The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-18
NEWS NOTES or INrBREsr.

Twelve OF the original thirteen States
now have Democratic Governors.
A Sylvania, Ca, merchant, who has
a lot OF crlnolines left over from the
old days. has placed them on sale In his
store.
A divorce was recently granted to a
woman at Paris, Tex. and FIVE minutes
later she faced the Judge with another
man and was married.
Suits for 100000 have been filed against
the city OF Atlanta, Ga. by people VINO
claim that their health has been injured
through miasma from the city dumping
grounds.
Joseph r. Combs ard wife. OF Houston.
Ind. were married thirty-five years ago.
About a year ago differences arose ana
they were divorced. On Saturday they
were remarked.
The ladies OF Dresden have been hold
ing a riding tournament. the honors OF
the joust being won by young Engnsn
girl. Miss Theresa Brooks. Her hnal e3-
plot was the driving Of a pair OF horses
tandem while riding her own horse AT iuii
speed.
While being transferred from the prison
at Bankins TO Newport, In Georgia, a
prisoner leaped from the train while II
was going at the rate OF thirty-fye miles
an hour. The train was instantly stopped
and a search made. which proved un-
successful.
The Florida orange crop this season
will probably be the largest ever known.
The trees are now in blossom, and are
so fun OF bloom that should only half
of them mature the trees would not holu
the fruit without considerable propping
and bracing.
striking example OF the fatality OF
the number thirteen can be noted IN
connection with the death OF Jonn H.
McDonough at the Tammany Clun oih-
ner in Boston on st. Patricks day. Ihere
were thirteen persons at the head 'apie
where he sat- the banquet was gwen
by a ward thirteen club. ana he was
stricken with apoplexy direcuy ai'e'
speaking thirteen minutes.
The ex-queen of Hawaii has prooaply
laid aside a snug sum or money, upon
which she can live comfortap,y IN nea
retirement While she was only helress
npnarent her income amounted 10 about
81 OO0 a month. and after her accession
to the throne further appropriations anu
investments raised II to perhaps s5V'VV
q wear. She owns two fine houses, ana
as she is q thrifty woman, she has doubt
less saved a neat little fortune.
A resident OF Irvington, New Jersey.
lost a child last year and the doctor VINO
attended the little one during It's illness
was recently nominated a village trustee.
The father of the child had taken a Vio-
lent dislike 10 the doctor and tried by
every means TO defeat the candidate.
and when he heard that the doctor had
triumphed. he decorated his horse and dog
with Grape and drove through the streets,
carrying an American flag at half mast
The demolition OF a mound In Walnut
Grove, near Martins Ferry, ONO, has
brought to light many interesting relics
Human skeletons, skulls. bones elk
anters, paleolithic engraNngs and I'M
plemerts, arrowheads. pale gray hints.
cup stones, agricultural Implements
granite hammer stones. sinkers, per-
forated stones and others have been
found. The farther into the mound the
workmen dig the more interesting the
discoveries become.
out of one hundred men whom you will
meet in Tobasco Mexico, scarcely ten
are able to read, and two out OF every
three are held by their creditors as slaves
for debt. There are aboft 100000 Next
cans in this form OF slavery. The peo-
pie often fall into debt through paying
the exhorbitant marriage fee asked by
the priest. and another large fee is ex-
acted at the baptism Of each child, each
baptism requiring the entire wages OF at
least two weeks.
A cleverly constructed little machine
has been designed for the purpose OF
afflxing stamps to letters and circulars
and by its means the process can be car
ried on with extraordinary rapidity. Inc
motions Of detaching. dampening ana
fixing are all performed by one reVoiu-
ton of a small wheel attached 10 the
machine. From 1000 to 5000 letters an
hour can be stamped. and one or the
most important advantages OF the ma
chine is that it will register the NUMBER
of letters thus treated.
According to the Boston Herald, the
United States should always be spoken
Of in the plural number. 1t seems mat
in an opinion just rendered by the tpiteu
State Supreme Court Mr.. Justice Field
corrects a District Attorney for having,
IN his pleading. referred 10 the United
States In the singular number. Mr.. JUS
tice Field justifes this criticism by point
ing out that both before and since the
civil war the Constitution designates the
United States in the plural number. Artl-
Gle g. section 3, declares that treason
against the United States snail consist
only in levying war against them, Of In
adhering to their enemies. giving them
aid and comfort, and article l3, adopted
since the civil war; declares that neither
slavery nor involuntary seryitude, except
as a punishment for crime, whereof the
party shall have been duly convicted,
shall exist in the United States, or In any
place subject to their jurisdiction. Here
is an interesting lesson in grammar ex-
pounded by a competent authority.
The question OF diamonds falling from
the skies" says the European COTTON or
the New York Herald, was investigated
at the Academy Of Sciences by NJ. Berthe
lot, under very peculiar circumstances.
M Daubree, the geologst, read letter
received from Mr.. Nordenskjod, and in
which the illustrious Swede described ex-
periments tried on meteoric iron, which
was found 10 contain a certain quantity
OF diamonds, and which could not be
worked into any tool by the best Stock
holm blacksmith. This circumstance re-
minded the learned perpetual secretary
of a story narrated by AVicenna about
Mahmoud, the Gasnead. the Mussulman
conqueror of India A large lump Of iron
having fallen from the heavens, IT was
decided TO present to the Prince a sword
made out of 1t. According to the Eastern
nations. the arm should have been pos
essed Of secret virtue. Unfortunately, IL
was impossible to work II. very likely
because some diamonds were included In
the meteoric mass