The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-02
PERSONS AND THINGS.
News Notes Compiled from the "Times"


Two New Workers who rode across the
continent TO san Francisco on horseback are
reported 10 have said that stack Of gold
bars rs high ~ the Sierras would not in
duce them 10 make the return trip in the
same manner.
TINS is new form Of fish story taken
from a Northern exchange \ fisherman AT
Doylcst0wn. Pa. saw suu-iish swallow a
bee. and few minutes LATER saw the fish on
the water dead. He cut IL open and the
bee flew of.
Mr.. IIFNNEs>Y. Of Lexington. Ky. form
crly devoted Catholic, created a sensation
al Rowan, sunday. by rushing into ~.
Pauls Church during high mass service
and dragging his two daughters unccremo-
niously Out Of the church.
Mr.. AND MRS. Vanderbilt. il is said,
are contemplating four-in-hand trip from
Oakdale. their summer place at Long Is
land, to Or. seward Nebb's. in Burlington.
/ VI. There are TWO coaches. which will Dee
filled with friends who are 10 participate in
the "trip.
\ CmLDLEss old lady Of >toddards,ille,
Pa, years ago set apart a small room fer
spiders 10 make their web in. and no broom
has ever disturbed il. The spiders dwell
/ together in harmony rs a rule. although the
lady says they sometimes have regular cal
and-dog fights.
The great mining enterprise Of uncover
ing The bed Of Feather river. in California.
al Big Bend. has proved q failure. The
stream was successfully diverted. but the
gold expected 10 bc found AT the bottom was
not there. II is said that $1,000. 900 was en-
pended on The project.
JIM WHITE. Of Memphis. recently
thought il would be very funny 10 write hi,
name and address ON the back Of a dollar
bill. But one of Pinkcrton's men saw IL
and remembered that Jim was wanted
Jim is therefore i'm jail with plenty Of leis-
urc to Kick himself for being 80 funny.
rror. 4. \. STARR. Of Wes,fcld, y. j..
widely known for many years as an inycsti-
gator Of and lecturer on microscopic forms
Of animal life. Is now. at the age of seventy.
unable 10 work and without means. Anat-
tempt j. being made among his friends in
New York io raise a fund of 5000. the i'm
tcrc~t on which will Doe sufficient for the sup
port of himself and wife.
THE increase of value i'm real estate and
personal properties in Tennessee during the
past three years j. figured at one hundred
million dollars. Unprecedented in the his
tory Of ANY State in the Union. Her rcNc-
nues will bee 80 much larger for the coming
year that the controller thinks the state can
pay her entire floating debt i'm fifteen
months.
The scott Exclusion Act doe, not seem
to keep the Chinese out of the country. |
After am intcrmission of a few months Chi |
nc~c immigration is assuming IFS old pro- /
portions at san Francisco. \ steamer /
which arrived a few days ago brought lG~ !
Chinese. the men cla-scd as ''merchanis"
and the women as "wiNc-." The local pa /
per, say that they evidently belong 10 the
l1horng class.
InE loss of coupling pins. says the Al
hany JouIu0i. is a mystery 10 railroad men
Whore they all 20 TO mo- one appears to De-
able 10 conjecture. Even in yards where the
same ears that come i'm gO ont again addi-
fional coupling pins are called for c0n-
,tantlv. AZ the West Albany Railroad yard
ihe 'cntral-lludson Railroad uses car load
lf new coupling pins month. II Is safe tO
say that l.W0.onO pins are supplied the West
Albany yards i'm year.
II is always more or less a matter of cu-
rio~ity how the favored wealthy fare in life.
and therefore il will bc interesting to know
that AN of Mrs. Cornelius Nandcrbilt'S bed
linen is made i'm France. The hens are
finished I'm drawn work. and the great mono
grams of applique and bati-te that cnl-
bcllish pillow slips and top sheets are in-
serted i'm the fine linen with delicate stitches
lf necdlc-WOrh that am expert could not ac-
'Omuli-h IN less than "a weeks time. When
hc-c beautiful white clothes come up from
he laundry they are folded i'm squares and
led with diag0nal~ or narrow ribbons just
rs they were when they came from the
Partisan shop.
THE >alamonic telephone eane at work
IN Bullskin prairie, were witnesses of a
gang called his fellows attention 10 the an
les Of dozen of halferOwn geese that were
,quawking. lodging and running about in
.ircle. II WAS discerncd that the geese
we're surrounded 10y raitlesnakes. None of
ho gang cared 10 attack the snakes. and
he novel entertainment continued until
Ncning. when the farmer who owned the
reese learned of the situation. and. with two
IONS. armed with clubs. went 10 the rescue
# the one goose that was left alive. The
makes had killed all the rest. several of
lf Nl0kf~ WIZ hllffls RiiN NNNWl iff lff't III f,
ength. There are more rattle-nakes ON tn
prairie than was ever before known.
Mrs. MARY HUTCHINSON. wife of the
skipper Of the schooner Jennie Howard ,
proved herself Il Neritable help
nate ON the trip from Bangor which was ,
nded az Pro,inccton ON saturday. She \
aNcd the vessel from sinking by working ,
It the pumps when the crew was exhausted.
But for her efforts the schooner would have
zone 90 the bottom. She also took her turn y
It the wheel. and did all the cooking as
we'll. She accepted the situation very phil
ls0phically. The vessel was all We had"
he said, land If could help in any way 10 /
ave il. II was my duty tO do so. II was a |
little rough when the seas dashed over the !
esscl and into the cabin. but it was no use /
% sit down and cry about il and become "A
indrance 10 my husband and his crew. who
we're 80 nearly exhausted. Now we are
ere safe. and am glad came on the vow ,
ge."
\ SINGULAR will case was decided a few {
ays ago by the supreme Court Of Caliior- {
ia. The will Of Mrs. Margarctha Paul [
aber. who died recently. gave 10 her four |
daughters the income of One-fOurth of her [
state while They lived with their husbands. {
ut pro, ided that if divorced each should {
ecciVc onc-tifth of the estate. soon after /
he death Of the mother one of the daugh- /
crs obtained divorce, and then began pro- =
ccdings for Ouc-iifth of the estate. The i
thcr three sisters successfully defended the i
elton i'm the Superior Court. which held in
ilect that the mother had made a viii 10 |
induce her daughters 10 separate from their \
husbands. which was against good morals Y
nd the policy Of the law. I'm appeal was
aiken 10 the supreme Court. which tribunal
rs reversed the decision of the court be- I
oW. holding that the mother had a right 10 1
Onsider that "A legal separation could not L
r. had without reason, which was neither
onirary 10 good morals nor the policy of =
he law.
THERE are many ludicrous stories told |
IOw-a-days about the Johnstown flood.
Ierc is one of them: Among the many
hings sent 10 the Inflated city for the suf-
lrcrs were a lot of clay pipe, and tobacco.
\ pittsburg attorney named Richardson {
,ns asixiuv these articles 10 a large string