The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-10
PERSONS AND THINGS.
News Notes Complied Frss, the "Timss'
Exchanges.

Exchanges.
For one Of stanley's recent letters. cabled
from Zanzibar. the New York World paid
at the rate of two dollars word. or $500
for the entire letter.
MR.R. II. FERGUSON, Of Buffalo, New
York. has made arrangements to send a
colony Of twenty-five or thirty families to
south Carolina. and if the enterprise is sue
ces.fill. other colonies will follow.
4 PRETTY Philadelphia girl, Miss Alice
Marie. and Warren Andrews. black burly
negro were married in south Camden Satur-
dav. BY Rev. George VI. Written, presiding
elder of the 4. VI. J.. Church. The aiiair
has created much excitement.
The birmingham Nc'rs, which is one Of
the livest two-year-olds in the South. has
begun crusade against carrying concealed
weapons. The murder Of DR.. Chew by DIR.
Davis. Tuesday night, is the occasion OF the
agitation.
GENERAL WILLIAM MALONE, with Mrs.
Malone, Miss Malone, and Mr.. X. Butler
Malone. has established himself in Wash
inQton for the winter season in hand
mev-furnished house on Connecticut ave
nue..
MRS. ELIZABETH WEBB, who died at
Kalamazoo last week. aged ninety-one
years. is believed to have been the oldest
member of the Methodist Church, in point
Of wears of membership. in the country. She
had been communicate for eighty-two
years.
THE CITY Of Providence is following the
example Of It. Louis, and preparing TO in
dict "A considerable number Of prominent
Republicans for bribery at the recent muni-
cipal election. II j. said that enough evl-
dence has been secured 10 send more than
forty men TO Jail from one to six months.
4 SPECIAL from Ottawa, Canada, says
that Mrs. \. X. Edwards. nee Whitley. is
under arrest at Woodstock, charged with
having poisoned her husband, the late Hugh
J. Whitley Of Clinton. who died under
suspicious circumstances in May last. hi>
widow having married A. X. Edwards about
three weeks ago.
CHINA adyices received at san Francisco
say that the German steamer Duburs
, which left Singapore for Hong Kong on the
10Th Of October. has not since been heard ot
and il l. feared she NAV have encountered
the recent typhoon and foundered. If 80.
the disaster j. an appalling one, Tor she HAD
on board 1000 passengers.
NEW researches have developed the fact,
remarks the Norristown Heraid. that Cleo
patra's Needle. in Central Park, can not
stand our climate. II j. not surprising. II
/ i doubtful il Cleopatra herself could have
stood the climate we have had during the
past few months. II may be necessary. in
order to preserve the Egyptian obelisk. 10
send il 10 Southern California or Florida 10
spend the winter.
TnF Wisconsin Legislature has awarded
gold medal to II. L. Francisco, Of Mason
civ. as the Youngest soldier Of the war.
Mr. Francisco was only fourteen when he
enlisted But Gilbert Van /andi. Of CHI
cago. claims that he enlisted at the age oi
ten wears. eight months and eleven DAYS.
OF course he was on the Federal side. \
pretty good showing for the infantry. By
the way. who was the Youngest Confedcr-
ate
EX-PREsIDENT CLEVELAND will be- ac-
compancd by Mr.. Cleveland during his
trip to Boston TO attend the annual banquet
Of the Boston Merchants Association. They
will leave New York Thursday morning ln
"A special car provided 10y the executive com
miftec. accompanied bv Mr.. Andrew Car
negic. who is now i'm Washington in attend
ance rs delegate 10 the Pan-American
| Congress. \ special committee will meet
these guests in New York and escort them
| tO Boston.
THE people Of Il. Louis have Just become
convinced that il is not the proper thing To
send female criminals to the rock pile.
Several Judges when interviewed by q news
paper reporter. said that when they some
/ lines sentenced woman 10 hard labor
| they meant such labor ~ was proper FOR f.
males. They never thought of sending an
woman. black or white. to work on the rock
pile. The matter was brought before the
icOunty supervisors, and an order was al
once issued forbidding the continuance OF
| this barbarous practice.
The veteran anglers at Castle Gardsn
have invented device which enables tsem
TO fish from the end Of the pier while swap
ping "reminiscences before the glowing IRE
| i'm the Office Of Capt. Moore. the tugboat-
man. Like all great Inventions, II l.
marvel of simplicity. The shore end Of the
/ line is tied 10 the top of a thin. elastic stick.
t There is also bell fastened to the topof the
stick. Whenever fish takes the hook and
gives yank on the line down comes the
| spring stick. and jingle, jingle goes the bell.
! The luxurious angler stops in the middle OF
Il story about the Old fire ldddes Of 1872, and
rushcs out and pulls i'm the fish, which has
/ literally runm himself up.