The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-01
PERSONS AND THINGS.
News Notes Compiled From the "Tims'
Exchanges.


Exchanges.
TIE California papers report mat gre"
deal Of snow has fallen on the Coast Rang
and Sierra Mountains.
By a rcsuryey Of the boundary line nc
tween Nevada and California the latte
gains strip 300 miles IN length and three
Quarters OF "A mile wide.
The Southern Pacific Railroad compan.
has made preparations for fencing Do''
sides If its tracks in Oregon. II VIII re
auire 700 miles and will cost slJs,op.
JAMES surcLHFE hooked I6-ponn'
trout in Pyramid lake. Nevada last satur
dav. This beats the record, which stood a
"A pounds for many years.
The operator OF an electric ear at Pitts
burg. Pa, reversed the current Very SUD
denfy few days ago. ard The iron work be
came so heavily charged that two passen'
gers received shocks.
THE soil OF Bradford county, Florida, i
said to impart peculiar gloss TO sira"per
ries. making them look a. if vanished and
giving the berries beautiful appearance
| Ii is due 10 the silica I'm the soil.
AnEyou tired ofpayng 4 big rent for
few little boxes called in 'he city rooms
All right; go TO New IIampsliife and buy a
farm. You can get hundred acres viii
good house and barn for i've or six hundred
! dollars. maybe less. and YOU can PICK up
Old androns. candesticks. warming-pans
and clothes-presses for a song.
THE other day, at Jackson, Mich, dog
chased mouse. and the frightened little
animal ran up a telegraph pole and then
started out on wire for the next pole, l6l
feet distant. The wire swung gayly IN the
breeze. hut the trembling traveller hung on
and reached the next station in about an
hour. lie descended the pole, and when he
reached the base he was 20 tired that he al
lowed himself 10 10 picked mp by specta-
tor.
FREDERICK II. CfiAPIN and Charles T.
Howard. at Hartford. Conn. have discoy-
cred and explored an almost inaccessible
palace or fortress Of the cliff dwellers i'm
southern Colorado. II j. 20 feet long and
~ feet high with ~ rooms triceable on the
ground floor The structure il NJ masonry.
with moitar, and would hold over Il thou
sand people. No metal was found about
the building and no trace Of the people who
lived there. The explorers estimate the age
of the ruins at SIX hundred years or more.
Other ruins were also found.
An elderly couple Of Homer. Ca. quar-
relied twelve tears ago ofera remark made
BY a nei.hbor. Argument only uidened
the breach. and the couple ri last agreed 10
live under the same roof. but not to spcah TO
each other. During all the time they sat at
the same table and entertained their friends.
and no one ever detected the breach. Re-
Gently the husband brought The matter be-
fore his church brethren. WHO advised a
reconciliation and remlrriage. Both have
consented to accept this advice, and will
Immediately remarry.
DE-. CALVIN CASE, Of Il. Louis, an inieli-
gent colored physician. i at the Mary land
University Hospital, IN Baltimore, an in
durable victim Of the morphine habit. lie
was found on tn street Tuesday by police
man bleeding prOfusely from wound in the
thigh. He had partly broken himself Of the
mOrphine habit. but the struggle Tuesday
was too much for him. and he swallowed
seven grains Of c0cuaine aud then cut HIM
self with pen-knfc. He was at one time
a surgeon in the United states Army.
ALTHOUGH there are only TWO ex-Presi-
dents living Hayes and Cleteland-and
but one Vice President -lIamlin-ihere are
seven ex-Speakcrs. These are Robert C..
Winthrop. y. L. Banks, Gllu-ba \. Grow,
James G.. Blaine. samuel j. Randall. i.
Warren keifcr and John G.. Carlisle. VIM
throp reached the Spcakershlp ioriy-two
wears ago. duling The Presidency 81 JAMES
X. Polk. and Banks. who stands neXton the
list i'm remOteness Of date Of choice. attained
the post when Pierce was in the White
House. While fate has PLAYED cruel pranks
with the Presidential aspirations OF ex-
Speakers. the old scythe-bcarcr certainly
islands in With them.
ONE Of the most striking new features In
both houses Of Congress this winter will be
the appearance Of members from the new
States. Democrats have not been very sue
cessful in State making. for IL will be- found
that all OF the five Congressman Will take
their seats in the House upon the Republi-
can side Of the chamber, while the new
Senators will for the most part also place
themselves on the Republican side. A. for
Montana. the prospects are good for dual
sets Of certificates, and q long and ugly
controversy over them.
A YOUNG ladf near Clayton, Ca, a few
DAYS since prepared wedding supper and
invited relatives and friends to be pres nj
and witness her marriage to a young man a
the ncighbOrhOOd. The company a.-cfn-
BLEED. the bride was attired in her wedding
costume, and the supper was IN waiting
but the bridegroom did not appear. At .
late hour. however. be accidentally hap
pened along dressed in his everyday
clothes. and being made acquainted viii
the object Of the asscmblage expires 'eo
great surprise. stating that to had no note
whatever Of the Intending wedding. Ia
wedding was postponed, but the supper was
highly enjoyed all the same.
THE Surgeon-G enerll Of the \ rmy has is
sued circular concerning the commute
ton for the loss Of tn use ef limb, which
will mean a saving Of $1,000 this year to
the pensioners and deprive the attorneys 0l
that amount of fees. 10 has been the Gus.
tom Of the pension agents 10 appropriate the
blank form Of claim issued by the Surgeon
General. and to represent that If the appll-
cation II successful il will be through tn
efforts Of the attorney 10 whom 10 per cent
OF the money received ,hlull hs paid. Tn
present circular embodies all Information
needed in filing the claim, together with III.
announcement Of the u~elessness of attor
news. The circular will be very widely dis
tributed among veteran solder orsanizd
tons.
A FARM Of 100 acres Of good land in Z
high state Of cultivation mile distant from
williamstown, Mass. can be had. says {
correspondent Of the New York Erenins
| Post, for nothing. That is TO say the Ian,
will cost nothing. if one VII pay 5000 fO
the farm house, ten farm buildings and the
| fences on ii that cost over $1,000. Til,
region in which ii is situated is described a.
most beautiful. and the protective tariff ha'
been making home market for its pro
ducts for twenty-five years. Yet with al
these advantages the owner wishes 10 sci
and can't sell for the cost Of his buildings
Farming can't be made 10 pay. and the Ian,
is therefore yaluele-s. The blame fer Thu
state Of things the post correspondent lind
in the Federal governments inviting immi
grafton by its land policy since the war. IL
land-grant policy and it, bountics 10 th
farmers competitors in the labor markc
(pr0tectiOn to manuiaciurer.) The cOnclu
on is that the decay OF New England farm
ING industry cannot be arrested.