The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-18
PERSONS AND THINGS.
News Notes Compiled from the "rimes'
ExchanRes


TWELVE hundred boomers have de-
scended on Pierre. :. d.. bv special train.
ana not room enough is left in the town TO
'nrn real estate bargain over in before
closing if.
ALL the imported umbrellas have re-
ccptacle handles i'm which q lady can carry
STOCK OF charity coins. car tickets, per-
inined candies or powder. Others have
secret mirrors. and one oblong handle is in
Tended 70 hold Turkish cigarettes.
LOUIS LINN, having spent sixteen years
IN the Indiana prison for killing his wifc's
paramount comes ont. aged seventy. 10 find
his wife dead her property divided among
her children. and "A divorce on file which she
procured without his knowledge two years
before he Killed his man.
IA ToscA canes of ivory wood, with
trimmings of carved gold and silver. are
used by fashionable ladies in stepping from
the carriage, especially when the pavement
Is wet and slippery on the night dark. Mar
gact Mather. Mrs. James Brown Potter.
Mr-. lhck>-Lord. Mrs. Langiry, Estelle
clayton. and Ada Rehan, have the long,
slender rods
Miss HELEN GOULD, daughter of Jay
Gould was fitting herself for teacher
when her mothers illness led her TO take
charge OF The household. She il not a house.
Keeper merely i'm name, but oversees every
detail and Keeps an accurate account Of
every penny Of expense. She has four
music pupils when at home four girls he
longing to her church. who. though longing
for "a musical education. were unable 10 Sc
cure one I'm the usual way.
ALtKGE assortment of rare and valu-
able Indian relics was unoarthcd on the
bank Of MON river. near Ellsworth, Me-, a
few DAYS ago by two Belfast antiquarians.
After digging in various places the relic
hunters turned ont from mass of reddish
earth tWcutN-~iN specimens of Indian handi-
work. comprising spear-head@. arrow
heads cOuccs. chiscls. icwclry. &c. and
two Stone files with twenty-iour teeth on
each side something not possessed 10y any
collection i'm the state.
NEW NORkEEs are SO honest that the free
carius Of gold End silver bullion about the
street. has ceased 10 Doe novelty. Tuesday
afternoon an ordinary truck loaded with
more than half a ton Of uncovered gold and
silver bricks drove through Wall street 10
the.l nited STATES Assay Office without at
tractine particular attention. The bullion
came from a smelling company. There
were eighteen bricks ian the load. each
weighing between sixty and seventy pounds
and containing about 500 worth Of silver
and $500 worth Of gold.
THE Kingston Freeman does not take
the gloomy view regarding the royersion TO
q, q
SAYS: THE deseuion of Vermont farms 10y
their owners Is not "A sign Of decay, but Of
regeneration. The restless Yankee spirit
that IL. satisfied with only the best is fol-
lowing tine ~farof Empire that j. all. The
farm that is left behind Is getting the period
0f rest that 10 needs after a steady tax upon.
lbs fertility for two hundred years If this
cheerful opinion can Dee made % prevail in
Vermont. where there - much mental dis
rurhaurp Of this "dc-crti0n." the agitation
in belalf Of foreign immigration 20 take the
place Of 1.-THE restless Yankee" will cease.
Two cedar doors. over l~o years old, have
been received by Mead Il TAN at Cornwall,
NY. from Mexico. 10 be placed in the resi-
d.ncc Of Mrs. Il. - Hays. at Millbrook.
Dutchc-S county. These doors were taken
from am old Catholic monastery. and each
door is four feet boy eight feet IN size. and
four inches thick. and their weight i siN
hundred pounds each. The stiles and rails
are worked from solid wood. and are iasten-
Di with wooden nails There were probably
uO HINGES when these doors were made. and
they appear % have been hung on pivot.
The wood carving is plain and deep, and
ONE door bears a fine specimen oi the art IN
tine form Of "a cross Of leaves. These relics
were purchased hy Nr, Hays during re-
cent tour through Mexico.
ELIZA JAMESON STANTON, a colored wo-
man. who live, at Buffalo Run. near Belle
nonte. Pa. is. il is believed, the oldest per-
,on I'm the state. She SAYS that she has In
dian blood in her veins. Her exact age has
been obtained. 81 that it is NOW certainty
10 WAS gotten from record, in Bible now
I'm possession Of a party IN Carlisle. Pa.
nD1r which place She was born. the Bible
record reading. Eliza Jamson stanton was
born on the 18th day Of December. lli4. She
is. therefore, nearly llj years OF age. She ~
still lively and vigorous. going out 90 pick
berries and carving them long distance. ia
baskets. Her uei-hh0r~ who are we'll ac-
,uainted with her. and have known her for
wears. say she will live ten years yet if no
SERIOUS accidents happen 10 her.
Tr greatest wheel of MS Kind in the
world very wonder in mechanism. stands
in the main shop OF the Dickson Manuiac-
nirine Company. in scranton. II was built
for tine Calumet and llecla Mining Conn
ranv. of Lake superior Mich. for the pur-
Dos. of lifting and di-charging the tall
iu.-." "A waste from the copper mines. INTO
tine lake. and it, diameter is iiity-iour feet.
while its weight iu active operation VIII De
Two hundred tons. 10 is called a iiiiy-fooi
.and-whcel. but it- extreme dimensions are
hfy-iour feet in diameter. some idea Of us
enormous capacity can Dee formed from the
fact that DO Will receive and elevate sufficient
sand every fwonty-fOuf hours 10 cover an
acre of ground foot deep.
AiGr~IE AKCHANBAJIr, "a farmer u
Coaiicoke. "a town near Montreal, narrowly
escaped being buried alive Tuesday. Ar.
rhambauit. who is well Oh. bad been seri-
of,.,y in for some weeks with supposed ~
rLnid fever. FRIDAY night he began 10 sink
ranidiv. and early saturday all signs Of life
r.a-ed. and the doctor pronounced him
dead rhe usual wake was held. and Tues
day being fixed upon for huryins the sup
posed deceased. ihe remains were taken l"
fha village church and Afterwards 10 the
graveyard 'lhc friends 81 the fafncG'efe
gathered around the grave. into when IT."
coffin was being lowered when All were
startled hs hearing groan from IL. Inc
coffin wa. al Onap burst open. when 1t was
found that Archambanli was alive. Iie
MA. hurriedly carried 10 his home, and
though very weak. ihe two physicians Nho
were called have hopes % completely restHf-
ing him 10 health.
ONFof the most unique cemeteries In The
United states Is that at sheepshead bay.
Long Island. the burial place for noted
HORSES. II was established two years ago,
and h, the end OF the first year three noted
racers had found resting place WITHIN iir
quiet precincts. The three M question were
Lucy g.. Dow Drop. and Porter Ashes ' ca.
4. heretofore. the COMMON brutes, Which
live ONT their allotted days and die without
making better record than 2..e, y ~ De
given over % The tender mercies OF the
couine rntter,'-hcld boss. Oh barren island,
which is i'm the immediate vicinity, me
racer playground - beautifully decorated
with flowers and shrubbers, aud suitable
hrad.fOncs mark the last resting places OF
tho kinga and queens of the turf.