The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-09-05
TIMES NEWS NOTES.

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rlo,a Advocate warns the Greenville News
that when that paper advocates the employ
| ment OF hot-roasted Irish potatoes as cur
| rency 10 be cooked stamped and issued ny
sub-treasuries. il Is ''trifilng with INT erests
that are almost sacred - and that II may DC
dangerous to trihe with them
The Rev. S. C. Stone. recently presiding
elder OF the Greenyille Miss district, Il
under arrest at Memphis. charged WIN arson.
He owned several business houses which ne
destroyed 10y fire He makes no denial or
| the allegations. and says be committed the
acts while under the influence OF morphine
Grave troubles arc reported from lchang,
on the Yang -kiang. The houses Of Euro
ueans have been burned 10 the ground by the
| natives likewise the church. school and or
phanage of the sisters have been destroyed
| The French Minister l. expected at PeNu
| now and IL is believed he will take severe and
emphatic measures 10 secure complete IN
demnity.
A bold. bad burglar wearing the tradi-
| tional black mask and carrying brace q
| murderous reyolvers went 10 the residence OF
| an old maid" at THIN. O., the other night
and demanded money OF slaughter. Inc
| proposed victim. however. promptly KNOCKED
| down the burglar. took away hs reviewers;
| tore Of his mask and proceeded 70 pound
holes in the lawn with his anatomy.
There is great religious excitement az
| Sydenlam. a village near Kingston, Ont The
action Of the Free Methodists IN the village
| hall created so much disorder that they were
put out Of the building. They i,hen retired
TO a vacant field. where corset meeting
was held. bonfire was started and women
threw their corsets on the blaze, crying, We
viii die as God made Us"
The wages Of forty girls in the Akron
Cereal Company. says the GAINESVILLE lOhiol
| Signal. were MGhinleyed 90 per cent. on Fri
/ day Thus II seems that even the women are
not free from the blightlng process Of that
! infamous measure. Soon. very soon, let IA
| hope some Republican editor can hold up %
! public view one workman 40 least whose
wages have been increased by the new tariff
! law as promised.
The Maine coast jewellers have peculiar
| remedies of their own FOR oil sorts OF Diseases
| and among them that prescribed as o sure
cure for cancer by An ancient mariner Of
| Harpswell is the queerest. This old salt de-
| clares that pCl.tce made from piece OK
/ the belly of q No. mackerel Will draw any
cancer cut by the roots. No. l mackerel
| he says. Is too fat and No. Sinot Eat enough.
We have. declares the Morning Herald of
/ Baltimore. no means OF knowing who Is
| likely 10 wear the lara after Pope Leo XIII,
but we are satisfied that the Catholic HER
/ archy would DO itself much credit by placing
/ the American Cardinal in the papsl chair
! He Is by all odds tho most brOad- minded and
| cosmopolitan prelate who wears the red, be-
/ sides being becomingly unossuming and
genial man.
Postmaster Bel. Of Eusts. Fla states
that he has a number Of well-trainod rattle
snakes in his Office which render valuable
/ service in protecting the mail. These snakes
are kept IN glass case, and when ob ectlOna-
| bic characters come around the postOffce and
| linger longer than the postmaster deems adj
| visable he gets out the snakes and puts them
| through their PAGES. The lOungers. not
/ knowing that tho snakes are tame, become
I frightened and Immediately yacate the
premises.
Malone is pushing for the Hayti mission
! A. W. Harris, colored Of Norfolk says the
West Point Nirginan MahOns's colofed
rival John NJ. Langston. Is determined 70
| have his own pet. also colored. appointed 20
the place, and the factions fight is playing
the de il with the e. @. y. IN Virginia. Ma
| hone despise5 Lsngst0n. LangstOn has al
| ways opposed and despised the doughty SEN
/ atOr. and was no small factor IN shelving the
| Tom Thumb General. President Harrison
patched their fight up once. but will have
another surgical operation now 90 perform
All indications point 10 very spirited
| contest for the Legislature IN BOtetOurt
county this fall. The Alliance is figuring
largely in tho fight but the chief issue will be-
on the question Of removing the courthouse
| from fincastle TO Buchanan. Mr.. ". j.
Penn. an Alliance Democrat. has already
been brought ont By q mass-meetng Of citi-
| Zens who favor Buchanan as the county seat,
! and IL IL more than probable that Phil. /.
| Brown. who Is also an Alliance man. Will be
nominated By the county convention rs the
candidate OF the Democratic party, and bis
sympathies are with tincastle for the county
seat
In Tennessee, says the Nashville Ameri-
can they only ay that the minority In the
Alliance should submit 20 the majority. but
in Missouri the Alliance has followed the
natural evolution Of a fraternal secret conn
ell system OF politics and reached the point
where one member said yesterday that tho
time had come when the majority ought e.
hang tho minority. and that II ballots
didf not bring Thorn % submission
bullets would. In Missouri they have been
travelling q little faster. but the Tennessee
third party will get there Just the same. |
Secret Oath-b bound politics always wind up in !
the same disregard Of human rights and an !
endeayor 90 carry by terror measures which |
cannot be carried by argument.
There IL NO disposition Oh tho part OF the !
organs Of the high prices and high tariffs says |
the CHICAGO Herald. 20 discuss the question of /
wages paid In the protected clothing industry |
in Chicago Forty cents p dozen for panta- /
looms One dollar and eight cents a week for 4
making clOaks Two dollars and sew |
enty cents q week for fifteen hours day |
on coats ana vests. mere is q fccIfu tnhL our |
protection'sts should be proud Of There IS
no question about the clothing manufacturer |
getting two prices for his goods There is no |
question about the amount oftarlf protection |
that he receives. Why Is 1t that his labor X 1
starved and oppressed.
Governor Jones of Alabama has removed |
Colonel kolb from his position as Commits |
siOner o. Agriculture owing % the fact that |
he has gone over body and boots 20 the |
Alliance and has swallOYei all Of It's de- |
mands IL appears that KOlb has a desire % |
be tho Governor 81 the State. and 10 Is evident |
that he imagnes he can ride the Alliance 90 |
the goal of his ambition. His removal was |
due to the fact that in Joining the Alliance in |
It's demands for the adoption Of the Ocala !
platform he ceased % DO q Democrat and put I
himself II line % be repudated by Demo
cratic administration.
There are great many people who be- |
leve thatia State superintendentO Of roads would |
be OF yasty more benefit u Virginia than q |
superintendent of education. says the Alex |
andria Gazette Whether they be right OF
not there is no doubt Of the fact that a State |
officer 10 provide routes and plans for public |
roads, and 10 see that the money appropriated |
by the counties for the Improvement Of such |
roads be properly expended. and the work !
skllfully done. would be OF great benefit 70
the state. An immense sum Of money is an |
nually expended on road Improvement IN
Virginia. but for the most part is Just so |
much thrown away. as the roads are a. bad