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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-26

Az OYSTER COMMISSION.

It stands to reason that what is most
needed by the Legislature for intelligent
action respecting oyster legislation Is
definite and authentic information con-
corning the subject. The State needs an
impartial commission to examine into the
subject in all its bearings and re-
port all the facts connected with it
TO the Legislature The states north
of us which have protected their oyster in-
dustries. and converted them into valuable
properties. did nothing until they pursued
this course. After reports Of the commits
sions came in they leeislated wisely and
effectively. Let the Legislature at once pass
a bill providing that the Governor may ap-
point a commission of three to inquire into
this subject. and make their report as soon as
possible. This is the way to 20 at the thing
in a business manner
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-26

This deservedly popular actor. supported
bv a strong and well balanced compeny. pro-
duced last night at the New Richmond
Theatre his version of Gosthe's divine
tragedy. The piece Is well put on the stage
the stage mountings being very attractive.
Electrical effects are used to great advantage a.
while ail of the STAGE mechanism worked
smoothly and effectively. Mr. Morrison M
terprets the part of Mephisto with "A
weird. hooking air. intusing It with
a satirical humor that makes his rendition
original and attractive. lie acts 10 tie quiet
artistic way that has placed hmm m the front
rankof American actors. Iherestot the cast ls
very pleasing. 4lis. Florence honeiE1s. rs
Marguerite. and wilma r. Owen as Ia 5.
being especially worthy of mention. 10
large audience testified their appreciation by
frequent and hearty applause. Faust VIII
continue at the Theatre the rest OF tie week,
including a matinee Saturday
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-26

LrRAY. Va. Feb. %. Special '-I Fl .ai'
Charles were committed here .ast Do l-'
thieves broke into the store of p. N ItiIi
hardware merchant forced hs safe. ..a.-
therefrom about twenty-five dollar. t-l
carving away l0t of cutlery. l-ei a',
entered the agricultural implement on
hardware establishment OF II. n
and blew open h.s safe. bat seelrei -y
about fifteen dollars The sheriff ar. '
are out. but nothing of the robbers ls e.-
discovered
Thomas J.. Wood. very estimate f.lt
married man. who resided 40 Shenali 0.l. D.
tins county. died rather suddenly
week ago and was inferred 70 couple o. ai.'
thereafter Yesterday Dy order OBS t.' pr.
court rr. W. T.. Hudson. coroner 't--
the remains and secured tle stomach t.'
portion of the liver oil the deceased
subjected o. an analysis Tor poison
claimed that various circumstance
foul play on tho part oi some one.
was insured for $1,000 lu tne valley Al
Insurance COMPANY.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-26

Justice John disposed Of the following
cases in the police court yesterday mornIns
Hi Gates colored) was sent TO ile sIanu
Jury on the charge OF lo.onousiy sssaui'lNs
and wouuding Sit Booker with rocA. Con
berkeley TAYLOR lcoiored was fined - lot
bein0 disorderly and lighting in the street.
frank Dudley. IA coiored boy. was sent 70
the grand Jury to answer the charge OF carry
iug concealed weapons: and De was nned
$50 for trespassing on the premises Oh tne
Richmond, fredericksburg anu ID1oinac
Railroad Company.
MARY Alexander ,coiored, assaulting. ours
ing and abusing Parthenia Woodson' dis
Della Mayo (coloreD, disorderly on the
street fined $3.50.
Bette Moody alias Johnson lcoiored); OBJ
tanning under false pretenses stove rom
NJ. :. Leidy dismissed.
George Booker )colored), cruelty to AMI
mails. hned
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-26

James l.. Valentine. +. Victor Williams To
Williams, Dr.. Adolph Williams. j. ~
shall. W. Otto Notiny. Allen Potts w az ~
Morton. DR.. NJ. y. Hoge Jr.. Fon,..,.
Brown. Carter Wormeley. Mr.. Chams1'.Ds
James Stringfeilow. Blair S,rngfs.low ~.
Young. Adolph Blair. Orm0nd Young ~ ~
Powers. Edward Mcclure. Churchill Yo-,.
10 Lane stern. J. Aston Cabeg Ricfrrl-.i
Maury' William Ferguson. Robert B.a,,
eensnip; Archer Anderson. Jr. Jossrs
H. X Anderson, Jr.; Robert Campbell. Henri
Baskerville W. s. Bishop. r. - Cbr.s,'..t
Jr. Richard H. Gaines. William No.
winckel. Horace HAYES. BENJAMIN Law,
W. K. Massle. T. C. Massis r. jackson 1T
Ter, J.: c. Mayo se.burn j. Myers. lev.
Brander.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-26

The Tableaux Yiyant given last eyerir, .,
the Mozart Academy for the benefit n ~.
Hebrew Home of the Aged aud Infrm was .
thorough success. The attendance was n-,,
and the beautiful tableaux were be..,r.
applauded. The piano duet ren5s- ,
by the Misses Florshem was p,
ceiyed with great applause. The can
tata OF tie Marriage az Lady +.
teie.' by sixty children was happily r.-
dered. The programme was cOnc.alel hr,
reading by Rev +. H. Csasch. o
was heartily euiyed by al present mo
tertainment was replete with enjoyable Pa
lures and an extremely pleasant evening ss,
passed.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-26

Editor Times

Editor Times.
The legislative halls Of this old Common
wealth have presented most unusual pic
ture these last few days on account OF the
number of ladies present. many Of whom were
white-hared women who had gone there t.
show their deep interest IN q bill now pend
ing before the Genera. Assembly. Thi, bill
prays that the Legislature will come tO.the as
sistauce Of the ladies o the Hollywood Memo
rial Association in liquidatlng debt incurred
IN removing 10 their native soil the remains
of our soldiers who fell at Gettysburg
Ii is 20 be houed for the sake OIL all con
cerned that the Legislature Will not ad ourn
until they have fulfilled this sacred dutl. for
there can be bat few az the members who are
not directly or indirectly interested IN the
dead of Gettysburg. These noble women of
this association ever since tie war have Kept
the graves OF our heroes green. and have had
little or no help from the state. Now that
this debt owed TO Northern man has been
brought TO their knowledge their heads are
bowed aud they turn 10 the men who bore
arms with these brave fellows TO ask that
they see that the graves u their comrades are
no longer euhallOwed by this debt
Richmond. February 25 1892
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-26
The Grocers' Banquet.

The annual reunion Of the Wholesale Gro
GERS Association will take place to night
There will be II banquet at the public hall of
the Masonic Temple. Senator John w. Dan
iel and Representative George -. Wise are
expected in the city to-day and will speak at
the banquet. Senator Daniel will be- the guest
OF Major James ID. Patton.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-26

Inthenotice made ~ the RELIGIOUS Herald of
this week an error was made IN the date men
toned for the memorial exercises TO 5e held
no the Richmond Female Institute. The ser
vices will be held on Friday evening. March
9Th. and are in memoryof Rev. DR.. b. Manly,
who was the first president of the Institute.
and under whose management the present
building was erected. The programme Will
be Uu bli-lel later.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-26

WHEN will the negro race in the South learn
that their best friends are the Southern
whites? Every effort they make to better
their condition by going elsewhere invariably
leads to distress and disaster. Two groups OF
deluded darkies have already LETT their homes
in Arkansas for Liberia. and now they
find themselves stranded III New YORK,
houseless. penniless, without friends
or food and thousands of miles away
from their longed-for Utopia. The
worst of it is that colonies of other colored
men are following their example. and unless
something is done to check the exodus, New
York will find the entire black population of
Arkansas destitute ON its hands. Why is 1t
that no one of the many professional colored
philanthropists Of Yankeedom will tell these
unfortunate negroes that they can make a
fair living in the South while they would
starye to death in Africa:
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-26

THE motley crew who composed the St.
fouis Convention should by all means have
had a managing editor 10 read over and care
fully edit their platform before it was given
out to the public; if they had they would
have been saved very gross piece
of Inconsistency and self-stultihcatlon.
Chairman Ignatius Donnelly in his ad-
dress ITO the people of the United States. "
declared that we meet in the midst of a
nation brought to the verge Of moral. politi-
cal and material ruin" Yet the twelfth plank
based upon the principles enunciated in that
address. asserts that we are AN united and
happy people" There is certainly something
wrong either with the address or the plat
form.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-26

The clerk OF the hastings court issued the
following marriage licenses Yesterday Charles
J.. AcRae. OF Newport News. aud Mary So.
Torheck. of Richmond. William +. Taylor
and Sarah Whiting colored of lichm ni;
Horace Walker and Mary J.. Payne .co.orei
of Richmond. Warren Z. McGuiun, OF balti-
more. and Annie l.. Wallace .coloredl OF
Richmond
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-26

The piebald convention at st. Louis con-
cluded its antics on Wednesday by putting
out TO the world a new declaration Of tie
rights of man" as a preface to what it pro-
pounded as the true basis Of all government
1t was most fitting that the declaration and
the platform should have been presented TO
the convention by that prince OF humbuss
Ignatius Donnelly, he who was smart
enough 10 discover Bacons cipher in
Shakespeare's plays. where there is no
cipher at all. But though Donnelly slipped
up on his cipher he had made ten-strike in
his declaration" We never had the re-
hottest idea of how wretched and unhappy
we collectively and individually were until we
read Donnellys declaration" and even vet
our blood boils at the thought of the way in
which bonds have been cutting down deep
into our flesh of which we have been entirely
unaware until Donnelly saw the gashes and
pointed them out to US. Listen to him:
We meet in the midst of nation thought
70 DO on the verge Of moral, political and ma.
terial ruin. Corruption dominates the ballot
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-26
The Dlaok.barg Invrstiga,lon.

The Joint Committee on Public Institutions
and Education resumed the consideration OF
the investigation OF the Blacksburg College
matter yesterday. A long session was held
but no formal report was given out. although
1t was said that the report would probably be
completed at q short session this morning.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-26
Not an Eiba-schooI Pupil.
Editor Times

In regard 10 an arrest made at Elba School
day or two ago permit lie TO say Il was IN
10 way connected with pupils IN the school.
The unprOvOked. profane language used in
the presence of boys and girls was by party
who IS, / hear. a nonresident / write this
in behalf of the pupils If klba. who are law
abiding and orderly and for whose protection
the Justice came 10 my relief.
Respectfully.
q. 7. PERRY, Principal.
February .. 1892
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-26
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 26. 1892.
SIX PAGES.


Roth houses Of the General Assembly held
two sessions.-Ihe grocers banquet will take
nlace.-James River Convocation adjourned.
Mr.. GInter gave q reception. The blachS-
burg investigating committee met.-Mayos
Island is to be improved.
VIRGINIA.
The psker murder trial was continued at
Abingdon vesterday.-The Piedmont Club OF
Ivpchburg gave an elegant reception last might.
Mr. James ". Pettigrew of Lexington. died
Wednesday night.-Two burglaries were COM
roi,fed AZ Iuray Wednesday night.-Thomas
I Wood. who died at Luray, is believed to have
neen uoisoned. Mr. Columbus Halo died at
Stanton vesterday.--N. G. Martin, merchant
Of Pittsylvsnia county has assigned.-Mr
Jacob Blaine. of Halifax county is dead
Marriage Of Mr. Cornelius II. Bull and Miss
Ellen S. Martin. of Norfolk.-Tbe head Of the
fish commission Of the Chicago Fair visits Nor
folk.-A new trial has been granted 5. Il. Pat
terson. sentenced for murder in Buckingham
eounty.-Mr. B. Johnson Barbour is well
seaip.-The son Of Mr. r. w. Hall, of Abe
marie. who was bitten by mad dog. has been
taken to New York.to consult specislist.--
Marriage near Bon Air of Mr.. j. j. Nelson, Jr.,
and Miss Virgie L. Payne.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Northern lady has made handsome dona-
ton for school for colored youths .oear Win
ston.-Mr John Schultz, of Salem, has pre-
sented Secretary Rusk with q cane m ado Of ma
tlveapple wood -Most OF the stock for the
new Weldon bank has been ubscribed.-Ihe
total disbursements for Winston for 1891 were
sl53,SiL26.
GENERAL.
The report that ex-President Cleveland is op-
posed 10 the movement in his behalf for the
presidency is denied in New York.--Burton
Webster. who is on trial for his life in New
York. has recently won large amounts at horse
race betting.-Ihe annual election Of officers
of the Southern Society of New York promises
10 be a spirited contest so far az the presidency
is concerned. The Brazilian steamship
Advance was quarantined at New York
Yesterday on account OF yellow fever
on board. - Representative Brown. of
Indiana. excoriated the Republican party in a
speech i'm the House-Rufus Z. Reavis was
murdered at Henderson, y. C.. Wednesday
night.-Nilde, the Englishman, charged with
bgamy. was convicted at Greensboro WedneS-
day.-The German Kaiser is having much
trouble with the Berlin Socialsts.-Mrs. Mon
tague is to be tried at Belfast for the murder of
her child.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-26

THErencounter on Fifth avenue Wednesday
between two members of NcAllster's $50"
Mr.. Lindey Chaplin and Mr.. GARRISON Potter,
following close upon the train robbery on the
New York Central. would appear to indicate
that New York is importing a good many of
those breezy habits which the press of that
State has been disposed heretofore to think
were confined to the South and West.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-26

TIE testimony that has been takenin the
course of the trial of Edward NJ. Field throws
light upon family history which has been
remarkable in more than one particular. The
founder of the race. Captain Field. died insane
in 1905. His son. the Rev. David Dudley
Field. was demented in the last part
of his life. His four sons, on the
other hand-David Dudley. Cyrus W..
Henry NJ. and Stephen J.-have been
justly considered as among the ablest men
whom this country has produced In the
third generation there have been nine cases Of
insanity. exclusive of Edward II. Field, whose
soundness of mind is now subject Of in
quiry. With such a record the Fields seem
to confirm the expression of the poet that
genius and madness are nearly allied" not
only in individuals but in families
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-26

TAKEN altogether lgnatius Donnelys cir
cular 10 his third party adherents was about
as incoherent a mass Of yerbiage as has ever
been dignifed by the name address The
truth is, Donnelly has become so mixed up
searching for his Baconian cipher that now
he doesn't know any better whether Bacon
wrote Shakespeare or Shakespeare wrote
Bacon. or they each did write the other, than
lie does whether we are free and happy
nation OF slaves to milhonaires and corpora
tiOns or not.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-26

THE CALCULATION or THE TINES Is
,,vcrp THAN EVER BEFORE IN IFS
HISTORY. AND Is STEADILY INCkEAs-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-26

The denominations of war are terrible
and it takes years and years to recover from
them. But tor the war between the States
General Nelson A. Miles would not have been
heard of. but now. as o result OF that war, he
is likely in a few years to become the com
handing general of the army.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-26

COLONEL H. KYD DoUGIAs. who has been
called by Governor Brown Of Maryland, to
the position of Adjutant-General Of that State,
was one of the most gallant of the officers
who were Immediately AS ociated with stone
wall Jackson in his campaigns. The civil
career of Colonel Douglas in his own State,
since the close OF tie war has been distu-
guished one. The news Of his appointment
by Governor Brown will be received with
pleasure in Virginia as we'll as in Maryland
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-09-25
How Sir Gavan Duffy Looked.

Mrs. Carlyle, in her Journal" thus
describes Sir Charles Gavan Duffy as he
looked in 1874 during a visit he paid to
"'the sage Of Chelsea" "Mr. Duffy quite
took my husbands fancy, and mine also
to q certain extent. With the coarsest
Of human faces, decidedly as like a
horses as mans, heis one Of the people
that should get to think beautiful"
Sir Charles Gavan Duffy himself tells
this story: An artist named Crowley
painted his portrait and bestowed on
him a dreamy poetic face which might
have passed for Shelley's. The portrait
was shown 10 Daniel O'Connell by the
artist in presence Of Duffy. "Isnot that
very like Duffy" said Cromley. Him,
said o'Connell, looking from the por-
trait to the original, 81 wish Duffy was
very like that. "-London Star.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-09-25

mean to make a pilgrimage TO Fon-
tainbleau in order TO see two wonderful
carpets which have been transferred TO
the palace by the presidents orders, and
which are said 10 be the most superb
articles of the kind in the world. They
were ordered by Napoleon Ill at the
Gobelin mandatory in 1868. They are
of colossal dimensions, one being nearly
thirty feet square, while the other is
eleven yards long and ten yards wide.
1t took ten years to complete them,
and once finished their extraordinary
size caused them TO be packed away in
the storehouse of Les Gobelins, whence
they were not extracted even 10 be ex.
hibited at the exhibitions Of 1878 and
1889. They are the finest articles Of the
kind that have been produced for the
French government since Louis XIV or
dered "ninety-three carpets for cere-
monies and festivals" TO DO manufac.
tured at La Savonnerie for the great
bathrooms and reception rooms Of the
Louvre and of Versailles.
The smaller of the two, which has q
yellow ground, is set down in the in
ventory as being worth 100000, the
larger, the ground Of which is black
being estimated at $4,000, though the
real value Of each is stated to be al
least double.-Paris Letter.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-09-25


Two days after leaving Port Said
Egypt, we had some very unsettled
weather. Looking southwark | OBJ.
served what appeared to DO q small
black cloud rising and coming steadily
toward our steamer. When | looked
again few minutes later, instead OF
seeing the cloud | saw some hundreds
of swallows. They flew around our
steamer several times, as though unde-
cided whether to stay until the storm
passed. At last, just before dark, sew
eral of them alighted on tho stayrim of
our main funnel, which was soon one
black mass of birds. The rain came
down in torrents, and it was pitiful to
see those frail creatures struggling with
the wind and rain.
Those Of them that could not find a
roosting place soon commenced to fall
on deck quite helpless. l picked up all
those that fell on the bridgedeck and
lodged them in the chartroom. Those
birds that fell on the foredeck were
sheltered in the forecastle by the crew.
The next day came in bright and clear,
with light westerly breeze, and all the
swallows took fight just at sunrise, fly
ing in a northwesterly direction. The
captive birds were soon set free, and
they followed in the wake Of the others.
may say that all the birds we had were
able to fly except one, and it died during
the day. Several dead ones were found
on the decks at daylight. These birds
had beautiful plumage, and fancy they
looked rather smaller than the swallows
l have seen in England. The captive
birds had golden brown feathers just
above and below the beak, and white
breast; back, black feathers with a
blush tinge; wings and tail brown, and
four white spots across.-New Castle
Chronicle.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-09-25

A man tells how 10 get earthworms
without digging for them. Take a
strong stick four or five feet long and
sharp at one end and go TO some locality,
such as the back Of barn, where the
worms are sure to be plentiful. Drive a
stick four or five inches into the ground
with hammer or stone and then begin
TO twist it with a rotary motion. Every
few minutes hit the top rap TO drive
the point farther into the ground and
keep ON twisting. In five minutes the
worms will begin crawling out Of their
holes, and all you have 10 do is TO pick
them up and put them in your can
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-09-25

The goldseekers of both America and
Australia have singular but well
grounded superstition that the discover
ers of hidden treasures are sure TO meet
with violent deaths. The original pro-
prietors of between thirty-five and forty
of the most prosperous gold and silver
mines in this country are known to have
come 10 just such ends. Out Of the
forty or less twelve were shot or stabbed
to death in saloon or other broils, five
committed suicide, three were engulfed
by landslides, five turned murderers OF
robbers and tgere caught and executed
in various ways, one fell into n boiling
spring and had the flesh literally stewed
from his bones, while the others have
disappeared and no one knows what ever
became Of them.
George ii. Fryer, once the millionaire
proprietor of the Fryer Hill mine, com
mitted suicide in Denver after spending
the last nickel between himself and star.
walton. The discoverer of the great Stan.
dard mine, in California, was caught and
swallowed up in an avalanche; Colonel
Story was killed by Indians; William
Fairweather, Of the famous Alder
Gulch mine, died with the "frenzied
horrors" after continuous two years
debauch. Farrell of Meadow Lake"
died with a terrible disease in San
Francisco hospital. The owner Of that
great mine, the Homestake, became a
highwayman and was shot while robbing
a stage coach. John Homer tried the
same route that Fryer went. dough
nut Bill, "Ninemile Clarke" "Old Eu.
reka" and many others were killed in
saloons. ST. Louis Republic.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-09-25

"why do we say mother earthT "
II don't know. 1t certainly is not
correct. Everybody knows that the
earth rs spinster. "-Harper's Bazaar.