The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-25


ada next June.
An ice field 10 miles wide and 200 miles
long extends from the mouth Of the DAN
uhe TO the northwestern coast or the
Crimea.
Sixty persons have been frozen to death
in Russian Poland in the last week. One
day the thermometer fell TO 81 degrees
below zero.
The astronomers at the Paris ODser-
vatory are already making preparations
for the observation OF the expected total
eclipse of the sun in April next.
II is less than n month since Jay Gould
died. but I'm that time the market value
of the 10000 shares of Manhattan stock
which he gave to his son George has APP
preciated over $4,000.
Pope Leo breakfasts on coffee or milk
alone, and his dinner consists OF two
eggs, a small piece Of chicken, some fruit
and a little Bordeaux. The Car of Rus
STA partakes daily OF FIVE meals. one Of
which is an elaborate French dinner
Horace Smith, Of Springfield, Mass,
who died the other day at the age Of
eighty-four years, was the inventor Of
the original typewriting machine, Ii is
claimed, and also invented the metallic
cartridge and some Improvements In small
arms.
Sir Archibald Alison, who Is soon to
retire from the British army, is son
OF the historian. He has been In the
Queens service nearly half a century,
and won distinction in the Crimea, in
India during the mutiny, I'm Ashantee, and
at Tel-eiKebir
VI. Gennadius, Greek Minister in Lon
don, who has been recalled with all the
other diplomatic representatives OF the
Athens Government. has held his present
place twenty years The hope Is eX-
pressed in England that he will be re-
turned to that country.
a gang of Turks, now encamped near
Upton. Ind, have a girl seventeen years
old whom they wish to sell. the price
asked being 500. The outfit of the Turks
consists Of several horses, five bears and
n monkey and a few dogs. The most
valuable article offered for sale, however,
is the girl
The congressman from the Jumbo dis
trict of Texas is Colonel j. V. Cockrell.
Nearly thirty years ago he was wounded
in a fight between Federalists and Con-
federates I'm Southwest Missouri. one
day last week he complained of sore
ness in his back. and a surgeon without
difficulty extracted mimic ball from that
portion of his anatomy.
Mr.. Edward Murphy Jr.. is victim
Of sciatica. While he was at Governor
Flowers reception. recently shaking
hands with hundreds of persons, it was
noticed that he perspired freely, which
some of the guests attributed TO the
warmth of the room or his exercise. The
real explanation, however, it is said. was
that he was suffering intense pain.
do Wisconsin in the monolith line. A
monolith twenty feet longer than the
much-talked of Wisconsin stone is now
being quarried near Tacoma. 1t will lie
100 feet high and feet square at the base.
1t is to be set up at the Worlds Fair,
alongside that of the largest flagstaff ever
raised in America The pole will also be
a Washington exhibit.
When the late Werner Won Siemens,
the great German electrician, received
notice that he had been raised by En-
peror Frederick to the ranks of the
her<litary nobility he turned to Nine.
Won. Siemens, who was sitting in the
room, and said: Dear wife, now go at
once to Lepke dhe Berlin dealer in paint
ings) and buy ancestors" He cared lit
tie for the nobiliary particle before his
name.
Some persons who were on Mt. Hood
last fall reported place near the sum-
init where the heat was too intense to be
borne. Now the Dalles Chronicle says
the eastern crest of the mountain is
black and barren Of snow over a large
part OF the highest altitude. an appear
ance never before noted at this season
of the year 1t is believed this must be
due TO the internal heat noticed by the
mountain climbers last season.
The South Jersey cranberry growers are
agitating a proposition to send cram
berries 10 Europe. The plan IS to con
tribute from to 3 per cent. of the crop Of
1885, which will be donated to the Gran
berry Growers Association, and by them
sent TO Liverpool where they will be sold
at auction In the same manner as apples
and other fruits. The idea is to introduce
the berries into foreign markets. The
agreement has been signed by many prom
inent growers.
a man named Andre Cazeneuve, who
died in Paris a week ago at the age OF
ninety-1ve. had been chief cook for
Talleyrand and Louis Philippe.
He was In the latter's employ until the
of the revolution Of 1913. a
number Of his recipes were published in
Alexandra Dumas celebrated cook book.
Among them was one for moufiettes,
which had been highly thought of I'm the
sixteenth century, but which had been
lost for upward of two hundred years,
and brought 10 light by Cazeneuve's
father.
A mixture Of Illuminating and sewer
gas which had collected under Brown
street between Twenty-third and Twenty
fourth streets, Philadelphia, ignited from
a candle in the cellar Of John Brooks
bakery, No. 23l1 Brown street, and ex-
ploded early Sunday morning. shaking
up the houses in the neighborhood as an
earthquake might do. Hundreds Of panes
Of glass, including those i'm several bulk
were shattered TO atoms. and |
two pedestrians were slightly injured, |
but beyond that no material damage was |
done
Mgr. de Dreux BreZe, Bishop Of Moulins, |
France, whose death has just been an |
was born at Breze June 2. 1911. |
He was the third son of the Marquis of |
The same name, who was Grand Master |
IF Ceremonies under Louis XVI. After |
having studied at the seminary at st. |
Sulpice he was ordained to the priesthood |
IN 1876, and soon became N.car-General |
20 the Archbishop of Paris. Called to the |
Diocese of MOulins in 1919, ne was conse-
rated In the following year. becoming |
he youngest bishop in the Church OF |
France. He was Bisnop of Moulins for /
iorty-three years.
one of the novel sights which the pro-
longed cold wave has brought 10 our |
harbor says the Boston Journal, is the |
ce-clad hulk of a small vessel lying on |
the flats off the southerly extremity OF |
East Boston. The rising and falling tides
have completely hidden the sodden plank