The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-18

millions more than the estimated wealth. OF
Jaw Gould. The Vanderbilt millions nave
been 80 divided among heirs that no one ol
them il worth hundred millions, Wnlic the
Aston estate has also been distributed IN
the same way. This leaves Mr. hockalei-
Ter richer. perhaps, than any other Single
New Yorker. and doubtless the richest man
in America. Leaving room for eXagecra-
tiOp. which usually accompanies the esii-
mates of fortunes, this single citizen j.
nrobably the pOssessOr Of fortune Oh Al
least one hundred millions, liable 10 ine
fluctuations i'm the value OF his securities
HoFFuAN's Catholic Directory for ls'o'
which has just been issued at Milwaukee
gives the statistics OF the Catholic Church
in the United states. The figures have De. ~,
furnished bv the diocesan chanceioIs. ~
Catholic population is estimated al e'5Oi;'o,
and the number Of priests is placed al
: 4G3-2 126 regulars and 0,35l seculais'
They attend 742O churches, 2, llc staliohs
and $50 chapels. There are 2lj orphsysr,
asvlums. caring for, it Is estimated - W.
orphans. There are 30 theological seliil'i"
ries. with 1851 students, I'D colleges ant
G32 academies, and BOB parOchiai ecnOv's,
with 6jio3s pupils. Inicaso naS l1' "a, 80
numbsr of scholars i'm its parOchial 5chOoi7
a.. 0W-mOre than twice as many proper
tionately 10 population, as New OH.
BrOOklyn has the largest number Oh oIphah'
excepting Boston, Baltimore and fhila-
delnhia. each Of these exceeding II by one
buf BROOKLYN. i'm its nine orphan asyluiis'
cares for nearly as many orphans as the9c
archdiocese, the number beng Z,o'z'
SOME miners at Homer Cal, broke INTO
cave the other day. while at work drilling
and came upon a chamber about forty feet
SQUARE and quite IS high. the sides and ROOF
of which were chalcedOny bulged out IN aii
sorts of grOtesque and fantastic Shapes. ne
interior of the cave flashed with me lflues-
cence Of a million cOlOred gems. III seemed
saws one Of the minerals II an the sn.-
tering stars in the ornament had come uVNh
10 hold high carnival ana nash lneii 81
through lenses of yariegated hues. EAploi-
inc farther. they found still more cause tor
wonder petrifactiOns Of animals, Difd'
and reptiles abOunded There were greai
owls. and mOnstrOus bats, ana severn
snakes as hideOus as if endowed win ne
some of these petr'factiOns, says the Homer
Index, have been removed IN perfect cohu'-
ton.
SHE was a proud lady and rich one.
too. as indicated by the fact that she oWheu
a pew in one Of Chicago's most fashionable
churches. She wore large diamond ear-rjns II
and "a costume most elaborate. In TACT, s.''
carried with her an atmosphere ~ ultia
responsibility, which was almost oppIe7-
siya. ms she entered church last Sunday,
trine late. and observed from distance
that her pew was already occupied, ana by
strangers. Walking down the aisle, WIN
her nose i'm the air as If pointing To the norm
star, she stopped at her pew and, turning
haughtily to the usher who hal followed
at a respectful distance. inquired IN "a tone
Of concentrated but suppressed contempt =
'WhO are these persons OccupeWlns my
pief" And the minister wondered what
made the congregation laugh.
LEVIN sCHENcK, a resident Of Bethle-
hem. PENNSYLVANIA, dreamed a year ago
that he would die within year. For seye-
raj months he brooded over the matter, but
as time passed he seemed 20 have ioisOlteh
IL and was cheerful. A few days ago MI.
-chenck was taken down with slight al
tack Of influenza. hardly severe enough
10 keen him indoors. The dream OF over "a
year ago came 90 his mind, and he t0ld lils
family that be was going 90 die; that DC ielt
sure now the warning would come true
He made arrangements about his affairs.
Within twenty-iOur hours after be Was
taken sick his disease assumed the form Oh
an acute brain trouble. and for several days
ID took the united efforts of four strong men
90 keep him i'm bed. Yesterday morning
he died from exhaustion.
IT is evident that the elements are wroih
at the way the weather clerk has been rum
ming things this winter, and are now deter
mined 10 do a little slOshing around. First,
81. Louis was cycloneized, and now the
western end of Kentucky mas been liileu
up hy hurricane. 10 is altogether reason
able ~ suppose that Washington ana New
York will be shaken up next. Washington
will be attacked. because the bureau WHICH
bungles the weather Is located there.
TnE Atlantic has been in very bad humor
for the last three months. Nearly all the
VOYAGES Of European steamers to the west
ward during that time have been troubled
by tremendous seas and by constant storm,
and fog i'm places where none Is usually met
with. But the opinion il confirmed by aIl
this Dad weather that the modern steamers
are practically proof against the worst That
the Atlantic ocean can do, they have only
collision with other steamers, or with ice. %
fear.
THERE is a housemaid down on the South
side who merits raise Of wages. She was
all alone in the house yesterday when a
burglar came in. and. taking advantage of
the fact that only poor, weak woman WAS
on the premises, began 20 gather up every
thing OF value. But the weak woman col
Jared him and dragged him out 20 the cor
ner, where she turned him over 10 police
man. To the hOusemaid's wages ought TO
In. u.iIl IA sal d
COMPETENT authority estimates that in
five years the number of deer in the Adiron-
dacks has doubled This result has been
brought about Dy the vigilance Of the State
game protectors and the efforts OF sports
mems clubs i'm that region. The strict en-
forcement OF the game laws will soon make
the Adir0ndacks paradise for the hunter,
and there is an increasing purpose on the
part of the authorities during the past few
years 10 prevent and punish lawlessness.
The men who have put of buying heavy
0yercoats, new stoves, sealskin sacques for
their wives. and other winter luxuries be-
cause for a time 10 looked as IL there was 90
be no winter, are sorry for it now. The
money which was TO have been SO expended
has gone IN other ways, and there is nothing
90 show for 10. The old OfercOats, ana
stoves, and sacques never looked SO thread
bare and unsatisfactory as they do at
present.
ALDERMAN DONOHUE Of Wilkesbare,
Pa, has gained wide reputation for his
novel method Of Furnishing a wife-beater,
By himself recently logging the prisoner al
the bar. A letter commencing his action
has been received from a French lady resid-
ing in New York
SOME clients called upon a Brooklyn law
yer and he invited them out 20 lunch. When
they got their bin for legal services they
found some 81 added 10 il for the meal, but
they took good care not On pay il, and the
Oyer-shrewd disciple of Blackstone has not
up 20 the present sued.
NOW the misantnropic plumber. looking
gloomier and GUNNER, wonders if the
plaguey summer now viii pack lis buds
and 20; hear him muttering and growing.
see him petulantly scOwling list his wild,
despairing bowling, "Oh, for ten degrees
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