The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-02
PERSONS AND THINGS.
News Notes Compiled From tAs Times"
Exchange.

OVER three thousand American wome
in New York city have already signed u p,
tition for the release Of Mrs. Maybrick.
will 20 10 the Princess Of Wales. with ~
quest that she present II to the Queen.
The craze for sliding over Niagara Falls
SAYS the New York Commercial, ba
reached such proportions that il has beef
found necessary 10 plant signs all along tn
| banks Of the river requesting visitors 4
PLEASE Keep of the cataract"
TnE good people OF Cincinnati are mourn
ing the loss Of their giraffe. Ordinary 81
RATES. may die without causing many tears
but this giraffe was born in Cincinnati, anC
was the first Of his kind 10 see daylight OF
American soil.
| IHF explosive qualities Of celluloid wei'
practically demonstrated a few days ago il
a Philadelphia saloon. when the spark,
from cigarette landed on the collar Of ont
Of the frcqucntcrs Of the place and blazcC
nap in second. The bartenders saved the
mans life by turning the settler water Of
him.
\ HARVARD graduate was given a detail
recently on the Virginia City Enterprise
III, copy wound up thus; AS the sun
threw It's struggling beams athwart oui
| hay atmosphere last evening. IN kissing
Mt Davidson good night u few struggling
rays revealed 10 irgnia's inhabitants that
the Como range would sleep with snow
cap last night
THE salt industry in Southern Kansas is
I al
tanned NJ Wellington is the purcst in the
world 4 dozen great salt plants are al
ready in operation, aud IN a few years all
the salt used for ordinary purposes west OF
the Mississippi river will probably be sup
piled by Kansas.
FRrQJ EMILY time and circumstances al =
wanted before an invention is appreciated
hut 10 will bee seen that patience is well re-
war,led. for the inventor Of the r0llcr-skates
made over Sl.0oO,OOO Notwithstanding the
fact that his patent had nearly expired be-
fore il value had been ascortained.
AWHEEMNG, WA. dispatch says that
while Miss Florence McLain. Of Calcutta,
was standing before a fire last Saturday her
clothes became ignited, and her body was
burned 10 a crisp before help arrived. Her
family is one of the most prominent in the
Panhandle, and she was widely known as
"a society woman.
4 sNINDLER sold Clinton county, Mich
igan. farmer a recipe for making his wheat
weigh twice as much as it ought TO, and
signed contract 10 divide the money gained
hN the extra weight withthc scientific swim
die. The " contract" eventually turned up
rs promiss0ry note and the farmer paid
$500 for il and didn't advertise the matter
with brass band. either.
SENATOR VOORHEES, said the other day:
"Only those who have participated in a
fierce political campaign have any idea Of
the wear and tear Of such a life. II is not
so much the speaking a. the irregular hours
of sleeping. and eating yillainOus food rid
ing i'm all kinds of railroad trains, the ex-
posture 10 all kinds Of weather and
draughts.'
\ REMARKABLE case Of hallucination is
noted from the Red Bank. near the High
lands. ON the Hudson. where Christian
Grimm. am aged man. broke into house at
night for the purpose Of killing "A woman.
who WAS his tenant, on the ground that she
had bewitched him with the evil eye pre-
-umably. The old man is very wealthy.
and iancicd that the woman was blasting
him with her look i'm order to secure his
money.
JAY GOULD has not brought health back
with him from his Western trip. lie ar
rived i'm New York ON sunday very much
worn out and would see no one except his
l.. tf.Iff al
most exhausted. and he is watched over
constantly 10y physician. II is understood
that his SONS. George and Edward. are 10
come tO the front on the stock Exchange,
backed up 10y his counsel and experience.
TUE other day Cheat river CIV. Val
hunter named smith fired at fox that was
running away from him. His bullet didn't
touch the fox. but the crack Of the rifle
seemed 10 confuse sly REWARD rs 10 his di-
rection. for he turned right-about and ran
towards Mr.. smith. seeing that the fox
WAS puzzled. Mr.. smith struck al Reynard
with his rifle when he came bounding along,
hitting him IN the leii forcleg. Then the fox
wheeled on three legs. limped under arock,
and got away.
Miss JOSIE HOLMES. formerly private
secretary of President Harper Of the broken
Fidelity Bank of Cincinnati. has been EN-
ployed i'm the Census ONCE at Washington
under the name of Jean Holmes. Lately
ihc secretary of the Interior has been Hood
Ell with letters from victims Of the bank
failure demanding her removal. Murai
llal~iead. on the other hand. wrote 10 the
secretary defending her character and urg-
ne her retention. District-AttOrncy Heron.
.f 1 iuYfun4ff fhsp Ayrpfp lIruriuU ler dis
u~sal. and the secretary demanded her re-
~ignatiOn. But. yielding 10 other pressure,
Doe has hung up the demand indefinitely.
THE Hartford Comm CoUronf, which
was first printed on October %, 1864, and
has been published continuously ever since.
under the same name. in the same town. i
the oldest newspaper in America. It's age
il not piece Of patchwork, made up 10y
grating one newspaper stock upon another.
but genuine antiquity. II il older than the
nited states. On Tuesday last, lis 10th
birthday anniversary. the COUT0Hf pub
liShed fac Simie of lis first issue. and
with pardOnable pride recOunted the story
Of iis growth. The secret of its long eXis-
fence is disclosed in the fact that il has al
WAYS deserved 10 live. We take this Occa-
sion 90 extend the assurance Of our distin-
20 Iil~liftl fUU~lttlNllNIs
TnE women of Kansas do not mean TO be-
left in the background. They put prohibit
ton i'm The constitution, they have full mu-
nicipal and school ballot. co-education in it,
state University. and the number Of wO-
men breaches doctors and lawyers is larger
than in any other state. The Assistant
Attorney General is a woman, and women
are farmers. bankers. county school super
ntendents. editors. printers and merchants.
" omen serve on the school boards in every |
county. and there are women treasurcrs Of
school boards. superintendent Of schools,
registers of deeds and at Cottonwood Falls |
hc police Justice j. woman.
GENERAL WILSON told the New York |
genealogical society the other night III a
ak ON Manhattan Island. that the terri |
oiy which the Dutch bought for 90 guild |
r.. or S2i, had grown since then quite
argely. An accurate measurement shows |
hat there are now -, i3l acres on the is
and. But ,. 49, have come from filling in
spaces between piers and the gradual build |
NJ of the shores from the old lines out into |
hc rivers. 1t was AT pretty low rates that |