The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-01-14
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
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wednesday Morning, january -, 1897

l Shys WHO Hhh TtCeutiy ATT1VeU from Kansas, that
as he was leaving the Territory, he was informed
| OF the death, by freezing, of two young men,
| names unknown. They belonged to 4 SURVEYING
| party. and were camped short distance south of
Fort Kelley In the night their camp was pros
| trated by violent snow storm and the party Sc
| out in search of another camp located In the vi.
ctnity, when, after proceeding some distance.
| these two became exhausted. and were unable to
continue the search. They were left Fear tree
by tbGir companions with an Injunction tn keen
running around 1t, and on no consideration tn lie
| or Sit down The remainder Of the party assuring
| the two that they would return with help as soon
! as they found the camp they were In search Of
/ went on. Finding IL, although thew were much
| frozen and exhausted, they returned with assjs.
tsnce, and found their companions both dead -
| One was not yet stiffenod and as 1t was thought
lie might yet remain, effort was made to resrsci
| tate him But on attempting to pour some bran .
| dy into his throat, 1t was found that the ice had
| accumulated there, and that the vital spark was
| extinct The father and mother Of the two young
| men are residents Of the Territory.
AS these were hardly sufficient 10 cause death,
| it is supposed il must have ensued frominh sling
| tie flame and smoke The jury rendered YER
| dict in accordance with these facts.--S Louis
| Leader.
| L S. FRIGATE MERRIMAC.-A letter from Lis
bon, speaking of the recent visit of this frigate to
that port. says:
| The Hon. J. J. O'Sullivan our minister pre-.
| sented Captain Peudergrast and officers TO his
| Majesty, and slse gave them soree at his house,
| which brilliantly attended by some of the
tirst nobility of this Court, as also by most of the
| foreign ministers, coDsuls and officers OF the
| French aud English line Of battle ships in port,
| which numbered five Euglish and one French.
| very unpleasant circumstance happened to
| the officers of the Merrimac Just before they
left, hey received some twenty notices of letters
lying at the Southampton post Office for want of
| postage being paid, to forward them to Lisbon -
/ A Among the letters was one for Captain Pender'
grast and Captain Taylor.
NOVEL SUIT. Betting men should look out how
| they accomplish their ends. In Newark, N. j., 6
singular suit has been instituted relating to bet
| ting. One man bet another. $50 that certain per-
| SOMA. B.-would vote the Democratic tick t.;
/ and in order to make his winning sure, promised
b. s25 if he would so vote. A. b. accepted the
| offer and voted the tcket-and now the winner
refuses to pay The suit is brought to recover the
| SO. 1t will probably end in both parties being
| lined, and perhap ps sent to prison
| ELECTION RIOTS IN CANADA The Canadian
papers have been swift to denounce the recent dis
graceful election riots in several places in the
| United States. II seems, however, that they are
not altogether gultless in Canada in this matter.
| At Hamilton, few days since municipal elec.
ton took place. of which the Banner of that city
| says:
| The scene witnessed at the nomination in st. An
drew's ward was the most motley and disgrscefui we
ever had the misfortune of seeing No person could
get hearing save essrs. Branigan, Brown and De-
vany. Our most respectable citizens were groaned
ard hooted st with iendsh ferocity, by a congrega-
ton ape claiiy packed for that purpose From the
turns VIII be seen that very few votes poed
| IN st Andrews ward during the day. The fact is.
that the entrance to the polling place besieged
by an organized gang of ruffians, whose nenacing
| attitude intimidated MANY all honest eector from
the exercise Of his franchise
| THE INCONVENIENCE OF BEING TOO SANGUINE
| A good story is told of the Republicans of
Brooklyn, New York. Before the election, they
hired room in the Brooklyn Museum building,
agreeing to occupy it rs their Headquarters at 8
stated rent, until Fremont was elected The land.
lord refuses to release them and intends to make
| them suffer for their folly.
GREAT MOUSE HuNr.-"A great mouse hunt, &"
says Bridgeport Comm paper, recently came
off in this vicinity, consisting of two parties of
forty side, with large number of dogs, which
succeeded in killing during days sport, 959 rats
| and 81 bushels of mice. The captains of the two
parties were Joseph Fletcher and Chas H Hill :;
and MIR Fletchers party won by 65 rats and Al
bushels of mice" If this story were not pretty
| squarely told, we should hardly be disposed to
credit it.
| FLUID EXPLosIoN.-The Janesvlle IN W
Standard gives the particulars of sad accident
| resulting from the ~ploson of fluid lamp The
| lamp was upon a table around which the family
Of Mr. Busher were sitting and suddenly explo
ded, the fiuidirst falling upon the arms and side
of little girl. The mother seized the child to
save it, when her own garments took fire. A little
| boy of eight years took the child and threw her
out of the door into the snow, saving her life but
| burning his own hands. A twin brother of the
| boy also had bis hands burned by trying to save
their mother. Mrs. Busher at length succeeded in
extipguShing the flames about herself but not till
| she was dreadfully burned
| DISTURBANCE IN MoBILE.-A lawless outbreak
| of very singular character occurred in Mobile
on the evening of the lst inst. The papers of that
tn.S -, ,Ia&ha
had anything to do with it not, but it appears
crowd of men assembled after night In the vicinity
| OF the Mayors residence, and in consideration of
the fact that tn officer had dismissed all the chief
police in the morning, and forbidden the firing OF
squibs in the streets, covered the whole neighbor
hood with packages of exploding Chinese crackers,
&c, and created an immense uprosr generally, to
| the serious alarm and annoyance of the Mayors
| family, some of whom were lying ill at the time.
| CINDERELLA's SUPPER WAS FUR, NOT GLASS
Two centuries ago, says Notes and Queries, "
furs were so rare and therefore so valuable, that
| the wearing of them was restricted, BY several
| sumptuary laws, to kings and princes. Sable, in
those laws, called raiY, and the subject of
countless regulations the exact quality to be worn
by persons of different grades, and the articles of
dress to which it might be applied. being defined
| most strictly Perrault's tale of Cinderella ORR
ginaly marked the dignity conferred on her by the
fairy by her wearing slipper of Uair, privilege
then confined to the highest rank OF princesses An
error of the press, now become inyeterate changed
caT into oere (glass) and the slipper of sable be-
came converted into something much more brittle.
INDIA RUBBER.-The wonders of India rubber
| are not likely to be soon exhausted Lately what
| are called Hard India Goods" are manufactured
| from a composition which consists in mixing coal
tar with the rubber. From this results substance
| resembling solid stone. as black as COAL out Of
which articles are made, solid, elastic and elegant,
| needing finish, but exhibiting as beautiful q
/ polish rRetai is susceptible of Canes. cabinet
ware spectacle bows, opera glasses, castors, sand
stands inkstands brushes for the hair pencil cases.
cigar cases. and, in fact, almost everything can be
made of it.
| MAKING THINGS ComFORTABLE-The Boston
| theatre is medel of comfort, i'll every way. You
sit on the easiest of seats have plenty of for
| your combinations 4" have everywhere a good
sight and hearing of the stage, are never offended
| by the lack of ventilation, have wide lobbies to
lounge in convenient retiring rooms to sit in, and
| plenty ofiight to see by. A gong is sounded when
each new act is to commence, and time keeper,
| showing the audience what Is the hour and min
ute, Is placed over the proscenium, on novel con-
struction. In summer, the houseis so comfortable
| that refreshing draught is constantly kept up,