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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-25
A NYclding at Telos.

In Telos wedding presents are exceed
ingly practical. andpartake chiefly OF the
nature of food 10 be consumed at the
wedding festivities and toward even
inc on this day, whcr all the baskets Of
grain had been gathered together. the
Young men of the yill3go distributed IL 10
be ground in the hand mills, and for the
space of two hours nothing was TO be
heard in the town save the mOnoiOnous
grinding of the two stones. and the
equally mon0tonou5 songs OF the women
engaged in this occupation. II was nearly
dark when Peter. the bridegroom elect.
was informed that all the -four was
ground, whereupOn certain young men
of his acquaintance. with flutes. bag.
pipes and Tyres, escorted him from house
10 house TO collect this flour in Large
sacks.
AT each house they tarricd for a little
time, the instruments played and the
young men and maidens danced curl
Gus little dance, in which one man and
one maid alone tool, part. at the same
time singing little love songs as they
move to and fro. From house 20 house
they wandered. singing and dancing all
the evening. and when the flour was col
lected they took 10 10 Catharine's house,
where a table was spread. at which the
women who had ground the grain and
the Young men who had accompanied
the bridegroom were entertained. After
this meal. and when all were merry with
wine, The dancing began again, and con-
tinued well into the night; 1t was very
interesting and pretty 50 watch the inter-
laced Crctan dance, the quiet, stately
singing dances, and the brilliant aero
batic feats Of the leader Of the circular
dance. Thus ended the great prcnuptial
ceremony Of "tho greater flour. Gen
tlcman's Magazine.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-25
nronl,e,s, Aversion to cInclty.

In liind0stan, where three varieties If
sacred monkeys enjoy the freedom Of
every town. those four handed pcnsi0n@
often assist tho police IN enforcing the
riot laws by charging en- masse for tho
scene of every dog fight and scho0lboJ
scuiilo. They will rc5cuc worried eat
and, for greater security, deposit them
on the next roof, or suppress r0wdyism
in general. the stout Rhcsus balloon, for
instance, being physically as wclf a.
morally qualified 60 quell the aggressive
dispositi0n of the iicrccst Ger.
On the platform of public warehouse
the British res ideuts of Agra, few years
ago. witnessed "a scene which pas That
character trait ia oven a stronger light
A little street Arab had spread his pallet
in the shade Of astack ~ country pro-
ducc and bad just dropped asleep, when
the proprietor of The Planters hotel
strolled up with pet leopard that bad
learned to accompany him iu All his
rambics a troop OF tramp monsoys hai
taken post on the opposite end II the
shed, and. like the boggar boy. seemed
10 enioy comfortable siesta, but ~
sight Of the spCckled intruder the whole
gang charged along the platform like a
squadron of spahis, and. instantly form
ing semicircie about Che little sleeper
faced the leopard with bristling names
evidently resolved 10 defeat the suspected
purpose Of his visit-FoliX l. Oswald,
u. H., in Popular Science Monthly.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-25
What IT Once Meant.

A teacher writes: zone of my pupils
who had been teaching during the sum-
mer came to me in despair over q sum.
saving, i can't understand sympathizing
fractions" when VIC went to school,
years and years ago, "sympathizing frac-
lions" meant broken candy. We under
stood, but the teacher didn't. Times
change, and we change with them).--
American Missionary.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-25
THE SUNDAY TISES.

Though our Sunday edition retains
all The characteristics of regular daily
we add certain features to satisfy the
taste Of readers VITO on that day have
much more time to give to the perusal Of
newspaper.
In addition TO the news and miscella-
nv we give our readers this morning a
number of special illustrations, a regular
serial story, entitled Beautiful jim, by
John Strange Winter, and full bulletin
Of New York gossip on the fashions
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-25

The Journals, announces that il will
publish the portraits of about fifty prom
inen, American editors in It's big holiday
edition. The edition will certainly be q
gem of journalistic skill, and If all the
scribes could only know beforehand that
the pictures would be handsome the
thing would be widely doomed.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-25

Warner Miller, he Of the wood pulp, is
rendered banquet, a consolation feast,
whereby the stomach may be given an
ovation to make up for the emptiness Of
the conscience and the absence Of ma
iolity.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-25
RAND SALE or VALTAB- D.
VI AND ATTRACTIVE PROPERTY.
CONSISTING Vf -oy OTS ~
THE CITY or MANlNES
TER, VA
THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY FNEE
OFFERED TO INVESTORS. HOME.
SEEKERS AND SPECTATORS

By direction Of the owners. we will sea- ~
pubic auction ON
TUESDAY. NoyENBEa 81. ISIS.
at l9 o'clock m. ca the premises. that be3at
fully situated TRACT OF LAND known as
SPRING hill, which has been laid ONT on
the most LIBERAL scale. and Will b. offered GO
such terms as VIII satisfy all parties.
Spring Hli is beautiful plateau Overlook
ing James River, ami with an elevation OF laO
feet above iidewatcr. commands one Of tae
loyriest views In this section Of the STATE,
taking In the city OF Richmond from the Cal.
lego Mills TO Hollywood. aui beyond tor
miles up the James River valley 40 elevated
that il viii always bo' e. thp freshest Oh country
air. and the view can nel ca hc Ob,truclod. and
being only one and fourth miles from the
business centre Of Richmond, 20 has every al
vantage Of both city ami country.
he lots front ~ feet on vide avenues With
"A depth OF 100 feet 81 ln alley. ami AS One
tower of the Manchrstcr Wnter-W orhs 81 I'm
the property each ioi can have the benefit 0r
water. These handsome lots present more
solid attractions thar anr property ever o.
fcrci in this community High. dr}. healthy
and yet 30 near the businsi centre OF R.Dh-
mond Belle Isle Nail Works. TroieEr ltan
Works. Danyiiie Raiiroai shop, and other u.
dustral establishments.
The city Of Manchester .- growing rapidly.
and with the street cars n0w connecting 70
with Richmond, and the water Works near.
iDg completion, It Will continue to improve,
and no place in the south offers better induce
ments for Investment and speculation.
We desho 20 call slec1. attention 20 thc
very liberal
TERMS or SALE. rir. Oue-thiri cash. nri
the remainder At anf time within twenty
= ears, az Inception a. Che purchaser with ll-
teresta O per cent. per annun, payable -om.-
annually For further particulars Olil at the
office of fhe auCtiOnccrs
A. the ssie viii commence az o. m. He ID
have an pie rcfroshmcris 9n the grounds.
AUGUSTINE ROFALL&
no - ~ AUrfIlu.Nr..
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-25

We intend 10 give the readers Of the
TINES some picturesque features about
Richmond in our Sunday paper. There
are many things all around us that We
do not STE until they are polried out.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-25

"Murphy's policy" is fair specimen
Of the job to get up material for Waddill
10 manufacture contested election case
with
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-25

BUSINESS The HvaH reviews tie
business outlook at length and conclude 5
rs follows The South has simply roll, d
up It's sleeves. What, with It's iron
mines, cotton and rice crops, its factories
and the general good time that Is coming
it lives on the edge Of good cheer, and is
forging ahead with tremendous vim
The cotton crop, by the way, will this
year run 40 20 seven million bales, as
against less than fse millions in the days
OF slavery The rice crop has suffered
from too much water, which water can
be found in corresponding quantities in
Wall street, when the brokers have d
tit Of tie blues that is almost suicidal.
On the whole the country is in prom
Using financial condition. Compt tition
is rampant. and throat cutting has be-
come a national pastime Monopo.ies,
trusts and combines are doing their level
best to crowd the small dealers to the
wall, and are as satisfied with their work
as the spider wbo gave a pretty invita-
ton 10 the fool fly, and the fly accepted
H.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-25

NEW YoRK's VoTE-Mr Harrison :
plurality over Mr. Cleveland is 1856.
Mr.. Hills plurality over Mr.. Miller is
1873. The plurality OF Mr Jones, the
Democrats candidate for Lieutenant
Governor, over Mr.. Cruger, the Republi
can candidate, is 22,262. Judge Gray has
plurality of 3,466 over Judge Rumsey,
his Republican opponent for the Court
eof Appeals Judgeship. The total vote
for Mr Cleveland was 635 $50, against
j63. 04s cast for him in 1884, an increase
Of 7291l. Mr. HarrisOn's total vote was
G50.3lA, sgains, JG2 ,00l for Blaine in
1884. an increase Of SS,313 Mr. Fisk,
The Prohibition candidate, received 80
127 votes, against 2j,00l for 81 John in
1884, an increase of only j,l26 The to-
tai vote cast for the presidential candi-
dates Of the Republicans, Democrats
and PIohibi,iouists-the figures OF the
small vote cast for the tSO Labor candi-
dates and for the American parly's can
didate are not yet accessible-was 1916
400. an increase of l4j, 0SS over the vote
cast for all presidential candidates, in
Guiding Butler and the scattering vote in
lSS4.-New York Times
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-25
AUCTION SALES.

by Augustine Royal & Co.
Ros Estate a gents ami Auctiunre-F
Once 10. $40 Hull street. Manchester. $685.
A1f
". n. Bow e. \ Co..
Moth Tenth stio,t
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-25

THE LAW MUST BE MAISTArED.-
Suppose Congress had passed'a law to
sanction the pooling OF fIeights by COM
peting railroad lines. Suppose Congress
had gone a step further and prohibited
freight competition between such roads.
Such an authority might have been as
serted under the same constitutional
provision that iegalizes the interstate
commerce act. The same statistics and
the same reasoning now employed by
the trunk lines to enforce their demand
for the repeal of tie anti pooling section
no 81 of that act, might have been used
by Congress TO forbid competition in
freights. To have done this it needed
only majority of railroad men in both
houses and president In sympathy with
them.-Journal OF Commerce.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-25

Miss Amelie Rives- Chanler has made
in one OF her poems very remarkable
statement about women. The lines run
thus
Dear Christ Thou ddst die for men
Let me but die for women--liye for thee.
If this means anything-which we very
much doubi-it means that women have
no part or lot in the plan OF salvation
and do not belong 20 the human race.
The verses are not worth quoting ex-
cept as good specimen OF nonsense
lines.-N. \. Herald
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-25
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
cLErER 7HOUGHTS or TIRE METRO
POLITAN PRESS.

History Pereats Itseif-How lie 1t North
New Works Vote Law
wost Re Maintained Robert EIsmere-
Etc. Etc.
HrsroRy REPEATs ITsELr.-This Is
the second time that the corrupt use OF
| money has decided who shall rule this
| great country. In 1880, the outright
buvinp Of Indiana at the October cleo
lion Was conducted just as openly as the
recent operations of q similar character
in thai State and New York. AS ii hap.
nered those who did this work In In
diana in 1880 never individually protted
by il, for the men whom they elevated
aeon made OF them outcasts. Perhaps
a similar fate may await the dispensers
Of the corruption fund in this instance
Baltimore Sun.
How Is IT NoRrn?-If the President
cleo, really believes tina. the people of
The South are as heartless and cruel as
another article in this column indicates,
| what does he think Of those of Massacbu
sets who profit by such practices upon
Numbers OF their own race as the follow
ing as narrated by the New York Herald'
parsons keeps an employment bureau
In NORTHAMPTON, Mas sachusetts. He
deals in foreign pauper labor only. He
goes to New York about once a week
and hires forty or fifty of the most ignor-
ant men, women and children he can
find, taking care that DoAe OF those he
hires can read or speak The English Ian
gusge. lie takes them home and sells
them out TO farmers, getting from $40 to
$50 each man. The farmers use them AS
slaves. working, feeding and housing
them lust the same as they do their
cattle Alexandria Gsze;te.
RoBRRT ELsMERE-A critic says thst
If the orthodox christian thinks this work
dangerous it ought to be put with another
romance that can present the orthodox
view and that as TO its errors, Dir. Glad.
stone, with his quiet perceptions, OBJ
served il, and has made the most OF 1t in
his trenchant review Of the book. Leay-
Ing out OF consideration The theological
and moral aspects Of the story, and judg-
ing it from the literary standpoint alone,
there can be no question that the artistic
unities are not preserved. The book is
i'll balanced The intellectual spirit Of
the age, the agnostic, skep,ical and lib
ersl shades OF opinion, and even bank in
difTeren lism, al have their representa-
tiyes, who present their case in the
strongest light. Not so with the evange-
lical belief. Ii has no representative.
CalhaIine is a rigid type Of the Puritan,
not OF the modern evangelical believer,
and the gloomy priest who WHISTLES with
Rober, is myslic-worse than that, II
forbidding Anabsptist. Robert secedes
from the Established Church, without
word OF defense, Of regret or Of apology.
1t Is an absolute, unqualified rejection,
for which the 'Squire's library and the
'SQuire's sneers, as well as Gray's teach
ings aud Ianghsm's insufterable isolsti n
and indiiTerenlism as well as heredily on
the mothers side, are equally responsible.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-26

Earnest Steinhart aged 35 years, died yesterday afternoon at his home in Simons- vile. His funeral will take place to- morrow afternoon.
 Prof Prutting will be at Music hall this evening for the purpose of meeting adults who intend to join his dancing class. MT Prutting is thorough and popular teacher and all who wish to learn dancing should call and see him.
 Up to last night the selectmen had sworn in 775 voters. They were kept very busy all day yesterday, but were working in a systematic way and there was less disatis- faction than on the previous day. The work has been dragging slowly to-day, and at two o'clock when the board adjourned only POS voters had been sworn in, making total for the three. days of 9S3, which is considerably less than half of the number of applications.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-26
CoaIsIERFoRD's GAS.
Sets Flame in Waterbury and Through
 The State.


 The action of Postmaster Commerford in Illuminating his house and burning red fire in honor of the big republican parade on Wednesday night has created consider able of sensation in town, and has been variously commented on by democrats and republicans. It was not so much the gas in the illumination as that in the unique placard hung out by the postmaster that has stirred the feelings of our citizens, and set them to thinking on the motive that prompted him. A walk about town discloses some variously interesting opin- ions of the matter, and MT Commerford could learn something from a tour of in quiry. The natter has been talked of i'll other cities, and the New Haven Register in half column article says, after printing MT Commerford's placard:
 "Postmaster Commerford's action was the talk of the town to-day. The demo- crats did not appear to be downcast over any defection that might result from the postmaster's course, and the republicans saw in it no cause of rejoicing. Every body agreed that it was one of the most odd of the many odd things that have happened since the campaigns opened. Why MT Commerford should have acted as he did is a matter of conjecture. By some it was thought that the postmaster had simply decided to make political flop, as he is understood to have done on one or two previous occasions. Probably the true cause was that it was owing to the fact that President Cleveland several weeks ago pardoned from jail a man named Romer, who had been detected stealing letters while he was clerk in the Waterbury post office. When the petition for Roner's pardon was being circulated, Postmaster Commerford not only refused to sign it, but afterwards forwarded to the president letter in which he strongly objected to granting a pardon. President Cleveland s action in setting Rome- free nettled MT Commerford to high point, and he did not hesitate afterwards to express disap- proval in vigorous terms in a letter to the Waterbury Republican,.
 Another reasonis that Postmaster Com merford's berth in the Waterbury post office has not been lined with feathers. His appointment was made against the wishes of majority of the Waterbury democrats, and since he has been in office he has met with considerable opposition from the influential wing of the democracy From what can be learned there would not be much grief expressed by the Waterbury democrats should MT Commerford decide to go over to the republicans bag ant baggage"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-26
ANIUSENTENrS. X
.shadows of a Great City"

shadows of a Great City"
 Without doubt, the most striking pro duction of the dramatic season is the strong comedy drama Shadows of Great City" The scenes of the play are laid in and about New York city, and the motive is the misfortunes of the child os the dis earded daughter of millionaire, love and honor figuring in the play as we'll as suf- fering and crime "-N. Y. Sun. At the opera house Tuesday evening.
 ''dontc CristO."
 Mr O'Neilrs impersonation of the char acter of Edmond Dantes and the Count of Monte-Cristo is fine piece of work. Ar dent in youthful love, hearty and sincere in manly quality, full of tenderness and pathos in periods of suffering and grief, calm, dignified and courageous in the episode where pride and death are in the trial.-Chicago Inter Ocean. At the opera house tonight.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-26
CANNOT RECOVER.
A Clue to the Murderous Assailant of
 John Calvin.

John Calvin.
 John Calvin of this city, who was struck on the head early yesterday morning by some unknown person on Asylum street in Hartford, is still at the hospital in dying condition, not having recovered con sciousness since his admittance to the in stitution. Yesterday Galvin's skull was trepanned but it is thought that his chan ces of recovery are very slight, and it is doubtful if he will survive during the day. Galvin's companion who was on the op posite side of the street at the time of the assault, makes the following statement of the affair: He says he noticed that Gal win was stopped by two men who presu- mably wanted to make a purchase. He sat down his can and basket on the pave ment to wait until the sale was com pleted. Soon he heard loud talking, and looking across the street saw one of the men draw something from his pocket and strike Calvin, after which both men ran away. Calvin attempted to follow, but becoming blinded with the blood which flowed from the wound staggered around until Officer Waller arrived. The police are by no means inactive and all day yesterday officers were searching for the men. One of them is described as wearing light overcoat, but as there are many persons who are thus attired and the descriptions of the men are very meagre, the officers have so far met with no success. The latest description of the two men is that one was of medium height and the other, the one that struck the blow, rather tall with light complexion and sandy mustache.
 The police this morning arrested Alfred Roberts for the assault on Calvin and he is held in s, GOO as an accessory, having been identified as the companion of the as sailant. He has given details to the police who now know who the murderer is. Gal vins injury was cansed by blow with a knife, and it is now thought that portion of the blade is imbedded in his skull. He is slowly dying and cannot long survive.
 It was reported about town last night that Calvin was dead but the story was false. His sister went to Hartford this morning. At two o'clock this afternoon Calvin was still unconscious.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-26
MEETING AT CITY HALL.
Hon John Herman of Utica Talks Sound
 Sense.

Sense.
 There was not very large audience present at City hall last evening to hear the Hon John Herman of New York. John O'Neil, ir., presided at the meeting Mir Herman said he knew Connecticut would follow in the lines of states that will tri- umphantly carry Grover Cleveland to the white house. The republicans always set up cry of lamentation before each cleo tion and in 1884 prophesied that if Cleve- land was elected the country would be ruined, the south would rule, industries would be undermined and extravagance and corruption would hold forth. But Grover Cleveland has been an upright honest and good president. He has been a reformer and an honest man. During the republican administration they did nothing but give away public lands, but it took Cleveland to bring cattle kings and railroad corporations to terms. Harrison voted against restricting Chinese immigra- ton. Nothing was done until Cleveland and a democratic con gress put a restriction on them. In 1864 the republicans passed law that any American citizen could go into any foreign country and hire laborers under wages agreed upon. They could substitute the cheap laborers of Italy for the Ameri- can laborer. In 1885 that absurd law was knOCkeu QOWn unuef ueLnOcrdIlC dll- ministration. The Standard Oil company one of the most gigantic trus ever folmed, !, controls the linseed oil industry. The foreign oil cannot come i'll and thus this high protective tariff fosters trusts.
 Colbert, Napoleon's great financier, said the act of taxation was plucking the feathers from the goose with the least amount of squealing. This is another il- | lustration of high protective tariff. The | republicans say the democrats will injure | labor but this is a very false statement l to think of party injuring labor with 99 per cent of laborers in its ranks. The tariff has nothing to do with laborers' wages. It is supply and demand that regulates the wages of this country. The republicans have been taking taxes off the rich man ever since the war they took off the income tax, the tax on railroad corporations and with the exception of taking the tax off tea and coffee they have in every case benefit ed the wealthy. They took the little cent stamp off checks and who has check book am sure it is not the laborins men 1 The speaker concluded by saying New York, New Jersey and Indiana along witf Connecticut would vote for Grover Cleve land.
 Chairman O'Neil esped Washington F Wilcox of Chester in the hall and annie cheers he was brought to the front. NJ Wilcox urged all to support the democrat | ic candidates
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-26
A REPUBLICAN FIGHT.
The Depew Battalion and the BirmiBg-
 ham Braves Have a Scrimmage.

ham Braves Have a Scr1mmaSe.
 The Depew battalion of Yale college had a lively time on their trip to Water bnry Wednesday night, At Derby the republican battalion and Tippecanoe pion- eers tried to pass through the cars occupied by the Yale boys, in order to reach the cars reserved for them. The Depew bat talion objected, but the Birmingham men insisted. It was battle of strength, and although more than one head came in con tact with torch stick, the Birmingham men finally won, by force of superior numbers. The bad blood engendered by the this row effervesced during the night, and when the train stopped at Derby on the return trip yesterday morning, the Yale men made big effort to hustle their Birmingham brethren from the cars. The Birmingham men defended themselves with their battle axes. The fight lasted several minutes, and ended in the defeat of Yale. Several of those who took part in the affray came out with cuts and bruises