The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-18
PERSONS AND THINGS.
News Notes Complied Prom the "Times"
Exchanges.


News Notes Complied Prom the Chimes"
Exchanges.
THE industries in Sing Sing prison have
been increased by the manufacture Of over
ais and Jumpers, Of which 200 dozen are
made each week. the making Of 200 suits Of
cheap clothes each day, the cutting Of Yer
mont marble into mantels, monuments. &c,
ana the breaking Of stones, which are car
red INTO the prison yard and which are
bought by the New York Central and IIud-
son River Railroad Company for roadbcd
ballast. Besides, there has been brought
INTO the laundry new set Of machinery.
which irons the bOsOms and bands. leaving
TO the convicts the comparatively easy task
OF ironing only the bodies. In a short time
the novel work Of setting type will be be-
gun. The forms will be made up and locked
ana sent TO their destination, wherever that
happens 20 be.
A PROPOSITION is peing discussed among
the Friends in their yearly meetings. Of
uniting in the formation Of a delegate body
OF ultimate authority and appeal in all mat
tiers pertaining 10 Christian doctrine. disci-
pine. and practice, 10 meet once i'm four
years. beginning in 1892. and 90 be consti-
iutcd upon the following basis. viz: Each
yearly meeting shall bc entitled 10 five dele
gates and 10 one additional delegate 10
every one thousand Of its members or frac-
ton thereof greater than five hundred.
Whenever five yearly meetings have adopt
ed the proposition. their delegates may
meet and organize the said body, provided
that the timeOf said meeting and organization
shall not occur until all the yearly meetings.
which have been invited shall have had OPP
portunity TO act upon the proposition.
WHEN a society like the Christian En-
deayor can report 1911 local organizations
and membership Of 10000, its popularity
at least is plainly manifested. The critical
NAV still question its abiding usefulness
and look upon il as the result Of one of those
Temporary waves which occasionally sweep
over the churches: but that this organiza-
ton has taken a strong hold upon large
numbers Of the young people in the church
Is of our country cannot be questioned.
BOsroN has turned itself loose in honor
of Mr.. Cleveland. Boston, some way.
manages to discount the future right along
a. regards the proper treatment Of great
men. She grabs the hence, as II were. and
vanks it back into the now and does that
which the rest Of the country only gets
around 10 a few years later. Mr.. Cleve-
lands future will bear watching.
A CERTAIN young lady in Cincinnati is
sorry she bet on Foraker. She agreed to
wheel her sweetheart about town in a
wheelbarrow at noontme in case she lost.
/ and now i'm the horrible reality Of the thing
the gentleman has consented 10 allow the
performance 10 take place ut O'Clock III
/ The morning when the streets are not so
crowded.
MINNEAPOLIs is beginning to take TO
the notion that she Is marked for pesti-
Ience. What between fires and fiendish
crimes and smallpox scares her citizens
are on a hot griddle all the time. She has
had two or three smallpox alarms lately.
and is Just now quaking with fear over an
other. Minneapolis is in for trouble, e'l-
IDENTIFY.
REPRFsENTATIVE TUCKER, Of Virginia.
was one Of the last members Of the House
to draw in the seat lottery, and great was
his surprise. rs well as his delight. when
taking il he discovered that il was the seat
his father. Mr.. j. Randolph Tucker. iiI>i
occupied when be was member OF ihat
| body.
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less of wine this year than last. This is be-
cause so large a portion Of grapes went not
10 the Juice. but TO raisins. The willy vine
yarders found they could squeeze more
money ont Oi dried grapes than by squeeI-
ing wine ont Of the fresh ones
Ar North Lansing, 1ompkins county. y
y. lives the oldest postmaster in the United
states. in point of service. His name j.
Roswell Boardslcy. and for siXty-tOW YEAR,
he has distributed mail 10 his neighbor-
He has he'd this Office under nineteen sue
cessi,e presidents.
A sKnLFUL cork cutter can produce
from 800 70 1900 corks a day. his only
tool being two sharp, broad-bladed knives
Machines have been introduced which can
turn ont about 1000 cOrks an hour. bul
they are useless for the cutting Of the finer
qualities.
Il. B. DUNCAN. Of salem, ore, was feast
inc last week on strawberries that grew
and ripcned. unprotected. in the open AR
His vines are still i'm bloom and he has a
few berries in all the stages, some green
and others are about matured.
AT California fair the other day, a
Pmmas county man ate torty.thrce eggs fol
supper. The next morning foran appetizer
he pariook of nine boxes Of sardines.
LION in the Philadelphia 700 suffering
from the toothache. his keeper administered
laughing gas. put the beast 10 sleep ano
sa,elv extracted the offending mOlar