The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1890-02-07

lus. who played an active part in the Com
munlsf movement in 1871. was condemned
to death. the penalty being afterward COM
muted to exile.
The Bishop of Chester recently confessed
before a gathering of working people that
his two greatest ambitions in life nave
always been to write q good novel and to
run a public house ION the best principles"
NELLIE ARTHUR. the daughter of the late
President Arthur. has grown into a tall
young girl who possesses the attractions of
looks wonderfully well in a Directory gown.
AT the Yale inner in Boston, last week,
Judge Rowland told the story of the Rugby
football player who exclaimed as he saw
Phillips Brooks walk up the aisle in West
minister Abbey. Great heavens, what a man
for a center-rush.'
HENRIK IBsEN's name is not pronounced
"Eyebsen." as BOstonians insist. 1t can be
stated on the authority of a Norwegian gen.
tleman now in Philadelphia. an intimate
friend of the dramatist. that the Il" is pro-
nounced short. as in 1T"
IN 1889 the eleventh Earl of Caithness
died without issue. and the title passed to
Sir James Sinclair. In 1880 the fifteenth
Earl of Caithness died without issue. and
1T has just been determined that the title
PoooCo MI LII "A. CinCldiAs
The Emperor of China had to choose be-
tween depriving his sheep and goats of
their pasturage on the lawns around the
quarrel with his mother. the DOwager EN-
press. lie preferred the latter.
IT is understood at WatervIlle. Me-, that
Mrs. Catherine l.. Wording, widow of the
late Judge Wording. of Racine. Wis, who
died recently in Boston, has bequeathed
$4,000 or $50. 600 for the erection of n build
ing for young ladies at Colby University.
Mrs. WALKER. late of Kingston, Ontario.
has been appointed matron of an English
school at Cocanda. Madras Presidency, H.
dia. In place of Mrs. Folsom, aunt of Mrs.
Grover Cleveland, who. after nine years
service. returns to the United States on a
visit.
Ii is stated in the English press that Jim
Smith. the ex-champion of the British
prize-ring. is reading for the church. and
that. lmmedi ately after his ordination, he
will be presented with one of the liyings of
which his friend, the Marquis of Ailesbury.
possesses the patronage.
AT KumamOto. Japan. the scene of the
recent disastrous earthquake, while a we'll
digger was excavating for water at a depth
of about eighteen fathoms, the base fell
through and he was only saved from a de-
scent, nov far it is not known. by a rope
which connected him with the top of the
pita Examination has shown that a very
large cavity, depth and width unknown,
exists, and this was probably caused by q
recent earthquake.
A PHILADELPHIA paper in telling that
Henry NJ. Stanley. when he lived in
Omaha in 1867. fell in love with an actress
who Tilted him, remarks that now Stanley
is a woman bater. This statement the great
explorers friends Indignantly deny. AL
though Stanley is not q married man, he
gives no evidence of hatred for the Other
sex. In fact, one of the best friends he has
is a well-known Philadelphia woman, TO.
ward whom he cntertains feelings of the
greatest respect, if not of positive affection
Just before he plunged into the jungle in
his search for Emin Bey the last message
no sent to any one in the civilized world
was to this loyal friend, and she was among
the first to receive word from him when
not long ago. he reappeared, with bis
knowledge of the mysteries of the great
African continent augmented by his recen,
discoveries.