The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-22
PERSONS AND THINGS.
News Notes Complied from the " Times
Exchanges.

NEVADA CITY is said 10 De 80 quict mat
focks of quail are seen ON the main streets
every day.
| The latest addition to Philadclphia's LIST
Of avocaiions in which women are engaged
is that Of plumbing. And the ladN l.
boss plumber at that.
The Naming and Engineering journal
says that only two pounds Of tin have been
discovered in Dakota. yet s2.OO0.eo Of CAPT
tai have been raised for the purpose Of work
ing the mine.
\ CURIOUS sight observed Oh the lower
Columbia river is that of men on horseback
wadng about in what appears to be an aim
less manner. They are fishing for salmon
| with huge scincs. which are 80 heavy ~ 10
make the assistance Of horses necessary.
PRESIDENT HARRISON and cabinet. OK
President Cleveland and other noted men
have been invited TO attend the un,eiling
Of the monument erected in honor Of Caesar
| Rodney. at Dover Del. on October 30. EN-
secretary Bayard will deliver the Grafton.
THE Kentucky Legislature at its next
session will DE asked 10 insert clause IN
its game and fish laws providing for tax
ofsl year to be levied on every shotgun ~
soon as il shall have passed from the hand
Of the dealer into that of the individual
| owner.
The Nashville Amcricon remarks that
the yawning Massachusetts, in the editorial
sanctum- of the Southern papers are chok-
| ing up these days with literary productions
showing why Chicago or II. Louis should
! have the worlds fair. The Chicago bureau
! j. especially energetic in filling this long
| felt want.
The rngleaders Of the Nayassa riot are
under arrest ON board the Galcna. and all
who took part in it are en- route for Balil-
more. The cases will be- tried in that city.
and the testimony will doubtless bring ont
whatever wrOngs-rcal or imaginary
prompted the negroes 10 murder the white
officials Of the Phosphate Company.
aTHF smallest circular saw in the world
now in actual Use is a tiny disk less than
the fourth Of an inch in diameter, used in
the Tiffany iewelry establishment for Sitting
! gold pens. II il about the thickness Ot
sheet of writing paper and rc,olyes at the
rate Of 1000 revolutions per minute. The
| high velocity Keeps the saw rigid. nOtwith-
standing lis thinncss.
\ wrLL-iNFoRMtD Montana man eN-
plains that the delay in counting the votes
at the recent election j. not chargable "a the
Australian system. but 10 the length Of the
| ballot. consequent upon the large number of
| local offices 10 be filled. There were over
eighty names on the ballot, and over forty
| had 10 be voted for.
ANNIE JENNEssE MILLER is about to
start i'm New England Oh her woman's dress
reform tour, announces that her lectures
Twill be illustrated by elegant costumes.
| ten or "A dozen in number. which she Will
exhibit on her own person, changing the
dress every ten minutes until all the various
STYLES are shown.
TmE recent discovery 10y New England
chemist Of a cheap method ofdissolyins zinc
by combining it with hydrogen is regarded
rs a most valuable one. The product is
solution called zinc-water. and has the
property OF making wood. 10 which il has
| been applied. absolutely fire proof. and al
very low cost. This discovery j. likely 20
revOlutionze fire insurance. as well rs 10
immensely decrease the loss 10y fire.
The newly-selected capital of south Da-
kota got its name Of Pierre from Pierre
| Chateau. one Of the Il. Louis Chauteaus
| i'm the DAYS when all that region traded cN-
! tensiNely i'm flr- with It. Louis. old Fort
| Pierre was abandoned great many years
ago. and scarcely "a Nestige of il remains. II
was at Fort Pierre in 1870 that General
| Harvey met the sioux Indians. whom hc
had whipped, and made treaty with them.
\ GEORGIA newspaper is responsible for
the following:
a cat owned and raised by Mrs. Cum
ming. Of lrwinton. Ga. is one-half rabbit.
| It's head. front feet and front section is like
Az ordinary house cat. while its hind part
resembles that Of a rabbit. its tail being
short and perfect and when not ia motion
Will -it in the same position a. iull-blOod-
| cd rabbit.
TnrRr are some disasrccabs phases OF
the controversy between Federal and state
Court, over questions of lurdiciion which
must bee ob,io even 90 the uniutorcd mind
| of the red imam. Two Arizona In
dans who were tried 10y Federal
Court for high crimes and sentenced
90 Il term Of Imprisonment raised point.
ON appeal. against the jurisdiction Of that
| tribunal. The appeal was sustained. ana
| their cases were turned over 10 the terrific
rial courts. There The prisoners were re-
tried. convicted and sentenced 10 bo hanged
The salt Lake Tyibuac SAYS the scandi-
nayims are rapidly leaving the Mormon
church. The scandinavian Mctl-dist- and
I Luthcrans are the cause Of il. For two
wears or SO they have worked quietly. but
most ehcciualv. among the scandinavian
saints. and have cut swath after swath in
| the ranks of the church. > the rate they
! have been holding REVEALS and gathering M
the harvest from the Mormon leds. there
will only be a cOrpOral- guard Of ~candi-
na,ians in salt Lake Israel by anoiherNear
| They are being converted faster 90 Chris
tianity than the elders can send over fresh
supplies. and when once converted from
MofnO9i,m make excellent citizens.
JUST about yea ago Mis-, Grace Car
man lost a very valuable diamond pin at the
Ebbitt House at Asbury Park, where she
was Stopping at the time. Although dilieent
search wac made and large reward
Offered mo trace of Il ragd Doe found. Fri
day. ms n lad who does tho rhoses around
the hotel was cleaning up an ash heap be-
picked ont the pin. where II had evidently
laid for an entire year. The pin was at once
ret.rued 10 tiicOgucs and the lad was some
what sur,rised by being handsomely IT,
waIdcd.
ONE of the most gifted and eloquent o.
living Georsians, ox-Inited states senator
Thomas VI. Norwood, is about 10 remove
his residence TO Washington city, where hc |
will practice law. lie takes somewhat |
gloomy view OF the outlook I'm the south. !
lie said recently: u can't see how there
can be- real progress, IN section nllcd Win
scm-barbarians. a. i, The Ease IN many |
parts of the South. by the expression, semi |
hafbariams, mean the negroes. have re- |
Gently been i'm Liberty county. Georgia, and |
what saw there among the negroes de-
pressed ne greatly
SOME very important facts were stated in
the papers read before the Forestry Con- |
grcss in session at Philadelphia last week.
According 10 the figures presented. we have |
i'm the United states 4j0OOJ.OD acres Of
woodland, Df this we cui about 2J,OoOW"
acres every year, and il j. easy 1" see that |
at this rate iB less than twenty years our
forests will ta utterly DESTROYED unless