The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-02
rHF GERM THEORY or DIsrAsF.
PRESS POINTS.

Mixed Medley of New, aud Notc- cniied
aud Condensed From Exchanges Every
whcrc-Timcly Topics. Personal Para
graphs and Glittcring Generalitics.
The New York Herald doesn't know
how no weather at all would feel, but #
would Ike 10 Try II Just FOR a change.
Chicago is to be supplied with natural
gas piped an tho way from Indiana. noiwith-
standing q law Of that state which prohibit,
eas from being run outside IT'S limits
Queen Victoria's physicians have or.
defed her upon n whisky diet. and now a VAST
number Of her subjects are drawn more
closely q her and look moro kind, upon
royaliy,-''A fellow feeling makes us won.
drous kind"
a hail-stOrm in Nillafranca. Pied.
mont, WAS Of such enormous stones that
more than one hundred persons were badly
hurt. and "A boy and girl had their skull.
fractured The weight Of some hall-stoncs
was estimated at two pounds.
The marriage Of the Princess Louise
90 the Duke Of Fife will rehabilitate two
ladies' Who have not received official recOg-
milton from The Court ~ -. James for some
time past Of the Dukes three sisters. two
Lady Ida and Lady Agnes, each have bees
divorced once. and between them hey have
had five husbands
Martin FaIquhar Upper, the once
+ famous author Of Provcrbisl Philosophy" 4.
stll alive lie lives ia a handsome country
house IN England. he bears striking re.
scmblanee 10 Iongfellow I'm his old age. Tup-
pol does not agree with mis- old schooi-feiiow
Gladstone, on the question OF Home Rule
NOT very important fact by the way.
An association composed Of Exon
foderte soldiers is attempting 10 raise fund
o erect monument over the graves Of : ,OOt
soldiers of the Confederate Army. who dice
willie prisoners Of war at Camp Douglas
near Chicago, land who now lie In UNMARKED
and neglected graves al lakewood Cemetery
near that city"
Lake DayigatOrs are predicting thai
within a few years iron-clnd shipping vii
entirely ,upplant The wooden hulls that ar,
now prevailing on the Great Lakes The H.
in0is Steam Company has purchased a lare,
/ tract OF land adjoining the south Chicag,
/ Rolling Mills. and Will ~ once proceed tC
erect plant In which Will be employed
F 1000 additional men. THIS new mill will b,
entirely devoted 20 the manufacture Of stee
+ plates for vessels.
Sundays election in France hurt
Boulangers cause seriously n not fatally
nisfr.ends had so confidently predicted erea
results in his favor that the shock Of dsfea
vill Dee d0uhiv hard 20 bear. Returns from
$50 cantons show that his candidates hav,
carried only -. His most sangune friends
now hope for hetter things In the gO3 cantoni
still 90 he heard from, and from a second bal
lot in those where the vote was not decisiv,
yesterday.
Toe forest fire which has been raginl
in the vicinity Of Gleuwood springs. Col. fo
several days was started over Il week ago b..
some sporismcn in 40 Name Canon. whereof
Mr. j. Brown. his family. and party O.
ladies narrowly escaped death hy wadinl
through q creek for nearly two miles on thei
hands and knees. The IRE covers an area O
tcn square miles. and the sight from Glen
wood in the evening is magnificent, as th'
entire face of 40 Name and Grizzly noun
tains aie one mass OF fire.
a little boat dancing about on th'
waves Of the Atlantic, its only occupant
lonely man. al least zoo miles out from land
isuV very unusual sight. but II was witnesses
hy the passengers and crew Of the Ancho
Line steamship Anchoria. which has arrlve'
at New York from Glasgow. Who the lonel
mariner ia. tossing about on the ocean. is
mystery which those ON board the Anchor
were discussing when they arrived His idC II
tiiy and the object Of his peillous cruise al
unknown.
The New York World says: Emu
took hold Of Miss Carrie Shaw. a New lorl
belle who a stopping at she Myrtle cottag
at Long Branch, and she yawned 40 hsr
that She dlslocatei both sides OF her Jaw
Tie doctor WAS sent for, What have yol
been d0ings' hc asked forgetting that SIN
couldn't talk. Wow, WOW, WOW, was tn
only answer that hc rcceived. shall eiv
YOU ether inquired the doctor. Wow. WOW
WOW she said. and She nodded her hosd. -
Dr. Hunt gave her ether. put the infer.o
max Hilary back where II belonged, and TN
young lady was beautiful again
The American Iron end Steel Associa
ton has nscertained from reports from H.
manufacturers that the total production q
Bessemer steel ingots I'm the United states II
the first half OF 1850 amounted 10 ] ,26s 40
gross tons OF 2.2iO pounds, against l,27b,l Is
gros, tons in the last half of lsss, and DO
9-l tons I'm the first half Of 1855. The asso
citation also reports That the quantity Of al
Kinds aud sizes OF Bessemor steel rails rolle'
bv the Bessemer steel-producing works q
the country in The first hall Of 1889 was 6l2
49, gross tons, against 673,72l tons la III
last half Of 1885. and 692,l97 TONS In the hrs
haifof 1855.
The remains of Miss Madge Crawford
rfKittanning, Pa. who died Of Roman feve
last April, arrived in New York a few IA,
ago from Gibraltar and were AT once shippe
Id pittsburg for interment. The body W"
secretly removed from Rome TO avoid III
Inv recurring immediate intermsnt Of per
SON. diving of contagi0u disease embaline
and placed in a metallic casket. TINS WI
boxed and marked valuable plate gi"ss
and shipped to Naples boy rail. II was pass
AS such through The custom house. ana
gibraltar q bin Of iadins fora corpse replace
the plate-s lass manifest.
Physicians at the Montreal Hospital
ar, fnystified over a curious mal"dy prs'ai'
,,y there. Within the past few days MN
,e,.ous have been afflicted with loss oil 'lsio
and I'VE are stone blind. shortly Aitsr 'n'O
night Monday Constable }. hn'heii0'u '"
5oing parade duty on Noire Dame s'''e
....,.I.,',,. ne felt a lightning sround his eye
l,1s .nda few moments later his 'gh' u
.s,,e 40 dim that b.. could scarcely niu III
,sav coon he became totally blind ana
n.o,ber oflccr took him TO hssdqu"r'ers IN
pacK A ngnt was held close TO his eyes, p ?.
me- w.re sightless, Physicians pronounce
:, ,,co,,no,ls due TO excessive smoking Oh
yery Oh pipe. which he fiiied twenty times