The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-07
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


husband. Gen. "Stonewalp Jackson. that
he spent all of his leisure time In playing
with their baby"
REPRESENTATIVE NJ. s. KEAGHAN, of Ne
braska. is said to be the homeliest Con-
gresham, but the deficiency in personal
beauty is said to be made up by the good
sense he displays.
ANDREW CARNEGIE has donated $4,000
for the erection of q public library build
ing in Fairfield, Ia Senator James +. Will
son has donated fine lot, and the building
will be erected in the spring.
LOUIS KossUTH is very sick at his home
in Turin. He suffers considerably from
asthma, and also has trouble with his eyes.
Friends of the great Hungarian fear that
he will never again recover his health and
strength.
ELLEN TERRY's signature is worth ex-
actly los Cd sterling. She placed her name,
unsolicited, ON some 3O-cent photographs
of herself at an Edinburgh far the other
night and the price of the pic lures at once
advanced to IS each.
JOHN INGALLS, HANDLEY, the tsllest sol
der from Maine and the tallest but one in
the Army of the Potomac. died recently at
East Wilton, n. II. His height was SIX
feet seven and a half inches and he W as
color sergeant in the Eighth Maine.
THE Hon. w. w. Henry. the grandson of
Patrick Henry. attends the church (St.
John's) In Richmond, Va, where the latter
delivered the speech that made his name
famous. The seat on which the orator
stood when he cried, Give me liberty or
give me deathw 10 still shown to visitors.
AGAIN 1t is rumored that Mrs. Frances
Hodgson Burnet will soon be back in Wash
Ington. The Post of that city says that
she 10 expected to arrive there from Lon
letters to American friends betray much
better spirits now than several months ago.
Miss BALEsTIER. who is to be married 80
Rudyard Kiplina. was New York girl
until she went to live with her brother.
Wolcott Balestier, in London. The Bales.
tier family comes from Brattleboro'. VI.
where they still have fine old place. Miss
Balestier is not pretty. but she IS very
bright and entertaining. She is very
petite, blue eyed and brown haired.
1T is reported in New York that the son
of the great Ward McAllister is about "a
marry the beautiful and rich young widow
of Robert Hastings. Mr.. Hastings was q
son of Judge Hastings, of the Supreme
partment to the University of California.
Judge HastinRs's granddaughter, Miss
Catherwood, is shortly to marry Mr. Ernest
G.. Montague, and Will live In New York.
She has been educated abroad.
PRINCE BISMARCK recently expressed his
feelings in the following way to q deputa-
ton from Low German club: Il am old
and dried up' as the foresters say, and
feel that have far less strength to devote
to public affairs. / have become the slave
to my domestic habits-a single night in
the train is feat for me- whereas used To
be able to stand two or three of tbem-and
] sleep badly in other peoples honses. In
short. my bodily vigor is on the wane."
EMPEROR WILLIAM has decided to have
constructed new royal Prussian throne
The first Prussian King. Frederick /. pos
sessed q magnificent one. consisting of red
velvet and heavy gold and silver frames
and decorations. During the NapoleoniC
invasion In the early part of this century
the precious metal was. however, melted
down, and there are now only two smaller
chairs of much less value left which used
to stand on the right and left of the throne
chair.
TWO CRITICAL PERIODS.
Two periods in mans life there be
Which bring to him much woe:
And one Is when the mustache he
Would raise comes out too slow.
The other comes when tperiod dread
That comes to all at last)
He the hair upon his head
Is coming out too fast.
New York Press.