The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-15
PERSONS AND THINGS.
News Notes Complied Prem the Times"
Exchanges.

\ room old woman in Denver got 5000
worth Of life insurance the other day, and
all because her son thought he would rub
some dirt of horsc.car mules hind foot.
4 LARGE gray eagle, which trespasscd
upon the feeding grounds Of flock Of crows
at fishkili. y. y, was set upon by dozen
or more Of the crows aud driven bleeding
from the field after a battle Of half AN hour
Miss RACHEL CAMERON, the youngest Of
Senator Camcron's five daughters, will make
her dcbuf in Washington society this win
ic-. She is very pretty. and a. bright and
accomplished grl rs can DC found in
Washington. Especial care has been be-
slowed on her education, and her manners
are very engaging.
Az exchange remarks: when the tarin
is revised we hope to see the following du-
ties imposed: American women who have
married fr.ien counts, $1,000 on landing;
with their husbands. $1,000; mothers VINO
have consented % their daughters marriage
with dukes. $4,000; foolish fathers VINO
haze given big dots 10 foreign princes, W.
900. I'm this way we shall Keep all ihe
American fools on the other side OF the
90 this schedule"
THE smallest town in the world 10 sup
port "A newspaper is orlando. in the Big Bend
country. Oregon. There are three houses IN
town and eight inhabitants four men.
thrcc women and a little girl-yet the Ne~S
is published every week. The cOmpOsitor on
The .Neir, "kecp, batch" in the little room
occupied by the type cases and siN-col'1mn
army press. Kitchen table Is used Tor an
imposing stone" and the cook stove serves
% warm the Office and fry the bacon for Doth
editor and printer.
Is surry county. y. c.. there is a natural
curiosity ina the shape Of "a mountain resen
laing the famous Egyptian sphinx in all IT.
details. II lies east Of the Blue Ridge Noun
tain. on the Piedmont Plains, like a eigaa-
tic lion. it, body at right angle % the ridge.
and with head reared alOft as if in the act
ofrisinc. The head Is of solid rock. several
hundred feet i'm hight. The shoulders and
breast are finely propOrtoned. and al the
distance Of "a few miles it looks like thing
Iofl.c. Il rises about 800 feet above the
plain.
THE New York HcroM published ~
| Nordava long interview with Edwin Booth
ON his reported disagreement with Madame
/ Modic-ka. The reporter gave circum-
siautlal account of his visit To Booth al lhe
/ Players Club. and how the great actor DE-
hlyed while hcwaS answering the reporter =
questions. MIR Booth now writes % the
SIM % say that there is net word Of truth
I'm the statement Of the quarrel between NINE.
Moiicska and himself and that the inter-
view in the Herold is false
GENERAL CAssIVs NJ. CLAY, the late
Colonel G0odoe'- great uncle. has record
with the knife which is noteworthy even
for a Kcntuckian. lie had three personal
encounters before the war. IN which knives
were used. and i'm each case hc succeede,
i'm Killing his opponent. 4 iourif
victim he cut almost 10 pieces pV'
the man was stitched mp ami recovered. \
few years ago he Killed negro VINO Dr." III
suited him. again using the KNIFE. Holel
Iuor WarmOih. Of louisiana, saved bus lil'
Ina New Orleans few years ago by Nivt
.ecting with "a knife man who attempted
% assassinate him.
NEW Lyons yelyets and pushes, wler
shining lines Of cold. silver and copper IN
iulboddcI. are received 10y importers for tn
making of elegant ball wraps, riding-cloak
and toa-g0Wns. solid rich passemenicre
and eimp- i'm points. mcdallions. ana ara
ho-euo-. also gold and silver cordines' Gag
in.-. and bands in novel canvas naitihs
arc among She very recent lmporiatiohs J.
Gown and mantle decorations, ana l"I 81
richinr hOnuctS and hats are cNpei3iN
gold. bronze and silver ornaments sci VII
French lrlliants in lrldcsccni cOlois' par
rrocidolots. cairueorms and other .emi-pr'
cious stones.
COLONEL 4. VI. SwOOrE, who was sta'
hcd to death M the posioilice at Lexington
Ky.. i'm a ileht with Colonel w. G. Goodlo
was pprobahly the largest man PHYSICAL
ina Kentucky. lie was simply giant
frame. and vet was SD well prOp0rloh'
that one had 10 place am ordinary large ma
beside him fO realize how biz me was. !
an imuosing presence Doc added voice I'M
= was as biz az his frame. With the mou
fain men of Eastern Kentucky ne was u
- auc~t0nably the most popularoi an the J.
publican orators that rode mp ana down "
I, narrow bride paths Of that region uuIl'
election times.
4 DISTINGUISHED clergyman has recent
condemned all social and polite hciiop
When. for instance. a stupid bore calls up'
,oii. he thinks YOU ought not 90 tell him IN
Il. frarv. Won are SOrry tO >ce him. ana ihal y
ID, wish he would gn. This sort Of brutal lraii
-, ness would not DO in the pulpit, a. a crii
- Of the CLERGYMAN has pointed ont. \ clelH
Imam mieht as well quit preaching W
- should begin his sermons as iolloW7'
selfish. mostly Ignorant ana de9W'ai
hearers should like 10 call your PRAYER
attention tO my text. but know most
Won are thinking about other matters a
l...r O.. IluIru r4ilfk. D
rather 90 show your good clothes ana ma
tain a social position
Az old hunter of ducks and geese Re
the Wilmington CDcll Ncirs Ghat there
NOT "A railroad train that can hold cam
M to the side of the sloWest duck that III
and the canyass-hack can distance
whole duck family. When IN a hurry
pl,ts TWO miles back of il every minute,
- does il easily. OF the goose he felnAf
H. .NlnNhc YOU think "a goose can llN.
fn- 10 cam double the speed OF the fastest IRA
ON any of our railroads. OF course Inc
lur a wild goose. Wei, 10 has big corpo
AN lion. but il can get from feeding ground
ii" feeding GROUND so suddenly that II fools
asa, hest wing shots. If YOU see iock oil MOI
las. er, moving along so high up that theS ae
to he scrauine the sky with their BACKS
ail- would NOT think that they are making cl
ate upon one hundred miles an hour but d
, are
THE case of Colonel Lamont, says
Philadelphia Telcgr0ph, calls to mind
49, many men who made names i'm politics Il
abandoned that profession FOR mon
making. William G.. Rice. the secretar
Governor Hill for many years. Is now
chief spirit of "a great car-healing corp,
ZION. John \. Mccall. late superinieno
of insurance is the comptroller of the ~
able Lie Assurance Company AT splen
salary. Colonel Lamont is an once
three great corporations. seth Low is
Of politics for good, and his rival, JOSEPH
Hendrix. has become the head OF p
',,,st company i'm BROOKLYN. Among O
men. =. Il. butcher and -polph ~
are bank presidents. EN-speaker
next speaker Hustled. Of New y
+. 40 far in the web Of business
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