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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-02-14

For a month or two before Valentines
day the poet kept limiting t.at he was
going to write Jennie a valentine with
poetry in it. He didn't say SO right out,
but he intimated that it depended on the
muse or the spirit, OF some other thing,
which he said was moving round inside
Of him. Jennie was all in q hutter
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-26
n.,.,en IN tho Whole Crowd.

She was large. muscular woman
with strong features thu. indicated
plainly her prominence IN. The domestic
circle. and he was p liule. .nin, weak
oyed. meek faced man who only came
to her shoulders. They sat side by SIDE
i'm street car. totally 0biiyiou' OF each
other. as long married folks often aie
They attracted the attention OF two
smart young men directly opposite
them.
"How funny they must have looked
ms they stood up to bee married, said
one. lie must have looked ike %
lamb led 10 the slaughter" oh, said
the other che was probably as large as
She was ia those days. Don't you know
a henpccked man actually grows smaller
under continued hoctoringt Just then
the little man took his market basket
from under the scat and left the car
alone. She had overheard them, ana in
ANYTHING but dulcot tones She Missed.
DO YOU think own any moro of these
people cause happen 90 be 0n the same
saaG You thought he was my husband
cause he sat next me. dye THINKS the
rests}f 'cm are my relations too, Meooe
you're my second cousins cause You're
in the same carp She was wound up
for several blocks further. bat the loqua-
cious individuals left the car without
waiting 20 investigate amy relationship.
Chicago Journal
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-26
MANCHESTER MATTERS.
Nev.and Note. from the southside.


John Scott tcoloredl was before the
MAYORS Court Yesterday charged with
assauliing and threatening To take the
life of +. VI. Siarke, and that on several
other occasions the prisoner swore that
he would kin Starke The case was con
tinued until to-day, In order to secure
witnesses
William + Fowler was before the
MAYORS Court Yesterday morning on the
charge OF being drunk and endangering
the lives OF his family by throwing a
kerosene lamp. filled with OIL into the
fireplace. Fowler was fined 500 ana
costs
The young ladies of Bainbr dge-sircet
Baptist church. Manchester. will give a
Merchants Drill about The fifteenth of
February in the Leado Hall All OF the
most prominent merchants IN the city
will present some young lady with a COS
tune designed by himself 20 represent
his particular line OF business. The iOl-
lowing parties have already consented 10
furnish costumes Publishers OF the
L10dtr. Mcssrs kellei Snel.ings. Moody,
Old Dominion Cotton Mills, Bowen x
Bradley. Mathews s. Bro. Fahr. Broad
dus. swift. Patch. lIarnish, Ioncy. Brod-
max, Davidson. and Nunnally a sons.
After the drill there will he Am oyster
supper The entertainment will last for
three nights. the proceeds 10 go to the
parsonage fund of the church During
one of the nights a premium will Dee
given to the boy who shows himself to
be the best stilt-maker
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-26
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

The car Of Russia wears ring ia which is
lmbeided a piece Of the true cross.
Browning disciples now say that ;ho poet
wrote Lady Geraldines Courtship in two
consecutive hours.
Oliver Wendell Holmes SAYS he Is glad ths
there are born controyersialists and that he
is not one of them
King Milan, Of Seryia, offers 20 abdicass IL
the German government will guarantee him
an income Of 80, 900 year
Senator Morrill,, who viii DO 20 years old
in April, attends 10 bio senatorial duties with
as much enthusiasm as his colleagues Of fewer
years.
The stamp collection Of VI. Fertan. sonct
the late Duchess Of Gaihera, cantams ab1lt
100000 specimens, and has anarlet value
Of sl2j.O0O
There is "A rumor afoat Ia London artistic
circges that Mr. Sargent tho American
painter, is 10 bo chosen an associate OF tia
Royal academy
The Prince Of Monaco who is q hypochon-
driac, recently took 10 his bed in the convic
ton that he had been poisoned because his
NAfA AAllA'AH 4" AAAAAt@A' an h'ttH%ANliA1
Viscont Claudeboye, eldest son Of Lord
Duiterin is earning reputation in India "a
mighty tiger slayer On a recent expedl
ton be shot six Of the terrible beasts in two
days.
Professor Arthur NJ Marsh, who is leaving
the English literature chair at the University
Of Kansas for that Of bellies lottres at Har.
ward, is a native Of Newport, and is only
about 20 years Old
The household Of the emperor Of China is 90
consist OF so persons, including thirty fan
bearers thirty umbrella bearers, thirty ply.
sicians and surgeons, sayvnry-iiye astrologers,
seven chief cooks and sixty priests.
The author OF tho novel "As in Looking
Glass, f. C. Phillips, has been a soldier, jour
nalist aud a theatrical manager, and he i
now successful lawyer He lzs been more
than once asked TO stand for parliament.
The German olnparor's Christmas present
% his eldest son consists Of a complete collec-
ton OF the uniforms adapted 10 the child's
SIZE which have been in use in the Prussian
army from the days OF the Frodericls TO ths
present time.
49, t*A AtetN' tNo'i 4AAAi1 hAAtAAAtAa t.At'
table life IN the Greater Antilles, which have
attracted much attention and given the
writer, Lafcadio Hearn, the ttlo Of the
"Gautier OF America, were by former
Cincinnati reporter.
Prince Bismarcks son William viii olner up
on his duties as president OF Hanover on Feb
10. Because OF the illness OF Princess bismarck,
who is suffering from asthma, il Is probable
that the proposed visit OF the prince TO Berlin
viii DO put of until next week
Mr. Barney Banato is the diamond king Of
south Africa. Sixteen years ago he was o
penniless boy Of 10 years Three years later
be bad $1,000 Then he bought four claims
at Kimberley which paid him net $1,000 a
week for four years, aIm then ho sold them
for 100000
r T. Barnum does not designate the rooms
in his palace at Bridgeport by such every day
appellatlons as green ROOM" blue room
or red room, but tho different apartments
are known as Horace Greeley" Mathew
Arnold, Mark Twain and Gary Sisters. "
That's an idea
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-26

Not long ago there was % curious
case at RGkport of the singular att
tacbmens sometimes instituted between
man and the lower animals.
Mr. H had been for some timo
accustomed to throw bits % food To
some cells i'm % small brook that ran
along the back of his loc OF land.
Que day ne observed that the ecis
seemed 10 De- waiting for his visit, and
with Little coaxiug after that they
were Induced % eat food directly from
his hand Then they learned o. play
and fOndle about his fingers, hekl ln
the water, and seemed 10 enjoy hls
caresses
More recently the largest One OF tho
four. a huge old fellow over two feet
long, allowed NJ H. 70 take HIM
from the water and slide hm about
from hand to hand, apparently liking
ehe novel experience.
When Mr.. H goes to tho brook
he calls these odd pes with prullar
whistle, and they soon como rushing
briskly from down stream At one
time he brought Them the usual lunch,
when only tho large one came. The
eel waited a fewmOments, then TUNED
down stream, and soon came back,
bringing his tardy family with him.
Youth S Companion.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-26
LOCAL MOTIFS

One small civil case was tranferred
from the Circuit Court of Henrico
county yesterday by Judge Wexford 20
the Circuit Court of Richmond city.
Major Alfred SHIELD, clerk Of the CITY
Circuit Court, has returned 10 the city
fl m his hunt after oranges and ALI
gators in Florida He is looking well
DR. J S Watkins Of Raleigh. y. c., is
i'm the city, the guest OF Mr.. b. c.
Wherry He viii preach al Grace-street
Presbyterian Church tomorrow morn
Ing and night
The Hermitage farm, ffty-fye acres,
has been purchased from its owner, Nj
James Alfred Jones, by Mr. T c. VIII
liams
The American barkentne Glad It'd
ings,' Captain Roberts entered at the
custom house Yesterday 10 load with
flour for Br,zil. She is of 054 tons bur
den, and was partially loaded in Balti-
more
h A Trice, sheriff of Goochland
county, II De B Clay, clerk Of Warwick
county, b A. Hancock, judge Of the
Circuit Court of rhesteriield county, and
DR.. j. ID. Pendleton, clerk of the State
Senate, were at the Capitol yesterday.
Joe Woodbridge was arrested yester-
day and lodged in the First police-sta-
ton on the charge of stealing a lot of
railroad iron from some party now I'M
known.
The only business transacted in the
City Circuit yesterday vas the introduc-
tiOn OF two small suits
The Norfolk ptrgintan Of yesterday
says 4 subscription list for the new
Republican newspaper, 10 be published
In Richmond, is being circulated in the
city, and one thousand dollars, il is said,
has already been raised
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-26
P0WHATAN GLIB.
enthusiastic Meeting Last Night.

The POwhatan Club held a large and
enthusiastic meeting at It's rooms ON the
west side of Eigth street between Broad
and Marshall last night. The attend
ance was the largest that has ever greet
ed the club since its organization. This
club was only organized about four OF
five weeks ago, al which time the consti-
tuition. as framed, limited the member
ship TO three hundred. Since that time
the outlook of the club has surpassed
the most sanguine expectations OF IFS
original members
Last night a number of persons were
elected, running the membership mp io
300, and all reports show that The club is
in a most prosperous condition
4 good deal of routine business, none
of which was of special importance, was
transacted. after which Mr. II. VI. smith,
Jr., appeared on behalf of Mr. Mann =.
Valentine, and, with suitable remarks,
presented the club with "a valuable relic,
i'm the shape of a bloOd-stained toma.
hawk. which. it is claimed, was welded
hv Powhatan. the Indian chief, and has
probably been used for the purpose OF
scalping more than one Of the early white
settlers
Mr. William II Curtis. of Marshall
ward. was elected second yice-Dresident
az the meeting last night
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-26

Iron men are just now deeply inter
,sted in the scientific use OF silica as
IN ally TO help purify, change and
strengthen metal 10 render both iron
and steel homogeneous, fine grained
and comparatively free from porosity
The possible influence OF silica and
silicon are as yet little known, even 20
the ablcst mctallurgists, they having
paid but slight and Indifferent atten-
ton to the subject. Now there Is o
lively and growing interest in the as
sertion made by metailurgist along
in 1871, TO the effect that he had found
out a secret that would ultimately
cause a revolution in the iron bust
ness, and that it was that silica would
become powerful helper in the
manufacture Of steel / have taken
some interest IN the effort to establish
the value OF this discovery, and con
fess | was greatly surprised to witness
the result of a test of its efficacy and
sm of the opinion that the discovery,
simple as it IS, VIII eventually prove
OF far more importance than that OF
Bessemer. st Louis GlObe.DemOcrat.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-26
4 COW CASE



Judge Wellford. at Henrico County
Courthouse yesterday. spent several
hours tryin<a COW case. The point
involved w1s that one man had sold q
COW belonging 90 another man, which
ownership by the third party was attested
by the ownership of promissory note.
IL was "COw case ali the way
through. There was au array of legal
talent. and ihe defendant was q dis
tinguished Virginia State Senator The
evidence even brought I'M the rectitude OF
intention on the part of tine COW, and
the sire of her calf
Elaborate instructions were prepared
by counsel The plaintiff, claiming the
COW. also claimed the calf The deien-
Cant claimed that the calf not being
mentioned in the declaration, could not
be introduced as "a party TO The suit
Judge Wexford read the instructions
carefully. and then wrote with pencil
bis own. They made but q few lines. If
the Jury find that the defendant has not
delivered the COW and natural increase
10 the plaintiff, or has paid a value for
same in money. then the jury must find
for the plaintiff with interest from the
day the amount was due.
The defence asked modification OF
she Courts instructions 60 The effect that
the Jury should have the discretion az
10 the amount to be paid
The Jury returned q verdict for the
plaintiff. The effect of which was that
the COW and calf should be returned
TO the plaintiff or $50 for COW and 50
for calf, with interest.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-26

The Academy was wehhiied last night
ON the occasion of the benefit given Ca
Richmond Lodge. No 1, of odd Fellows
bv Miss Ada Gray, who appeared in her
well-knOwn dum character of Lady
Isabel and Madame Vine in East
Lynne" Miss Gray played her part
very effectively, and, as usual, in more
than one instance brought tears 20 the
eyes of the audience She will repeat
the play 40 the matinee today and to-
night
The programmes were handsomely
gotten up, and We're pretty souvenirs OF
The entertainment
The ode, Brothers be What You Are
was sung al the close Of the play by Capt.
Frank Cunningham and select chorus,
I'm which the audience was invited 10
Join They seemed so anxious 20 retire
that very few participated. still notwith-
standing this. the ode was given with
considerable enthusiasm
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-26

One of the most terrible as Do is also
one of the most thrilling. tales thHt his
tory has % tell is recalled by tAe ana
no1nccmmt ia the Scottish papers ot
Miss Edith Brydon's manage iu lnFor-
ness cathedral This hdy'- father Uas
the famous Dr. Brydon of the Afghan
mas, acre OF January isl3-tha one
survivor who. wounded and faint and
weary. aftera most erilou ride. reached
Jellaiabad 10 tell Gen. Sale the pitrou5
story of what had taken place ln the
Khyber Pass. They were l6O0l-or
counting women ana children. BLOOD
who set ont from Cabu on Stat iii
starred Journey, and ho was t4e only
one who had escaped Between tle
dark crlgs of Jugduiia1 the mmier0n8
Afghans had their iIl of blood The
death trap ran with The gore oi soldiers,
camp followers, women and children
alike DR.. Brydon alone cscaped.-Aew
York TELEGRAM.
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Examinations without charge.
". H. SMITH VI. D..
NO. All y. Ninth street.
ia22-21f Richmond. Va.


When a Chinese girl is married she
must wait months before etiquette
allows her to pay her first visit 20 her
mother but after this initut3i'y cell,
she may 90 10 the homo OF her parents
at any time. Tho PopUlae Science
Monthly relates "a pathetic instance
connected with this mgrrflge custom.
A Chinese woman had 0Hs daugh-
ter an only child, of whom she was
passiouatelv fond. and this Girl was
married at the age of l6 When the
first four months were nearly past.
Ter mothers ncirhbor died, and as
death is said 10 bring unclcmimes, 10
those associated with it. the brides
visit TO her old home had 10 DO delayed
for a hundred days lest she Should be
come contaminated
Before this period had passed the
brides motherin-law dl1i, and she
was obliged to go into mourning Tor
three wears Just before She put Oil
mourning, n son was born tO her, ant
that made 1t necessary that the Visit
should be- again delayed.
Meanwhile her mother, whose heart
grew more and more hungfy for her
presence. become uclVO1sly ili. and
subject 10 Authorizations. under which
she imagined she slw her child elner-
inc her door. She declared that She
could distinctly perceive her face, dis
Germ every detail in her dress, and
hear the Jingle of hcr bangles
ttA ,rrf chill t-f.u Irrrl como f' lIn
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-26
$500, 600 MORTGAGE
RECORDED BY THE RICHMOND CITY
RAILWAY COMPANY
Other Local Ncws.

A mortgage from the Richmond City
Railway Company 90 The Atlantic trust
Company. OF New York. was Yesterday
admitted 10 record in The clerk s Office OF
the Chanccry Court
The deed IS executed under resolution
adopted bv the stockholders of the com
panv on the 22d day of January. 1889, 10
take effect and bear date ON The first day
~ January. lsSg The company has eN.
ecuied It's bonds under Co., corporate seal
20 the amount of four hundred thousand
dollars. eight hundred In number OF
$500. each number respectively, from one
90 eight hundred inclusive, which bonds
are all to stand equally secured by Tie
deed without reference or priority one
TO or over the other. and bcarjntercst
from the first day OF January az The
rate Of per cent per annum,
the interest 90 be- paid ON The
first DAYS OF July and January OF each
year until the FIRST day OF January, 1873,
and thereafter unless ihe principal and in-
,erest shall be duly paid when u then iails
due To which bonds are appended cou-
pons numbered from one to sixty, mCio-
sive, and are for fifteen dollars each. J ne
bonds and coupons are payable as above
In gold coin or iis equivalent al 'he o"'''
OF the Atlantic Trust Company.
To secure the above me railway com
psnv CONVEYS all its right title and IN
ieresi of every kind. and real estate
and personal property now owned by IL,
and the present completed line OF rail-
wav. being the Main-strcct line, the
Broad-streef line. and their connections
apd extensions. together WIN lne rom. .
stock, and equipments apPuIlen" I
thereto ana an! suosli' e'l""s ',"1 .iI99i
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-26

Justice North's decision IN a London
culrt that private photographs are pri-
vgte property Is a reasscrti0n, or rather
"A natural application, of "a principle
which should BE- familiar Inscriptions
pbotographers have claimed the right %
SEN and exhibit photographs of their
customers against their will. and there
have bean legal opinions confirming tal-
extraordinary view Thus it bias been
held that the employment and payment
of a photographer 90 reproduce the feat
ure3 of "a private person. for tho latter 81
private purposes, gave thc photographer
right 10 use the negative for the pub
licati0n of photographs for public sale.
Justice North. however. declares the
photographer wholly I'm the wrong. and
sptlv saws that while the negative be-
longs 20 the photographer the copy night
is vested in the person photographed.
This eminently sensible decision should
check a practice common abroad For
tunatolv. this evil has been less prevalent
here. although DC exists. and American
courts. we believe. have decided chat the
photographer has no right O. mako MGR
chaudiso of the likenesac7 ot private GUS
TONERS. Prank Loslios Newspaper.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-26

Hours for the Running Of the Cars

The question has been asked as to the
hour when the first and last car of the
electric line and of The Main and Broad
street line start from their termtni morn
ing and night
Captain Pizzini gave the reporter the
following Information on The subject.
ELECTRIC LINE The first car leaves
ths eastern terminus. Twenty ninth and
P streets. at SAP A. NJ The first car
leaves the western terminus Cary and
Reservoir streets, at 6.2O a. NJ.
At night the last car leaves the eastern
terminus at II o'clock, and the western
~ 1l;42
MAIN AND BROAD STREET LINES The
frat car on these lines leaves the stables
on Main street, above Lombardy 40 j.4j
A. VI. Three other cars follow 10 in
rapid succession. so as 90 De 40 The east
srn terminus. Main and Twenty eighth
streets, in time 20 start ON The Westward
Trip 81 6.3j This is tho hour When the
oars are scheduled 10 start from each
end OF the line.
Al night the last car leaves the stables
81 1919, and the car leaving the lower
end OF Main street starts at ll.5S
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-26
INTERESTING CASE



Since the 10th day of this month ar
gumcnt has been going on before the
Supreme Court OF Appeals in the suit OF
the Fidelity Insurance. Trus. and sale
Deposit Company against the shenan-
doah Valley Railway Company
This railway. 10 seems issued bonds as
FIRST mortgage 10 the amount of $1,000
for each mile OF track built between
uarcratown. MARYLAND. and WayncsbOrO.
Augusta county, Virginia, where The line
crosses the Chesapeake and ONO Kan.
road subsequently the road issued
general mortgage bonds to the
extent of S2j 900 per mile, and wanted TO
use them as security for the first mort
cage bonds. This is The question which
thc court has allowed such a long time
for the attorneys Go discuss
one of the attorneys said Yesterday
that This was the FIRST time in Virginia
chat the question was raised that the first
mortgage bonds could be placed az col
lateral for general or second mortgage
bonds
The counsel in the case are For the
first mortgage bondholders, Judge ". ".
Cump. Mr. Bcy. ]. Nrump, Mt I. j..
Lamberton. of New York, and Mr. JO-
seph Lcedom. OF Philadelphia
The general mortgage bondholders are
represented by Judge Waller Z. Staples
and Mr. Frank f. Clark, of Baltimore.
TheTrusf Company are represented by
judge William D. Robertson, Of Char
lottosyillc. and Mr. john c. Bullet, Of
Philadelphia
The argument in The case will continue
until at least next Tuesday, making the
longest argument in an appellate case M
the history of the supreme Court OF APP
peals.
The case went TO the Court of Appeals
on appeal from the Circuit Court
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-26
The Theatre.

SOL smith Russell Is simply inimitable
His style is all his own, and he is a
comedian essentially sui generis. His
plays while humorous in the extreme,
are clean and elevating, and his fun
seems 10 bubble up purely from the eX-
uberauce of good nature 1t is no Won
der. therefore, that he has achieved well
merited success. ands that his play, writ
ten especially for him, attracted so fine
an audience at the Theatre last night
Mr.. Russell is really an actor who seems
20 have struck the keynote of elevating
the stage and whose only object is ITO
stop "a heavy sigh by a hearty laugh
while presenting nothing TO which the
most ia,tdious could DO no more than
applaud lie will make his last appear
ance here this season al matinee to-day
and 40 the performance tonight in his
side-spluing play, Bewitched ~
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-26

Grevhounds are an investment so
extremely speculative, especially when
bought for public performances, that
it would be rash to affirm that these
dogs of great price viii in all cases
Mquit themselves in such manner
g to Justify their now owners i'm pay
ing for them prices quite high enough
10 purchase race horses of consider
able repute. and hunters rather letter
than most men of wisdom care TO be
stride. For ordinary hare hunting
purposes a very fair grcyhOOnd may
be had for - note, or even good
deal less The prices lately realized,
although high, are not unprecedented.
Some years ago Mr.. Clark gave nearly
800 guineas for four additions to his
breeding kennel, and at different times
the same dealer paid 200 guineas for
Cataclysm, and 30, 200 and 2Ogunels
forCymbal Cmpplcand Charm respect
lively, whilo a sapling by Magnana
out Of Chameleon was sold for lOj
guineas. and four Of the same litter at
an average If 40 guincas apiece.
Peasant Boy. when me was looked
upon as sure of the Waterloo cup,
brought 500 gtlineas, and again and
again the owner of Master McGrath
vas offered 900 cuinoas for that most
illustrious of all greyhounds.-Lon-
don Standard