The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-28
PERSONS AND THINGS.
News Notes Compiled from the s.Time."
Exchanges.

Exchanges.
The craze Of pearl fishing has extend
ed from Wisconsin 10 Illinois. Al Reiv,doro
On the hishwaulSee river. baker found roc
pears for which he has been offered I'm Chi.
'"So an average price Of 35 cents pearl.
There are now Go coo Italians in New
OK city. Ten years ago there were hardly
nN' thousand. They are dispiacing the irish
IN " great many cmployments. and n race
eonihc' has already begun. In year or two
'ne Italians Will number 100000 In the me.
tropois.
The "milk-shake" has triumphed in
Piiisourx John a. Martin. a leading dealer
90 mis cool beverage, was arrested for en-.
eating In worldly occupation" by selling
milk-shakes Upon Sunday: hut the polio,
magistrate dismissed hc complaint.
Bill Nye has been financially done
up by Minnesota real estate man. who i'm.
d iced the humorist to trade his house and
TOT at Hudson, Wis. for so me worthless su.
oufhan lots near Minneapolis having "a 81 Ooo
mortgage attachment. That may have been
intended as a nice joke on BIN. but he can't
see 1t. even II hc Is "a wealthy Journalist.
There promises to be another serious
international question added 10 that Of the
fisheries and tho invasion OF Behring seq
Can boys Of Maine pick blucberiics in Cana
da9 Tho Maine youths who crossed the boun.
Diary line the past week 90 Their bluebor-
Ties in Ncawis bog were ordered back by the
Dominion officers OF customs.
Miss Mamie l.. Burlew. music
teacher wisrun over and Instantly killed by
thc cable cars in Kansas city. Saturday. Her
body was cut literally 10 pieces. RI. Hindc
recorder OF deeds Of Jackson county. No.
fen while aiightiug from one cable ear direct
iy iu front OF one approaching from the oopo-
site direction, nt Kansas City. lilo was badly
cat about the head and his life is dispaircd of.
Warren Humes, the oldest guide and
the most experienced hunter iu the Adifon-
dacks. makes am estimate that Will be- inter
esfing tO an spOrismer. he claims that
there are to-day no less than 10000 deer and
1000 bears in those regions. Mr.. Humes has
hunted there for the past foriy-nye years
ana during that time has KILLED over 1000
deer and moro than POO bears.
A deposit Of So. made in the Salem
saving fank sixty years ago. has just been
brought 200 90 Dee balanced tor ihc first time.
and found toomomt 10 siG5. having multi
Piled twenty-scvon times. This conveys
tWo lessons, one being The advantage of
saving and It's great ben. fits, and az the same
slime shows what cancer AN interest ac-
c0un; B., TO those obliged 20 borrow money.
even az moderate rate of interest.
A correspondent of the Jcirish Mcs
sanger suslc,t. THAT tine Jews should buy Jc-
rusaiem from the Turks. "Ihcrc is money
enough among us, Ac says. "and If not
enough cash on hand sufficient bonds could
be issued To- buy IT," The Jcrid Messenger
commenting on the letter says. why not,
indeed? Because real estate ina New York.
Chicago. Melbourne. etc is more popular
just now. ana likely TO Doe for some time To-
come
The San Francisco 1lt0nOtcs that The
South American nations are coming mp TO
confer with as ON commercial matters. Last
year they sold 90 Ms SilgOOOOCO moro than
they bought of as, 50 that 30 is more our in-
forest than thoiTs 20 know Why. We paid ihe
sIlpOJO,OOO 800 gold, which nearly all %
to England 90 buy things which we have Tor
sale. We must hold ont some inducements
90 trade with us. or there VIII De no change
ln The state OF our commerce with our SOUTH
crn nciehbois.
One provision of the Montana consti-
tuition which is severely criticised is that
which makes the Senate to consist of siX-
tcen members. one from each county. There
are i've counties which 400 The last election
p0llcl2i.e-I votes. while the other eleven
polled only 1885 votes. IhIcc-oiehths %.
the voting population, Therefore, are given
more than twice ~ many Senators as Tie
remaining a,e-eisnths tits pity 90 m-
corporate such inequalities M @ stale consti-
tuition.
The Usage tribe of Indians is said to
Doe tho richest nation I'm ihc world. The
tribe numbers 1901 mon, women ana cnii-
arcu. They have in the United States irca-
~ury s-.-5~. G0i of theh own money, drawing
l per cent interest But besides this they
have 1870 COO acres of land, equal TO 1000
acre. or SlOOO) for each iIdiViO u9l portion
This makes each Indian worth sl5,t71. lm.
wealth. is curse To- them, and the tr.b, is
dying out.
a special from Littleton, W. Va. says
thst gang of robbers which has been opc-
rating so extensively in Greene county. Pa"
aud Wetzcl county. ". Va, since 1873 ls III
last ina fair way TO be broken up, Charles
Gorby.a suspected Greene county man, ar-
rested la-t Friday. has made "a confession
covering fourteen years operations OF ihe
gang. ANA including nearly One hundred roll
berries Of live stock. grain, flour, farming ma
chmely. etc.. and six arrests have already
been made. with many others 90 follow. The
headquarters Of The gang is in Greene coun-
ty. Pa.
On Saturday last Governor +. w
wilson. Of West Virginia, and his aged
fthel-in-law. Dr. j. =. cotton. met with q
serious accident while ont driving. The
horse. "a fiery animal. took fright 40 point
where the road ran along The edge of a thirty
nve-f.ot bank. aud finally fen over the edge
CARRYING Dr. Cotton with bin. Governor
Wilson was thrown out. falling on the edge
OF tho bank, where he made desperate IT,
foftto save the horse from going over, hHi
was unsuccessful Ir. Cotton had his left
shoulder broken. and the Governor was PAIN
fully hurt about the legs. and is confined TO
h.s bed.
Most of the large failures this year
are traceable go debts. Many extensive en-
terprise- were being run ON borrowed mo
uey. and their finances were SO interviewer
that when one went under others followed.
the mnnon-doilar failure in Philadelphia
and the milliou-and q. halrdOllar failure in
BOSTON were both caused by debts that could
moi Doe Immediately realized upon. The
great damage done by The floods i'm this state
is made several times more serious because
of the debts Of the farmers. They are much
behind. and this additional setback is "a
great encouragement. Bur they should go
=, work and try 20 recover, and when once
they DO recover. they ought 90 try TO stay ON
"a cash basis.
Mr.. w. r. Sandman, Of st. Simon s
island. Ca. is cultivatng successfully an
olive grove. lie has about three acres set
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