The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-04-12
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MILE. CLEMENCE EvERART, a young
woman of twentY-six years. has received
the degree OF doctor of medicine at Brus-
sells. and is the first woman in Belgium to
be so honored.
The growth of the Argentine republic
in the past thirty-five wears has been re-
marksble. According to recent statistics
the population is now 100000, as against
l,350,000 in 1861.
GEORGE HEYwooD was elected town
clerk of Concord. Mass, the other day for
the forty-frst time. The records of the
Office have been In charge OF the Haywood
family for more than a century.
THOMAS ALLEN, who served under We'll
lington in the wars with Napoleon and
under Gen. Scott in the Mexican war, and
who enlisted at the age of seventy-two for
service in the civil war. is still alive, at the
age of lob years, in Tyler county, West
Virginia
Roswell BEARDsLEY of North Lansing,
n. y, is the oldest postmaster. He was
appointed June %, 1928. Sydney E.
Palmer of Gerry, y. Y. appointed July
%, lS4I. is second; John c. Marvel Of
Rehoboth, Mass. appointed July y. 1914,
10 AbAins ahh W oAitu NOUb VI lsHok hiAal uAt
Mass, appointed IN February, 1916. is
fourth.
A KENTUCKfAN who entered the august
presence of the q. S. supreme court re-
Gently says there were but two lawyers
within the bar. one of them making a
prOsv speech and the other working might
ilv like a man who was expecting to an
swer his opponent There was an air of
solemn duliness about the grave jurists
which seemingly was an appropriate at
mosphere for the enshrouding OF brood
ing Buddhas.
SOME of the revelations of the census
WI starte a good many people. For in
stance, there are now more than 100000
almond trees bearing in the United States;
there are hundreds of thousands OF bear
ing cocoanut trees; there are more than
100000 olive trees, producing fruit equal
to the Mediterranean varieties. There
are more than 100000 bearing banana
plants, 100000 bearing lemon trees, 4,000,-
coo orange trees and p, 000.000 pineRppies
JAMES o. BRoADHEAD of Missouri, who
has been named as minister to Switzer-
land, is a well-known St. Louis lawyer.
He is fully seventy years of age. He ac-
Quired distinction early in his career as a
land attorney. He made q specially of
disputed claims in the territory acquired
from Mexico. Il Was to Mr. Broadhesd
that Gen. Frank Blair wrote the cele-
bTated letter in 1868. His appointment
is we'll reviewed in Missouri regardless OF
party.
1T would have stunped the smsrtest
boy in school to tell anything about the
new minister to Japan, Edwin Dun. and
why Mr.. Cleveland called him into prom
inence as he did But things are growing
clearer. Mr.. Dun is a nephew of Allen
&, Thurman; originally hailed from Lon
don. Madison county, o.; has been in
Japan since 1873; married the daughter
Of Tsuru Matsudu, famous Japanese
general. He went to japan at the in
stance of Gen. Capron, who wanted to
teach the Japanese American agriculture.
Young Dun wss a stock raiser. lie at
once on reaching japan became friend
of Minister Bingham. also OF Ohio, and
by him was recommended 10 Cleveland :
minister, Ex-Governor Hubbard of Texas.
Mr.. Dun thus became qualified as success
sor to the above representatives at the
court of the Alikado His wife is dead,
but he has a daughter, Helen, being edu-
Gated near New York.