The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-17
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R.yopd the sea.
1T Is propo O. 10 bring in q bill at 10
next session Of the British Parliament ~
put u restraint on improvident marriages..
the great proportions of such marriages De-
ing made 10y those under twenty-five years
Of aga.
RECENT widespread failures in the tea
trade in China have had curious effect on
ruined merchants. Five OF them have taken
refuge in monastery In preference to meet
Ing their creditors. One committed suicide,
and many have disappeared.
NINE. PoMMERY. owner Of the Pommery-
Greno champagne. il now about seventy
wears old. and she still watches over her
wine interests with the greatest care. Her
delight il % spend her money IN good
works. II {. worth a visit to Rheims 10 see
the Pommtrs cellars; they are hewn out ~
chalk. and arg made Ike a subterranean
city. with streets and squares. and contain
ueoplr and animals. over these cellars
Mime. Pommer, has built palace. In the
summer she gOcs Ia her castle OF tblgnF. a
magnificent place, designed by herself.
This confirms superb works 81 arr. ana all
French painters and scull tors have in Nine.
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ter il the Duchess de Polgnac.
ONE N The editors Of the Gdulo,' lately
interviewed Emile Zola on the political Sit
uation in France. The celebrated roman
Ger thinks that the results Of the last cleo
ton have secured sufficient time Of peace
for the scientist. author and artist 20 devote
themselves wholly 10 their respective tasks.
He accounts for the victory Of the Republic
can party by the astounding success 81 The
great exhibition. and the diplomatic tact
and crafty cunning of President Carnot.
who knows how % win the masses. aud 10y
punctuilty and pol.tenes-. has proved "a
pearl Of an officer man "sdhs pcur II
SIMS repi0ch D" Zola's new romance La
Bette IIumaine' will appear in a few weeks.
bv the human beast he denotes the locomo-
tive. He expects 10 finish his nOyel.sercs
LES ROngOn Macduart' within the next
two wears. After that he hopes 10 find al
last a well-earned rest. for he SAYS: Il have
worked much, fought much aud suffered
much'
A LoNDoN special to the New York sun
saws: New. received from the African great
lakes shows that the missionaries are now
members OF the church militant. and are in
a II ite Of open war with the Arab slave
cltchers. A Letter from the Rev. Mr..
Wright. who il nc Fwdmh0. on Lake Tan
gtnylka. SAYS the missionaries there were
Il ,ily expecting an attack from the Arabs.
The Iangiuy ka missionaries have en-
deiNOrcd 90 avoid any quarrel with the
Arabs. who, however, seem determined
to aNenge themselves upon the white
men there. because the missionaries
at Like lyassa are. trying 20
put a stop 20 slave raids. 30 the whites M
NV lmbO have been compelled 10 build A
fort. d ave surrounded IL with = strong abat- I
tis of thlrny trees. and wire cntingle- /
mrnt. and scattered broken bottles over the
ground. o. interfere with any attempt by
thes. barcfloied enemies % take the place
by storm. This is hardly what the mis-
sionarics were sent % Africa Ia do, hut
they are compelled in selfdefense IN pre-
pare themselves tur the worst. Meanwhile,
the mission trie. at the north end Of Lake
Nyassa are kept pretty busy lighting slave
rdiding partics.-
A DISPATCH from Quebec reporting will
contest urfolds romance in real lie which
would serve equally well fOr the plot Of a
novel. The property at stike is valued Mt
more ih 40 81 .tNu.Ouu and includes the Seig-
niOries OF icmi-cOuatt and Madawaska. A /
man named Btaulieu, of River du Loup, /
claiming % be- the grcat-grtndsOn Of Colo I
mel Alexander Fraser, who settled IN the /
Northwest in ll>s. claims possession Of
III az. Of the enormous est re LEFT bl th Il gen
tleman and now enjoyed hy the defendant,
Alexander Frlser. Bsaulieu'- claims were
rested upon the legitimacy Of the marriage
Of ihe late Colonel Alexander Fraser with
an Indian girl named Angeliqu' Meadows.
through one Of whose children the
contendcd that he was
heir 10 the disputed estates. After living
with Angcliquc Meadows for several years
10 the Northwest Colonel Fraser. IN 1901. re-
turned % Canada and acquired the ~eigniOr-
les OF iemiscoulta and Mldswaska. An
srliQue followed him 10 Quebec in 1873, and
with her children lived with him for some
time at River du Loup. first in the manor
house. which he himself occupied. and
Later in a small l0d.e ~ some distance there
from. built specially for her accommodation.
\ ged men u no have testified for the claim
...... i..---... A. -. coionni Fr,.er describe
The ceremonial which attended hi. marriage
ln the Northwest with his Indian wife, the
first Protestant missionaries 10 the North
west having only reached these Indians IN
1878. Fraser told how be- saved his life by /
bis marriage with Angeliqur. which h.
claimed was celebrated in accord ince with
me formal ties prlrtccd by tn Northwest ,
Indians. The defendants contest the legal
rs ~ this marriage. urging thIt even n u !
lad been celebrated in the then customary
manner it WAS only a forced alliance The,
reduce petition Presented % the Cana
liam Parliament in 1862 by the present
Lain mt in which il was alleged IA Il Col
mel FIR ser WIS forced 10 contract an ALI Il
nee in the Northwest with Angelque, who I
ld siycd his life in a circumstance IN D.
which be most cert llnly would have perish
Il without her rejection. Two Of the three
ldscs composing the court gave judgment
Dr. the d'irni mt. and nm appeal has been
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