The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-17
PERSONS ANO THINGS.
News Notes Compiled fre,s the "Times"
Exchanges.

: ley's chance pr the SpeakerShip Of The
. House.
MRS. CLEVELAND is having her portrait
painted by Washington artist. 1t is said
that the picture will be presented to the Cor
cJrdn Art Gallery.
Colonel swope, who was killed by Col
oael Goolloe at Lexington, KY, on last fr
day week. bore striking resemblance T.
Col. Robert O.. lngersoll.
JAMES GORDON, Of Newburg, waited
fifteen years to lick John Shook, and wheh
ne finally pitched in he got such pounG-
iu. tnat he had ~ be carried OH III all AM
| Duiance.
A YOUNG woman Of Crescent City, Cal
picked up a large pebble on the beach, SOM
some month or 80 since, and sent II 10 g.
iapidary III san Francisco. lie pronounce
Al Il true emerald, worth S2OjJ.
The craze for chrysanthemum eXhib
tlons has led the able editor Of the Arizonc
H0cicr to announce that he Will hold d
lmsOn-weed exhibition an his backyard u
q lew days. lie says nc'n Dc darned II H.
- gong IO take a back seat wnen II come.
-
tndt the JinsOn weeds IA MS yard VIII Ia.
over anJ tnIng ia CHA county.
PHILADELPHIA is a metropolis" ca
claims a loyal Fmladelphidn, "while Ne"
York is suly mosaic Of hostile races.
Perhaps Philadelphia will be a metrOpOli.
some day, but Just now 10 II not b.
enough lOr a metropolis, and TOO Bag Tor
yuid-c. >till, a. - a nice, s4Idbic town. ant
W .tn the mprON encnt of raplu transit WOulu
make a gOOd bedroom lOr sew ! Ork.
THE most profitable book ever printed, al
least in this country, was Webster's spell.
ng-BOok. More than jO,0OO,OOO copies o.
this production have been issued, and cOulo
Or. Webster and his heirs have enjoyed tn
royalties from II they would have found 81
more valuable than the cave OF Mont
IrIstO. Yet DR.. Webster wrote II that
might procure the means to support hilnsci
whie engaged IN other work, notably b
dictionary, winch was really al elaboration
Of the speiling-book.
Az able and devoted young clergyman Of
New York not long ago declined ilatterin- |
call to. church in a neighhorng city
shortly aitcrward a friend asked him why |
he had not accepted The call. Ion, ne d,
pied, the church Is in such a bad way tia
/ am afraid II VIII soon die" You SUI
PRISE me-" said his friend. Il was undei
tue impression that many OF il member
were Wedltny.' That Is Just the trouble,
SAID the clergyman, all its members arr
wealthy; there Is not "a poor man ga II, ana
Il churcn without poor people Is IN my Opii-
ION a morlbund church,
THERE was a romantic wedding the Other
day on the top OF the Allegheny mountain
The bride was one of the rosy mountain
girls. Miss lIonIrd. The groom WAS
splendid specimen of manhood. The noun
tam selected Is directly upon the border be-
tween the NrgnIas. The bride and groom
rode up and dismOunted. They were met
there by Rev. MIR. >uerren, a Methodist
minister, from White sulphur Springs The
welded couple stood upon tine Virginia
side. while the clergyman stood over III,
line IN West Virginia, is ne could not per-
form the ceremony IN Virginia.
GENERAL }. r. BRUCE, Of Pulaski, Tenn.
a gallant Union general and lifelong Re-
publican, and one Of the most influential
members of his party in that State, has come
over 10 the ranks of Democracy. In letter
his change IN politics General
Bruce SAWS he has come 10 the conclusion
that the Republican party II fraud and
sham" Continuing, General Bruce says:
There is too much violation OF civil service
law. too much Doodle IN the management of
ih. penslOn Office and too much tarih TO suil
the masses OF the American people. The
Democratic party is the only party for the
people, and with that parry propose 70 act
and vote in the future" General Bruce
was formerly State Senator in Alabama.
and has held many offices OF honor aud trust
Ia the Republican party.
COLONEL BELvA a. LOCKWOOD. of Wash
ington, ex-Candidate for Presidency OF
the United States, delivered her lecture,
..The Paris Exposition and Social and Polit-
icM Life in Paris and London"
10 far-sized audience at the
Grace NJ. l.. Church in Phila-
dclpha Thursday night. "Germany's idea
0f education" she said, lis 70 make good
fighters. Everybody there drinks beer and
the students still Ii sht duels. Ii might be
said that some Of the Germans are beer bar
rels i'm the morning and barrels Of beer AT
night. The punishment for violating the
rules OF some Of the social clubs is fire.
uue"tly sentence 10 drink beer till the
chairman gives the dr.nker permission 10
stop. Students convicted Of lighting duels
are confined in solitary cells, where they
have 10 sit on what seemed to be the hardest
Of hard wood chairs
No RAILROAD train in any regular service,
SAYS the Washington star, approaches in
Of appointment the Pennsyya-
MIA limited. Ii is composed Of the handsomost
cars ever quilt, and The yestibule attach
ment renders the whole train perfectly one
..I.. .ff4tr md
besides the twenty -four double berths in
each there are drdwing-rOOms and state
rooms in which absolute seclusiOn can be
enjoyed. The finish and furnish and fur
nishngs Of the cars is matchless IN beauty.
richness. and appropriateness. \ special
feature. which ladies. children, and inyalids !
will heartily appreciate. Is the presence OF
ladies' m I'D. The maid is cOlOred, aud her
duties are confined solely 20 the service Of
the ladies'. She attends AT their bidding.
and performs any service which ones own
handmade would do in ones own house.
This Is the only train in lAe world that has
such an attendant. The limited leaves
Washington every day in the year at 1880
\. NJ. for Harrisburg, Altoona, Pittsburg,
and Chicago.
THE Hartford Courant relates an incl
dent which occurred on an afternoon train
on the Consolidated road the other day that
ought % have found its way into print be-
fore this. Ii SAYS: Among the passengers
were three sweet and quiet sisters of Oh. RI
"a i'm their characteristic dress. \ drunken
man, very drunk and annoying, drank from
"a BIZ bottle that he carried, and finally
tuck his disagreeable face repeatedly into
the long bonnet Of one Of the sisters in the
most insulting way. She was evidently |
much frightened. The conductor hal al
ready been told of the mans conduct, but
did nothing. The other passengers, IN true
passenger fashion. sat and looked on. No
man stirred. Finally woman. white as
sheet. and full of suppressed Indignation.
asDt up from her seat and went 70 the rescue.
She grabbed the fellows bottle, wrested II
from his hands and Hung il out Of the win
dow. and she took hold of him, and after
lively and unassisted struggle got him out
d: the seat. 'l'm no Roman Catholic" she
said excitedly To the spectators. but
can't sit still and see Sister Of Charity III
suited"
Tim. IuJfana Supra,no Court In tho last |