The morning news., 1891-09-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A PROCESS for hardening plaster. so that it
may be used for flooring, as wood and tiles are
at present. is being extensively employed in
France: About six parts of good quality plaster
are intimately mixed with one part of freshly
saked white lime finely sifted. The mixture is
then lald down as quickly as possible care being
taken tnat the trowel Is not used on it for too
long time. The floor should then be allowed
10 become very dry, and afterward be thor
oughly saturated with sulphate of iron or zinc
the iron giving the strongest surface. With
sulphate of zinc the floor remains white but
when iron is used it becomes the color of rust
II linseed OF boiled with litharge, be applied to
the surface il becomes mahogany tint
DISPATCHES from San Francisco say the
engagement has been announced of Harriet
Pullman, younger daughter of George IL. Pull
man Of Chicago, and Frank j. Carolan of San
francisco. The wedding will take place in
Chicago some time during the spring. Owing to
the absence OF Mr.. Pullman with his family in
the east confirmation of the announcement
could not he made Tuesday, but A. B. Pullman,
brother of George M. said Wednesday evening
that although he knew nothing positively as to
the rumor he presumed it was true, though
somewhat premature He came from
the Thousand Islands two weeks
ago, where his brothers family
have been passing the summer at Pull
man Island, opposite Alexandria bay. Mr. Car
olan was OF the party and is now at Elberon,
n. j., where Mr. Pullman also has a cottage
The prospective groom is prominent society
man OF San Francisco. where he has always
lived. He is about so years old medium sized
and somewhat striking in appearance. He was
educated at Cornell university in the class of
e2, where he was an intimate friend of Senator
Hiscock S son. Another of his intimate friends
married daughter Of Senator Sawyer of Wis
oonsin. Miss Harriet Pullman Is well known in
Chicago society. She first met Mr.. Carolan at
the Thousand Islands, and the acquaintance
soon ripened into love. Toe family is expected
to return to the city IN about q week.
AN INCIDENT is reported from London
police court, indicative of the temper which
prevails among the poverty stricken masses of
the East end, and which may be traced with
out much difficulty to the professional social
sgtator. The prisoners were a painter and a
Joiner, and they were arrested for smashing a
plate-glaSs window in a jewelers. shop which
cost $3.50. The deed was done with great delib-
Grafton, one man using chisel and the other
an iron bar. They made no attempt at flight or
robbery, but wanted to be taken into custody. In
court, the spokesman of the two said that, be-
ing out of work and in great distre5s, they had
adopted this method OF directing public atten-
ton TO the miseries of their class. 1t was i'm
possible for hungry men In their condition to
look upon the evidences of luxury, TO resist
anger at the sight of windows full of precious
stones They held that they had as much
right to destroy property when i'm
over which they had no control, as
the law, in the making of which they had no
voice, had to punish them. When the magis-
trate endeayored to explain the fallacy and dan
ger Of this line or argument, the prisoners told
him, respectfully enough. that he was doubtless
as much entitled to his opinion as they were to
their own, but that they did not agree with him.
After that, of course there was nothing to do
but to commit them for trial and lock them up.
DEATH has ended the famous Salisbury family
at La Qui Parte Mimi, Mrs. Daniel Salisbury
having passed away recently at the age of 102
years The combined age of herself and hus-
band is 205 years. and the celebration of their
eightieth wedding anniversary last JanUsry was
a leading Minnesota event. report from their
home at Bellingham this evening says the hus-
band. Daniel salisbury, cannot live the night
through. He refuses to take any medicine ex-
cept that prepared from herbs by his wife.
Daniel Salisbury was porn in the town OF River
John, Pictou county, N s., Nov. 20, 1877, and
Mary Ann Harrington, the wife, at the same
place, Dec. TO- 1884 They we're married Jan. o.
1911 Have you used tobacco?" was asked the
old man the other day. What makes you all
so anxious about the tobacco. There's plenty
left, if 1t does come high. Yes I've used to-
bacco nearly ninety years. and | think it has
saved my life Liquor? | was in liquor up TO
my knees in my younger days. Ialways takeia
drink when want it, and it don't hurt me. l
never was drunkard. I've defied every law of
health Till was 20 l farmed on the sea shore,
and in haying | would NOW till was red hot
and then plunge into the sea with my clothes
on, tn, n hC and NOV again for an hour or two
till the sweat ran off my nose, then another
plunge. | could NOW more GBau any OF my
companions The November when l was 100,
wnen it was cold my spaniel wouldn't
trieve, stripped OFF aud waded half way across
the lake to get some ducks had shot"
AN "oLD SETTLER" from Kane county dropped
into the Iroquois club at Chicago the other
day aud was drawn into talking of the early
democratic warhorses of that district. "B. F.
Fridley -Frod Fridey everybody calls him-is
about the only one of the old, original, first
crop democratic leaders now left said he.
Hes the quaintest character these prairies ever
produced. I've heard dozens of stories told
about him, but none that better
illustrates his keen understanding of
human nature and his ready resource
when in a tight place than this one, con-
cerninR a certain case which he tried before
a justice of the peace Smiths Leading
Cases a frequently-cited authority in
those days. On this occasion the attorney op-
posing Mr. Fridley read from this authority
section which quite demolished the latter case.
In concluding his argument Mr. Fridley said:
Now, bout the law in this here case. The at
torney on t'other side has read somethin' from
Smiths Leadin' Cases that he calls
law. Now, yer honor, who knows any
thing about this man Smith? uster know
a Bill Smith who jockeyed around with hosses,
but l didn't know he'd set up fur lawyer.
Let's see what this Lawyer Smiths name is.
said Fridley, casually opening to the title-page
of the book. There you have it! he exclaimed
in apparent surprise. ''William Smith"-that
same Bill Smith. the hoss jockey Now, yer
honor of you want to take any of Bill Smiths
law you can do it, The justice didn't take any