The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-08

| well cared for on the way. She had NJ
money. no money, and was wholly depend
cnt on charity. She was living with al
aunt in New York, and her father, wh'
lives in san Francisco. sent for her.
NEW YORK city has determined TO banisl
street bands, hand organs, with their ac
companying monkeys, and all the ambula
tory musicians who have become so numcr
GUS as 10 make life a burden. The Mayor
has not vet signed the ordinance, and there
may be "A protest. There are not less than
one hundred thousand Italians in New
York who NAV be disposed 10 object 10 the
summary Punishment Of hundreds of tbeil
poorer cOuntrymcn.
SOME very elegant bonnets and toques are
sent over for autumn receptions and wed.
dings. Many of these are made altogether
Of brilliant autumn flowers in shaded vel
vet. the foundation being Tapped sprays Of
dark green maiden-hair fern frOuds, and
mosses in velvet. Very few Of these expen-
siye and foliage bOnnrts have strings.
Stylish Empress" toques have small full
crowns Of black velvet.
BIG FIGUREs.-MOnday last was the big
gest day Of the year with the banks Of
Augusta, Ga. On that day a majority Of
all rent and guano notes fell due. in add-
ton 10 other large financial obligations.
The various banking institutions were
crowded during banking hours, and the ac-
counts liquidated aggregated Sl,3I4,s SOB
4 NEW travelling exhibit Of California
products will leave san Franciso November
10, and traverse twenty-five states. The
great storm Of last week in California did
much damage 10 the late wine grapes the
>OnOma wine growers suffering previously,
rs their crop was only half picked. The
wine product will not be- more than 10000
900 gallons, as 1900. 600 gallons will be made
into brandy. The result will be a higher
price for California wines within IA few
months. and experts say that the increase
may be a. much rs fifty per cent.
The Liverpool Courier has this remark
able paragraph; "A dcputation Of Ameri-
can citizens has just arrived in this coun-
try, headed by Dir. Elev, ex-May0r Of New
York. the object of their visit being 10 in
vite the wife of MIR. John Biddulph Martin,
the wcll-known London banker, to become
a candidate for the Presidency ofthe United
states at the next Presidential election.
Mrs. Martin is an American lady. and, As
Mrs. Victoria {. Woodruff, is well known
throughout the United States 40 an apostle
Of social reform and a champion of wOman's
rights. She has decided 10 accept the inNi-
tation."
PROFESSOR KEAFT-EBING, who has sue
ceeded the Professor Leidesdorf as chief
clinical lecturer at the State Lunatic |
Asylum in Vienna, in his inaugural adj
dress, stated that there was in every civil |
lied country on an average one insane por- |
.ltsuI ltlf oft lt..l
population. He added that the average Of |
cures among the lower classes il was % per
cent. whereas in the higher classes il was
only 10 per cent. and this he attributed 10 |
the fact that rich people, When they begin !
tO feel mental disturbance, had recourse 10 |
hydropathic treatment and other mere
palliatives and were not placed in asyluns
until il was too late.
THE Southern Society in New York had a
jollfcation Tuesday night over the defeat Of
Malone in Virginia. JOHN ;. Wise was
present. and in conversation is reported to
have stated that he had begged President
Harrison not 10 commit the administration
to an Endorsement of Malone, urging that il
would be a suicidal step, but the President
replied that Mr.. Wise was 'prcjudiced'
against the Virginia boss. The President
now knows that Mr. Wise gave him good
advice. and that there are many thousands
of white and colored Republicans in Nir-
ginia who share this prejudice against
Malone.
PIrTsBURG, PA, is 10 have park of 500
acres and an asylum for the blind TO cost
S250OOO, all the gift of a wealthy old lady
living in England, Mrs. Mary L. Schenley.
Mrs. Schcnlcy's history il quite romantic.
She was tine daughter Of Colonel CrOghan,
who was "A prominent figure in Western
Pennsylvania half Il century ago. AT about
that time he sent Mary TO private school
for Young ladies on staten Island. 1t was
presided over by an English woman named
Schenley. who was visited by her brother, "A
captain in the British army. lie infatuated
Mary Croghan. elOped with her 10 England,
and married her. The Schenley property in
Pittsbur. is valued al several million dol
lars.
AN old farmer in the Granite State one
sunday morning few years ago started 10
wind up his great silver watch, and found
that the key was filled with dirt. Being un-
able 10 dig the latter ont with IA pin the
farmer drilled a hole in the key, and with a
single breath blew all the dust out. Thes he
sat down 20 think and within month had
patented that hole. To-day in Lebanon, y.
II there is a large factory running by cleo
Iric power wherein are manufactured daily
thousands and thousands of watch keys Of
every possible size, shape, and design.
Each one of these KEYS contains the hole
which has been patented by the farmer The
latter has already made fortune.
POSITIVELY nature will have 10 invent q
new animal TO produce novelty in fIrs for ,
the fashionable world. What IL new this
winter Nothing. Monkey skin is no longer
admired. Perhaps Astrakhan is the most
stylish Just at present, These new capCs .
are made with hafsslecyc reaching TO the
elbow, but the mum is round and very modest !
in size. Sealskin plush is greatly Worn, ana |
A cape Of this material well cut, fitted, and
ineS is not only pretty, but wears rs we'll
A. fur, small b0as, or rather c0llars--for
hey only just pas. once about the throat
are made Of the blact, red, ana silver fox
tails. with a foX's head al the clasp. These |
stuffed heads appear on the tiny iur capOtes,
he NUTS. and in the neck offur coats. .
A Prominent savannah merchant has
ust returned from soyr Of southern |
icorga. lie reports the farmers prosper
,us ana the country In splendid condition,
Ihe fair weather has enabled the farmerc 10
harvest their crops in good condition, and
hey will realize frop twenty-five TO thirty.
i've per cent. more for them than they did
or last years crop. Contemplating is 90
ne right ahead, and by the middle Of this
aonth the crop will have been gathered. .
he staple is as fine as il has ever been in .
hat section of Georgia. The most Of the !
Otton grown and gathered in South Georgia
viii rank in savannah up 10 the standard.
he receipts Of new cotton II SAVANNAH UP \
o Saturday aggregate 30O,9l2 bales, an ex- .
ess Of receipts fcr the corresponding period
{ last season Of over 5000 bales, II IL be-
sved the number of steamships which will
rive al the port Of Savannah this year will