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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-25
MECKLENBURG COUNTY.
Gossip of Interest to Residents Of That Lo'
calttV.
Especial Correspondence to the Tines

Especial Correspondence TO the Tines
CHASE CITY, Va, January 24.-Our
town continues to grow. Many new
buildings are contemplated for the spring.
the most important will be extension
buildings for the South side Male
Academy, which is to be located here
under control of the Concord Baptist
Association
Our County Court has had a continu-
GUS session OF fifteen days for the pur-
pose of clearing the docket, which had
become a heavy one
our newspaper, the Chase City Pro-
gress, will change firms February lst.
Holt Bros. Il Co. will dissolve. Mr. +.
VI. Holt will run the Progress, and Mr..
". II. Tucker Will start a paper at
Crewe, the new town on the y. W.
RR.
Many good people from the Valley Of
Virginia have settled here, and are well
pleased We also have many northern
men in this section. We welcome them
all, and want more.
Our deer have become quite plentiful,
and our hunters occasionally take one.
The mineral waters shipped from
Chase City TO the cities are becoming
widely and fayorably known.
Farmers are making good use of this
fine weather
Five of our citizens are in Norfolk
serving on the jury OF the United States
Court
Mr.. John Smithson, Of Lunenburg
county, a few miles north Of here was
-. la all pllra "a. Innate no
ing tried 10 kill himself by cutting his
throat. lie was put under guard, and on
Saturday night last, while the guard
slept, he got out OF a window, secured a
bride and hung himself from an apple
tree.
Mr.. Colby, young married man from
PENNSYLVANIA, recently arrived here to
take possession Of farm TWO miles from
Chase City, for which he had traded with
a gentleman in Pennsylvania. Mr.. Rob
ert Lowry, also a northern man, and his
sons were on the farm as tenants, and
refused 70 give up certain stock and
farming implements which were to 20 TO
Mr.. Colby by the conditions OF the trade.
There was trouble between the two tami-
lies, lasting for several days, and culmi-
mating last night in serious ARRAY. II
seems that the Lowry boys were
loading wagons to leave the place, and
one of them was cutting the well-r0pe to
take it and the bucket away when colby
interfered and a fight ensued. One Of
the Lowry party was badly beaten over
the head with fence picket, and Colby
was seriously cut. The Lowry party lett
and Mrs. Colby came to town, in the
dark, for a doctor and help for her hus-
bad who was disabled Constable Bell,
with a posse, caught the Lowry's before
they could get out of the county, and al
parties will be before Squire Reynolds
this morning.
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MANCHESTER,


News and Notes From Across the james.
The Council Committee on Finance
meet tonight
Mr.. and Mrs Waugh, who have been
visiting Mrs. Waugh's father in Powha-
tan county. have returned home.
Mr. f.. p Voolfolk, Of Swansboro, is
now connected with the firm OF Whit
tie Selden q Co.
Rev. Luther r. Thornhin, the pastor
Of Bainbridge.sireei Baptist Church, last
night gave a lecture to large audience,
the subject being his tour through Eng
land The proceeds will be equally
divided between the Christian Board OF
Central Methodist Church and the
Sewing Circle OF Bainbridge-street Bap-
list Church.
The stockholders Of the Old Dominion
Cotton Mills Company, OF Manchester,
mc.in Petersburg Yesterday and elected
the following officers and directors
President X T. Arlington: Treasurer
and Agent. John ". Arringtrn; Super
intendent. W. J.. Robinson. Directors
r. I. Arlington, Jr., A. A. Allen, Isaac
Robinson and : p Arlington.
Next Monday afternoon the new fire
plugs viii be tested in the presence Of
members Of the Council. There are -four
! fire hvdrants to be used al once, anc
each must throw a stream TO the height
of seyenty-fve feet at the same moment
This requirement is part Of the contrac
with the water company.
Charles Green (colored), was YESTERDAY
tired in the Hastings Court for illega
voting. He was found guilty and sen
fenced TO five months in Jail and fin'
/ Of S.
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Mr.. HAxALL's PICTURES.
Handsome z ice. Realized.

The sale at auction of The paintings
belonging to the estate Of the late VIM.
Henry Haxall, made by MIR George W
MAYO, auctioneer, yesterday, was a re-
markable one The paintings had. after
careful examination. been appraised 10y
one of our prominent artists at WV
the DISMAL swamp" by Gignoux, being
valued by him at $500 Although at the
sale this painting brought bat S2lo' yei
the total sum realized from eighiy-one
pictures. most OF them OF Indifferent
value and in damaged frames, was SSH
or an average of $3.50 per picture
We question whether this average mas
been excelled in any sale where there
were but four known original pictures
the Others being copies, or, if originals by
unknown artists. The manner IN when
the paintings were described and theiI
arrangement as TO light and order oi
sales reflect the greatest credit on the
parties having the affair in charge and
were undoubtedly the cause OF the eA
ccllent prices realized.
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pattrs Jealou. rit.

Lucy Hooper writing Of PATHS no..
cent performance IN PARIS. s9ys Tho
diva was far from feeling c0nioutv.tt
her reception. though She was cufhua
asticaiiy applaudcd and rcceiyclurn.
ads of bouquets But Mmo ruu r
not only frcnzicdly jealous of any
prima donna whose rcuown SD much
rs approaches her own. but She cam.
no, endure that any singerin taocol.
panv. male or female, shall. aclIe,ea
success while singing with hor On
the first night Jean de Iososo m
Romeo. won such "a triumph. especially
in tho balcony scene. that 40 thc ..oa
of thca Nine Patti went into ly.tr
les and declared that she would r0t
finish the opera ga apology must BIZ
made for her and the audience DIS.
missed. IL took all the persuasive
powers of the directors o. induce las
Jealous little woman tO bring ile .
formance 10 aconclcsion Nine Patti
who is II years Old is beginning D
feel the advance Of time. and 5000.
sequentiy twice as caulankcnus nl
ouarrelsOmc as sine ever YVES on.0n
Ii is now question as % her sao,..
sor in the role of Juliet There nll
talk of the unlucky debutmtD. Me
Darcloc. whose bioaiting down af tas
dress rehearsal brought about tao n.
gaqcment in hot haste of llmeIeU
Buf g. 3saiso-,sisl, ,rrcd that Nine
Narchosi's Australian pupil, Nine
Melba. will be called upon 10 assume
he role. Chicago Journal
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The Duchess of Montrose Is very
fond Of dress. Her favorite color Is
scarlet, and when this elderly lady
(she is 70, | believer is gotten up in a
toilet of her favorite hue, supplemented
with q scarlet ulster, her appearance Is
certainly peculiar, She il extremely
popular with the lower orders, to
whom her grace is we'll known by
sight from her constant Reorganization
Of race courses. Curiosity took her TO
90 b take look at the great Socialist
demonstration in Hyde park. On ar
irving there She was instantly APP
preached by a number of roughs, who
proceeded TO give her some good
natured advice. Now, your grace,
don't stay here--go homo and take
care of yonrself-it isn't fit place for
YOU" well, boys. I'll 60, answered
the lady good humoredly. And as She
turned away some one in the crowd
cried, Three cheers for Caroline,
Duchess Of Moatrose" an anpeal that
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A village in New England came into
possession OF neat and much needed
Town hall. the gift Of public spirited citi-
zens. When completed meeting was
held 70 dedicate the new building.
Speeches were made by prominent citi-
zens, and special reference was naturally
made TO the chief benefactor and to those
who had been most active in forwarding
the enterprise.
One speaker mentioned the names OF
five or six Of these citizens, and sug-
gested that vote Of thanks be rendered
them. This was done
A moment later a little wien faced
old man arose in the back part Of the
hall, and, in a sharp, penetrating voice,
called:
Mr.. Cheermani Mr. Cheerman.
The speaker being recognized, lie pro
ceeded:
Il list wanted to say that there's them
e. hain't been mentioned ez hez done ez
much ez them 81 hez. Youths Com.
paniOn.
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A HERMIT FISHERMAN.


llted 2oodiy IT, stcrs.
"Zeb. the hermit fshc-m2l." lives m
a filthy hovCl down near the ocean ODD tls
town of StOniugtOn. Tie wears the Oh
time fisherman costume of blue overall.
Jacket and skull cap 10 match. Tie, To-.
was disappointed In love, and took fo
fishing ia solitude for a livelihood. lie
next cOurted the Biblo. and can repeat
it from Genesis through 10 Revelations
by heart With capital OF 500, which
he invested in a dOgy he has amaacd ID
fortune estimated at $4,000. For lfe
years he lived In a shanty, expending but
s. year for food. His clothes Doe wore
70 shreds, and bis fuel ho picked zap 40
the beach. During that time he saved
1925, with which he bought his present
home Here for thirty out Of thirty-lge
years il cost him but S25 annually for tho
necessities of hle, whilo his earnings be
invested in real estate.
The property purchased by him lies
along the water front. and ot that time
was 40 the mercy Of the sea, which cast
is huge waves far inshOre during guile
Zeb Immediately began the labor9u
work 81 building a breakwator, or ratAei
a aeawall. This he did alone and uuas'
sisted IL is Of stone, fully 900 feet 90
length and five feet IN height The work
was all done by hand, tho big stones
being carted In a home made wheeluar-
row and consuming q years time.
After this job had been completed I'D
began the erection of his first tenement
house. With q pickaX, "a spade ani
wheelbarrOw he oXcavated for tLecelaf.
using the dirt 90 IN IN the hole back ~
the aeawal lie walled up the cellar
with stone and then secured carpenters
to build q house. This cost him $40
The painting and papcring he did himself
As soon rs this one was completed Do
| began work upon "A second. He continued
his labor. and now has ten house. sl9
| by side, all built the same way. Zach VI
these houses brings him monthly rental
/ Of 81, and they arc all occupied.
But he has not neglected bis fishing
during this time. He has made from
$500 to 500, and sometimes $500 year
/ This money he turned into property NJ
/ placed in the savings bank lt Is sup
posed by many Dwnsiolk that Ao also
/ has considerable hid in his sleeping room,
| the ornaments Of which consist ~
three prongcd pitchfork. Ratchet ana
a stove poker Tho past five years ha's
/ been more expensive % him than any
previous ones. His fortune has accumll'
lated 20 such az extent that his expcnl..'
lures now average Sl23 year. Nl'eA
includes insurance, taxes, food ana luck
Norwich Comm Cor. Boston Globe.
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She Carried Him OF.

A charming old lady, worth her mill
ions, called at a carpenter shop the other
day, bearing in her hand a neat little
basket. Have you a comfortable chair
in the shop" she asked Of the carpenter.
~ comfortable chair" be repeated,
doubtiully.
Eyes" she sweetly said. Il have come
to stay until you have q man ready to 90
back TO my house with me and do the
work that you have been promising to
do for three weeks. ! have brought my
luncheon and book, and, if you haven't
a comfortable chair, Ill have the car
riage cushions brought in. I'm going TO
stay right here until get that man
The carpenter FASTENED TO say that he
could go right off just as well as not, and
the old lady carried him oil in triumph.
Boston Paper.
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COMPLIMENTARY MUSICALE
To be Given bv Madame Carreno.

There will be an extra musicale OF the
Mozart Association next Tuesday even
ing. the Goth, on whichoccasiOn the distin'
guished pianiste. Nine Teresa Carreno-
will give piano recital, assisted by Cap
tain Frank Cunningham, Miss Annie
Louise Grisswold, DR.. Robert o Owen
OF Lynchburg, and Others.
This is a complimentary musicale ten
dered the Mozart Association by Mime.
Carrena through the courtesy of Messrs.
Sanders d Staymen, and will be one OF
the most pleasant musicales Of the year
On this occasion Nine. Caueno will play
on the celebrated concert grand Weber
piano that was used by the world-re-
nowned boy pianist, Josef. Hoffman,, in
his piano recitals given in New York a
short while back
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Henrico Court Notes.

Mr.. William II Beveridge, counsel for
the plaintiff, yesterday instituted suit IN
the Circuit Court Of The county Of Hen
rico under the style of Samuel johnson,
who sue, &c, against Melton Cayce, an
action for damages, charging him with
imprisonment on false charges, and ma
lcious prosecution on the part of the
defendent in having the plaintiff arrest
ed. The declaration has not yet been
filed
The County Court, Judge Minor pre-
siding, met Yesterday at II o'clock. The
grand jury was called and then adjourn
cd until tomorrow.
Judge Wexford yesterday, in the Cir
cult Court of Henrico, signed number
Of DEGREES in civil cases
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pr ESTON B ELV / N,
FINE ART H'U RNI1 ORE
No. IS Governor street.

met wItnh nearly response. "lmagnn
a meeting Of British Socialists cheern,
a duchess" continued my informant
! have been told bat / do DOB know
with what truth. that the Duchess ~
Montrosc Is thc lady who became
some thirty-fve years ago greatly nj
tached To James Buchanan whoa h.
was United States minister 30 london
and who would have married b,t
gentleman had not her relatives
strongly opposed her alliance with An
American. heard this story sorcnl
wears ago in London. but thc name q
the lady was not then stated -Loudon
Cor. Philadelphia Telegraph
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An Elegant Entertainment.

Mr.. and Mrs. John \. Coke gave de
lightful reception at their residence, cor
ner Third and Cary streets, 10 Miss
Maude Clarke last evening from 9 10 s
O'clock II was in every respect rocherchs
and elegant, and all present heartily en-
joyed the hospitality of their genial en-
tertainers
After the reception dancing was kept
up until late hour, and throughout the
evening genuine old-fashioned Virginia
hospitality was the main characteristic.
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4 Mainn NIolhrr.

Can't Davis of the five masloi
schooner Governor Amcs, built %
Waldoboro. Ne. had q remarkable
mother She was not content With
bringing mp her own eleven sons and
daughters In the way they should I'D
but adopted two or three other chl
dren. She was iho doctor of tho whole
neighborhood. Physicians wco few
and inexperienced, as isusual IN small
country places. and Mrs Davis W
always sent for In hurry whom ans
ono was sick Many wero the mca
she saved from death One man.
riven up for dead by everybody ol.e
IS now "a very wealthy citizen % a
western state Often thefo would Do
two calls for her mt once, and IN on.
case a couple of men carried her % ha..
mile through snow waist deep % tLl
sick bed of friend She was preseu.
no the birth of every child born pa o.,
village for over forty years Lewis
TON Journal
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and his numerous deputies 10 bring the
shouting people before him at once, but
the deputy sheriffs nd the sheriff TOOK
a long time to find them, and finally u
was discovered that they had disappeared
LARGE AND INTERESTED AUDIENCE
While Commonwealth Attorney
Thomas was speaking, the eolored audi-
ence. recruited from the country farms
and the city tobacco factories, was the
largest ever seen at trial in this court
room said Mr.. Waddill, the clerk.
The negroes filed every available space
IN the courtroom, which is larger ihan
that of the Hastings Court. crowded all
the space usually occupied by members
of the bar. and squeezed around the
clerks desk right under the bench, and
would have crowded the prisoner, coun,
sci and jury out OF the room II II hao
not been for the sheriif's deputies.
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Great excitement prevailed At the
OdeOn theatre, says a Paris cOrrespOn-
dent. There was q smell of powder p
the atmosphere of the theatre, and, all
though the rival parties never came 20
actual hostiliues, one felt throughout
the evening that a determined conflict
might at any moment take place.
Leaving out Of the count the critics,
the other journalists, the actors and
actresses, and those friends OF the
theatre who seem 10 think that no
new play ought 10 be produced with
out them, the house was divided be-
tween the disciples Of the naturalist
school and the admirers OF what must
be called. by way OF contrast, the
''poetical drama The occasion thus
recalled the stormy piemieres Of Vic
tor Hugo's much contested plays but
manners have changed since Her
mani was first performed, and al
though discomfort was IN the air all
through the evening, the storm did
not burst until the curtain fell some
time after midnight. Then, however,
when the principal male performer
came before the curtain, according 10
usage, to announce the authors name,
the great bulk of the audience, who
had been patient till then, cried out
"Nol no. and the actors voice was
lost in a tempest Of indignant protest
Boston Herald.
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NEW YoRg, January 2i-Samrel R"ts'
child a Hartford hotel proprietor. came
70 tbi- Gig last saturday and disap'
pearcd. ,,
exnrcss q new trunk containing ms
clotbiae and personal effects. including
watch. chain. diamond stud and ring
worn b. RoischilJ when he lett home
Inc kcy was attached 20 The trunk Inc
police are trying % solve the mystery
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Horace Greeley bore his character in
his face-half baby. half philosopher.
The sweetest child that ese2 looked into
it's mothers eyes had notc 0Jre hcnovo-
lent expression than his countenance
habualiy wore. The worst portrait
does not quite obliterate it; the best rend-
ers it imperfectly. The politician who
said. "a man who would hunt Horace
Greeley would strike his own mother,
roughly expressed the feeling which the
child-like part of his face often excited
His voice, too. was the pipe of child.
But above the eyes there WAS such noble
dome Of head that a Greek sculptor
would have been glad to take it for the
model of benevolent wisdom. His de
meanor showed similar contrasts From
that baby face what torrents OF bad
words would come. with 10 more malice
behind them than there is behind a child
vehement crying when some one ma.
broken its toy. With a pen in bis hand
and subject before him suited to ms
talents and disposition, az well as to the
momentary needs of The Tribune, what
editor ever wrote more effectively
James Parton in Forum.
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The payment Of an insurance policy OF
5000 on the life Of doc" Haggerty, q
teamster, who was so thoroughly blown
away by the explosion OF a wagon load
Of nitro-glycerine which he was driving,
near Pleasantvile, Pennsylvania, that
not more than a pound Of his body was
found, is being disputed by the com
panies interested, on the ground that such
utter humiliation was impossible even
with so powerful an explosive. They
claim that the remains found are no
proof that iaggerty is dead. Interesting
testimony is being gathered to show that
nitro-glycerine has proved at times more
Of an eraser OF human identity than the
Pleasantyille incident would indicate. -
Harper's Bazaar.
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The present head Of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Henry
Bergh, is the nephew Of the founder Of
the society. He is a slender man, under
the medium height, with something OF
the cast of features of his great relative,
though his face is smaller. Ile was
elected by the executive committee OF
the directors, and has literally stepped
into the founders shoes working all Of
every day at his Office, and taking as
keen an interest in the humane mission
OF the society as the original Bergh did.
Heis little above IS years Of age.-New
York Star,
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Robert BoIssieu Case.

The case of Robert Boissieu (colored)
who was convicted of felony and SEN
fenced to two years in the penitentiary
was called in the Hastings Court yester-
dav. Biossieu was convicted at the
December term of the Hastings Court
and Judge Atkins granted him a new
trial. lie was again tried before Judge
Witt and the same verdict was rendered.
The Court heard the argument yester-
day of the counsel for the prisoner on
bis motion to set aside the verdict and
grant a new trial. The Judge reserves
his decision
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Ringing Noises

In the ears, sometimes a roaring, buzzing
sound, are caused by catarrh, that eH
ceedingly disagreeable and very common
disease. Loss of smell or hearing also
result from catarrh. Hoods Sarsapa
rilla, the great blood purifier, is a pecu-
liarly successful remedy for this disease
which ii cures by purifying the blood. II
YOU suffer from catarrh try Hoods Sar
saparilla, the peculiar medicine
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rir. perartmen, Committee.

Mr. John H. Frischkorn, chairman OF
the Board Of Fire Commissioners, yes
terday announced the appointment OF
the following standing committee OF the
department.
Apparatus. machinery and fre-alarm
Messrs. ~ V Randolph and J. l. Levy
q Accounts and claims Messrs John ).
<1Iarwood and Randolph
Horses and harness Messrs. Levy and
J. J. King.
Buildings, repairs and furniture
Messrs W. A. Boswell and Harw God
Feed and pr0yender; Messrs. King
and Boswell.