The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-09
PERSONS AND THINGS.
News Notes Complied Frsts Tie Times
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't'NcLr BILLY HAWKINS. Of Fayett
county. Fla. has killed Ill bears durin
The hunting days there.
A MICHIGAN woman rode fourteen mile
TO dentist, had eighteen teeth pulled will
out groan, and then walked four miles {
her sisters.
ATTORNEY GENERAL MILIER's littl
daughter. Gertrude, dislikes Washington, i
is said, because ''pcople 20 out In the street.
with their babies"
Their. was completed last week tn
tallcst smoke shaft In America. II is il
Fall river, and measures $40 feet In he.h
above the granite base, and is 30 feet squar
AT the bottom.
AT Planet City, Fla, there has been founC
what seems to he half orange with O
smooth skin and half lemon with a rougi
sAin. the latter being a little larger, growing
together as one fruit.
A STRETCH Of sand ON the coast Of Aus
tralia, TO which the name Of Ninety-mil,
beach has been given, is said 10 be fully az
long as its name indicates. To the eve II
seems perfectly straight. the curve is =,
light.
SECRETARY BLAINE and his family have
taken possession Of their new home, No.
II Jefferson Place opposite Lafayette Park.
II is large, old-fashiOned. threo-story and
attic, red brick house. and was formerly Oc-
cupicd ~ Secretary Seward. II has been
remodelod inside and handsomely decora-
ted. and is rOOmy and comfortable resi-
dcncc.
TIE City Of Rome's call at Milford IIa-
ven on her last voyage out from New York
has excited great interest. 1t is said that
by discharging passengers mt Milford IIa-
ven instead Of al Liverpool. eighteen 10
twenty hours can be saved on the land
/ trips. The new port lies on the extreme
western point Of England, 235 miles from
London. Its advantages have been talked
about for more than generation.
MANY rcdingote skirts are seen anon.
the new gowns, but the bodices are very diff
fcrent from those Of the true Directore.
With skirt Of this description is worn
close bodice 20 the waist. with full vest
widening across the chest, and enclosed
vita Gothic gmpure or scalloped reyers.
The sleeves have Medici puns, tied with
ribbon bows. and a high collar. The bodice
does not meet at the waist, but is attached
by narrow ribbon bands.
THE falling Of the rusted telephone wire
IN New York, and the series Of accidents
which il caused, appears at least to have
stirred the public 10 action. Several prOmi-
ncnt journals suggest immediate shutting
oil Of the lights for good, and one cores
pOndont recommends that a reward of
5000 be offered for the fastening Of the
guilt as 10 too high tension upon the right
company.
REPORTS appear from time TO time in
various journals, cndeayorin. to prove that
SANKEY'S expedition is a failure, and that
he is now at the mercy Of the Arab slave
traders. who hold the key to the situation.
only day or two ago it was announced
that the expedition had been broken up,
and that the reports brought to the coast by
runners have been suppressed in the in
tcrest of further movements. 1t would be
interesting to know where these stories
come from.
JONI BUSH, Of st. Paul, Mimi, died
Thursday. lie was one Of the historical
characters Of the State because Of his
having been the Oldest living white settler,
not only in Minnesota. but OF the Northwest.
He went TO Minnesota in 1873, and served
as a soldier under Colonel Smelling, the
builder Of the fort bearing that name, and
he lived continuously in the state during
the sixty-six years succeeding. He was
born in 1874, and was by birth "A Canadian.
THE present visible stock Of China te9.
including that announced by telegraph TO
b. anoat, is about 100000 pounas short Of
the estimate. says the London Financial
Mrs. From India, 2,ONO,OOO pounds less !
than last year have been received instead !
Of 100000 pounds more, rs was estimated. !
The imports into England this yearwill be |
nearly 2j,0OO,OOO pounds short Of the guam
tity actually required for consumption.
Common China cOngou Is, however, almost |
a. low in price as it has ever been known
10 be.
IN an address to a w0rkingmen's organ
izaton MIR. Gladstone said recently: at
WAS not oxtrayagant to say that although
there were but two million people in the !
thirteen American colonies al the time OF
the American revolt. vet among those two
millions Of people there proceeded at that
epoch a group of statesmen that m ght defy
the whole history Of the world to beat them
ia any one state and M any one period OF
time. Such were the consequences Of n
and q masculine freedom
THERE will be thirteen hundred officers
and men in the leci Of war ships which, in
a few davs. will steam down New York bay
and nlt 70 sea. Admiral Walker will also
have "A large medical ram. II il probable
rhaf the fleet will sail 'som the Brooklyn
navy yard 20 Boston, a ] from thence SCI
ont ON the grand voyage. b. that we shall be
Tho last 10 hive Tie honor of bidding them
rod.uoel. From Boston 10 Gibraltar direct
/. the programme. thence 10 the winter
anaricrs i'm the Mediterranean. II Is now
said that the Dolphin may possibly be added
90 the fleet.
one Of the London brsades has been
making experiments in Judging distance by
sound. II was first explained 10 the men
that sound travels at the rate Of l.l0O yards
I'm three seconds. and on this data they were
Iold 10 estimate the distance of certain
scouts who were discharging their rifles IN
the darkness. At first the answers were
cratic. many Of the men beng nity ana
some of them one hundred and fifty yards
,ut Of the way Practice however, wrought
A great improvement, and at the last iTial
m liOrltN Ot the men were Only u .diu VI Two
out. while some guessed the exact distance.
THE urinocsso gowns now SO fashionable
are a special boon TO women with figures
that incline 20 sioutne-s. The long, straight {
back and side brcadths add nothing TO their
,ize. while the front Of the dress may DO
.cry effectively draped or otherwise ar
unged without taking away the desired
fleet Of -lendermcss. When bodices a,s
preferred, they should have no pleats at the 4,
,ack. but sharp point in the middle forms,
viii .de form extending below, or else OBJ
ong side pockets are across the end. The \
kirt i'm this case may be laid in straight \
lat plcats. with slight drapery or panel ,
fleets at the side. \
A DISPATCH frsm Washington says that \
robert Niche. Il well-known prestdigita- '
eur, once wealthy, died in that city, of con- ,
,imption, Monday night, lie was without
lonev. and his body will be taken 70 the
'otter's field unless money is sent 20 proy =,
ide burial. The dead magician had been y
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