The Indiana State sentinel., 1891-04-22
EFT GET ERA.

Mrs. SARAH WAINEwRIGHT, the last sur
viying granddaughter of DR.. Priestly, the
discoverer of oxygen, recently died at
Brighton, England.
NJ. DRoz, thirty ty-four-year-old French
citizen, has plannee to 60 round the world
on foot with fast steamers between con-
tinents) in 250 days.
THE duke of Edinburgh will play the
violin and lead the orchestra at a charity
concert to be given at Bristol. England,
next week. II. h. II. is a better fiddler
than any other European prince.
Nor long ago the protestant episcopal
bishop Of a far western state admins
tered the rite OF confirmation in a little
town. and the local paper. in a long and
appreciative account of the event, unctu-
ousy described the good bishop "in his
lawn tennis sleeves walking up the aisle
with solemn STEP.
JAMES A. BAILEY, the man aging partner
of the Barnum & Bailey show, is a native
of Detroit and forty-fcur years OF age,
His first experience in the show business
was as a paste boiler in the bill posting
department OF Robinson & Lakes circus,
before the war. He was also suffer-
clerk during the war at $50 per month.
Dr. PATRICK STIRLING of Dunblane, who
died recently in his eighty-second year,
was one of the best-known literary men
men in Scotland. His great work, "Phi-
losophy of Trade, published in 1916, and
his more recent ''Gold Discoveries" !"
stamped him as an original and careful
writer and gave him high place among
European authors.
A LADY in the northern part of Missouri
only received votes for county school
commissioner. She offered reward of
$50 if the depositors OF the votes would
reveal their names to her. The same day
she offered the reward 7S9 men called
and told her they voted for her. She says
she will contest the election if she con-
victs half the county for lying.
A CANARY died in New York recently at
the age of fifteen years. The bird was
blind for the last two years OF his life, but
sang at times till within few dsvs of his
death. One morning he refused food, but
took little water, and then, according to
the writer, he nestled down in his cage,
ruffled out his feathers as usual, coiled up
do IL W GiSN elhh NAND NNSN.
A FEW days ago an old man OF ninety
three arrived at Barcelona who quilted
his country at the age OF twenty to seek
his fortune in America, and has now re-
turned to Spain with his family, which is
thus made mp: Sixteen daughters, of
which six are widows, nine married and
one young girl; twenty-three sons, OF
which four are widowers, thirteen married
and six single thirty-four granddaughter,
of which three are widows, twenty-five
married and nine maidens; forty-seven
prandsons, of which four are widowers
twenty-siX married and seventeen single !;
forty-fve great-granddaughters of which
two are married and forty-three are maid
ems; thirty-fve great-grandsOns. all single |;
three eat-great-grandsons. Besides this
there are seventy-two son and daughters
in-law. In all, 279 persons.
THAT the presidents journey to the
West is undertaken purely for political
purposes, and not with any hope of rest or
recreation, was made very plain in con-
versation held with the president by a
prominent republican few DAYS ago,
writes the Washington correspondent of
the Chicago Herald. The latter. while
calling at the executive mansion, con-
graduated the president upon the fine
tour he was to make and the good time he
was to have. Mr.. Harrison replied by
saying he did not expect to have good
time; that, in fact, he had dreaded the
Journey. He knew, he sald, that rest and
comfort would be practically out OF the
question and that he would return to
Washington after months travel COM
plete;y worn out. The caller somewhat
iniudiciously blurted out: "Then why do
you 90, Mr.. Harrison?" To which the
president replied. with smile: "Oh, |
must see some of the country" and hasti-
Iy changed the subject.