The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-27
PERSONS AND THINGS.
News Notcs Compiled from the Times
Exchanges.


VI. T. Lewman, of Jeffersonville. Ind,
died ofhcart disease while bathing ut Iybce
Beach Georgia. Sunday afternoon. Lew
nam was leading contractor in Indiana.
ie was once sheriff Of Greene county.
Indiana.
A brass ring was sent from Germany
toa New Yorker the other day which was
seized by the customs officers. The tax due
10 the government was three cents. and 10
cost the United States something like fifteen
dollars 20 collect that sum.
Birch bark" lawn parties are the
lotsst in Maine. The Invitations oro written
on birch bark. ana the refreshments served
from plates Of the same material. After re.
freshments probably the parties take short
trips on the water in their birch bark canoes.
To keep stamps from sticking together,
put piece Of paarned paper--sucHss
grocer uses 10 cover lard and butter-agaiust
The gummcd side. Then they can be carried
about or mailed with impunity: and when
the paper is removed the stamps are stlll
gummed.
There are 10000 people in the United
states who have artificial legs or hands. His
number does not include the veterans Of the
Union O, Confederate army. I'm New York
city and vicinity, there are about 5000 men
and women who have supplied the place of
lost limbs with the Manufactured article.
A. j. Ranew. q farmer living near
McKac Ga. states that while ploughing in
his field few days ago Dee unearihed ppii
Of twin snakes about six or eight Inches
long and Of a grcenish color Their bodies
We're grown together for about an inch. Near
the centre of - snakes They had Two
separate and distinct heads md tails and
when touched would lick out their tongues
and show fight. lie kept them until they
died.
Mrs. Margaret Bennett. of Cairo. ILL.,.
who claims 20 bee q niece OF Ben Butler. is
in Ga'ona in search cf testimony to substan-
tiate divorce suit against her husband.
John Bennett. whom she married recently
and WHO was sent TO Joliet ina ls-5 for two
years for grand larceny Bennett is now in
BAN go Cairo charged with hig1py. and ifs 0l-
legged 90 hayoa1gife and children m England.
iiis second wife from cairo IS very wealthy.
and threatens 20 see that Bennett gels his
dues ifit costs haifhcr fortune.
Mrs. Nora Buck, wife of the engineer
of passoneerstoamer which plies ON Great
Eng Harbor hny between Long port and
romcrs Point ~. J., rrosies over The enc
/ sine-loom. and is skilled Do Acknowledgement
of The machinery. Nfs. Buck IS "a .flndIueh-
! tcr oft mmoiore Lavalctto. and the daugh-
Ter NJ the founder " Lavc.cttc city. s.. ..
She isns sillfni I'm managing "a sailDo0t as ln
running steamer. She is only nineteen
years Ola, and extremely handsome. Her
husband Says she is Tie best assistant nc
coullhtvo in running his boat.
The San Francisco Chronicle saws
One of the most curious deer stories ofcaIy
times occurred about ls5Iat White sulphur
/ SPRINGS 300 Napl county. a large party Of.
/ people were there. some of them among the
best known citizens of san Francisco. Some
of lNc guests went out Oh hunting cxpDdl-
/ Toms. Hnd among these was Dr. Jossolyn
now of Madrouc. Santa Clara county. lie
+ Nns 'lonird for quail" and saw O. inc buck
Within thirty PAGES. BE dropped bis pocket
knife down his gun-harlel aimed al the
shoulder and fired. The deer leapol high n
thc air. and disappeared over bush. and thc
sportsman returned TO the hotel. thinking
bis shot failure. lie told the story no The
hotel. and. as Doe says, chad 90 SIT up the
champagne all the evening. besides cndur-
ins universal -lcpiicism. The next day.
however, the deer was brought in ana il ,.as
found that tile pocket-kule had penetrated
10 thehcart.
On August 1856. Charles T. Burnes
oud Nathan Fubhaid lon linkyuc. Oregon.
on prospecting tour to nnd The "Lost Cab-
m' i'm the mountains. For years tho Lost
Cabin has been one OF The trl. itions OF that
section and many scnrch has been made
f.r 30 and .tnc gold that is supposed 10 Dee
waiting for THO finder Nothing was again
heard of the 'wo men mtls few weeks ago.
when cattle herdcr found their camp
and their skeletons in dense wilder
lutss near Diamond Lake. nifty miles from
Fort klamath. Tie skeletons were found
near toscther. wrapped in their blankets
and clothed. Their guns stood against tree
near by. A small sum of money was in one
ol The mems pockets and "a watch, so that it
seemed certain that they had not been mur-
dered and robbed. A diary and postal card
/ addressed 90 Bumos' mother served 20 iden-
! mo-, them. Tho diary was carried TO August
] "a. lss6. So the men had been dead nearly
three years. But how they died viii pioba-
bly be one Of tho mysteries Of the Diamond
Lake region.
Virgins The notorious weather
prophet. of Canada. who never yet has made
| "a correct prediction, clllms that be IS 20 DE
Anlchted by Queen Victoria. lie gives the
I following as the reason for the distinguished
honor" "i have every reason for believing
/ that the value OF the services have rendered
/ in The interests OF science during the Iasi
| feu years is 40 last 10 bo recognized boy her
mpiesty. who. understand. is about con-
/ ferilng am imperial title upon me. Ny
greatest discovery IL The eafths recession
/ from tie sun. which has been corroboratcd
1 ty sucarly every scientist OF motto In The
world Owing 10 the responsible duties
/ which devOlye upon me in connec-
ton with my Official position in he
government. am unable 90 give that time
10 Che prosecution OF my scientific studies
| which insure success owing 10 this fact DO
one or TWO Instances my predictions have
been slightly az variance with results, al-
though Of no material moment As FAR as
can learn. and believe my authority reil"-
h,e the utle lam 10 receive VIII hea knight
hood the same as that conferred upon sif
John Macdonald which Will give me tie
ittle Of "~lr." Having 80 children mysoN TO
Inherit the title, the objection 10 comforting
hafonctcy upon me does not exist
Some fishermen on Lake heuka' a.
usmmondsport ~ y, began TO oe annoyed
Inv hosts OF minute insects, when lhey at
orst supposed were some species OF black ny'
and within a few minutes after their appear
l.nce the surface Of the lake was covered -
Ibicnlv with them that for long distances
! ~ conceaisd the water completely from
s,ew From Hsmmondsport the lake was
lowered In MS WAY by the insects nom
I.bo,e 10 shore for distance Of Ten miles
and where the rays OF the setting sun sl'n'-
-, ,non Them they appeared on The lake IA
r,at patches Of delicate purple iorml. .i a
49,, ,e,oa,,kable picture in combination