The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-08-06
NEWS NOTES or INTEREST,".

Inc OO0rn or Alderman Ol NO" lOih ciiy
has fixed the tax rate for the current year at
/. So per cent. the same rs in Philadelphia.
Il IL estimated that Minnesota and the
Dakotas will raise l25.0O0,00O bushels OF
wheat this year. and favorable weather will
add 10. 900, 900 bushels.
While returning from coon hunt at Sey-
mour Ind. William Greer fired into party
OF his friends and seriously wounded Will
liam Wilson and John Firman.
Morehead. KY, has been invaded by heas
10 such an extent that, according 10 the
Sun, OF that city. 1T is nothing unusual TO
see the promenaders Of both sexes stop on
the sidewalks 10 scratch"
The heirs of the late Samuel j. Tilden
have paid into the State Treasury the sum
Of s1t7 ,233. being the total amount Of taxes
under the collateral inheritance tax law
which was imposed on the Tilden estate.
Among the sixteen paintings from the
Chateau d'Aulby collection now on exhibit
ton at the Metropolitan Museum of Art IN
New York there are said 10 be works by
Velasquez. Rembrandt, Franz Halls. Titan
and Guido REM
There was a strange burial in Rondout. n;
Y, on Wednesday--th or an amputateu
foot, in the oonsecrated ground OF ~;
Mary's cemetery. The owner OF the foot
eventually IN the same ground.
James Shea. the keeper Of notorious re-
sort In Highland Falls, New York, has,
through his friend. Secretary Elkins, re-
cured communication Of sentence for a
soldier friend, and a share in the trucking
business at the appraisers office in New
York.
The largest gas we'll ever struck in Penn
syivania has just been bought in by John A.
Snee. The we'll is on the Homer Wright
farm, which adioius the track owned by
James c.. Blaine. The roar Of the escaping
gas can be heard twelve miles. The Phila-
delphia Company recently refused 20 give
$4,000 for the ground.
An enterprising young North Oaroiinian
has Just arrived with proposal for the Gov
eminent of Costa RIGA TO consider the
turning Of q large extent Of the Atlantic
coast lands (swampy districts. at present
UNAVAILABLE into ric9 farms. the Govern.
ment 10 concsde him a certain portion Of
the land when under cultivation.
Joel Miller. sixteen years OF age, of Ephra-
ia, Pennsylvania. has bones Of such brittle
ness as 10 make Il dangerous for ain TO in
dulge in even the ordinary occupations
OF life. Thursday evening one Of his legs
was broken while he was walking on a rail-
road track, making the fourth time these
limbs have been broken. His arm has been
broken three times.
John I. McDougall. twenty-eight years
old. living with his widowed mother at No.
ia Jefferson street, Wilmington Del, stab
bed himself 10 death with q small pen-knfe
Wednesday afternoon. After stabbing him
self twice over the heart he lay down upon
the bed, and when found soon aftorward by
his mother was dead He had been in III
health for over year
John A. Brashear. of Allegheny City. Pa.
the astronomer and manufacturer Of tele-
scopes. was once labOreT in one of the
Plttsbnrg iron mills. fits talent came to
the attention of Dir. Henry Phipps the
millionaire. who persuaded him 10 give up
pudding and devote himself 70 astronomy.
lie was Tor years a lecturer IN this science
in the Western Pennsylvania University.
Because his daughter tried 10 induce him
to clean up and stop slop gathering, Fred
erick kaYser. an eccentric Old miser of Day
ton. Ohio got mad and committed suicide
this morning Besides stocks and bonds
his real estate holdings there are worth
$3.50 900 and he had large estate Ia Sweden,
but be dressed In rags and collected Parb-
age, which he fed to the stock on his farm.
Patrick Farrell, ffty-two years old, Of
Swampscott. died Thursday morning Of
what is supposed to be hydrophobia. Far
rell was bitten by rapid hound May 18Th
Beyond slight throat spssms and an aver
sion 10 water. the case did not tally with
those best known and described in medical
works. His death was not violent. The
dog bit fifteen persons, two of whom have
died.
The Louisville. Eew.Albany and Chicago
yestibule train which left indianapolis at
1910 Thursday morning struck bull that
l.. IN, n grFNU "a KF0n1
Ripple. nine miles north OK that place.
The engine was thrown over, killing tho
engineer, II. Metzker Of Lafayette. ana
dangerously iniuring fireman Charles Hall,
OF Indianapolis. The train remained on the
track.
A blacksnake nine feet long that came, 20
the slaughter house TO drink blood, attacked
William Hill. a butcher. OF Roaring Creek
Valley. Pa, Wednesday morning, Ihe
monstrous reptile wrapped itself about llill
and began 10 tighten It's awful coils The
bntcber made frantic efforts TO cut the
snake in two with a iack-knife. When al
most fainting With the terrible pain and
fear. Hill jabbed his knife IN the snakes
head. He then killed II.
1t is stated in Catholic circles in st. Louis
as a certainty that at the next meeting of
the Popes Consistory the Holy Father will
announce the appointment OF Archbishop
Ireland Of 81. Paul, as a member OF the
College Of Cardinals. A prominent CathO-
lie. who will not allow mention of bis name,
but who is in constant communication with
Rome. says: The appointment Of Arch
bishop Ireland 20 be q Cardinal IS Just as
sure as any event that has not yet trenspired.
There is no question in my mind about
it,"
Mr. I. A. Wsmeyer. post-trader among
the Ossges, said the other day OF these In
dians: The Osages are the richest per
capita. think Of any tribe of Indians in
the Indian Territory They have "A reserva-
ton Of 100000 acres and receive about
1929 each a year from the Government. At
one time they owned most Of Southern
Kansas. but made treaty with the Govern
ment about 1865. receiving large sum from
the sale OF their lands, which were opened
up for settlement. The national Govern
ment now holds in trust for the Osages
about s. 900. 900 and paws them per cent.
per annum on this amount. This makes
about $3.50 900 = year that IS divided among
/, 100 the present number Of Usage Indians.
They are becoming highly civilized. They
have hue Government schools Ut the agency,
costing S250.0O0.