The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-21
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Gates and stock with the Central Trust Com
pany on or before February 18th. II Is un-
derst0od that very large proportion Of the
securities has already asscnted 10 the plan.
THE COLONIAL BALL.
Quite large party are making prepare
tiOns 10 20 from this city 10 the great colo
NAL ball, aud they will display some unique
toilets Miss Pryor viii wear rich old
brocade once the pride OF an ancestral
beauty, belonging % the reign OF william
and Mary. IL consists Of satin brocade
pctticOat with q bOuilant panior Of rich vel
vet caught up on the sides. The satin
bodice is cut round in the neck, pointed
back and front, with fun pulled sleeves. A
very tall head0ress and high buckled slip
pers completes the toilet.
SOME LOCAL STATISTICS.
An idea Of what years work In The
New York p0st0lice amounts 90 can De had
from the following official figures Just COM
piled of the business transactions during
the year ending December 81, lfN3; The
total receipts of the Office were Sj,6I3. 25O.42
and the total expenditures s.. 100, ,26O.9i lin
cluding 1896. i27. Is expended for free deliy-
cry seryice). giving a net revenue Of S3.-
5l2,ss9.4s. There were sold during the year
2O3.O1l .3t postage stamps, 1885, s33 gov
ernmeut stamped envelopes. and AZ, 46i, 500
postal cards. The total weight of mails re-
ceiyed and dispatched daily during lsoy
was 26S tons. Foreign mails dispatched
averaged thirty-twO a week. Foreign mails.
both inward and outward, frequently in
clude as many as 800 bags, which require
from ten 20 thirteen twO-h0rse trucks for
their transportation.
The Commissioners Of Charities and Cor
f..
the last quarter of 1859. the census OF pau
pers and criminals i'm charge Of the depart
ment on september 30, 1889, was l3,lll.
There were admitted during the quarter, 3i,-
SIS. there were discharged. 2O.jco, and there
were transferred. lf.iO5. OF the remainder
1000 died. - eloped. l0 were pardoned and
I c.IlandsOme Harry" CarltOnl was hanged.
There remained i'm the department ON De
cember 81. 1889, 1881 people. OF thesele0O
were in Charity and Maternity hospitals,
96J in the Penitentiary, l,64 i'm the Aims
house. l.2l5 in the Hospital for lncurables.
l,72j in the Asylum for Insane ON Black
wells Island (femalel l,l32 in the Asylum
for Insane on Wards Island, l.lD I'm the
Asylum for Insane on Hart's Island and 623
patients i'm Bellevue Hospital.
FLYING THE NEW FLAG.
The Brazilian bark Duas Americas ar
rived to-day from Pernambuc0. The Duas
is the first vessel % come into this port with
the ilag of the new Brazilian Republic flying
40 her peak. She left Penambuco twenty
nine days ago, ana made the run almost as
swiftly ms a steamship. Captain de MattOs
is an enthusiastic supporter Of the new Re
public, and says that an the citizens Of
Penambuco believe that the best govern
ment for them would Dee one modelled on
that of the United States. When he leii
pornambucO business was booming and
merchants. traders. and artisans had settled
down ~ work under the new form Of gov
ornment.
Some Of the Drexel-Morgan people went
10 Richmond to-day 10 attend meeting
there of the Chesapeake and Ohio aud Rich
mond and Allegheny interests.
The welcoming OF Jon !. O'Brien and his
eighth district gang into the business mems
Republican organization after they bad
been expelled from the Republican county
organization is likely % cause more than "a
local row. 10 has awakened the old bitter
ness, which existed between the llatt and
Miller factions Of the O.. %. T., and which
has apparently been dormant for few
months.
HONORING LEE.
A number Of Southern residents. who are
associated I'M the Aud Lang >yne society,
celebrated the birthday of General Lee this
evening by a dinner at Mouel0's. A NUM-
ber OF ladies We're present, and "a very pleas
ant evening was spent.
M0RrALrrY RECORD DECREASING.
The total number OF deaths in this city for
the twenty-i0ur hours, ending at noon TO-
day. was 9i. against lts yesterday. OF this
number. 2l We're due 10 pneumonia, 10
bronchitis. n tO consumption and Z % IN
fuenza, complicated with other diseases.
ALL SORTS.
Jennie. gentle elephant Of the Central
Park Menagerie, is being trained tO endure
a h0Wdah. little pavilion, on her back. so
that next summer she can carry children
about the park. as Jumbo used i0 do n Lon
don. Jennie bis an unusually intelligent
and g0od-natured elephant. and it is be-
cause of her cnmmondable disposition that
the director has felt justified in trying The
experiment. 10 never has been tried In
Central Park before. Jennie is one Of the
pair of elephants placed in the "Ioo' by y.
W. Cole, the Snowman. She Is only moder-
ately large. but is amply able 90 carry sew
eral howdahs iull of children. Her keeper
has already taught her % kneel.
4 Jury in the superior Court has just
given a verdict Of $1,000 damages In favor
Of Manual >ilberstion, aged ten years, and
against Colonel Dan Lam0nts road, The
Houston street and PaY0nia Ferry Railroad
Company. The boy Was run over by one of
defendants "b0btailod" cars, and his arm
was cut on.
Colonel John $. M0sby is here ON his way
West from Washington. In answer % the
question. "DO yOu ever 20 tO Virginia." he
said: "les, occasionally. Am ! 0stracised
because ! am q Republican, ! was just
after became a Republican, but now / am
not. The feeling is dying ont, / think.
Anyway, am always well received in Nir-
ginia.m