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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1889-01-25
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1889-01-25

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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-19
LOCAL NOTEs.

Miss Sampson OF Brooklyn. is in the
city. the guest of M Edward d Price
No. 1l0s Capitol street
The "Mu Sigma Rho" Literary So.
ciety Of Richmond College viii hold theii
annual public debate in their bah Fri
day night, March sth The public -
cordially invited
Mr. Charles " Dunsten, editor of the
Niddlesex Messenger is in the ciiy Tie
is very popular young Democrat, and.
ii is said that he will, perhaps, repre-
sent his section in the Legislature before
many years.
The electric cars on Church HID were
slightly detained Yesterday by a land
slide
Cards are out for the marriage OF Mr
: TAYLOR Evans and Mrs Jessie =.
Sheppard At Seventh-Street Christian
Church. Wednesday evening, February
eth, al 80 o'clock.
The following entries were reported at
the custom house Yesterday BIRTHS o
steamship Corona, 2,0s4 tons burden.
crew OF thirty men. in ballast 90 load
cotton from West Point for Liverpool
Swedish bark Verdani, Hagsburg mas
ter, arrived in Richmond 10 load hour for
Rio de Sui
Mr. j samuel Parrish Yesterday. while
Wilson Loney was out ON bail got him
photographed The photograph was ON
Tin Mir Parrish said he had also taken
of the old man regular card photo.
graph which was now being worked mp
Ii was To De used as an exhibit in the
contest, In order 10 show how an old
man had been arrested for perjury
The two committees OF the Chamber OF
Commerce, who were 10 have met yes
teTday afternoon TO consider the resoiu
tions recently adopted by the board
failed 10 do 50 for want Of quorum,
Those present adjourned TO meet al the
call of the chairman.
The heavy rains have caused a slight
swell in the river, but there Is no appre
hensiOn on the part of anyone of a
serious rise No indication of this sort
have been received from up the James
river valley.
On the 4th Of March. the anniversary
of the birth OF Robert Emmett q free
entertainment will be given the public
al Cathedral Hall An address on En-
metts life viii be delivered by Mr.
W William + Reddy, and there will be the
usual musical entertainment
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-19

There wa a long docket IN The Police
Court Yesterday but the cases were of q
trihing nature. though some few of them
were exceedingly worrying
Henry Thompson lcOlOrcdl was charged
with stealing q lot of tobacco from "
T Hancock Thompson denied stealing
the tobacco he said that 10 was made ID
present 90 him He admitted however
that he took TWO plugs ON hi. own re.
spOnsibility lie will stay in iai. ior thc
next thiliy days
William Wright lcolofcdl was caught
up on the charge of setting up or being
engaged IN the management of a policy
game He was required 90 give security
in the sum of $500 for six months
Robert BRAY lc0lOfedI became disOr
derby on the street. and was fined - j0
and costs
George Ross .colored) was charged
with stealing - from " y Beeyc- This
case was continued until to-day
Thomas Leddy and Nike Fitzpatrick
were fined each - and costs for fighting
i'm the barrOOm of John Thomas
Dennis O Donuell beat Ben fifl and
paid s. and costs fol so doing
Annie Clark lcoloTedt charged with
being disorderly in the street. was fined
- and costs
Susan Patterson, Virginia Jones. and
Fannie Washington were charged with
keeping a disorderly house. 90 The an.
noyance of the neighborhood Each OF
these damsels were fined 50 and costs
Henry Jackson, charged with uniaw-
fully threatening the life of Jennie Jack
son in the public street, was required to
give security in the sum OF 500 Tor siX
months
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-19

the trees were bare, and the hills OF
Staten Leland were white with snow.
Aad what is ,hat booming up from Bed
le.a Island. which. when she left, was
comparatively bare? 1t is the great
Statue OF Liberty Since her departure
,no great celebration of its inaugura-
zion has taken place and the statue has
ceased g. be nine days wonder. al
l.a.t to New Workers, who see it every
time they cross the Hudson river.
Ihe Jmiuta cmsed In tropical eli
mates sh3 visited the Cape de Verde
Islands. Brazil. Uruguay. Falkland
sands. Straits of Magellan. Smyths
channel Chill, Peru. SUnited States of
Colombia. Costa Rica. Nicaragua. Mex
ig3. Hawaiian Islands. Japan China.
C,ra. Tormo-aA India, Ceylon, Arabia.
euez canl. Egypt, Italy, France. Rock
o. Gibraltar, Madeira and Wct India
lands
The mere statement that a ship has
been around the world conveys little
uelniug We DO not grasp tho adFen-
ms oi thocrcw. the singular and varied
appearance of foreign ports. the Gains
fh. storms, simo0ms, cyclones, hurr-
.e,nes The hgtlo vessel slowly plying
over the surface Of oceans, above the
plains ami peaks which lic hidden below
passes over distance which Oh the
equator, not counting the turns 0t the
sMp- course. is $1,000 miles. Mean
while Ola. planet ou which this infinite
-pock is sailing spinning on is axis
swings two and half times round the
SUM. and has uaver-ed "a distance of
mo,e than SIX hundred millions of miles
while between Hons Kong anlsinga-
pore, oil the Gulf OF IouQuin tine Juui-
atl encountered "a typhoon, the dreaded
hurricane of that region, and Tor
twelve hours tho crew tOiled tossed
0n the gigantic seas, tho spray driven
over the decks BY the wind-to
sl.e their vessel from destruction.
0ao tg one the boats wero swept
away, th3 sailing launch, tho gig.
first cutter and second whale boat. The
fore storm -taysaii was torn % shreds
and duttered in tho wind, cracking like
m immense whip. For q timo the crew
began to suspect that they would never
r-,urn 90 Neg York bay, bat tAe JuniAt4
w1therol lie hurricane, ana carly one
morning She sailed into singapore, aston
amng the natives by her battered and
bruised appearance.
This IS the Juuiata's last trip She
wa built H. 1851, and has been Ia com-
mission nlre than "a quarter OF cen
mE Sh- Is now out OF date. She will
oon either be sold under the hammer
Tor some service of drudgery, or put her
Aose into Que Of the slips of Rotten Row
like au oil Torso Of aristocratio pedigree
whose master kindly permits him to in-
habit his stall rather than turn HIM over
TO tine degrading service of some huckster
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-19

fore. but nv bare word, which they all
discredited. won't wash my boy;
don't believe a word Of it, and other
similar remarks made my heart sink
within me.
knew If the cook could reach Smalle's
party, there would be other lives than
mine lost before was hung like a dog
Finally the man who appeared TO be q
leader among them. said we are vast
Ing time, Bill. throw your lariat over
that cottonwood limb and we'll make
short work of this chap Two held me
and the others pulled the rope. | was
swung off the ground. Better confess
and not die with a lie on your lips, said
one. "let him down a minute NO.
lets finish -. That wa, the last ]
remember. When ! came 10 my head
was in a mans lap, and cold water being
sprinkled I'm my face. Hes all right,
Smalle,' said one Of my friends Thank
God. heard Smallc reply
Before an hour passed ! heard how
| was delivered
ltappeared that as the vigilantcs swung
me Small and his party dashed up
Jumping from his horse and striking the
yigilantes right and left. 10 cut me down
was the work of am instant
Facing the regulars. be- demanded.
what does all This meany II there
any killing 10 be- done. be said. striking
his gun. "Old Winchester must have %
hand in o.
Seeing themselves oninumhcred, the
yicilantcs suddenly mounted and rode
On
This Is the history of this ugly scar
Rather narrow escape. wasn't it
hOvss BrCksKiN BILL
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-19
LIFE On THE PAINS.
Huckskin BIN Narrowly Escapes Being
Hung "a 10 Horse Thief.

"A tiAN 4 AHAsHI
Some twelve years since, = party OF
cowboys were camping near the Ia
Platte river in Wyoming
Seated around the glowing camp fire
one chilly night one OF the boys pro
posed that our leader, Texas, whose
name was conferred upon him i'm honor
of the State from which he hailed
should tell us the history Of the scar
around bis neck
Tex promptly replied, pass the bot
tle boys and Will though 10 Is not Il
pleasant remembrance
"lt is just five years ago since l struck
Cheyenne coming up the trail from
Texas with cattle for orr * -eabright.
"One morning my friend Smalle who.
poor fellow, was killed last year. and
We're passing down sixteenth street,
when the voice of AN auctiOneer was
heard crying d fine mare | will give
Won $40 for That mare said J. No one
bidding higher, she was turned over %
me for thar amount
II found upon inquiry she had belonged
10 "a plaiu-man named Scott, who had
been stabbed the night before in a sa-
loon.
"A few days after this my friend and /
joined party of cattle men 10 20 on a
round up Nothing of interest oc-
CURED tor over week We were long.
ing for brush with Indians, or ANYTHING
in The way of excitement. ! unexpect-
eddy received al the excitement |
wanted. and some 10 spare
/ had left The herd 90 carry the cook
some orders. and was changing my sad
die on fresh horse. when party of six
men rode up one of them, seeing me
asked with an oath who ! WAS and
where had gotten the mare / replied
that was my affair aud suggested he
should make his inquiries more courte-
Ou-lv.
You - horse-thiei.' answered the
rough, "we'll show YOU whose business
10 is, and before had time 10 pull my
pistol ] was on the ground, looking into
The muzzles of six reyOiyers
No one was in camp but the cook !
was bound and left there while my cap
tors SAT in judgment on my case They
were yigilantes or regulators The mare
rode had been stolen from one of the
AtAAA - NNN was 40MA4 III 4llN iOa-f1r
sion these men hastily concluded | was
The thief You all know what horse
thief gets
Lying there securely bound ! knew
what TO expect, and | did some quick
thinking Calling the cook TO bring me
some water. whispered jump u horse
and let the boys know what fix am
in lie obeyed at once The time
seemed hours, and knew my moments
were short The men with one excep-
ton, seemed 10 agree One OF them. |
however, said Lets hear what the kid /
has to say for himself; / don't like to /
string a man up without giving him Il
chance 10 speak"
say, Kid, when and where did lou get
hat mare, Tell the truth, and be quick 1
about it," told them the circumstances
Is related. Unfortunately my friend
lad the auctioneers receipt in his grip.
Jack al the ranch. ! had nothing, there
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-19

The Mozart Association must have 3
very large membership in order 10 admit
the immense audiences that appear at
each musicale, and with the handsome
revenue that must accrue. why they
should not present class Of entertain
meut pleasing and acceptable is ques
tiOn that is being agitated with each re
curing performance We DO not assert
an individual opinion when we say that
last nights programme was discredlt-
able one. The audience. 20 large de-
gree. was manifestN OF this mind, and
numbers left the house before one hall
Of The numbers were-rendered.
ia brief the programme presented was
first. La Neslale' by MeIcadantei ANA
teur Orchestra, the most acceptable
piece OF the evening, remarkably well
staged by a comparatively small number
Of performers The rest OF the pro-
grslnme was divided between the vocal
Isl. Mss Berger, tue Hungarian Quartette
and Mr. John Thomas, a singer Of bUmor-
Gus songs. This lasi named attractive O
feature seems 10 be a siHe QRa HoH al every
musicale Miss Berger was unequal 10
the occasion. the Hungarian Quartette
attempted such grand compositions as
ko.sinfs civilian Tell' with three
slfinged instruments and piano, while
Mr John Thomas efforts we will not
attempt TO describe
IN conclusion, whatever might be said
Of such performances was 50 cleyerly and
truly SET forth by our friend cob" Of
The D,spatch, recently, that We forbesr
further Than 10 endorse heartily his cri-
ticism.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-19
NILLOF THE LATEJ. b. DAVIS

Admitted TO =, obate in the County Court.
The last will and testament of the late
John 3 Davis was admitted TO probate
In the County Court OF HenFico yester-
dav The text of the will is
II. John b Davis. of the county Of
Henric0. in the State of Virginia, do
hereby make and ordain this as and for
by last Will and testament.
Item lst ] direct that all my Just
debts shall be paid
Item ID I devise and bequeath all
my estate. both real and personal, Of
every description. wherever situated or
located. 10 my wife, Elizabeth b. Davis
for and during her natural life.
Item 81. ~ the death Of my said wife
] devise and bequeath all of my said
estate, both real and personal, 10 my
son. Joseph b. Bavis; my daughter
Elizabeth 'B Jones, and my grandson,
John Calvin Davis, in absolute fee sim
pie. 10 De divided equally between them.
Item 4th. ! nominate and appoint my
son, Joseph 3. Davis, and my son-in-iaw,
James Leigh Jones, TO be executors Of
THE my last will and testament, and !
request that no security may be required
OF them or OF either OF them.
Witness my hand al Richmond, Va,
this 23i day of June, in the year one
thousand, eight hundred and eighty-one.
JOHN h. DAVIS.
Signed and acknowledged boy John b.
Davis as aud for his last will aud Tesla
ment in our presence In testimony
whereof in his presence, and in the pres
ence of each other, at his request have
hereunto Affixed our hands and sub
scribed our names at Richmond, Va.
this 23d day OF June, In the year one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-one
HENRY c. CANNON,
" X. QUARLEs
Mcssrs Joseph b. Davis and James
Leigh Jones qualified rs executors, with
out bond
The real estate was valued al $4,000
and the personal property at $4,000
The appraisers OF The personal property
appointed by Judge Minor, were Y.
Hechler. George Watt, Jr, j. X Nor
ment. 4 " Pemberion James { Mitch
ell
This viii was written few months
before the disasters which befel Mr. Davis
IA The year lss2 After these disasters
as ha. been told ia this paper he paid
dollar for dollar every cent he owed, and
the property bequeathed 10 his wife has
no incumbrance upon IL.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-19
THE WISE.NADDlLL CONTEST.
WI lam Ioney .for. the United states
Courts


Last Saturday about 12 o'clock WI.
: liam LOncy, a cOlored man, was arrested
ma warrant issued on the 9th day oil
this month. on the charge OF perjury IN
swearing falsely before one of the nota.
ries taking dispositions in the contest ol
Wadddll against Wise, in behalf OF
/ Waddill.
Saturday evening Mr.. Edgar Allan
Nr. Waddill's principal counsel. swore
out writ of hGbe0s coTVus before Judge
/ HUGHES. rcturnable to-day
" lillian Loney was before the Police
/ Court yesterday morning 10 answer TIE
charge thus preferred, and was turned
over 10 the Marshal on the writ Of hd'et
c0iys.
Ii was expected that the matter would
have been heard before Judge liughe,
Yesterday afternoon, but IT was NOT, be-
/ Inc postponed until this morning 40 II
o'clock
Attorney-General Ayers was present
before judge Hughes, as was MI Edgar
Allan and the prisoner The writ OF hoDei'
corgu, was sued ont on the ground That
the Federal Court alone had jurisdic-
ton
Judge Hughes, in consultatio'with q
TIMES reporter said there had been q
telegram received from Hon George -
Wise. stating that he wished 90 Doe pres
eni. and would reach the city during the
afternoon
And so Won continued the case
Il continued il until Tuesday morning,
SO As to allow counsel TO argue the maJ
fen"
what question will You decide ON
Simply the question of jurisdiction; J
shall not 90 into the merits of the case.
This case is one where "a man is chale.
ed. under the State law with having viii
fully committed perjury while giving eyi-
dence i'm contested election case, in-
yolying a seat in the Fifiy-hrst Congrc-s,
and the final point is whether, il man
swear falsely before a State notary in q
Congressional contest. 10 is e case That
the Federal courts have exclusive juris-
diciion
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-19
Never Before.

Ii is believed that never before has a
life insurance company presented such a
records OF years work accomplished
as tina, sci forth in the annual statement
OF the Equitable Life Assurance Society
given on another page Ii is difficult for
the human mind 10 form u distinct con.
ception of such numbers as Sj5000O, 900
OF assurance in force, 1888, 600 600 of
new assurance issued $4,000, 600 Of an
nual income and S2l 900 900 OF surplus
But such figures help US 10 form some
notion Of the magnitude Of The good
work done by the great life companies
among which the Equitable is foremost,
in keeping the wolf from the homes OF
thousands OF families bereayed OF their
natural protectors. All honor 10 the
men who have made so grand success
OF this noble work,
For any information in regard TO this
company apply TO
PEYToN 4 EiIERsoN,
General Agent
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-19

fas-Have you heard about the new crazei
All the girls whose lovers are away are get
l.n- ioyo letters written on g bills Isn'c il
cuiei Shows the young man can afford 70
marry you know
Hc-No-o, ! hadn't heard about it. VERY
bright idea
Isn't it, Ny friend Clara got one from
Ter lover in San Francisco the other day
written on a so BILL
YES, was just thinking that's the kind |
should want TO write you when 20 oiP on my
western "Trip
Il lhall r.i4s you awiully When are YOU
goinsN
Il can't tell exactly have brother out
west who manufactures asphalt paving mate.
RAJ, and if the councilsof Philadelphia should
ever call on me TO repave the city with
asphalt am going out west TO learn how to
make il. '-Philadelphia Record
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-19
SIZE WAS A TERROR.

Referring TO tho Abandoned Schooner
White, That Crossed the Ocean Unnamed
Sne was a terror 70 many stout
hearted ship'5 officer as long as she
lo8tcl. was the sailorless schooner "
j. White. That is, after she was aban.
loued by her crew during the blizzard OF
March, 1883. Sho was fIeighted with
lumber and so could not sink. She
was abandoned few miles of
tle mouth 1T Delaware bay, and
her cour.e was determined almost
as much. perhaps, by tho mainsail
lhat, though double reefed, was
ut when she was deserted, as by the cur
rcrts. The accompanying chart shows
beg cour.e in a general way, though nc
Ole knows just how many twisting5 and
wiudine7 sho made during her trip, and
il would be impossible 10 show in 50
small o. space all that Is known OF her
c0ure. Tao angles in the course, az
shown, h. d-cate her location at tho times
size was ,.eAled. Her final landing took
place at llaskeir, one of tho Hcbrldes
llaud3 Fortunately no vessel, So fat
as AnoUl. came IN collision with the
White, bat had there been such "a coming
together there is little doubt that tine re.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-19

lTl AID 0UNTY.
NE fAt tF NlMlER Of COUNCIL
COMMITTEES.
LdRGELf INCREASED APPRO-
PRIA TONS ASKED FOR
WI ~ nv TIE VII JpbN Is.
DAVIS
Case 81 wilson inurN Postponed bN Judge
nuchs. Proceed. - If the
Various courts CITY and
suburban News.
WI, ~ Nv TE VIZ J'hN ,

The Finance Committee met in the
Chsnccrv Court room Yesterday evening
af f80 o'clock 10 hear the applications
for appropriations
The hrst was from the First Virginia
Regiment roprcsented bv Colonel SPOTS.
wood and Lieutenant Colonel BidgOod.
They asked for from : 500 10 5000.
Csrtain Sol Cutch.us asked $500 for
The 1lues The Stuart Horse Guards
wanted 10 build an armOry for ; 500
and $3.50 yearly Joseph Crump color
cdI wanted $500 for the colored batial-
ion
The school Board. represented by
Mayor Eiiys0n and Messrs. Rady and
LoVonstein. asked for S096.00O for gen
crai expenses. also 90 establish a night
school and for Improvements, ana Tor
building additional rooms 20 Eliza and
Baker schools
Dr. shepherd and Colonel Stems ap-
pcarcd iu the interest OF the boulevard
10 open 10 from Broad street 20 It's inter
section with Reservoir Park. They
asked for $4,000 IN addition 10 s 800
already appropriated
CuV Engineer Cutshaw asked for from
Sfgi 900 60 $4,000 for the Improvement
of Che streets. specially for curbstOnes
ana CUTTERS in the portions of the city
where there are no Improvements.
SIR Curtis wanted 81 200 for the i'm
pIovcmcuts OF James river
Air Adams, superintendent OF tho Gas
Works asked for an appropriation oi
$1,000 for gas
Air Boiling, superintendent oi the
Water Works. asked for S40VOO ion
water expenditures.
Nh Brauer. of the First market, want.
el $4,000 for that purpose, and Nj Cur
Is $4,000 for the poor
Nj Mann appeared in behalf OF ST.
Johns buUinr ground, and asked that
she aslf adjoining Doe graded and a new
we'll built 0n the west side OF the grounds
SIR Frschkorn, of the Fire Depart
meni. asked that the present salary Of
employees be increased ten per cent, 10
its former standard on that an extra man
be employed
The whole asked for was an in
creased appropriation over last year
appropriation hv "a large amount
The committee heard the various ap
pliCat.o1s and adjourned until 70 day at
s3O + " 90 90 upon them
COMMITTEE FOX THE RELIEF OF THE
POOR.
Alta meeting of this committe some
time ago. contract of beet was awarded
Co Mr. s. Aikel Mn j = Brauer con
tended that hewas the lowest bidder and
ought 90 have Lad The contract, ana
asked The committee 10 reconsider the
action Bat the committee decided that
as they had already given out the con-
tract they could not reconsider IT,
COMMITTEE oN GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS.
The Committee Oh Grounds and Build
ines met YESTERDAY evening to receive
bids for the erection of Board OF
Health stable. Joseph Heppert having
given the lowest bid TO construct, II was
awarded him.