The Washington critic., 1889-02-13
EARLY MORNING NEWS.

An Old Maids Money and Curios.
The inventory Of the estate OF Miss Cath
crime Pierson Of Richmond, Mass, lately
deceased at an advanced age, is surprise
to her relatives, Notwithstanding she was
known to possess considerable wealth. The
inventory Just filed shows personal estate
OF Sf50,OOO, nearly all In Government bonds,
bank aud flrst-class railroad stock. Miss
Pcirson was a noted character IN the coun-
try for years, always attended the annual
cattle show bedecked to the extreme with
diamonds sparkling in old-fashioned set
tipgs and created much curiosity.
The appraisers had a difficult task TO in
ventory her apparel and household goods
They found n collection OF fifty honnets of
all sorts and styles, dating back a half
century, and several shawls, including
many rare and valuable ones. Among
other curios discovered were 300 small
glass vials, which had some time or other
contained medicines, all carefully emptied,
washed, wrapped in white tissue paper and
packed away In drawers In dresses there
was q most surprising array Of old-fash-
ioned silks and satins, many being Just in
style, although over fifty years old. There
were gowns and parasols to match.
Chicago Highwaymen.
IIghwaymen have been exceedingly bold
In their operations of late. Their attention
has principally been devoted to ladies re-
turning home from work or shopping, sew
oral having been "hod up" on side streets
and robbed within few weeks. The bold
est case which has yet come to public no
tice occurred Monday evening ON public
street on the South Side. Mrs. Garrison,
residing on East Harrison street, near
Wabash avenue, when on her way home at
5'3O p. fn., was stopped by two men a few
1 fpnt From. ha Isar ~ hos r..
of the assalants caught her by the throat
and tried to wrench her nd-bag from her
! grasp.
She held on, and failing to break her hold
he threw her to the sidewalk and strug-
| gle ensued The lady screamed for aid,
hut while many people were in the neigh
borhood, none went to her assistance. The
thieves finally secured the satchcl and fled.
/ Mrs. Garrison was badly bruised and
greatly frightened. Her cloak and dress
{ were badly torn, but she was greatly
/ pleased when she found that her assailants
had failed to secure her pocket-book, con-
tanning large sum of money, which she
had transferred to her dress pocket before
starting home.
Didn't Know Her Name.
Among the applicants for marriage Ii
censes in Baltimore Monday was a man
who, when asked the name Of the lady he
intended to marry, said: "IIer first name Is
Mena, but don't know what her last name
is" He departed after being Informed that
II was necessary the lady's full name should
/ he given. In about an hour he returned and
stated that Miss Mena -, aged 30, was
( the name of the lady he had selected to
share his fortunes. On this information the
license was issued.
The Bullet Brought Blood.
A plucky serving girl at the house of A.
! NJ. Crittenden of Minneapolis, Mimi, pre-
vented the house FROM being robbed Mon
day night. The girl had been left alone Ia
the house to take care OF a child while the
family were out for the evening. At about
| 1890 she heard peculiar noise at the rear
door, and a moment later the glass In the
upper part of the door was broken In, and
she heard some one fumbling at the bolt.
She ran quickly upstairs, secured a re-
volver, and, rushing To the window directly
over the door, pointed the revolver do wn-
ward and fired. She heard two men shout,
one OF them evidently In pain. She waited
and saw two men, one supporting the other,
who was holding his right arm us II it were
hurt, hurrying away from the house. When
the family arrived home an investigation
showed that the bullet had done good work.
as there was large pool of blood on the
door step.
Louisiana Lottery Drawings.
The following are the largest winning
numbers: 25,215, capital prize, sold in Bos-
ton, San Francisco, Richmond, Va; Kansas
City, Mo-; Titusville, Pa, and Decatur,
Tex. "a, 100, second prize, sold In Wash
ington d. c.; Portland, Me-; San Fran
cisco, Chicago, jackson, Mich. Des Moines,
Ia; Quincy, H.; Glasgow, KY, and Hurdy,
Neb. 1T,10O, third prize, sold In Washing
ton, ID. c.; New Orleans, Boston, San
Francisco, Memphis, Jersey City, Duluth,
Mimi, and Nayasota, Tex. 9s,902, fourth
prize, sold in New York, New Orleans, San
Francisco, Chicago, Memphis and Calves
ton, Tex. 10, 1876, 20,G67, each $4,000. ~, :
$4,000
Providence Newspaper Changes.
The last issue of the Providence Morning
Dispatch appeared to-day. Hereafter the
morning and evening editions of the paper
will be consolidated into an eight-page
evening paper II Is reported that q syndi-
cate, headed by Senator Aldrich, will
shortly start morning paper, which they
intend to make Republican organ.
Another Tascott Found.
News reached st. Louis last night that
Tascott had been found dead in Texas,
where tree fell on him. OF course, this
particular Tascott had all the requisite
marks, the same as his predecessors.
Fight Between Needham and Gilmore
One of the gentlemen who went from st,
Paul to attend the Myer McAuliffe fight has
telegraphed back that while in Chicago he
completed arrangements for fight between
Harry Gilmore Of Chicago and Danny
I Needham OF st. Paul. The fight will be for
twenty-five rounds, Police Gazette Queens
berry rules, for purse of $500, the winner
to take all. Small gloves will be used.
Denver Dry Goods Failure.
j. II. Meinhardt IL Co., dry goods, of
Denver, assigned yesterday; assets estl-
mated at $4,000; liabilities at $4,000,
mostly in Colorado and New York.
Mr.. Estee and the Cabinet.
NJ. M. Estee saws that the printed state