Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 April 1885 — Page 3

SOCIETY, MUSIC AKD ART. [AH matters of interest and items of new*, whether in the city or State, proper for this department, will be printed if properly authenticated.] Review of the Week. The six week* of fasting and prayer are ended; lent is over. To-day is Easter, and it will be appropriately celebrated as has been the custom for hundreds of years. Sombre gowns have given place to new spring suite, aud in sanctuaries odorous with flowers and burning incense new spring styles vie with each other for supremacy. Society can now assert itself without reproof, and it will not bo long before tho ball will again be set in motion. No doubt the churches will be crowded to day. Tho floral decorations are unusually beautiful, especially so at Plymouth and Central-avenue churches. In nearly every edifice a special musical programme will be carried out. The Hoosier art exhibit at the Art School has been the event of the week. In a musical way, the Matinee Music ale concert, on Monday night, the Maennerchor concert, on Tuesday evening, and the piano recital by Mrs. Flora Hunter, on Monday afternoon, have proven attractive features. Mrs. C. Ruschaupt's afternoon “tea," Colonel and Mrs. Black’s card party, and the “high tea” at the residence of Dr. Newcomer were most pleasant occasions. The events announced for the eoming week aro the entertainment of the German Progressive Euchre Club, by Miss Baldwin, to-morrow night, and the “german” to bo given by Miss Mamie Applegate, on the same evening. Society. Mrs. John Wilson is in Lafayette. Mr. J. H. Steiner is in Kansas City. Miss Bessie Kirtly has returned to Grencastle. Mrs. Pet Fisher visited in Danville, Ind., last week. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Lynn are in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ostermeyer are in New Orleans. Miss Clara Louise Bottgford is writing for the Herald. ?Mrs. Chas. Pfaff, of St Louis, will visit here next week. Mr. P. F. Canton has returned from.a visit to ZionsviUe. The Misses Cone have returned to their home in Irvington. Miss Pet Barnheizer has returned from a visit to Shelbyville. Miss Stella Wiles will spend her spring vacation in Muncie. Mrs. E. P. Thayer is visiting Mrs. Ella Nave in Danville, Ind. The Woman’s Club met Friday afternoon at Plymouth Church. Mrs. U. J. Hammond has returned from a -visit to St Louis. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Elliott will spend the summer in Minnesota. Misses Laura Stewart and Eva Green are visiting in Knightstown. Mrs. A. B. Gates has returned from a pleasant visit to Washington. Mrs. J. E. Despa has just recovered from a long and serious illness. Rev. John Alabaster and wife have returned from their t rip to Cuba. Mrs. Edward Kissler returned from a visit to the country on Friday. Mrs. J. D. Frailey is on a visit to friends in Lorraine and Cincinnati. Miss Florence Smith is entertaining Miss Crowell, of Tuscola, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Owen Moffit are making a visit to friends in Danville, 111. Miss Coe Condit leaves next week for Chicago to attend the opera festival. Mr. Frank Wright and family will soon take up their residence in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Brainard Rorison arrived from New Orleans on Friday evening. Dame rumor reports that Mr. Moses McLain will be married early in the spring. Miss Nellie Comingore has returned from a long and pleasant visit to Defiance, O. Mrs. Hollis Thayer and Mrs. Sallie Ferron, of Greenfield, spent Wednesday in the city. Miss Fanny Lloyd, a sister of the late Mrs. Deloss Root, returned to Canada last week. Mrs. Senator Willard has returned from a visit to friends in New York and Washington. Mrs. C. Ruschaupt gave an elegant “tea” to a number of her friends on Thursday afternoon. Mr. M. H. Spades and little son Mvron are in Georgia with Mrs. Spades and little Miss Julia. Mrs. C. B. Jaqnith, of Paris, 111, is visiting the family of Colonel Lily, on North Tennessee street Mrs. Austin Smith, of Cincinnati, is visiting her mother-in-law, Mrs. William Smith, on Ohio street Colonel and Mrs. Jas. B. Black gave a delightful progressive euchre party on Tuesday evening. Mr. H. C. Martin and Mr. J. A. Robinson, of Buffalo, N. Y., visited friends in the city on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Enrique Miller have returned from a two weeks’ sojourn at the New Orleans exposition. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Hamilton, of Cincinnati, will visit the parents of Mr. Hamilton, in Greenfield, next week. Mrs. Dan Maeaulev, accompanied by her son Barney, will visit lier parents on North East street next week. Mrs. Rachel Ingels, of Irvington, is at present on a brief visit to her daughter, Mrs. Percy L. £>human, Chicago. Dr. Mansur H. Wright entertained a few gentlemen friends at an elegant dinner last Wednesday evening. The Elite dancing club will give one of their enjoyable invitation soirees at Gresh’s Hall Wednesday evening. *Miss Ray Mitchell, of Jeffersonville, who has been the guest of Mias Jessie Cornelius, leavens for Chicago next week. Mrs. J. W Murphy has gone to New Orleans by steafner. Her daughter, Mrs. Eb Shirk, is visiting in Philadelphia. The “As You Like It” progressive euchre club was pleasantly entertained by Mrs. S. B. Taylor bn Wednesday evening. Mrs. Broadbelt. of the Stewart Place, entertained a number of friends at progressive euehre on Wednesday evening. Mrs. W. O. DeVay, of North Pennsylvania street, gave a very pleasant progressive euchre party last Friday evening. MrR. John Kidd, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Sherman and Mr. and Mrs. Emly started for New Orleans In Wednesday afternoon. Invitations are out for a party to be given by Miss Lizzie Herod, at her residence on North Meridian street, on April 8. Mr. and Mrs. Will Kappe* leave for New Mexico the latter part of the mouth. Mrs. W. P. Fishbaek accompanies them. The Elite dancing club will give a reception at Pfafflin’s Hall on next Friday evening. Hart’s orchestra will furnish the music. Mr. George Scubbs, who has been for the past two years in Duraneo, Col, will remove his family to this city early in the summer. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Thurber, of Cleveland, 0., formerly of our city, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Julian, at their suburban home. “Inglesids.” The Elite Dancing Club will give their farewell reception at Pfaffiiu’s Hall on Friday ' evening, April 10. Music will be furnished by Han’s orchestra. A party of lady teachers from the high and public schools departed for New Orleans on Friday afternoon, where they will enjoy a week at the exposition. An Easter Monday nsrty will be given April 6, •t the South-side Free Kindergarten. Any contributions of cut flowers will be thankfully received, and can be sent to Mr*. George H

Fleming, 172 Broadwav street, or to the kindergarten, in the Riverside Mission Church, corner of McCarty and Chadwick streets. Miss Mamie Applegate and her friend Miss Janey Garraony, of Savannah, Ga., arrived from Baltimore on Thursday, and will remain during their school vacation. Miss Mamie Applegate will give a “german” to-morrow niglit. at the residence of Mrs. Bettio Morris. Miss Janey Garmony and Mr. Eliott Hord will lead the figures. Mr. Claude Williams and his fafTOr, Rev. J. A. Williams, have arrived from California, where the health of tho former gentleman was much benefited by that climate. The marriage of Mr. Will Reed and Miss Jennie Lockhart, of Cincinnati, is announced to take place on the 22nd inst. They will spend part of their honeymoon in Europe. The entertainment given by the Acorn Society of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, on Friday evening, at the Indianapolis Seminary, was well attended. The “Fan Brigade” was the gem of the programme. Messrs. Ed Thayer, Willie and Clarence Hough, of Greenfield, returned to college at Greencastle, on Tuesday morning, after spending a pleasant week with their friends at home. Messrs. Ed Thayer and Willie Hough will enter the senior class "next year. Tho “high tea,” given by the ladies of Tabernacle Church at the residence of Mrs. Dr. Newcomer, on Friday evening, was a perfect success. The ladies of this organization are indefatigable workers, and much of the success of the church depends upon their efforts. Mrs. S. R. Holt entertained a progressive euchre party at the English Hotel, on Friday evening. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Willard Short, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Egan, Dr. and Mrs. Sutherland, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Hall, Mrs. Br&ley, Miss Gregg, of Danville, Ind., Mr. and Mrs. Brister, Mr. and Mrs. Will Arp, and Mr. and Mrs. Campbell The favor for the gentleman was a handsome plush clock, made in the shape of a lock. The favor for the lady was a small glass barrel, with a dozen wine-glasses, the whole on wheels. The members of tho Presbyterian Church at Greenfield held a social at the residence of Mr. Thomas Randall, on Tuesday evening. The attendance was very large, and a fine musical proeramme wa9 rendered, which consisted of a piano solo by Miss Jessie Hamilton, vocal solos by Mrs. Alice Thayer, Miss Anna Harris and Miss Gertie Sproule, a fine piano solo by Miss Flora Love and an overture by the orchestra, in which Miss Jessie Randall played the second violin and Mrs. Nellie Barnett the piano. A trio for piano and two violins, and a recitation by Miss Love completed the exercises, after whicn the evening was given up to sociability and impromptu charades. Mrs. John M. Butler, COO North Delawaro street, will entertain the members of The Indianapolis Free Kindergarten and Children's Aid Society, on Thursday, April 9, from 2 till 5 p. m., instead'of Wednesday, April 8. Each member will receive an invitation, and will have tho privilege of inviting a friend. The object of these “afternoon teas” is that the members may become acquainted, and also by the, payment of a nominal sum bv each lady, the “lunch fund” of the charity kindergartens can be easily provided. Mrs. Butler wiil be assisted by tlie following ladies: Mrs. S. J. Peelle, Mrs. Samuel Merrill, Mrs. A. M. Robertson, Mrs. J. A. Closser,! Mrs. Win. A. Woods, Mrs. W. F. Mason and Miss May Shipp. Yesterday afternoon, after the memorial service at St. Paul’s Cathedral, Dr. Jencks was presented with an Easter offering in tho form of a half moou of flowers, in which was a red satin Easter egg, filled with bon-bons. On the top of this was a solid silver private communion set The gift was from several of the leading members of the church, prominent among whom in arranging the gift was Mrs. Goo. Duy. Judge Duy made the presentation in a neat speech. As j’esterday was Dr. Jcncks’s birthday the present served tho purpose of two occasions. The reverend gentleman was taken so completely by surprise that for a moment hejwao at a loss for words, but finally thanked the donors in a becoming manner. The closing reception given by the dancing class of the Classical School, yesterday morning, was a most enjoj-able affair. Twelve numbers, comprising some of the latest dances, were given. Hart’s band discoursed the music. Professor Brenneke's new dances, the “Parlor Quadrille” and “The Four-step Trot,” were particularly graceful. Miss Jessie Bybee dauced the “Highland Fling,” and Miss Nellie Allen and Miss Jessie By bee gave the “Bailor’s Hornpipe” with an ease of movement that captivated the visitors. Miss Nellie Allen is the embodiment of grace, and floated rather than danced through the intricate mazes of the figures introduced. Among those present were Mesdaraes A. G. Porter, Dr, Allen, J. A. Moore, M. V. Marlatt, C. Atkins, Dr. Gasten, Landers, Krag, Bybee, Erwin, Ritzinger, Holman and Fahnley. RICHMOND SOCIETY. Mr. aud Mrs. Geo. H. Knolleuberg are making a tour of Italy. Miss Greeley Grubbs contemplates visiting friends in New York. Miss Fannie Howard, one of Richmond’s belles, is visiting in Boston. Mrs. D. M. Jordan, the poetess, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Page, in New York. Miss Mae St Johns (Lans) is meeting with great success in anew opera in New York. Society has been dull through lent, but after Easter wiil doubtless be as cay as formerly. Miss Emma Patterson has accepted a position to sine in a church choir, at Minneapolis, Minn. Miss Alice Cole, of Columbus, 0., who has been the guest of Miss Maggie Dennis, has gone to Chicago. The carnival at the Main-street Rink was a grand success. During the grand march, calcium lights were burned. Mrs. W. Dndley Foulke has returned from her all-winter visit to Indianapolis, where she accompanied her husband, Senator Foulke. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Post are preparing to move to Indianapolis. Mrs. Post will spend part of the summer at her old home in Pennsylvania. Prof. A1 Morchead has resigned his position as leader of the Presbyterian Church choir, and has taken a similar position in the Episcopal Church. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Vaughan, Miss Mary and Mr. Walter Vaughan, leave m the spring for Europe, spending most of their time in France and Spain. The Episcopal Church music for Easter Sunday will be especially fine. Miss Yarvan, soprano; Miss Lorraan, contralto; Mr. Joe Cook, tenor, and Mr. Stough, bass, will comprise the quartet. Music. Miss Keating is the organist at St. Joseph’s Church. Myron Stowell will spend his spring vacation in Franklin. Miss Jessie Bigelow is a promising pnpii of Professor Belcher. A. L King, tenor, is assisting Miss Emma Thursby in concert*. Miss Lillian Russell will sing the offertory in one of the Michigan City churches to-day. Mr. and Mrs. Emil Wulschner will visit Chicago the second week of the opera festival. Mr. John Geiger is in Chicago, and will remain during next week to attend the opera festival. Miss Jessie Whitridge and Miss Farquhar are called two of the finest singers of the Matinee Musicale. Mr. O. W. Williams has been confined to his bed for two weeks with a severe illness, but is now recovering. Mrs. Enrique Miller will sing the voluntary at Plymouth Church and the offertory at St Paul’s Cathedral to-day. Mr. Myron Stowell and Mrs. Woolfolk prepared some fine music for the social at Dr. Newcomer’s on Friday evening. Mme. Heine will go abroad early in the summer, and remain until autumn, with friends in England aud Scotland. The Mrennerehor will give their next concert in about four weeks, at which will be presented “The Seasons," by Ilydon. Mr. Fred Loomis and Mr. Andrew Smith will assist with the music at the Second Presbyterian Church this afternoon. Mrs. Flora Hunter was heard to advantage in her recital at Baldwin’s music rooms This lady is unquestionably a superior pianist, and has

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added much to the musical status of the eity. She was ably assisted by Miss Mamie Stowell, who is studying under her direction. A little niece of Mrs. Harry Hilliard, in Cincinnati, vflio is but eleven years of age. has written a charming operetta. Mr. Erail Wulschner leaves on Wednesday for Covington, where he takes part in a concert given by Prof. Beuno Gottschling. The Mendelssohn Society are rehearsing the Eighteenth Psalm, by Pennfield. to be given at their next concert, in two weeks. The pluck of our American girl. Mile. Van Zandt, is something to be admired, and there i.s no dauger but what she wiil finally win. Mr. H. C. Levi will take the place of Mr. O. W. Williams in the Meridian-street M- E. choir to-day, owing to the illness of the latter. About the first piano brought to Greenfield was that owned by the wife of Dr. McClure, who came here from Virginia, over forty years ago. A quartet, composed of Messrs. Blake, Butler, DeWolf and Hoover, contributed vocal selections at the Morton Club lecture on Friday night. The monument to be erected to the memory of Litta is but a just tribute to tho talent of that lamented vocalist, whose career was so suddenly closed. The music for Rhea’s new play, “The American Countess,” was arranged and composed by Sig Arditi, the leader of Mapleson’s opera orchestra. The Davis Bros.’ band, of Greenfield, will givea concert soon, at which the operetta “High Life,” will be rendered with orchestral accompaniment. The Mendelssohn Quintet Club, of Boston, will give a concert, under the auspices of the Ladies' Matinee Musicale, at Plymouth Church, on April 12. Miss Flora Love, daughter of the pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Greenfield, is a proficient pianist, having graduated with honors from Oxford, O. At the rehearsal of the Indianapolis Chorus Society Mrs. Anderson and Miss Fannie Grooms sang a duet by Abt, and Mrs. Joseph Ccbb and Miss Hunt rendered vocal solos. The Mamnerchor Society sustained its high reputation in tho concert given by its members on Tuesday evening. The brilliant vocalization of Mrs. Frenzel was highly commendable. Following closely the death of Dr. Leopold Damrosch, whose life was spent in familiarizing Americans with German opera, comes the news of the demise of Franz Abt, the great German song writer, whose loss will be deeply felt. The concert by the Ladies’ Matinee Musicale, on Monday evening, at Plymouth Church, was largely jUtended. Mr. Levi assisted by rendering a song entitled “Message.” The singers were warmly applauded and frequently encored. Mr. Clarence Forsythe is about to visit Paris, London and Switzerland, en route to this country. Ho will reach Indianapolis early in May. Mr. Forsytho has been studying music abroad for over two years, and his friends anticipate great pleasure in hearing him play. He will probably locate in this city. Sie. Payen, the leader of the famous Mexican band, which many of our citizens have heard when in attendance at the Now Orleans exposition, was given au ovation upon his birthday, which occurred recently. The ladies of the Crescent City presented him with a gold medal. He was also the recipient of numerous floral designs, somo of them extremely elaborate. During Mrs. Enrique Miller's stay in New Orleans she was the recipient of considerable attention among the musicians of that city. Three musinl soirees were given in honor ■ f her visit at the residence of friends. On one oi t>ese occasions she had the pleasure of meetiru. ?ig. Rossi and Mme. Le Jeune, the latter tlm 1 contralto of the South. Probably Mile. Nevada hasn’t been is happy in a long time as when her old schoo.a ate’s in San Francisco, the other day, flocked around her and made her forget for a brief season the trials and vexations of a prima donna’s life by calling up reminiscences of her young days in that city. In true school-girl fashion, they made her visit an ovation long to be remembered. A gentleman from Boston, in speaking of the piano-playing of Win. Sherwood, said to a friend in this city the other day: “Yes. Sherwood plays with exquisite taste and feeling: yet one never forgets it is Sherwood who is playing. There is so little to the man, aside from his one talent, that he is thought of only when seated at the piano. Why, there is a little girl in Boston who can play all around him. She will yet be heard in concert. ” _ Art. Mrs. S. W. Morgan is devoting considerable time to portrait painting. Mr. Cox is working on a large picture of the “Holy Family,” which is in his best vein, and it very fine. Mrs. Lott* Guffin has just finished painting a head of a child, which is remarkably pure in tone and color. Mrs. T. C. Belcher, who has been studying painting for some time, will commence sketching from nature next week. Miss Jessie Guffin will join her mother, Mrs. Lotta Guffin, in this city next week, when they will go to Chicago together. Mrs. Guflin has made a great many sales of her pictures in that city. Mr. Harry Hilliard has completed two sketches, “Scenes on the River Giesen in Holland,” which he intends to present his friends, Mrs. Guffin and Mr. Cox. This gentleman possesses genius of a high order, as his work shows. Mrs. G. H. Harriott is progressing finely in painting. She excels in landscapes. She has been instructed by Mrs. Culbertson, whose graceful drawing of trees she has acquired until, in this line of study, she has been most successful. The Hoosier Art Exhibit at English Block has drawn a large number ot people since its opening. Both the works of T. C. Steele and W. Forsyth possess unquestionable merit. Mr. Steele shows excellent drawing, but some of his original pictures lack sufficient coloring. His copies are all fine. His portrait, after a scholar of Rembrandt, is rich in tone and warmth, as is also the “Infants Christ and St John” after Rubens. W. Forsyth is broad and free in style, and shows genius. “A Bauer,” study of a bead, and “An Old Man” done in charcoal, aro among some of his best pieces. A picture called “Found,” in sepia, is also very strong. The exhibition will continue all of next week and should be largely patronized. Miss Ketcham’s art school will begin its third term Wednesday, April 15. The success of this school is proved by the numbers and interest of the pupils, and by their work. Mrs. E. H. Ketcham and Mrs. La Grange have just finished an attractive still-life in oil—a pot of white primroses, with a background of delicate blue drapery. Miss Nelson’s last is a charming study —an owl perched on an oDen century. An old candlestick with a half-burned candle in it, completes the still-life. Miss Robinson has just done (in oil) the bas-relief of the three cherubs. It is an excellent reproduction of an exquisite group. Mrs. Bronson is at work on a study in oil—a large begonia on a table of Roman marbles, with crimson drapery back. Misses Stanton and Martin are engaged on the head of the young Augustus; Miss Dessar, on the head of Diana; Miss Cornelius, Misses West and George, with others, have just finished a study of flags, purple, white and yellow, after a beautiful picture of Mrs. Hays, an artist of Chicago. Miscellaneous Notes. Lottie Guffin is distantly related to President Cleveland. An Easter entertainment was given by the New Palestine M. E. Sunday school on Friday evening. Miss Hattie Ludlow, the young elocutionist, will be tendered a benefit at Pfafflin’s Hall on the 14th inst Dr. J. V. Hinchman, of Greenfield, has gone to Texas, with a view of moving his family to that SUte for a permanent home. Mr. Lee O. Harris, the poet, is engaged in sellschool furniture through the State. He visited Goshen and Elknart last week. The Seventh Presbyterian Church at Indianola gave an entertainment, on Tuesday evening, for the Sunday school library. A quartet, com posed

of Messrs. Blake, Butler, De Wolfo and Hoover, furnished some fine music. Master Bertie Feibleman was heard in recitations. Refreshments were served. Mr. E. C. Howlett started for Chicago Thursday, en route to Southwestern Kansas, where he has gone to look up a location for himself and family. Prof. W. H. Sims, superintendent of the public schools at Cambridge City and Greenfield for several years, has charge of the public school at Goshen, ind., this year. Mrs. Harry Hilliard, wife of the artist, is a most accomplished journalist. For the last few years she has been the European correspondent to the Boston* Transcript, and has also contributed valuable art articles to the Figaro. Miss Jessie Guffin, who has been spending the winter in Nashville, Tenn., has been highly praised for her singing and acting in a dramatic company from that place, which has given frequent performances in different cities of the South. Greenfield has two Chautauqua literary clubs, and both in a flourishing condition. Among those belonging to the older club are Mesdames Lemuel Gooding, Dr. Howard Swope, Dr. Martin, Hollis Thayer, Geo. Duncan, Cooper, Ephriam Marsh, and Miss Vira Gooding. The younger organization contains the names of Mesdames Lee Thayer, E. T. Swope, Brainard Cooper, and others. It is generally supposed the shadows of superstition are cleared away with the light of civilization. but. in fact, there are four great men entirely free from the influence of “isms." Senator Voorhees entertained a party of friends a few days ago in Washington, at dinner, but before the repast began it was discovered that but thirteen were present, whereupon the Senator stoutly refused to allow matters to proceed until a friend —a guest at the hotel—consented to join the company. Our own genial and talented Rufus Magee has three dread superstitions that, to him, are sure omens of misfortune, namely, tipping over salt at the table, seeing the new moon over the wrong shoulder, and having his photograph taken. He never has bad a picture taken, though often importuned by his colleagues in the Senate, as it is customary for that bodj T ANARUS, at each session, to prepare a group of its members. Since his appointment abroad the Harpers telegraphed him for his photograph, for publication in their Weekly, but this pleasantlooking, if not handsome, gentleman promptly responded in the negative. THE CROSS-BILL Its Characteristics and the Beautiful Easter Legend that Attaches to Him. • The cross bill may be looked for in any cluster of fine trees in this locality. Dr. W. B. Fletcher says they are nearly as thick as the pine cones upon the evergreen trees about the Hospital for the Insane. They are about the size of the canary, to which family, with other sparrows, they belong. The female is of an olive or yellowish cast, the male thickly suffused or spattered with a dull-red blood color. The legend of this bird is well-known through Longfellow’s rhyming version from the German, in which the crossing of the ends of the bill is attributed to its efforts to pull the nail s from the cross and release the suffering Savior, while the red color is believed to be caused by iho sacred blood which remained upon its body as a hereditary and permanent color, attaching, however, only to the male. Zoologically, the crossing of the bills is only an illustration of the adaptation of pa>rts to the mode of life. The cross bill lives upon the seeds which it extracts from the pine cone. By putting its bill betweeh the close-fitting scales of the cones and then separating or “crossing” latterly the two halves of the bill. This species lives upon the high mountains and far north in tho summer, and is only found in this region in the winter and early spring. They have been found ra flocks upon the masts and rigging of vessels in mid ocean. The species found in Europe is not the same as ours, though it is sometimes rarely met here. It is a bird ot circumpolar distribution, inhabiting the northern parts of the three continents. Our species has been found nesting and laying in win ter in tho dense pine woods of the Alleghenies. PERSONAL MENTION. H. P. Wasson lias returned from New York. Dr. S. Salisbury, of Shelbyville, is at the Denison. Judge Joshua H. Mellett, of New Castle, is at the Denison. C. F. Seaton, formerly in grain business for several years, is now book-keeper for Jas. R. Ross & Cos. Dr. Chas. D. Pearson, who has been seriously ill for tho past six weeks, is convalescing slowly, but hopes to be out this week. Miss Mary Riley, of Greenfield, the youngest sister o f o poet, is acting as secretary of the Bradstreei agency in this city. Miss R. E. Suileck and Miss A. V. Devree, of the Indianapolis High-school, left, Friday night, lor the New Orleans exposition. Dr. P. Fentius Kempson and wife, of New York, are in the city on their way from New Orleans homo, and will remain several days, in order that Mr. Kempson can look after the interests of his journal, “The Insurance Age,” of New York. THE CITY IN BRIEF. There were twenty five deaths iu the eity last week. Health Officers Barker and Newcomb served 134 notices during the past week. Wesley L. Walls, a printer, has been declared insane and sent to the Insane Hospital Tho following marriage licenses were issued yesterday: William H. Noland and Annie Boyd, and Gustave H. Berg and Arlie Morris. The Indianapolis College-avenue Saving and Loan Association was incorporated yesterday in the office of the Secretary of State. Capital stock $300,000. Philip Phillips, the Singing Pilgrim, will give a Bible and song meeting, assisted by a steropticon, at English’s. Opera-house to-night. A collection will be taken up to defray expenses. William Armstrong has filed two suits on notes against the Indianapolis Cabinet Company. One for $(*,000, in which William E. Coffin is made defendant as indorser, the other for SIO,OOO. W. Allison Sweeny, a colored man, and one of the best speakers in the West, deliverd a lecture on Friday night before the Fred. Douglass Society on “The Lessons of History Predict a Future for the Negro Race." It abounded in suggestions aptly put and forceful reasoning. Charley Houser and Frank Madler, the two small boys who, last Sunday night, stole the horse and buggy of B. F. Bushong, of Brightwood, fyom a hitching post in front of Roberts Park Church, have been caught and placed under arrest The boys have been keeping the horse in several different private stable in this city, and driving it very hard. ■— l ■ hi w ■■■ i On a Tour of Inspection. Prof. J. R. Hart, of the Thorntown schools, accompanied by his wife and a party of fifteen ladies and gentlemen, wore in the eity yesterday, visiting the State benevolent institutions. They visited the Plainfield Reformatory and State Institute for the Blind during the forenoon, and in the afternoon inspected the Insane and Deaf and Dumb asylums. Prisoner* Plead Guilty. The three men of Hartford City, Smith, Morgan and Clifford, who were accused of evadiDg the revenue law, selling tobacco without license all pleaded guilty to tho charge yesterday, and were fined $25 each. The men were net able to pay the fine, and were sent for thirty days to tha Crawfordsville jail.

GRAND OFFERING m AND QA T ]? JTA-. jL-.jA I* J OF Spring Dry Goods TO-MORROW, APRIL 0, We will offer to the public our late purchase of Elegant Goods, which is by far the Largest and Handsomest stock we have yet shown. In novelties in Silk, Silk and Velvet, and Wool—we show some of the handsomest goods brought from Paris this season. We also offer a big lot of Plain Black and Colored Silks and Printed Satins, which were bought at an enormous sacrifice, and will we sold cheap. SPRING WRAPS—To-morrow we will show a great variety of stylish garments in the new shades of cloth, embroidered in self colors and tinsel, trimmed in lace and fringes; also a great variety in Silk. Table Linens, Napkins, Towels, Bed Spreads, Doylies, Tray Covers, Lunch Cloths and Tete-a-tete Cloths. In these we have made an effort to bring out some of the handsomest goods imported. An inspection of the large stock on sale Monday will show how we have succeeded. LACES AND EMBROIDERIES—In these departments you will not only find a great assortment, but the choicest novelties of Europe. In Black Laces you will find the choice Mar* quise-Chantilly (Marquise and Chantilly combination), Egyptian Filet, Escurial and Spanish; all these in allovers, flouncings and narrow laces to match. Hosiery, Gloves, Dress Trimmings and Ribbons in the late Spring Shades and Styles. Novelties in White Goods—lt will pay you to inspect these choice goods. One thousand Boys’ Waists at less than half price. Job lot Towels and Crashes at less than half price. Bargains in every Department. Everybody most respectfully invited to attend our Opening Spring Sale. H.P.WASSOMCO.

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