The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-21
PERSONS AND THINGS.
News Notes Compiled from the "Tinss'
Exchanges.


One Of Chicago's most eloquent speak
srs Is woman. the Rev. Florence Kollock.
William Black. the novelist. is making
as'ndy OF VI ny Anderson for his nost story.
block Of coal exhibited at the Iowa
state Fair 10 thought To he the largest ever
mined; 1t weighed 1000 pounds
Senator Quay received thirteen large
m"ii-oags full Of letters at his home IN Bea-
yer. Pa. one day last week They came in
blocks Of Ave.
A San Francisco paper has kept a
record OF editorials on the Terry Nagle INST
ter. and 1t sh )ws only throe expressions OF
DOUBT rs TO tho propr.eiy Of the killing.
The largest coal breaker in the world
isin operation at Edwardsvihe coiliery, Lu-
Ierne county, pennsy lvania. II prepares for
market 1000 mine cars OF coal every ten
hours.
A New Haven preacher is delivering
a series Of sermons on after Death, What 2"
After he finishes his course both he ana his
congregation VIII know about rs much OF his
subject as they did before he began 10 write
or they 70 listen.
\ San Diego grocer kept fine Nal
tose Thomas 10 kIll OF rats Last Saturday
night be was attacked by "a giant tarsntula
and was found dead Monday morning. The
tafantula was subsequently, captured and Is
now on exhibition. Its four inches long.
So many people were anxious to see
the ravages by the storm az Coney Island
that the crowd nj tho beach sunday wns the
largest Of the season. and II Is even said thet
the receipts at Brighton were heavy enough
10 wipe out the losses occasioned by the
storm at thsl part OF the island.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps spent two
years In writing "Gatos Aior.' ana two years
more In finding IA publisher for H.. Frances
Hodeson Burnett was country school
teacher on q small salary when she began
writing stories. and rumor has II that the
stamps with which her frst contribution was
sent away were bought with money obtained
from picking berries.
The Secretary of the Navy has or
dered that every pay officer OF. naval vessCl
In commission keep on deposit with assis-
I
pay officers order. a sufficient amount OF
Government funds I'm order 10 give every
facility 10 officers and enlisted men attached
TO vessels I'm commission 10 remit money Tor
the support q their families or for their OWL
savings.
There is another row in the camps Of
the Chicago Clan-ns- Gael, and some ugly
] l.
Cionin suspects aro being defended lay law
ycrs paid with Clan-na-Gael money. The
Clan-nh- Gael IN Chicago IL mado up Of some
very queer patriots. and II the camps were
dlsbandsd forever IL would. no doubt. be bet
tel for tho cause OF home rule in Ireland
Samuel Colt. the inventor of the re
volver that bears his name. was originally n
blacksmith, rough. uncducated, coarse, but
genius IN his way. company was formed
for the manufacture Of pistols. but Colt had
so terrible II temper and was 50 unreasonable
tnat no person could get along with him, 80
he bought out the company for O song and
set mp for himself. A lucrative contract
from the government during the Mexicen
war WAS the foundation Of a magnificent
fortune
The stone pavement in front of the
residence OF the lato william II. Vanderbilt
In >ew York city. is made up OF the largest
slabs Of tagging stone ever put IN a single
pavement Ihs stones were taken from
qurries I'm Pike county, Pennsylvania, west
Of Port jarvis y. y, and from tho BiGeloW
quarries in Ulster county. New York. The
large slab Immediately In front Of tho resi-
dence IS the largest slab Of Its kind ever
transported from any quarry ma cost the
millionaire SO 200: the entire cost OF the
pavement was $4,000.
Eli Perkins, who the world formerly
imagined was dead has turned up In Nev
Haven rs a lecturer on Wit and humOr. In
the course Of his very di>cursivo remarks he
said ..htmor is purely truth; wit il the cx-
aggerated fruits OF imagi n'tion. liumor is
what Ia and has been; wit IS simply what
might be. All GOOD humor in art or litern-
ture j, truth. AL good wit IN ar or litefe
ture Is based Oh truth. but is carried on as fai
as imagination can carry It," Assuming the
above definition to be rect. Iii, who
deals I'm neither Imagination nor truth
should at once stop trying 10 pose a. witty
humorist.
All people and all denominations de-
Hight TO honor the memory Of the genial >.
Cox. sunday evening tho synagogue on
Zig IN street. Washington was crowded by
his friends and admirers who held in gr 'te-
ful remembrance his services ia behalf u The
Hebrews. Henry King, Jr., presided and
Philip keysor. the vice-presidont Of the
congregation. sat with him in the pull IT,
Rabbi stein took pat in the services. Nh
simon Wolf delivered a eulOgy which was al
once Just and apprccisiive. lie spoke Of Mr.
Cox's effort In behalf of the oppressed Jews
Of Germany and Roumania and Of that trait
I'm his character which led him 10 take the
part Of the weak and oppressed. Short I'd
dresses were also made by Mr.. 4. {. solomon
aud Louis Abraham
Wilson Waddingham, who in 1857
purchased 1000 acres OF land I'm san Ms
uol county, Ner Mexico, Is believed 10 he
the greatest individual land proprietor IN the
world. Ills present landed Interests amount
10 I 300 900 acres about 100000 acres more
than are claimed for The duke Of Wcsinln-
stcr. year ago tina largest producing farm
in the world was ono of lie same number ~
acrcs n 800 OOO) situated I'm the southwest
corner Of Louisiana. This immense farm il
operatsi 10y Northern syndicate, with j. u.
watkins as manager. The fencing alone cost
over $50 900; enough 10 buy hail The imms
In q common county.
The ex -Confederates are to have an
organ. II Will be n monthly magazine called /
"Ihe Confederate Veteran" and Will be pub /
lished IN Atlanta by the Confederate Nete-
ran publishing Company. The price of The /
d .riodicai will be two dollars alyear. It's man
ayers propose to illustrate 1t and make II In
ALI respects an attractive publication. The
magazine will advocate The principles Of the
Lost Cause. and viii bs voted 10 sketches,
and bits Of Confederate his
tory. The INST number will appear IN NO.
yembor. such a monthly will doubtless be
very popular. and ITS subscription list will
probably swell IA pidly
The facinatipg game Of draw-poker.
writes O correspondent, viii De more pop"i''