The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-12

President Lincoln used 10 wear.
The plans for a new Brooklyn bridge
| have beer approved. II will be a suspeh-
sion bridge. 49, feet high in the middle
fossil dragon-ny has been found in
France which measured - inches across
the wings. and had a mouth fun OF sharp
teeth
The authorities Of a Lexington. ky"
church ask the city council 10 impose
big fine for loafng around church o"oI
before and after service.
/ Rev. e. 4. Carter Of ST. Mary's church,
/ Liverpool. England has baptized lfoi1
/ infants during the last seventeen years
an average OF sixteen week.
The post of director OF the French Ma
/ uonal Conservatory of Music. which Am
| broise Thomas held. pays only $1,000
year. but is one of great honor.
/ Iabouchere observes that there are
three classes Of literary people In Eng
land-"the first is obtrusive, the second
is obscene and the third Is obscure
Or Floto. OF San Francisco. who rs -
years old is stu I'm the active practice "t
his profession. He believes that he is
the oldest practicing physician in the
country
Queen Victoria will wear none but
black gloves since her widow hood. ana
those OF only the twobuttoned length.
Her maiestys glove bill Tor an entire
year is less than 500.
NJ. Delaney Belleville is very promi-
nent I'm Paris Just now as dircrtor-general
Of the proposed exposition of 1900 lie is
~ years of age an active engineer, and
has held many prominent positions.
Or. william Seward Webb who. by the
way. is known as colonel I'm Vermont.
being member OF the military stan of
the Green Mountain state. has been elect
"a governor OF the Society of Colonial
Wars IN Vermont
4 member Of Parliament proposed 10
that body the other day that the efu-
sions Of the poet-laureate should Doe sub
mitted 10 some cabinet minister before
they are made 0pHblio. Austn's jameson
break was bad one.
McKendree college Lebanon, H.,
claims 10 have the oldest bell i'm Amer
ica," though as a matter of fact IL Is not
very old The bell was cast not very
long ago, but the metal was am Old bell
brought by the Jesuit missionaries TO
Santa Fe. y. NJ, long, long ago.
Editor Mcbride. whose plant az Mitch
ell. :. D., was recently smashed up by
the citizens. refused 10 accept the money
offered as its value. and brings suit for
$4,000 damages against forty-eight clti-
zens A company is being orRan.zed 10
set him up in charge of another paper
there.
\ London journal asks William Il.
Gladstone TO give a satisfactory eXplana-
ton "of his constant use Of the article
an before vowel which does not re-
quire b.. on the ground Of euohony-ior
example. when he writes or speaks of
AN union, an European or AN useful
place, etc
IL is proposed 70 build an iron cage
over and around the monument of Dan
iel Boone and his wife, near Cauollton.
Ky. I'm order 20 preserve what rs left ~
the monument from the rayages of the
relic-hunters. The legislature is TO Dee
asked TO appropriate 500 % build the
iron cage.
The plans for tho ncw University Of
Virginia buildings have ueen completed
by the architects. and accepted hy the
faculty. These plans Will boz submitted
TO the Hoard of Visitors this week. ana /
II satisfactory the buildings will be COM /
menccd at once The architects hope o. 7
have them completed boy next fan
The deepest sounding ever made is re-
ported boy the British warship Penguin. 4
between Tonga and New Zealand. 10 !
vas J.fj5 fathoms. nearly six miles. The
deepest hitherto sounded was 1860 faith
oms. trine over five miles of tho Jan
anese coast. by the United states ship.
Tuscarora.
TIE New York Athletic club has an an
mex Of blcyclists, who have made more
than 1000 miles in lS95. and received
medal therefor They have rolled up
total OF 2sfG3i miles IN the year. ono
fe
record OF 1900 miles. averaging thirty
five miles d day the year round
Perhaps the oldest pet man ever
had is shark seven feet long. and
probably go pounds. which is
owned, In a sense. by 6. ". Fife. az IA
coma. Wash I he shark was hargooncI
I'm the bay of Tacoma 10y SIR Fife anl
towed 10 his boat-house IL was not badly
injured so Mr.. Fifc passed chain ca-
bic around its tail. and lied Il up TO the
pier II was still tied al last acco.nts.
was feeding heartily. and was apparently
becoming accustomed. u rot reconclod,
TO captivity.
4 remarkable flow OF water from artc-
sian wells is had in the nelghborhood OF
Chamberlain. ). r.. where very recently
o large number OF wells have Oecn sunk.
Tho water is used for supplying electric
Sight and power and for irrigation. one
well at Chamberlain sends rp 4.Jn gal
ons a minute and there are twcnty-four
wells in Brule county sending up an aver
age OF 2ODo gallons "A minute each. othcr /
wells In the immediate neighborhood
bring the total flow OF water mp to some
- 10000 gallons every twenty -lour
nouns.
The New York German Legal Aid
Society. which was established s"eh,y
years ago by German lawyers and pun
c-splrited citizens 10 give 10 poor Ger
mans legal assistance. has, under care
mi management. developed into large
mi useful institution AT first the re-
IL. was only extended TO Germans.
gradually men and women OF all nation.
.llties nocked 10 the office Of the society
or relief and were assisted. In the last
hree years the number OF cases looked
Lfter by the society's officers and agents
las averaged over 1000 a year In view
n present conditions the directors have
ecided TO drop the word German"
rom the title.