The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-10-20
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cIlaYnAH KILLED BY A Bull. REV. ssnuu
Y. Pa.ker, Of Medina county, Ohio, met with ter
la,e osa,n AZ, on the 10Th inst He was seen 70 20
| INTO field in which no kept bull, Win pitch.
tork IN his hand, for chs purpose q h suyposed.
OF driving the animal oue sAbout a hour tftsr :
person called at his honse 70 In sis him to preach
iune,ai sermon, and was directed by the family to
the feld where Mr.. P. was supposed 20 be On
looking for him he was found dead the body tossed
over the fence several rods from where the pitch.
FORK lay. The horns and head OF the bull were
bloody, and the blood and marks on the ground
indicated that the unfortuuste msn was gersd
and pitched along by the vicious animal from
wners the pitchfork was dropped to the fence
ana tnen tossed completely over it.
DEATH OF NOTED CoLoRsp MAN.-Frsderick
Jacques. colored man, aged about rs years, died
s.asaS '.a ga. lass week The deceased. 1t 10
lid yesr' having belonged to the celebrated VIM,
finekney, wnon he accompanied on his mission
1o 81. petersburg at the close ofthe war Of 1917
Mr.. Pinckney died In 1922, ard for the fa;ahtui
services OF bis servant, manumitted Fred. and
bequsathed him funds to purchase a home h,
Pennsylvania.
CuRIosIrIEs AT rHE RAm.-AmoDg the attractions
ut the State Fair ground may be seen the IA c;ri
who weighs only about GAO pounds There i. no
huubug about her claims to being the fat GIRL
Onsof her amusements, il that of handling = large
sized South American Bos Constructor II feet long
and Of proportonate size 1t 10 one OF her pets or
play things. and we suppose she feels safe. know.
iug he could not swallow hcr.-Hartford cos
rant. -
SUDDEN CHArGRs.-0ns of the Salt Lake mail
conductors, says that when he left Salt Lske CITY
on the 4th oflast month, the heat was oppressive:
but when he got three days travel out Of she city
it showed, and the fourth day the ground was
frozen and the ice plenty. Three DAYS later he
went through snow nearly foot deep, aud when
he got over on the North Platte the mosquitoes
attacked him In swarms, aud nearly deyoursd
him. This was experiencing sudden changes and
the four seasons in rapid succession.
REfUsSKp.-Among the arrivals by the steamer
africa ar hew York, Thursday, we notice the
names OF hobf y. Boiling and lady and Robert Boil
ing, OF Petersburx; Mr.. and Mrs. d. Paul, of Nor.
iosk; Hon. Mr. Boyce and family, OF South Carolina
and Rev Mr. Bannister, of Alabama, who have
been spending some months IN Europe
CARRYING LIGHTS AT SRA.-The regulation of
treat Britain, Netherlands and France, In regard
| to the color and arrangement Of lights to be car
ried by sea-going vessels to avoid collision all
eoncnr 10 prescribing green light for the star
board and a red light for the port bow; steamers
will carry, in addition, white light at the fore
| mast head.
The CoTToN CRoP IN ALABAMA-The Eptaw
(Aia) wing OF the 9Th instant says that there has
not been better crop Of cotton in that portion of
the State since the year 1899. Several o! the plant
ers are gathering from 500 to 1900 lbs to the acre.
| at the present picking.
THEIR NANBs.-Tbe two ladies who clssped each
other in their arms, kissed, and lesped overheard
from the burning steamer Austria, we're the two
| sisters OF Mrs. Eckert, of Brooklyn. Their names
| were Scher. 30
AN UNpRoYrrABLE CoScERN.-The expenses of the
British Patent Office for this year have been $780,
800 over the receipts, it is said.
Thomas Pindell, Esq, cx-msyor OF Louisville.
n.y., was found dead In bed on Friday.