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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-13
Rat, of the Sewers.

Mr. Webb. who has the largest fund OF
information "a TO the interior OF sewers OF
any living man, tells some interesting
facts about rats. some of which lie esti.
mates ss being about two feet long and
weighing about eight or ten pounds The
pure blooded thoroughbred stock Of sewer
rats are distinct species. House and
ground rats are smaller. leaner, sleekeF,
longer faced and less powerful, they run
into the sewers through breaks, but r..
turn to their domiciles in the houses.
Sewer rats have nests IN hooks and cor.
ners Of dry. abandoned or unused walls,
their claws are long and hayethe strength
of steel hooks, which they somewhat re
semble. They can easily dispace IA brick
anywhere where the mortar or cement l.
old or more or less crumbling. Usually
they seek the old and decayed sewers,
tear their way through and buIrow and
establish their family residences at
their own sweet will, and do their mar
keting wherever it may be convenient and
attractive for them.
They are naturally suspicious. coy and
unsocial. although never belligerent M
less cornered, in which case they will at
tack ferociously and bite and claw vi
ciously. When the men are attwOrk ~ The
sewers the rats are quite tame. AMI one
workman had the Enack Of calling them
to him by peculiar humming or singsong
noise, which they seemed to be lascinuted
by and would come almost near enough
to be handled. New York star
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ctety WA active IN work aonnsoted ~ith thA
war and It's hall was headquarters for con
suItation. The general committee were all
Democrats Of prominence, and ITS members
we're In favor Of tho war, while % federais
were opposed to it, During the early part oil
the century Tammany continued to grow III
influence as political society.
In 1867 new hall was built on Fourteenth
street, and OIL July 4, 1865, the society took
possession of il. Some ten years before this
move one Of Tammanys most remarkable
leaders, Fernando Wood, came into power
Being ousted by Tweed and others, Wood
organized Mozart Hall as an opposition so
ciety, defeated Tammany and regaincd the
control OF the city government.
The Sweeny-Tweed regime, the battle
fought by Tweed and his followers against
tho Young Democracy, Tweeds victories and
his final overthrow, are matters OF recent
history.
At the fire which destroyed the ball re
Gently a singular incident occurred. a fire
mar in breaking one of the windows made
fracture which is very like the profile and
head Of George Washington.
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Tobacco Market.
RICHMOND, Va, June

RICHMOND, Va, June ~.
Auction sales were nearly all Sun-cured
| dark tObaccOs to-day About 60 were Of
fcred by sample and few taken in, while
! 1850. was reached AS highest price twice
\ good many packages sold between -
| aud lGc bringing very good prices 4
few light weights sold at 244c. Little
or no brights are now offered at auction.
Buyers DO not bid on such freely, because
| they are rarely without limit of upland
tObacCos, but We shall always insist that
the more auction sales are encouraged.
! the better il will be for our trade in all
respects, and thus, whether the tObaccOs
sold over the hogshead or By sample.
buyers and others want to see prices, and
the market for themselves form opinions
and judgments on. There are daily
sales on very private terms of
! Austrian and perhaps some French
styles Of dark leaf this market we can
only get at by tedious and very cautious
enquiry, much against our taste and in
clination; we can, however, generally give
close figures when necessary. From
present looking around we infer that
there will be some good sales of bright
wrappers here this week small lots
change hands daily, and in cutters some
trading has begun Bright filters are still
quiet and dull The market for ordinary
dark leaf was not active to-day, and com.
mon TO medium Jugs are lower and with
little demand The better breaks OF sun.
cured has supplied some good red and
black wrappers lately, and the demand
for this class is not at This moment so
urgent as Il week or two passed
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CITY Roof, a. Health Essorts.

The proposition. ably discussed in
Science, to utilize city roofs "a, health re
sorts is suggestion deserving Of c2lolu!
and practical consideration. Why may
this idea not be coujoined with the plan
Of having roof gardens! There is I'D rea-
son why roofs, III large and vdcd
cities. may not be so built As 70 be- con
verted into flower, and even vegetable.
gardens There ar not few ROOFS SO
used already The amount OF oxygen
and ozone thus liberated. and Of carbon
gases utilized and substnctcd from the
air, would be enormous. If sewer gases
are to be carried to the roofs, and 50 dis
seminated into the air. Ike adoption OF
the garden system would be all the more
desirable. Certainly the degeneration
and LIBERALIZATION attendant on LIVING Ia
crowded tenement houses must IL some
way be counieracted. Nothing could be-
more grateful TO q sick or puuy clIld than
the fresh air and flowers that such sy5-
ten as suggested might furnish -Globe-
Democrat.
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In nine cases ont of ten the critical
notices are carefully measured to accord
with tho Sizo Of the advertisement handed
in at the business office. If II publisher
adverises. his books receive notice;
twenty lines secure a good review. forty o
better one. II play is ever 50 bad the
sstute critic can find much good in it if le
looks through the greenback lorgnette
furnished BY the business Office of the
mighty organ Of public opinion by which
he is employed. The book reviewers judg
ment is warped in the same way; his
fgvor is bought at the cashiers desk
The Journalist
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1T happened this way" continued
Plunkett. There never was but one ID
comotive made in Georgia up TO the time
that one was made in Atlanta during The
war. They needed engines mighty bad
then, and they went to work in the hops
at Atlanta and turned out as good er LOOK
ing little locomotive as / ever seed and
they named il Sunshine, and the railroad
men took on over it or heap and every
engineer wanted i. for his.
Things was hustling outcn Atlanta.
for old Sherman was doing some OF his
swinging GROUND. and il was feared he'd
get the control of the Macon ana Western
then, and this little engine was erbout 10
be shut Off 50 the engineer he iirel Up
and folks piled onto it aud out she started
for Macon. She was or sailing or long as
fast as ever an engine run them days
when before YOU could wink your owe she
busted. That was the last OF sunshine
and it was the last of er heap OF folks. but
it was war times and fifteen or twenty
folks killed wasn't noticed worth talking
erbout, but in the wreck among the dead
and wounded was found little baby that
nobody has ever claimed. and the little
thing was not scratched by the wreck, but
just set there in er little place and laughed
and crowed Nam, nam, man, and we
knowed by that il was the little child Of
some poor refugeeing woman. They took
good care OF the little thing aud it lived
eight months after that. and the strange
thing is thai it never heard An engine nor
seed er car hut what it would say them
same words over. Nam. mann. m.n.
But its over yonder with Child Without
Name OH its tombstone and that end,
it in this world but it teaches the lesson
that wars or bad, bad thing atlanta
Constitution.
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An Excellent Recommendation.

"Coald you direct me to some restaurant
"Yes, sir; 60 up the street two blocks anC
you'll find the best place in town"
Best in towrl Really"
Eyes, sir board there MYSELF
us that a recommendation
II should say 50. I'm the owner of the cs
tablishment. "-Nebras1a State Journal
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NORTH CAROLINA NOMINEES.
Fowlo and Holt, Dockery and Pritehard,
Before the People.

Fowle and Holt, DOckery and Pritehard
Before the People.
Daniel G. Fowle, Democratic nominee for
governor of North Carolina, was born IN
Washington, Beaufort county, y. C., in ISL.
At 20 years of age he was graduated at
Princeton college with honor, and, returning
to North Carolina. studied law. lie was adj
mtted TO the bar i'll 1865, and soon after be
came q resident of Raleigh. He soon became
a lawyer Of eminence, but his career as an
attorney was interrupted to enter the Con
federate service as a lieutenant of infantry.
He was made major and assistant commits
sary OF subsistence, but was soon after
promoted to be lieutenant colonel. lie was
captured by Burnsdes force at the battle Of
Roanoke Island in 1862 but was paroled not
long after. In the autumn Of the same year
he was elected 10 the legislature, and upon
its adjournment Governor Vance made him
adiutant general In 1868 he resigned and
again entered the legislature At the close
Of the war he was made judge Of the North
Carolina superior court,
Judge Fowle resigned his judseship in 1861;
since that time he has held number Of posi-
tons of trust.
Col. Thomas NJ Holt, the nominee Of the
Democratic party of North Carolina for the
position OF lieutenant governor, was born
July -. 1851 in Orange county, in that por
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TAMMAYY HALL AND BROKEN WINDOW.
erty BOYS became more aggressive and their
acts resulted in numerous conflicts. They
had songs bearing on the questions at issue,
among the most popular Of which was The
Liberty Tree" composed by Thomas Paine.
The following was the refrain:
From the east 10 the west blow the trumpet to
arms.
Thro' the land let the sound of it flee;
let the far and the near al unite with cheer
In defense Of our Liberty Tree.
There is likely some connection between
these raisings of liberty poles and the pine
tree. which was a common device OF colonial
flags.
The Tammany society, or Columbian order.
was founded in l7S9. AT first it was not ex.
clusively political society, but was partly
benevolent, Que of its objects being to civiHle
the Indians and make trading citizens OF
them In July, 1890, the Tammany society
made its first public appearance. The oc
casion was the visit Of number OF Chero
kee indian chiefs to New York for the pur
pose Of making q treaty with view to sell
ing large tract of their lands. The mem
bers Of the Tammany society assembled at
the wigwam and marched TO the Battery,
dressed in Indian costume, received the
"bravesn and escorted them TO the wigwam.
There was a grand 'powwow, in which Gov
ernor Clinton, Thomas jefferson, secretary
Of state, and Gen. Knox, secretary of war,
and other nOtables took part.
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Ouitc 70 Difference.

Citizen TO small boy outside the Polo
groundsl-Are the New Works playing ball
to-day, sonnyi
Small Boy iwitheringly)-Naw, dey mint
playin'' ball: dey jest thinks dey're playin'
ball New York Sun.
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TAMMANY HALLclw

ton. In l1SS the ground about the building
was lowered and stone wall built about it.
1t had become tavern" and was used as O
place OF resort of veterans Of the revolution
the Sons OF I.iberty--whercn to smoke and
drink and fight their battles over again.
The son-in-law Of Abraham Martling. the
proprietor, VIM. 3. Cozzins Cthe West Point
hotel PROPRIETOR, became his partner aud was
one u the lessees of tho old Tammany hall
In I7v9 the Broad street building was torn
down and the Tammany society took rooms
1t Nartiing's tavern, which became the first
Tammany hall After 1905 u subscription
was started for u new hall. Twenty-eight
thousand dollars was raised and buildin,
erected In 1911 on the corner u Nassau aud
Frankfort streets.
During the war Of 1919 the Tammauy 50
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Not Familiar with the Game.

Citizen-Do you know anything about
baseball.
Suanger-No, sir, DO not. At least, 50
my friends say.
Citizen-Then you don't take any interest
in the national game.
Stranger-A little. I'm managerof club
-Ncw York Sun.
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4 Terrible Threat.

Then you absolutely refuse to marry me''
said he
II do" was the young lndy's firm reply.
Have a care Miss Kajones," said the
young man, with dangerous glitter IN his
eve. consider the matter we'll ! am the
publisher of an elite directory that is almost
ready for the press. Chicago Tribune.
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Thoughtful Of Others.

Tramp-Can you give me place TO sleep,
MANI
Wonlan-You can sleep in the barn if you
like.
Tramp-Couldn't you give me u bed in the
housed I'm heavy sleeper myself, ma'aln,
and wouldn't feel right if should keep you
waiting for breakfast. -The Epoch.
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4 Valuable Instrument.

\ New York man owns piano which cost
900 # is not stated what makes 1t 50
valuable but probably 1t refuses to give
forth sound when struck before a. III. or
after o p. m, or when the neighbors next
door have the windows open. -Norristown
Herald
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Calm Advice.

Enraged Husband-Maria, | can endure
this existence no longer am going to blow
my brains outl
Wife (calmly-Dont attempt it, John.
You have never had any success IN firing at
small targets. Chicago Tribune
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The Confederate Veteran
Distribution Company.
INCORPORATED FOR THE BENEFIT OF
EX-CONFEDERATE VETERANS.
THEIR WIDOWS and ORPHANS
Home office:
900 BANK STREET, RICHMOND, VA.

The incorporators, each being himself an cX
Confederate soldier, earnestly ask hcpiul
hand in the work they have undertaken. teel
ing sure that their charitable iutent will h'
checrfully seconded by all kiui-hearted PEG
pie. GRAND DIS rRIBC HON ENTER
TAtNMENTS Will be given In one of the prin
ciIal theatres in Richmond. the date for the
commencement OF which will he hereafter an
n0unCcd.
GrN. Is. r.. TERRY, President
Col. ARTHUR \. SPITzER Secretary
Lock Drawer 81.
3je6-eOdff
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A Terrible Disease.

A boy Of II years in Oil City, Pa, is a
somnambulist, and bis disease assumes the
form Of getting up in the middle Of the night
to play the piano. Il is undoubtedly the
worst case on record.-Lowsh Citizen
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The Shiltle,- SMi,..

Omaha Councilman travelling in Europel
What's them bluffs!
Native.-Those, sir, are the Alps.
"Huuph, They need grading badly
Omaha World
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NOTICE
CITY COLLECTORS NOTICE.
NJ ~ MI ~
CITY COLLECToR's OFEIcS,
RICHMOND. MAY 81. l.s.


RICaAoSD. MAY 81, l.:c.
THIS OFFICE WILL Be OPEN
= daily, between the hours Of ' O'Clock. an.
aud o'clock, p. u from the FIR TO THE
SyTH DAY OF JUNE INCLUSIVE. FOR ths
purpose Oh receiving from any person OLArSei
With CITY TAKES. the whole or one half the
amount OF tax charged
Five per cent will be added 60 the amount =
tax charged ia every cise whore the party a.
sessed shall fall TO pay the whole Or one hall
within the time SO limited. Real estate agents
and others having II number ot bills 70 pay
will please send lists SO that their bills may be
gotten together. Where property {, hold ~
trust, II Is necessary 10 give the name oi TIE
trustee.
ANY person desiring to pay taxes alter Jllr
ist may TO 50 during the usual business
hours JAMES ID. ChAIO.
5jel-lm city Collector
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All Fun Down.

Smith-Squivens has broken himself CON
pletely down.
Browu-i.hi how sol
Smth--Practicing on the health lift.--De
tro.t Free Fress.
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Where II Is StOted.

us there any such thing as law in this
country should like to knowl' said an irate
individual as he rushed into the prosecuting
attorneys Office.
ayes, of course there is, Twas the reply.
whereabouts"
Just glance through that copy of the Re-
vised Statutes over there Merchant Tray
eler
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EXCURSIONS.
WARWICK PARK.
Con DOLa CHINBORAZO

Leaves her wharf daily except sunday at
eG am, 2:30. 300, and 10 pm. Returning,
leaves Warwick Park at ll5. 3I5. 6I5. ard
1900 pm.
On SUNDAYS leaves Richmond at ~ am,
lSO 400, and eco pm Returning, leaves War
wick Park at ll:l5 am. Pas. 5:l5, and go I'm.
Fare, Zoe. each way. Round trip, pc; chu
dren under years free.
Boating sailing, fishing. and bathing Re
frcshments served III city prices.
The company reserves the right 10 hold
portions of the grounds and Of the pavilion
for private partie'.
THOMAS Elicit. sec'y.
"a North Ninth street. Richmond. Va.
5my9 3m
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Trouble in the Neighborhood,

Visitor to Mrs McMollisen, bruised and
battered You are not looking very we'll
this morning, Mrs McMolligen.
Mrs. McMolligen-No, mum, but hiven
rest yer sowl, me Teddy, wait till ye say Mrs.
Conn Kelly in the shanty beyant.-Judgo.
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FINANCE AND COMMERCE..
RIchmond Stock Marked.

Reported by John l.. Williams & Son,
bankers an | brokers' iii Man street.
RICHMOND, Va, June II.
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OF TAMMANY HALL.
A HISTORIC POLITICAL SOCIETY IN
THE METROPOLIS.

Matters Of Some Interest Regarding the
Building Recently Ruined by Fire
Whore the Society for So Many Years
Held Its Meetings.
New York's Tammany society, whose hall
was recently ruined by fire, is very old asso-
citation. Its originators are said to have been
the Liberty Boys, who at the time OF those
sngry disputes which preceded the revolu-
tion wore in the habit Of erecting liberty
poles with appropriate ceremonies in the
state of New York. These liberty poles,
which excited tho ire Of the British. were fire.
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Sweet was the flowers perfume
Weird the enshadowing gloom;
From tie gay, lighted room, :.
Sweet strains came family. =
Turning. she smiled and biushet, :
Murmured surprise. and flushed, =
Then. in the silence hushed,
Answered me quantity. 50
Doubtless YOU think she said, g.
when she had raised her head,
That which all lovers dread: S.
shed be my sisterI'
That's where you've made a guess ..
Wrong. as you must confess;
For she said softly: Yes
Yesi aud ! kissed her
Frank Roe Bltchelier in Life.
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Che was tho reigsing bclicl
straightway IN love ! fell.
Potent became the spell
Too plain for masking.
Then for a time | wooci-
For her sweet favor sued,
Til I'd my courage screwed
Up TO the asking"
out Of the glare and heat
Where to the music's beat
Trippcd the untiring feet :
OF the gay dancer.
Gently led my fair
Partner. so debonair.
Told her the whole. and there
Waited her answer.
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RAILROAD Stocks.
Grain ana Cotton Exchange.
RICHMOND. VA.

RICHMOND, VA, June 7.
oPFERiaGs rEroGrln 10 SECRETARY.
Wheat 10 bushels.
tOrn-.j bushels.
Pe s. 49, 30 bushels
Mill Ohai 30 tons
SALES REPORTED TO SECRETARY.
Wheat -Sh rtberry, 10 bushels very good
on private terms
rorn.-Whte, 20 bushels very good Oh
rivate terms.
Black Pc $50 bushels prime on private
terms
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In 1902 there was celebration by the so
ciety of the third centennial of the discovery
Of America by Columbus, and a monument
to the discoverer was erected in the museum,
which was contained in the second story OF q
building on Broad street New York. In
this museum were kept tho baltic axes, toma-
hawks, clubs, pipes, etc, and other present,
which had been received by the society. II
was under the care of doorkeeper. Gar
diner Baker was the first incumbent, He
was permitted TO charge small entrance fee
He became so exorbtant in his charges that
it produced trouble. The matter was finally
compromised by Bakers agreeing to admit
the members Of the society free. When
Baker died the museum was sold. 1t formed
the nucleus Of Scudders, which was later
Barnum's museum
In 1899 the Wigwam was located very neal
where the New York postoilice building is
now, and looked out on the road to Boston
now Park row which ran through open
fields These fields were the scene Of many
Of the conflicts between the troopers and the
Liberty boys prior to and during the Revolu-
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SALES REPORTED TO sEcnsrA
COTTON REPORT.


NHItfT NTtiIN,
Qnotatioas. -Middling, Ole; low mid
Hing, 9r.; good ordinary. see.
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quently cut down by
their troopers AS the
troubles between the
mother country and
the colonies developed
and the clouds thick
enei into the STORM OF
revolution, the Lib
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GoyggNNEgr nEcuRITIEs. Bid Al
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-06-07
SHERlFF'S SALES.

Maggie l.. Gregg vs.. Lacy Richards
ct al. Saturday, June 9th, at o'clock
p. m. West one-third part of In.I Lot No.
III in the town of Hillsboro. Appraised
at $3.50.
Charles L. Kelley VS.. George W.Smith
ct al. Saturday, June 23d, at o'clock
p. m. Three and $1,000 acres OF land in
@. Minis survey No. 1913. Appraised
at $3.50.
A. T. Moon VS.. Thomas M. Starr ct al.
Saturday, June 23d, at IL o'clock p, m.
Two tracts Of land in CLAY township.
Appraised at $2,28l.56.
Walker and LeFever vs.. Charles w.
Baldwin. Saturday, June 23d, at 2
o'clock p. m. The undivided one.tenth
part OF 113A acres in Paint township.
Appraised at 1926.
Gaar, Scott & Co, vs. John Stout and
Charlie Stout. Saturday, June 23d, at
"a O'Clock p. m. Four tracts of land In
Concord township. Appraised as fol-
lows; 25-acre tract, $aQ0; undivided
one-third interest in 25 acres, s66.06;
undivided one.third interest in 100
acres. $33S.34; undivided one.third in
terest in Q acres, $50.
Gaar, SCOTT 4 Co. vs.. Charley Stout
ct al. Saturday, June 2Sd, at 8 O'Clock
p. m. Undivided one.third interest in
three tracts of land in Concord township
Of 9, 25 and 100 acres respectively.
Byron Murphy vs.. Milton Ludwick
ct al. Saturday, July 9TH, at one O'Clock
p. m. In.lots Nos. 7, ., II and 30 In the
village Of Russells, and appraised a. fol-
lows; No. I ct $50; No. = at SIS; No
II at elb; No. 40 st 500.