The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-31
PERSONS AND THINGS.
News Notes Compiled From tho ''Timss''
Exchanges.

WuOW VI atincinnau T"i'V~" man. III
TO I've hoped that she has some money, q
} otherwise the young couple might lind 1t n
ficult to keep the pot boiling.
A SOUTH AMERICAN ship which reache
New York sunday reports that II struck a
so-foot whale on the voyage, run directl
over the marine monster. in fact, as wa
shown By the blood. He came to the s,ll
face to blow and got blowers reward.
SENATOR STANFORD. Of California. ha
finished with Cinnamon in his VIVA vine
yard. The superintendent says that whit
labor is much more profitable than Chinese
even at far higher wages. He declines {
pay low wages. as. he SAYS. the other sys
TEN Is much the most productive.
AT Newton, Pa. Giles Clifford. after
sharp race. headed of woodchuck an,
reached its hole first. and stuck his heel il
the hole TO block The rodent. There,ipoI
The woodchuck stuck his teeth through Gil
f0rd's boot and into his big toe. The Zoo
was removed from the hole instanter. an,
the w0odcluck slipped out Of sight i'm :
twinkling. Clifford limped of. crestfalleI
nj being outgencraled by woodchuck.
LAST week the ground over the South Buf
falo Mine, near Neganee. Mich. began sink
ing. The movement extended TO the Queer
Mine. and several acres Of ground hay,
sunk ten feet or more. Nine buildings ant
the railroad side tracks have been engulfet
and the subsistence continues. All miner.
have quit work and are employed on the sur
face removing material from the endangere,
section. The loss will be very heavy.
THERE is considerable excitement among
the residents in the neighborhood Of Union
Ridge, Cabcll county, W. Va. over the en-
isience Of wild animal in that region
People are afraid 10 leave their homes Of a
night. and Young men visiting their girls
remain all night at their girls home. or do
not 90 at all. Counting at night is really
PLAYED out up there. \ crowd of men or
ganized themselves into hunting party q
few days ago 10 hunt the animal. They got
near its rendezvous. when the rOars Of the
animal frightened them of. Those who
have seen the beast, and have not died OF
fright. say ii is ten feet long. five feet tall
Of a dark-brOvn color, and rOar- like lion
NEAR the town Of Hot Springs. in West
crn North Carolina, lives family by the
name of Brooks, which is 50 interesting that
strangers often take much pains TO visit il.
The residence is little, low log cabin in an
unsettled district. and is occupied BY father.
mother and twenty exceptionally handsome
children. Every one il blonde. with yell
low-golden hair and peachv complexion.
and all a. ignorant. wild and untutOred as
they are beautiful. In addition to the above
family proper the two oldest girls are mar
ried: one il widow with two children and
the other has three children and a husband
Both little families are living with the old
folks at home. making in all a family Of
twonty-eight. The cabin consists of but one
room, and that very small one. The family
sleep in berths, like those on a ship.
\ BAILEY Hollow, PA. hunter recently
saw a weasel hopping over the dead leaves
in a piece Of woods near Dalton. lodging
and shifting AT the ground as il ran. soon
the hunter saw that the weasel was i'm pur-
suit of a rabbit. and presently he got sight
Of the latter. When the rabbit discovered
that il was being chased by its deadly foe it
darted into a hole The weasel followed il.
and stayed i'm the hole for several minutes.
Then il skipped into the hole of another
rabbit. where il remained about the same
length Of time. When it reappeared the
hunter shot II a. il was making for the bur-
row Of another rabbit. On cutting the
weasel open he found that lis stomach was
rhOck full of blood. and the hunter made up
his mind that the active little creature had
sOrged itself on the blood of two rabbits
since he first caught sight of il.
\ remarkable and desperate duel between
m OK and a mare occurred near Louisville
IN Monday last. \ special from Louisville
states that on that day Mr.. {. ". liam
nOnd. of tOwan station. turned fine
flooded mare, valued AT 500. and "A large
~ into the same inclOsurc. As soon a. they
inferred the LOT they rushed ut each other.
Two or three farm hands were present and
attempted TO separate them. but narrowly
escaped serious injuries and failed in the |
ndcaNOr. The mare kicked the OK. At
asst the on plunged his horn almost entirely |
through the thick part of the mares neck. |
The blow was fatal. but as the mare stag |
cred, her weight broke the OX's horn short |
#. and she fell and died with il in her body. |
he OK was 50 badly kicked and bitten that |
e died in the afternoon.
SPECIALIZING on the market value of i'm
ccunlOus foreign princes, rs shown by the
he recent Iatzfcldt-IIuntington marriage.
he Pittsburg Dispatch SAYS: From these
We can estimate with tOlera-
IL accuracy the present market value of
european princes. Prince lIatzfeldt. son Of
secOnd-rate German Prince gambler.
,ue. and dead-bcat of great nOtOriety. a
lrlah as far as decent society is concern
|. gets in return for his hand in marriage
learts are never referred to in the high
orld) pretty American girl. "A million
pillars, and father-in-laW worth many
Iillons more 10 fall back upon. Mr.. Coils
Huntington has always been regarded
IRE as "A sharp bargain-driver, and we pre-
me he got this pretty prince "A little below
ther than above the market price. Still
rince IIatzfeldt looks very dear to us at
ny price" I
The Quinnipiac club, that ancient New
ayen organization of which Ex-Governor
INES T.. English is "A prominent member.
accordance with its tradition Of the past
injury. visited the monster oak at Wood
idge, Conn. Friday. For years the club ,
Id annual October meetings under the }
nous OAK. the rings of which showed il l
be 1000 years old. This year the rayages ;
decay necessitated the cutting down Of I
e tree. and ii has disappeared from the Q
cry farm. where il stood. The stump j, :
IRE. however. II has "A circumference Of /,
eniy-tye feet. and the members Of the
lb do not intend 10 let the memories of it
IT, from their recollection. The club men d
lcd of the great stump. After spending .
pleasant afternoon, the gentlemen re- q
ned To the city. where. at the club rooms. q
vernon English presented 10 the club a .
,erb and massive throne-like chair, cle- :,
ltly carved. and made wholly from the :
cd Of the old OAK. In the club room j. a =
ture of the old OAK. IL was taken two a
rs ago.
TRUSTWORTHY citizen of Clinch county "
=. which is noted for it, rattlesnakes, tells u
range story. One afternoon recently hi. -
e boy went out To hunt the calves. not n.
from the house, and the dog followed ~
!. About half mile from the house the VI
began baying fiirOusly at something in 90
lllberry ihicket. and the lad, like all E.
: Will do, went to see what had been II
d. He soon found himself close upon a VI
! large rattlesnake. He fled to the house n
informed hi, father. The old man got ;,
N his gun and went with the boy. lie -
reached carefully. and discovered pile :"
Dung snakes before he saw the old one. pi
} this heap he fired, killing IL. At the "a
'rt of the gun the old snake. as large rs TO
ans thigh, ran into "A hole. followed by | pr
NJ ones not injured. The young snakes W
II. IL. N