The tallest policeman in the United
States is Lieutenant Malin, of West Phila-
deIphia. who is six feet five, and large in
proportion.
Mr.. SAMUEL j. RANDALL is looking re-
markably well. Since he has been living at
Wallingford, a suburb of Philadelphia, he
mas, ne says, been enjoying life immensely.
ITO exterminate feas," writes a CORE
spondent of the New York Times, ''in ad-
dition to cleanliness, put a tablespoonful of
salt between the sheets. Use it in sweep
ing, and scatter freely
Mrs. JOHN MORRIssEY, widow of the late
pugilist and statesman, is now in almost
abject poverty, and is hemning collars and
cuffs, to-day. for Troy manufacturer, and
running race with poverty.
GEORGE 0. JONES. the head and front and
rank and file of the Greenback party, lives
fairly upon an independent income, about
the Riggs House, at Washington, and
spends his time preparing proclamatiOns to
the party.
LETTERS received in Louisville from Mary
Anderson give the assurance that she is in
good health and spirits. though a Iong rest
Is prescribed as necessary to relieve her
from the effects Of her 0verwOrk for some
years past.
PRINCE BISMARCK has at Varzin $4,000
acres, of which $1,000 are covered with
glorious forests of oak and beech. His
home farm comprises 400 acres, and tho re-
malnuer iS laf in fa q
of about 700 acres each.
DINAH-SALIFoU, the King of Senegal,
who is an object of interest to visitors at
the Paris exposition is a handsome man,
tall of stature, aud fifty-two years old. He
wears white mantle, with a velvet head
covering somewhat like a Greek fez. He is
an Intelligent man and speaks French very
we'll.
THE latest development Of the automatic
machine is DR.. Cureall, in Holland. 1t is
a wooden figure of man, with compart-
ments all over it, labeled with the names
of various ailments. If you have q pain,
find its corresponding location on the figure,
drop a coin into the SLOT and the proper
pill or powder will come out.
THE Emperor of Austria has just exer-
cised his most rarely-used prerogative of
stopping a criminal prosecution. A priest
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bezzled $4,000 forms which he had collected
for clerical purposes. After the arrest he
showed such contritiOn that the archbishop
asked the Emperors pardon, which was
granted.
DIR. NANsEN has succeeded in securing
100000 for an expedition toward the north
pole next year. He has been greatly en-
couraged by his recent explorations in
greenland to believe that he can go further
than any previous explorers have been able
to go. lie proposes to abandon his ship and
march northward with boats and sledges so
long as there is any chance of approaching
the pole. He will have but one small yes
sci. manned by Norwegians, in his expedi-
ton.
THE bell-boys in the Hotel Albemarle, in
Pittsburg. few nights ago, got hold of the
slot-and-nickel cigar machine, and by turn
ing it upside down they got all the nickels
out. Then they fed these to the slot till
they had got all the cigars out, after which
they proceeded to gut it of all the nickels.
as before. In the night they filled the hotel
with perfect orgy of cigar smoke. The
owner of the machine has chained it to the
floor, and is seeking to discover the cul-
prits. -.
A JIITING which Zebulon Hancox, of
StOnington, Conn, received many years ago
made him q miser and recluse. Ever
since then he has lived alone in hut, wear
ing outlandish clothing, and gaining his
living by fishing. One of his peculiarities
and the buttons on his clothes, the spear
with which he catches cells and the scales
on which the fish are weighed are of his
own manufacture. At the age of twenty
n1ns So ne mas solved the problem Of living
while he has built nine good houses. which
he rents.
PRESIDENT CARNOT, of France, is dread
fully stiff and correct in everything, rather
in short, too cOnscientiously gentleman
like. and too scrupulously well bred. Not
having gone through the training of a con-
stitutional sovereign, which enables the
Prince OF Wales to be indefatigable, he
gets violent headaches and returns to the
E!ysee thoroughly tired out, where his
wife awaits him, thoroughly enjoying the
privileges of her position, skimming the
cream of everything that is pleasant with
out any enforced duties always gracious
always smiling. always beautifully dressed,
and never obliged to be tired, consequently
much happier than any queen.
L. j. JAUREZ, one of A. r. Shepherds
ieutenants at Batipolas, Mexico, is in this
country. He Gays: THE man whom you
call Boss Shepherd is occupying very much
the same position down in chihuahua, but
his bosssm is very acceptable to the peo-
pie of BatipOlas. When the Governor came
to our town to take charge of the mines the
place had a. population of less than five
hundred. and sorry lot they were. Now
we have population of over six thousand
hardy, prosperous citizens The company
managed by the Governor is now operating
over sixty mines. So far as Boss Shep-
herd is concerned you can say that he is all
right and Will be back in few years with
several millions in his pockets"
THE Quakers' testimony to John
Bright is now being privately circulated.
1t has the quaint old phraseology adopted
generations ago. 1t is testimony from
the Lancashire Monthly Meeting. which
sends it ITO the power and goodness of
God. as shown in the life and services of
John Bright. NJ. p" After stating i'm a
sentence his birth and death, it SAYS that
divine grace enabled our friend John
Bright to be a true minister of Jesus
Christ in the remarkable line of service to
which he was called" 1t details his taste
for study. his deep sense of responsibility
in the sight of God. and his intense human
sympathy" his love and reverence for the
Scriptures, and his simple habits, diligent
attendance at Quaker nee .ings and LOYALTY
to the Society of Friends. Without fiat
terry of the dead statesman, it testifies fully
to his worth among his own people.
COMMENT AND OPINION.