The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-11-27
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

CAPTAIN WooD. of Poughkeepsie. and
his four stalwart sons nave rescued over
one hundred persons from drowning in the
North river.
CHAIRMAN GARRISON, of the Republican
national committee. will make his home at
the Plaza Hotel, New York, this winter.
but make frequent trips to Washington as
the necessities OF the party may seem to
require.
Col. JOHN s.. MosBY. the confederate
cavalryman. is vigorous and in good health.
His hair is white. but his build and weight
ere not more than medium. He does not
wear O beard, but his SLOUGH hat indicates
the Southerner.
THE Rev. Brooke Hereford told the Asso-
ciated Charities in Boston. the other day.
that be had become convinced that there
was serious danger in giving too much AS
sistance to paupers. He thought there was
something wholesome in a little judicious
starvation.
MINNA IRVING has been visiting and
weeping over the home and tomb OF Wash
ington Irving at Tarrytown. where. in a
rambling old cottage the great authors
nieces, the Misses Irving, still live In quiet
which they refuse to allow curiosity
seekers to disturb.
CONGRESSMAN CRISP, candidate for the
~speakership. is not of recent English
descent, but belongs to an old Virginia
family, who renamed in the Old Dominion
until the outbreak of the civil war, and
then removed to Georgia. He is a lawyer
BY profession. and was on the bench before
his first election TO Congress seven years
ago.
GEORGE JAYNEs, of Gainesville. Mo-. Is o
rattlesnake farmer in large way of BUSH
ness, having about ten thousand of the
-o-t,. 1r~- IT, t1o ra.t. CO..
the sake of the oil which he gets out of
them when they have been fattened and
killed, and he slaughters about two thou
sand OF them every season. Their oil Is
worth 81 q pint.
THIS story is told of ex-senator Edmunds:
Soon after he hung out his single the sem
LOT Edmunds had some litigation with a
neighbor. IN which little money but con-
siderable temper was involved, n he did
not consult or retain his son. but secured O
prominent attorney. Thu defense. regard
ing bis case as q lost cause, retained young
Edmunds, who successfully prosecuted and
won the case, decidedly to his fathers
chagrin.
THE smallest man In the world" q mid
get from Holland, twenty.four years of age,
who calls himself prince Mignon," is ex-
hIbiting In Berlin. This little chap. who 10
exactly two feet high. Is q perfectly
formed human being. and his performances
as an acrobat are really wonderful. he
can sing pretty we'll, makes his little
speeches in n clear and ringing voice. and.
dressed IA an admiral OF in evening dress,
proves himself an excellent actor.
If the groves were Gods frat temples
they were likewise, in one instance, the
original temple of American justice. An
drew jackson, when Judge of the Supreme
Conrt. held the first court ever convened
in Tennessee uEder an old Sycamore tree
at Elizabethton, and n photograph of
that historic tree Is one Of the priced
possessions of u Tennesseean. 1t was with
in a few miles OF Elizabethton also that
ex-President johnson died in an old farm
house.
MIR. JOSEPH PENNELL, the artist, has no
one to blame but himself. apparently. for
his recent expulsion from Russia. He went
TO Kieff and began to take sketches of the
interior of churches. of the streets. and of
the citadel. He also had q kodak camera
with him. and took photographs right and
left. He was cautioned that these pro-
ceedlngs would not be allowed without an
xpress permission from the government.
but paid no heed to the warning. he then
! proceeded to Beidischetf. where he re-
sumed his operations. and was promptly
arrested. The police treated him civllly,
and he has nothing more serious TO COM
plain OF than n compulsory night journey
to the rOntier.
GAG
Before the fire she'd wait for him
And note that the ruddy glare
OF the Goals was even rendered dim
By the light from her solitaire.
MARRIED.
Before the fire she waits for him
And notes that the ruddy blaze
Dies out and that the Goals grow dim,
While she still plays solitaire.
New York Herald.