The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-21

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around each country
SPECIAL AND PERSONAL.
DR.. Hamilton Griffin, Miss Mary An
derson's step father, is on his sons cattle
ranch in Colorado.
The journal announces that the
"Star- Eyed Goddess is engaged.
When will the wedding cards be out,
and will Colonel Watterson be the best
man?
When Jaehne, in his quarters in sing
Sing heard of the confessions of Full
GRAFT and Duffy, he said, pathetically, that
he would rather be in the cell than in the
shoes of the traitors.
OF course Lord Coleridge's perform
ances as father-in-law incite the au-
tomaton iokers of the press to put the
picked satire on the lady representative
of the same element again on the table
"Society's new Arcadia" is in the happy
valley of Jersey called The Oranges. Ten
wears ago in East Orange the lots sold Tor
S15 foot now they bring $40.
Fashion has its boom, and so has specu-
lation
Miss Smiley, of Boston, has recovered
IS. 600 for damages to her affections in
the nature of a broken promise OF mar
riage on the part of her cousin, Fra Tx
Huston. Frank tried to prove that his
affection was only that of cousin, but
the Jury drew the line distinctly.
The collision of the Britannia and the
Beaconsfield in the harbOr of New York,
is attributed to the pilot of the Britannia
to the failure on the part of the pilot of
the other ship to answer his signal
AS the other ship is what is called
tramp" doubtless the Britannia's pilot
is right.
Since they've introduced Lullaby" in
to the "Chimes of Normandy and Near
err, Ny God, to Thee" into Faust" and
"The Last Rose of Summer" into the
"Mikado" it's pretty hard to tell whether
you are attending a nursery, prayer
meeting, a singing-school, or an opera.
They ought to draw line somewhere.
Boston HeraLd
Ong Gong and Ong Sick are engaged
in a Chinese trial. Ong Mong is the name
of another Celestial who was killed by
Ching Quinn. Quinn is condemned, but
Ong Sick was treasurer of the fund sub
scribed for the prosecution, and having
refused to pay the fee to Ong Gong,
there is a suit to recover. The judge will
have a good time
Boil your water before you drink it.
That is the way to prevent disease. Try
it. 1t is better than physic.- Wilmington
Star.
Our friend is guilty of an inexcusable
omission. After boiling your water, and
before drinking it, add a little lemon and
sugar and "wee dhrap o suthin'," and
you'll have a compound that will over
come all the ills of life, mental and phys
ical But hot water, just so,-pshaw
IadeEAppedJ.
Baseball enthusiasts are discussing the
rumored withdrawal of the Detroit Club
from the National League. The club is
said to be dissatisfied with the new rule
that visiting clubs shall receive 1925 per
game instead of the former percentage.
The Chicago Clubs manager rises in the
naughty dignity begOtten OF many vic
tories, and says that the Detroit Club may
20 where it pleases for all that he cares.
Detroit retaliates by whispering all sorts
of unpleasant things about the Chicago
team. And 50 the diplomats of the dia-
mond bicker and threaten and wrangle
and the world doesn't care.-N6D York.
W0rld.
The successful production of the "Achar-
mans" at the Academy of Music this week
is an interesting artistic event. The com
edy illustrates the satirical view of the
political contest in Athens between the
Peace party and the War party when the
city was besieged by the Spartans A. ID.
425
There is political boss who heads the
mob and an heroic General, who is the
exemplar of the War party. There is hui
man nuture in this satire enough to make
it, in one sense, familiar to all civilized
nations. The students of the Pennsylya-
MIA University acquitted themselves well,
the honors of the principal part being