The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-27

~filI~ OF lhINdIur NIIulf III h7'hs anu hHt'A /
a plain stone cross placed over his grave. |
should bear only the inscription which he
had prepared.
JOHN j.. GILL, Of Victoria Yancouyers |
Land, possesses one Of the largest and finest
collections Of old and rare coins in the
world. Ills name j. known among numis-
matisfs in every country on earth, and his
collection. which he has spent a lifetime in
perfecting. is visited by thousands. lie IS
now making tour Of this country.
Is his recent speech at tie opening of the
Italian Parliament. King Ilumbert, in his
speech from the throne, alluded 10 the small
ness of the deficit in the budget, and said
the governments wise and equitable policy
assured tranquility 10 Italy and guaran-
teed peace. which, thanks 10 the concert Of
the great powers, appears to be assured to
Europe.
The Oldest man in Germany is Markus
Jordan, Of Bielefeld. lie completed his
one hundred and tenth year on the 9th Of
October. He was presented with gold
medal By the Emperor, bearing portrait
Of the late Emperor William, who was a
baby when Jordan was eighteen years OF
age Jordan is in good health and has pos
session Of his faculties.
You can get the throne Of Hawaii for a
trihc Of 100000 perhaps less, if You pay
cash down. The throne is in good c0nd-
tiOn. having been recently upholstered with
the best chrled hair. The crown and the
sceptre. both a. good as new. viii be thrown
in as King kaiakaua would Ike to go
out Of the king business. If somebody
will make il worth while for him 10 With
draw.
AT the Paris Ilippodrome the chief at
traction for the season has been the specta-
Gle Of a lion taking equestrian exercise, the
lion really mounting on the back Of morse
and being carried several times around al
iHcl0-ure. The receipts accrning from this
novel performance are stated 10 amount. mp
to the present. to more than half a million
dollars.
The Prince Of Monaco, who recently
married the Dowager Duches Of liichelieu,
has more old French titles than he has toes
ON his feet His wife is enormously wealthy,
and the Prince can now indulge every WISH.
Palaces. pictures and poetry are his chiei
fads. and he cares more for romance than
roulette. ON the whole, there are worse
princes in Europe than the ruler OF Monaco
Mr.. BERNARD QrARITCn, the noted Lon
don bibliopole. intends IN January next TO
hold an exhibition in New York, Boston,
Chicago. and Philadelphia. of what he calls
b. the rarest and c0stliest gems Of his hte-
rarv ana artistic regalia.' Scribner
Wexford are nov preparing descriptive
liat M those treasures. which Will awake
the envy and longing Of every Dopk-loNeflh
America.
WHEN the Pope beard of the change of
government in Brazil he telcgraphcd to
Nor spolyerini in Rio Jsneiro to in
..r,ct nj, Catholic bishops and lower clergy
~ abstain 0em meddliRg or participating
in nolifirs. The bishops and clergy were
only todemand of the new government 'ha'
thpv should. rs in the pass. DC alloNcu 10
perform their religious duties III liberty
PRor. ADAMS, Of Cambridge, England
whose serious Illness has been reported, l.
2ow seventy zone years old, and may iaifly
le ,anked as the most eminent living Eng
fish astronomer. He was one Oh the US
co.erers Of the planet Neptune, the ,NhSr
haing NJ. Leyerrier, of Paris, now ueau'
The two worked at tie great problem iiue-
nondentlv. aSd both solved y almost at the
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stature, with typical Ehslish i''o ~'"'
simple but cordial Planners.
BERLIN dispatch states that already
oo tickets have been sold f0F the dinner
which will be given by the Americans ~
pa,lin. under the presidency Of Minister
ir,elns ON Thanksgiving Day. the inriher
ia ~ tickets has been stopped, as The
Isai.orhof Hall. in which the banquet VIII
w. ,,i,en viii NOT hold more than 400 guests
'rhe only German guests whr VIII DC pre-
sent at the dinner are Pince ''slh"rcN;
| Prince Radziwell. Professor Alommsen ana
/ Professor Curtius. Prince bismarck VIII
make speech.
NOTWITHSTANDING the provisional elee-
tion held in samoa by the natives last
month. which resulted in the choice of Ma
taafa as king and Malietoa rs Nice-klng'
/ line followers OF Tamasese elected Malieioa
| t,,c and Tamasese Nce-king. All foreign
r,sidepts of Apia are anxious 10 nave me
aucsfjo. as 20 who shall be ruler Of samoa
| settled by tbo three nation represented lh
/ 40 ye.pnf Berlin conference. The selection
/ ~ Na:aafa last month was mere tempo
| rory Arrangement, aud the latlNes LOOK 10
J The three powers 20 settle tue diMculll ivl
| Them. There has been no trouble among lne
natives recently. and reports sent OUT Il
month AGO saving there was Bgllps ON the
J islands were not correct.
Dc,rLrNG still nourishes mrionsiy !"
Continental Europe, and the liungarians APP
near 10 gatber In the largest crops IN the
folds Of honor. The biggest c'nlraol OH
/ record i'm this business VAS recently D""V'
/ taken in Pesth by Count victor VrssitGh.
| lie challenged forty gentlemen a'4 hoDles
I I'm mortal combat because they crhivlssu
rather severely some statements OF me- ia.ue
] -, :, club room one OF bis invited Nlctiin
,.s Count Francois Esterha1y, a genie
MON win no less ihan seventy. duels ana SIX
| dnaA mon men his conscience. ne posi-
,i,civ refused 10 be counted among Inc pro
! n,sed cadayers. and gave no reason loI lhe
r,n,sal. Ii is fair 10 suppose that he las re-
| tired from the field.
SIR AnDREw BARCLAY WALKER upon
whom the freedom Of the city Of Liverpool
vas recently conferred, is one Of the richest
.o,,mo,ars in England. lie is by trade q
1rever and public-h0use owner, ana nan
century ago he was himseli thc NprA'ns
manager OF pubiic-b0use. Ills ln ,..9 y =
said 10 be nearly s21O,V0O, Tor IN aeuitipn =
his pnblic-house property ana brewing pusi
~. rifts 90 Iiyerpool--the city N Whiel
Ia formulated his money-ha's been az
, ~ ~ they we're well chosen. some
,hia+ i've : to boo altogether went to build
a,,S eca,snlete The famous Walker Art Gal
i s'x which is far aud away the finest insti
n,tion OF lis kind la the rYcyinces' - au
dition 10 this sum. tens OF thousands haf'
cone In all directions, his latest aci u zen
erosity being an expenditure OF about ~ ~
go i'm connection with the University 'oi
lege, Liverpool.
BLAcKFoor, IA, November 20 nc ieI
ri,orial ASYLUM was destroyed by fire Thu
morning. Two women and two man an
said 10 have persisted. and four are YET miss