Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-13

Considerable excitement exists in the
ncighborhood around Souls Chapel,
Iumpiln county, Ga. on the finding. by
Jonn Chapman. of a crysialiiZed stone be-
ieycd 10 DC a diamond. IL weighs two and
"A half onces, and X said TO be a beauty Of
the crystallzcd quartz family. Large to-
pazes have been found IN that locality.
The rat plague in Lincolnshire continues
ia spite OF the enormous destruction of tho
au.uals 10y the farmers during the past few
months One farmer. who scatter poison
ed barley about his yards every night,
gathered IN one day q crop Of 300 rats
] hree hundred rats We're killed from one
stack of grain III another place.
Two wealthy Massachusetts, women,
harboring the common impression that
women cannot understand business. LETT
the Management of their property 20 o.
nephew. lie managed II 50 well that in a
su0rt time he had forged their names TO
the amount of S32, 900, which the ladies
paid rather than have scandal in the
family. Able hnancler that.
A Knoxville barber shaved a man recently
who resides m the Smoky Mountains. and
whose beard bad been growing since the
battle Of Chickamauga. TAe man. whose
lame IS Harmer. was IN the Confederate
army. and shaved the day before the bat
tie and had not shaved since He said lac
had GOT tired Of wearing so much hair and
wanted u removed.
Living on n claim eight miles north Of
Rocky Ford. Col. is Emma aiken and her
three daughters All three ladies are
widows. The mother is ninety years Of
age. the eldest daughter sixty-cight. and
the youngest sixty-four. Not o man has
ever been employed about the place, and
during their two years residence they have
done al OF their own WORK and truck-gar-
denlng.
The widow Of a merchant and her daugh-
ter arrived at the Russian town OF Orel
and put up at hotel. registering rs fol-
lows: Merchant widow from Dmitrowsk,
accompanied by her unmarried daughter,
Jasha. nineteen years of age. 10 900 rubles
dowry, of fair complexion, with light hair
aud blue eyes, turned nose, dimpled
cheeks. No other bodily defects OF special
marks"
An amusing incident comes from Hami,-
ton, Canada. " appears that the location
of the wires that were originally put into
the basement walls Of the City Hall con-
meeting with toe switch board IN the upper
hall has been lost through some careless
HrSc turing tuo bGHuihH operations anu
cannot now be found without ripping up
the marble pavement aud mutilating the
walls and even then the search might
prove fruitless.
The San Francisco Art Association has
25i memoers-iS9 hfo-members and ten
honoraries. An effort IS being made, to es-
tablish scholarships in drawing. PAINTING,
dc. A subscriber OF 81 900 can appoint a
pupil IN drawing: one Of II ,251 pupil IN
painting, one Of 81 500 a pupu who can
have tue benefit of the life classes and oil
other classes. The president Is Mr.. L. l..
Baker, lie makes the following PROPOSE
ton: " will subscribe : 600 10 maintain
one scholarship. provided subscriptions
for the same object can be obtained 10 the
amount OF $1,000. Failing TO secure the
full amount Of $1,000 my subscription
shall become cancelled and void. II
$4,000 IS obtained | VIII add 1900 to my
first subscription The association is 10
be congratulated on It's president.
A good sharp annette md ,,o,,d ,,l,astion