New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-13
PERSONAL.

Captain John Billings, q weIi-known rivermaa =
thus quoted In THE Albany Evening Journsrsi
THE shad season In the Hudson River extends Iron
March Is to June Is. OF course. good deal Of ~
ing Is done out Of season, but the game constat1n
are giving more attention each year to the supprse
sion Of the Illegal practice. The shad catch ~
year was very gratifying. believe that the AFsso
Compiled by the Fisheries, Game and Forest Cor.
mission place the amount OF nsh taken At somS
thing over eleven nunaf 'e tnC Soai AZ To-
the sum Melted Hudson River fishermen from a.
sale q their catches last year aons sSe
lie enough from their shad sales curing the I'm
months season to live comfortably for the entn
twelve months"
Professor Virchow, Of Berlin. says that In II
diphtheria cases in the Emperor and Empress Frs6
erick Hospital for Children, the serum treatueaA
has been generally adopted and with brilliant 80
cess, for whereas the percentage OF deaths frod
this terrible disease was 1873 In the years 1891 -
and 1893 II was only Zs In 1884. and III IN l9k n
in iSs5 was 53S Prophylactc injections were adilS
istered to 400 children. OF whom 10 afterward easo
the but ,e ery by BY SERUM was much .
cessful. OF the O6 patients received lal PEI 90
died. ttst
1.-The Albany Times-Union says: Few Il u
many Albanians who daily handle the salt-Gas4
etoneware Jugs and crooks in common use to-daQ
know that the cradle Of industry In America vss
Industry, on this side Of the Atlantic, was PAD
Cushman grandfather Of the genial Colone! Harft
c. Cushman 80 well-known to the present gensFs.
ton Of Albanians Paul Cushman was Of stud5
Puritan stock his ancestors having been anon
those who chartered the Mayfower and estabta4
the colony Of Plymouth. in MASSACHUSETTS, NJ.
Cushman came to Albany at an early age, ana q
1906 established here the first pottery where dsee
ratlve ware was made on the Western continent
Before the establishment Of Mr. Cushmans potter
ali decorated stoneware was brought from EnssAsl
and Holland. Mr.. Cushman brought over soma a.
pert Dutch potters and commenced the manufactuD
OF ornamental stoneware. Many pieces OF MS ~
decorated with finely cut designs IN vinework ~
more elaborate devices still in existence. tn
pieces are now OF great value and. indeed, -
scarcely be purchased at any price. numbefg
them are still retained in the Cushman iamW.
where they are highly priced as family relies" =
At a recent meeting OF the Finance COMMITTEES &
the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. &
Boston attention was called 20 a statement TIT
the Prince OF Wales "a not feeling kindly toward ~
organization. OF which he Is an honorary msuhss
and In proof OF the falsy Of the charge letter ~
read from Lieutenant Colonel G. A. Raikes OF the
Honorable Artillery of London. dated March u u
which he says that the arrangements for the rece'
ton OF the Boston organization when IL arrives
Prince OF Wales has sanctioned the Use OF his nams
on the committee which has been appointed 10 maze
ARRANGEMENTS for the coming visit Confidence y ~
pressed that the affair will be success in syeI
way. The Finance Committee has already receives
liberal responses to the request made for fundo
ali the money needed Will be forthcoming 10 nah
the trim a success