The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-25
PERSONS AND THINGS.
Statements Gathered From Many of "fhe
Times" Exchanges.

conscious young lady companion, ana
husband subsequently threatening suicide,
figured, and for which burglars were at nrsi
supposed 90 be responsible. b. attracting
almost as much attention IN the East as has
the Cronin tragedy in the West. As inter
esting feature Of the case as has yet been
developed is the utter discredit medical au-
thOrities throw on the story Of burglar :
Use Of chl0rOfOrm. Or. snow. an authority
on anTsthesia. many years ago expressed
the belief that 10 was impossible 10 use a.
pungent a yapOr as chlOrOform on a sleeper
without awakening him. stephen Rogers.
Of New York. the Medical Record says.
places the possibility Of the use Of chloro-
form for burglari0us purposes, almost be-
yOnd the pale Of argument. Another New
York authority by repeated experiments
has shown that ID Is easy % awaken the
sOundest sleeper. even when the napkin.
containing the sopoufic drug, is held az con-
siderable distance from his face. Anaesthe-
sia, IL urges, is rarely produced without a
struggle and noise, and often IL is accom-
panied with vomiting.
LIBERTY BIGELOw, the man who ran the
New York IIerald's pony express from Bos-
ton 20 New York in the days when the
Cunarders landed in the former city, died on
Monday night at Melr0sc. Mass. aged sew
onty-hYe. His first route was from Fitch
burg tO kcene y. II. Later on Dir. BigelOw
was keen enough 90 fOresee the revolution
which steam was about 10 make In travel,
and helped start the Rutland and Burhng-
ton Railroad, Of which he was the first
superintendent In 1854 he went 10 the
suDeriutendency Of the fitchburg Railroad,
remaining there until 1851. when he went
into the express business. and conceived the
Z 4 Ia. fff.f4
pany. Then he went 90 Chicago, and in
connection with Parmelee. started the first
system of street coaches, which culminattd
i'm the first street railroad in that city. The
first system Of hotel coaches running be-
tween hotels and railroad stations 0rigi-
mated with Mr.. Bigelow.
NEW JERSEY has a school fund Of $1,000,
900, and doesn't know what 20 do with IT,
II can't De used for anything but the public
schools. and not very much Of il is allowed
90 20 there. only % part Of the annual M
come being available. so jealousy has the
state Constitution guarded ia sacredness.
Meantime 10 is piling mp every year. ana
the commissioners are at their wits end "a
find am investment for 10. The original idea
was to have a fund large enough TO entirely
support the public schools throughout the
state but that. 10 il said, would take SlO,-
100000: and, besides, it is gencraiip be-
lievod that 10 is better for the school system
90 have the local schools directly provided
for by local taxes. People take more in
terest in something they have TO pay for.
Is default Of any market for winter goods,
the dry goods shops in New York are filling
up their windows with the latest importa-
ti0ns Of fancy ginghams and other light
spring goods The fact that the winter
trade has been so bad leads them % antici-
pate AN early and % rushing spring trade.
Fan clothes. fixed up little, may have car
ricd good many women through the win
ter. but when spring comes there viii be no
winter clothes with which % exc out de-
hcicncies and tide over matters until sum-
mcr. There Will have 90 Doe q complete new
deal The same thing is true Of mems
clothing and Furnishings.
A FEW days since a COW belonging 90 Nh.
G.. r. Mcdonald, of Redboue, Gao gave
birth 90 calf which was half human. II
was a most astonishing m0nsTosity. ID
was very slightly covered with hair The
back of its head was like "a child's. and 10
bad a human nose. 10 had bat two legs.
each about six inches long. It's feet were
shapeless. a short TAIL about three inches
lOng. came ont between the shoulder blades.
10 was born dead. and the horrible. gro
tesQue appearance of this queer mixture IN
appearance of humanity and the brute was
so repulsiye 90 Mr. Mcdonald that he buried
it forthwith.
LAST year there was an increase Of only
one savings bank in Massachusetts, while
there was am increase of twenty-seyen co..
operative banks. q gain of more than 40 per
cent. over the total number in existence the
year before. There are now ninety-threc
cooperative banks in that state, against ~
ordinary savings banks. This large Increase
in cooperative banks has led the bank
90 recommend legislation
looking 10 their restriction. although they
recognize their value when wisely man
aged.
JOIN HILL, living just north Of Albany,
Ga. has a wonderful hen. 10 lays every
day regularly couple Of eggs. When ID
leaves the nest 10 looks back, counts tine
eggs therein, and if 10 finds that 70 has only
added one egg % the number that was ln
the nest when she first took her seat she re-
turns and adds her second 20 the number 90
keep up with her daily task. She was set
on twelve eggs recently, and 10 the aston
ishmcnt Of her owner she hatched out f0nr-
teen chickens from the dozen eggs. Many
OF her eggs are double y0lked, and that is
the only explanation.
THE Rhineheck q. w. Gazette is going
lo ask Congress to appropriate thelittle sum
Of $lO0,O0OOOO for the improvement Of the
roads of the country. "With really good
roads, it says, every line Of business in
NE land would thrOb with new lile.' lfl
yOu want 90 help this project along, send
postal card 90 the Rhinebeck editor saying
So. and Doe will send it 90 Congress. The
hing is as simple as 4. b. 4. The Gazette
man has drafted the necessary bill. so that
Congress will have nothing todo but vote.
THE City Council Of Boston has engaged
Mr. Henry Hudson Kitson to model the
statue Of admiral Faragut for that city. |
faragut is standing with right hand hold !
NJ "a marine glass % his breast. The stat /
le Will Doe eight feet six inches high. and I
.ast of bronze In one piece. 10 Will stand |
'n a pedestal Of dark blue polished Quincy |
.ranite ten feet high, the cost 20 De $3.50. I
NIcE-PREsIDENT MORrON's everyday /
mch. which he takes in the senate restau-
ant, is a bowl Of bread and milk. accom-
anied occasionally by a bottle OF beer.
cnatOr Edmunds, who is one Of the good
yers of the Senate. usually ilaYOrs his
lnch with pint OF champagne.
MIR. john ROGERS, the modeller Of sta
lette groups, has completed a colossal
roup representing John Eliot, the apostle
b the Indians, standing on a rocky emil
cnce. while an Indian and his -quaw listen
> his words. The apostle is a dignhed
cure i'm his jcrkin and short hose, with
.erical robes hanging from his shoulders.
A CoMPAN1sof blooming Yankee girls
ave leit Naugauck. Conn, under proper
laperonage. for a winter tour OF the South.
/ LOVE 20 see the little lambs at play in
lmmer ON the howery, yerdant leas, but on
wild and wintry stormy day / love the
tile lambs served up with peas.