The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-16
PERSONS AND THINGS.
Now Notes Complied From the Times"
Exchange.

sheer Old axe.
Blondin, the famous rope walker. has
been offered and accepted a wager Of 500
900 Go walk on q cable from the top Of the
Eifel tower 10 the summit Of tine central
dome Of tho main building Of the Paris Exhi-
hiiion In less than five minutes. Biondin is
onl} awaiting the permission ofthc Exhibi-
F zion authorizes 20 begin.
California has DO Sunday law. There
was such law. bat IL was repealed in l@S3.
yet 10 cannot Doe said that there is any less
observance Of sunday since the repeal q
the law. ON the contrary an investigation
SLOWS That sunday is observed more as a
sacred day thc present year than it WIS the
year the law was repealed.
Charles H. Field. sole surviving
partner ofthe late Maurice B. Flynn. who.
I together comp osed the firm OF Guy G. Hotch-
Kiss. Field q Co., iron founders manufact-
urcrs dealers in carriage materials and gen
crM contractors. New York and Brooklyn
made am assignment To-day % James Martin,
of Brooklyn. The preferences aggregate
$1,000.
Electricity will be used in a practical
blanks VIII bee the same as usual, but the NE
formation they contain viii Doe recorded ON
large sheet NJ paper Boy the punching Of holes
iu 30 40 certain intervals. An electrical cir
T cult is formed through these holes. and couni-
CTS are added electrically. recording On their
dial AN items o. the same kind.
I'm the Superior Court Of San Fran
cisco Saturday. Judge Hogue decided the
suit ~ y. $. Chapman M favor of the Bank OF
California. arising ont Of The great wheat
dcal Of Isaac Fncdlauder ten years ago. The
oc.ior was commenced for the purpose Of re-
decming certain lands which Chapman and
Tricdlnndcr conveyed 90 Tie bank as Sc
CURLY for Indebtedness on notes amounting
to 100000. with Interest 40 10 per cent.
About 81. 800 600 were involved in the suit.
Lord Tennyson eightieth birthday.
9s tolegrophcd Co tho New York Tribune 10y
g. W. Smalley. has been celebrated by the
English press with "a Characteristic gfumbie.
because the poet stli draws his pension Of
$1,000. which was awarded % him forty
years ago. Ills BOOKS sell hy hundreds ~
thousands, ondhe lsarich man. Why should
ne take public money. OF which other writer's
are in sore necd9 -ach is he quest "a
asked. nor has amy answer yet been offered
A crustacean curiosity Of much i'm
torost has just been added 20 the state Mu-
scum Of California. "lts scientific name,
SAYS The Aun Cahforn.0H. "ls BWgo L0'is,
or fobbcr crab. 30 is Is laud crab and lives hy
climbing cocoanui trees, from which 10 gath
crs thc fruit. cracking tine same and eating
los fruit ~ isycry handsome iuappearance
with strong claws. and looks Ike cross be-
tween crab and lobster. THIS specimen
was brought from the Tanning Islands, on
the other side of the equator. Two Of them
,yerc brought. but one has since died
Elk Congressman William IL. FELTON,
wh0is now member the Georgia House
|of DELEGATES. was recently instructed by %
farmers alliance n The county which Doe
represents to vote against AN appropriations
ofpunuc money mr higher education. and To
vote aI such appropriations 20 common
schools MI FELTON,. who has very st0re
yrliof his own has written tart reply, Boz
,,nirh Doe says he "wlu never obey instruc-
lions. the effect Of which VIII be Co engulf
Tine farming class of Georgia iu intciacy.
ignorance and poverty.
President Harrison is charged by the
Lewiston Journal as having committed an
awful pun at bar iarbor recently, and 10 the
story is true. and Mark lwmu's definition 90
"a pun as .Ihe last resort Of am enfecbie in-
|tencct" is correct. the President is in bad
way mentally This les the story.
secretary Blaine looked through the big
oval window ofhis diuiug-ro0m this morn
inc and saw That O. fog was hiding the Wow
again
..Al. mis- is Density weather. exclaimed
thc secretary 10 his guest
-pafhalborous !" replied the President.
the secretary blanched with scorn and in-
Idlsnation There is no knowing what Ae
might have done ifhcd done IT,
A dispatch to the New York Sun from
Eeidsvile. y. G.. states that letter from
postmasiel-Gencral Wauamaker notifying
colofed man of that place ofhis appointment
toaplace in The mail service as route agent
WAS rendered abortlVe by the appointe get
ting into the penltentiary before his appoint
ineut arrived. He was innocent when
he applied for the Office but While
waiting for il committed bur
eiary and was sentenced 10 thlte
years la striped suit. The mciaeh'
teaches lmpressiyely, says the Ne" ON
Ereaiug Post. "thc dangers Of delay IN max
ing Appointments. Had the man gotten the
Office promptly ON making application be
would not now Doe IN prison He would NOT
have been 50 much in need OF funds ana
credit as 10 commit burglary. lie would
have been an ornament 20 the service per-
haps. aud am instrument Of the new south
ern policy
I j. W. Posey, of Granger, a small town
about forty.eight miles northeast Of Austin
Texas. had q fearful experience recently.
posey. who WAS suffering with rheumatism
WA living ON the bed when the maniac en-
tered his room. lie cOolly informed fosey
That he had come 10 XII him, and at once
made furious attack upon the rheumatic
man with small knife. iosey resisted hllA
as we'll as he was able To and cried for heip'
Three negroes went To his aid. but seeing
the maniac, whom they Knew lneH were
ioffaid TO enter tie room, and hnelly f"n
quay The maniac continued his attack
moon posev. and cut and sl0shel his booy
"a t.st him about the head and race.
ipo.ey. by some MEANS succeeded In ie'en-
,ne his pocket-knife and plunged the ol"'e
t,f, fhe heart Of his assaliant. who, ia spiie
of the death blow, ran nom the room "N"
feil dead I'm the yard. An inquest jury eA-
Generated POseY.
The monumental statue Of Oolisny'
onieb was unveiled the other day Ia rams
- Of colossal size. 10 stands on ""so va
white marble approached by three steps ""
granite medallion IN The centre OF 'no l"o''
nment is commemorative i's.i p''o'''
Two figures IN white marble adofh '"' mon .,
nnent-Country and religion the nrs' noiu'
Inc a drawn sword. the second PALM ".'h
,,bi,ou bearing the date OF -. b1rthoi'-
'.c,y Aueust "a. 1872. In the centre OF inc
ned,,oent IS the statue Of Coiigny' ana IN ion'
psne pedestal = an open Bible with TWO
,,,sc,,piions: "Psalm cxiL. 6. "Ihe memory