The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-20
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The oyster crop is so great a success
that a prediction that church fair Joke
crop will be a failure Is fully warranted
Washington Star.
Iowa prohibItionists have nominated a
man named Coffin for governor. Evidently
that party proposes TO be in II this fall
Chicago Dispatch.
Mills are opening up and business is be-
ginning to feel the effects of a genuine
boom. Now let the senate do it's duty
and all will be well.-N. Y. Journal
Chicago is in the same latitude as Rome.
Saragossa, Khiva and Pekn. But the
average citizen in the Paris OF the West
think Chicago is without a parallel.-Bos-
ton Globe.
E. p. Loomis. formerly United States
consul at st. Etenne France. says that
from an investigation he made he finds
that about 5000 Americans visit Europe
every year and that they spend about
800 100000 annually abroad.
Lloyds Register says that in the fifteen
years ending 1850 .403 ships were missing
and never again heard Of; 275S were sunk
by collision; 1903 were burned; 1852 were
stranded; S,O26 were water-logged or other
wise lost, a total loss in fifteen years Of
32,5S7 vessels, or over 1900 year.
Chief Justice Love of Delaware expresses
the ODluiOn lHdL II was blA Ailo DtldHd
and Maryland peninsula that the garden
OF Eden was located, and that IL was
with q peach that Eve tempted Adam.
The crop with which the growers tempted
the country this season will actually ex-
coed 100000 baskets.
Queen Victoria, the Empress OF Ger
many, the Dowager Empress Frederick,
Princess Frederick Charles Of Prussia.
Queen Regent Sophia OF Holland, Will
helmina, Hollands little queen. and the
duchess OF Connaught and Edinburg. are
all nominal commanders Of regiments In
the German army. and as such draw pay
with military regularity.
one of the Oldest and wealthiest China
men on the Pacific coast Wong All Wah,
died the other day at the age of sixty
three. He came to California in 1919, and
soon amassed a fortune by contracting 70
furnish labor for the building of the early
railroads; he also did some railroad con-
struetion himself. Afterward he acted as
interpreter for Wells Fargo e. Co. About
six years ago he returned to China, and
the grandeur Of the house he built and
the lavish way In which he spent money
were the talk OF the entire district.
Nearly every printer in this country has
heard Of Dictionary" Brown, who died
in washington last Sunday. He was a
proof-reader in the government printing
Office and his knowledge Of English Or
biography was little short OF marvellous
1t was useless to argue with him. Com
posltors would challenge his marking OF
proofs and bring the dictionary to him to
sustain their position. Mr.. Brown would
take the dictionary and remark: We'll
we'll: that is a remarkable error to creep
into dictionary. We viii correct it. q"
and taking a pen he would note the proper
spelling on the margin OF the book, and
then hand the disputed proof back TO the
compositor TO correct He was always
right. too
Fraulein Thesis is an able and highly Gull
tivated woman who teaches the French
and German languages 10 a large number
of young ideas" in Hartford Conn. She
is quite eccentric and has followed in the
footsteps of Bernhard in that she sleeps
place. SO anxious was she to have a
coffin. that would be thoroughly satisfac-
tory that she went to Boston and pur-
chased one of the very latest and most
improved fashion. 1t was sent to Hartford
and for some time she took great pride
and pleasure in her Iugubrious acquisi-
ton. One day her attention was called TO
the fact that Hartford was very well
equipped in such very grave matters.
After a visit 20 several undertaking estab-
lishments in Connecticut's capital the good
Gus l wasl i could have obtained a coffin
in Hartford just as cheap and fully as
comfortable as the one l got in Boston"