The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1889-03-13
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

they are Princes Kllyakara RabIpatanasak
Provitvatlmoon, and Chiraprovat, and their ages
range from l3 to 10 Their schoolmatss will
soon ind shorter names for them, and names
that will probably please them better than their
own.
The Duke of Sutherland and Mrs. Blair were
married at Dunedin, Fla, on Monday, March
4th. Mrs. Blair according to some, is the wild
ow of one Of the Dukes gamekeepers, whom he
accidentally shot while grouse shooting on his
scottish moors. Another story goes to the ef-
feet that she is the widow Of a Captain or Colo
mel Blair, of the British army.
As to the eff ct of prohibition, United States
Senator Frye Of Maine, says Il can and do
from my personal observation unhesitatinplv
affirm that the consumption OF intoxicating
liquors Is not to day one fourth so great as i
was twenty years ago, that in the country por-
lions OF the State the sale and use have almost
entirely ceased"
Governor Lee will be present In New York
at the centennial celebration on April 80, and
expects to have 400 Virginia military in line
1t has not yet been definitely settled what COM
panles will compose the contingent from this
state. 1t Is the Governors purpose to have ten
companies averaging 40 men each (Sorry to
hear it.)
a citizen of Buckingham county, Va, had
an engagement to be married" on Saturday the
24th ut., and his bride was Is miles away. All
efforts to secure a conveyance failing he set ont
on foot, walking Is miles, and after the cere.
mony was performed the bride and groom to-
gether walked back to the home of the groom.
The old Sutherin tavern, in North Danville.
which was more than hundred years old, and
In old times was the stopping place and head
quarters ofpromlnent politicians long since dead
was burned at an early hour Saturday morning
by an accidental FIRE.
Andrew Lang thinks the truth about Am6lie
hlvess most noted work, whose success so quick
Is nearly dead, is that amidst perfect tempest
OF deranged epithets and deplorable style a
CLEAN OF real and rare talent may be seen like
star through witch's storm"
The Lynchburg papers announce the mar.
rage, Wednesday last, of Mrs. NJ J. Read, of
Bedford county, to Col Benjamin J. Jordan, of
Kockbrldge county. The groom Is 70 years of
age, and the bride but few years mis- junior.
1t is proposed to inscribe on the Confederate
monument soon to be erected at Fairfax Court
House, Va, the names of all Confederate SOL
dlers from Fairfax county who died or were
killed during the war.
The employees of the various canning-houges in
the State OF Maryland receive $lO,5OOOOO an
nually In wages. In all So 900 persons are en-
Ployed In this industry, including boatmen and
dredgers.
Leading German authors have signed vigor
GUS protest against the action of the LEAGUE
formed for the purpose of inducing the govern
ment to assent to measure for expunging from
the German all words of foreign origin
Emigration statistics published in Berlin
show that 100000 emigrants have left Ger
many since 1871, of which 10000 900 have gone
to America.
Another enterprise is to be organized in Lex
lngton IN few days for the development of the
iron and other properties at and near Glenwood
on the Richmond and Allegheny Railroad
During the tbres months ended February Is
James Dickson, who lives near Sinks Grove.
Monroe county, w. Va, caught lis skunks and
81 raccoons, the pelts Of which brought him
$l04.5O.
State Senator s. W. Williams, of Bland coun
ty, has recently sold 200 acres of coal land near
Elkhorn. W. Va, which he bought several wears
ago for few hundred dollars, for $4,000
a syndicate has purchased 200 acres of land
adjoining the land of the Radford CVa.) Land
and Improvement Company for $4,000 Their
object is to divide about one-half of it into town
lots and throw it upon the market.
A mob of 1000 people in Milwaukee, in.
censed against the Chinese smashed the win
dries on Monday last. They forget in the North
that the Chinaman Is "a man and brother"
Ex-senator Palmer, of Michigan, has been ar
yointed minister to Spain, John F. Swift, Of
California minister TO Japan, and John D.
Washburn, of Massachusetts, minister resident
and consul-general for Switzerland
1t is reported that the Rev. Collins Denny.
pastor of the M E. church of Salem. Va. has
been elected Chapain of the TTniversitv IF VII
gnia to succeed the Rev, James NJ. Rawlings.
"a pious young man" advertises in an Eng
lish paper that he desires to be received into a
respectable family, where the excellence of his
example and superior morality might be consid-
cred az an equivalent tor board and lodgings"
Englands oldest" clergyman, Rev. Barthol-
omew Edwards, is dead He lacked but a
week or thereabouts Of being century old and
had been rector Of one church for rs years.
Viscount Vaudeville, oldest son of the Duke
of Manchester is Observation-Disclosures $500
600. lie married Miss Consuelo Yznaqi of
louisiana.
1t is reported that two thousand men will be
put to work on the 18th of March on the Elk
horn extension Of the Norfolk and Western rail-
road
N proportion to the population Holland has
the greatest commerce in the world. Last year
it averaged 1912 francs for each person in the
kingdom.
A party Of Boston capitalists have been in
Petersburg for some days prospecting with
view Of starting some kind Of q manufacturing
enterprise near that city.
Application has been made for a charter for
al electric railroad from Chattanooga Tenn. to
the famous battlefield of Cbickamaupa. IL will