The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-14
PERSONS AND THINGS.
News Notes Compiled From the "TIs,cs'
Exchanges.

FRANK IIosMER is a name which will 20
laundering down the ages. II belongs to the
man who rid the White House Of rats. Mr..
IIosmer Is anexpert in this line. an English
man BY birth. and his ferrcts are well
trained. He saws the White House was
not as thoroughly rat-ridden as he thought.
JANG LAND-fNG. native Of China and n
pupil at the Chinese Government school in
| New Haven in 1874. was married yesterday
afternoon AT the residence Of the BRIDE.
| mother in Vernon. Conn. 10 Miss Nellie III.
| sparks. The Hon. lung Wing was among
the guests. The happy couple will reside
in Cleveland. Ohio.
4 cRAwLTNG-RtG should be- from one and
ono-haf 10 two and one-iourth Yards square,
made Of sofi white. red. or brown blankets.
some are made Of red twill. lined with
| -tiflcning. with the word "I,aby" in the
center IN large letters. surrounded by ami
mails of various kinds and sizes. which ear
| Doe bought ready cut out. i'm Kid. astTakan
or ANYTHING lil.e the texture Of their skin.
Robert BONNER has purchased the great
! thrco-year-Old >uuol from Governor stan
ford. Of California. Sunol. on saturday last
froffcl mile in the unparalleled time for a
| ihroe-ycar-old Of 2:l0is. Mr.. Bonncr's otter
| for -unol WAS made and was accepted by
Governor Stanford before she made this
| great performance. Sun0l has also the fast
est record ever made by a two-year-old; She
irotted il last year in 2;ls.
THE Baltimore Hcrald commenting on
the recent election in Virginia says. "ihai
the result in Virginia was. politically
speaking. a more terrific storm than the
| hurricane which swept the Samoan Islands
| last March. General Malone was not only
defeated but ont Of total membership Of
| l42 State Legislators the Republicans Will
probably have not more than thirty mem
hers. There was not 80 much a. a CalliOpe
TO stem the tide Of the Virginia disaster"
THE "masher" has once more received
his just and mcrited deserts. II was in
New York at one Of the stations Of the ele-
waited railway He was six in numncr and.
therefore. all the more bold and careless Of
consequences. But he insulted the wrong
lady. and her escort whipped the whole SIX.
boarded the train and was gone before the
hlpless dudes could get their blOOd-stainfd
and battered heads together tO find ont who
their assailant WAS. II was a righteous
punishment vigorously and appropriately
administered
san DIEGO. CAL. must have a precious
lot Of officials, if The grand jury know what
they are talking about. The sheriff is
charged with theft. the supervisors with
squandoring over Sl0o.oco. and measures fur
their summary removal are ordered; tie
coroner has been apprOpriatlng illegally c'r-
tain fees: the chief Of police has been black
mailing Chinese gamblers; the mayor hl-
been intoxicated for several weeks and nGg-
lectful of his work; the superintendent Ofthc
county hospital and his assistant are al $50
charged with drunkenness. ana the tax col |
lrctor il behind 5000 in his settlement with |
the county.
GEORGE PIANO died at Highland FALL. !
y. y. Yesterday. lie was probably the
best-known musician on the Hudson River |
having been connected with the West Point /
Band forever thirty years. lie was sle-
cial fay0rite ai the post with al his old
timers. and numbered among his friends ail |
tine officers of any prominence. About ten |
years ago Dee WAS detailed as "a buglcr 10 the
corps Of cadets. lie was retired from active
duty a few years ago on a pension. Nr
Piano WAS great hunter and fisherman.
and acted as guide on many campaign cN-
petition, in Orange county with army
officers.
Isaac IICHrrNBrRG. who has Just died
in New York. was well known in busino-;
and German literary circles. lie was born
i'm Germany. and emigrated 90 this country
tiiry-cight years ago. Although actively
engaged in business. bee was for many years
correspondent and contributor 10 different
papers and publications in Berlin ami
y Jenna. lie was the author Of number of
novels in the German language. which met
with success. lie was a thorough master
Of the English language. and few years
ago published novel in English entitled
'' The Widows SON"
THE President has performed the last ofi-
rial met which completes the admission I'll
The four new STATES. and the foriy-two stars
viii now take their places on the national
'ay. The coming IN Of these new Common
wealth, j. attended with events that pa
ri0fv citizens cannot contemplate without |
anxiety: hut il is 10 hc hoped that the two
Dikoiahs. Montana aud Washington will ,
low move forward on the line OF statehood {
in m elevated plane. and will not permit
he political arena 10 become ~ degraded
D, 10 has in many other part, of our conn
ny. Doubtless before the century closes 40
east four more states will be- knocking at
hc doors Of the Union for admission. aud
hus we may begin the year 1900 with forty s
is commonwealth and eighty million !
,eople. +
Miss THO ALICE RrGGLEs. the scull- :
or. is a Boston girl, and her early educa- .
ion was derived az the Hub. Though only {
rhieen years Of age, she has become /
lmous in Europe. Her first study from t
ie received medal al the Paris salon. Q
Gee recently received honorable mention ~ h
Doe judge, of the Paris Exposition. Miss 4
sugglcs is an present in Milan. In company i
'.th her mother and sister. She will spend q
le coming winter ia travelling through the !,
Italian cities and making "a study If the :,
forks of the old masters. htcr that she II
-il continue her studies ia Paris Miss II
'uggics is fond of outdoor exercise. and N
er artistic achievements have not vet made h
ny lnroad- on her robust health. |,
The Lewiston (Me.) JOuIWui tells story
bout West Mnot farmer who. To save h
noice barrel Of apples in his cellar from f
be- depreciation of rats, rs he supposed. set y
SO traps in the barrel. II appears. how a
yer. that 10 WAS "a female member OF his II
m,ly who had fondness for the fruit. u
appening in the cellar the morning after "
b. farmer had sci the traps. she started 10 Il
ZIP herself asu>ual. Imagine her surprise. nj
% putting her hand in the barrel she found "
'r>et caught in a steel trap. I'm her at :,
mpt, o. free her hand she Put the other -,
ie lnlhc barrel, and as luck would nave II. -,
10 it directly into the jaws of the other III
zap. thus getting both hands caught. A. AZ
ere was no one in the house M the time d;
~ cries for help were not heard for some pl
me-. When aid at last arrived the lady 81
III nearly tainted with pain. n,
~ officer Of The American steamship
.niiago sends 10 the photographic Bureau so
account Of a waierspout which thai yc.,- da
passed through near one Of the Bahama tn
lands last spring. lie SAYS 1.-THE steamer vi
,sed through the outer edge Of the whirl- Sn
ol. the diameter Of which | should Judge an
nave been nifty 10 seventy wards. ON ma
ssiug through the outer edge observed -.
40 the centre was hollow. the water cir r.
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