The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-14

HOMEOPATHY IN ENGLAND.-Two gentlemen
in Birmingham, ENGLAND, have each subscribed
one thousand pounds for the erection OF a new
homeopathic hospital in that city.
The LAPSE OF LANDGRAvATE.-By the death
of Prince Ferdinand Henry Frederick, Land
grave OF Hesse Homburg for the past eighteen
years, that little German principality, famous
for its licensed gaming-houses, lapses to the
Grand Duke Louis III of Hesse, in default of
male heir. The new ruler proclaims himself
from Darmstadt, under date OF March "a. The
addition to his revenue, by this accession, is
about S40C, 900 year-proVided he confirms the
licenses of the gaming-houses, which have yet
twenty-five years to run. The respectable part
of the Inhabitants are giving expression TO
hope that these dens of vice viii now be broken
up but it Is doubtful whether Duke Louis will
throw away SO large share of the profits en-
joyed by his predecessor.
A HORRIBLE ACCIDENTAL little six year old
girl named Mary Nepper, living in Cleveland,
Ohio, was so severely burned about sunset,
Monday, that she died in four or five hours
thereafter. She and several little girls had built
a small bonfire in the road in front of her
fathers house. The mother discovering It, put
II out, but the children kindled it again. While
holding kind OF fairy dance about the burning
pile, Mary's clothes caught fire. Her screams
drew the mother to the scene, but the flames
could not be put out. The clothes were burned
off the body the whole surface of which was
completely baked. The mother, in attempting
to rescue her child, was so severely burned that
she is no. expected to recover.
A TELEGRAPH DECIsIoN.-The general term of
the Supreme Court of New York, held in Roches-
ter last month, made an important decision in
the case OF Bruce d Mumtord against the United
States TELEGRAPH Company. The suit was
brought to recover damages for an error COM
mitted in the transmission OF telcgraphic des-
patch. In March, 1865, George w. Cuyler, of
Palmyra, acting tor plaintiffs, telegraphed to
Cammann a Co., OF New York, TO purchase 500
in gold. The despatch, as received, read $1,000,
and on this order the larger amount Of gold was
bought at III. The defendants claimed that they
were not responsible Tor the error, for the reason
that their office blanks contain stipulation that
dispatches shall be repeated before the company
can become liable. The court ruled that this
was GOOD defense, giving judgment tor the de-
PENDANTS.
ASSAULT OF A MADMAN UPON A PRIEsT.-0n
Monday afternoon man calling himself Lam
pert called at the Catholic st. Paul's Church,
IN TINS city, desiring TO see the Rev. Herman
Ferending, pastor but this gentleman being too
Ill to leave his apartment, his aged uncle, the
Vicar-General Ferending, proceeded to wait on
the applicant. A conversation ensued from
which i soon became apparent that Lambert
was afflicted with a species of insanity, the
prominent symptoms being fixed belief that
his life was sought by various parties and a
dlsdain for all food and drink, lest there be
poison in it. The venerable Vicar endeayored
in kindly way, to dissuade him from mis- fool
ish notions, and gently took him by the arm,
saying, "Go home; rest assured no one intends
| to annoy you," Etc. HeIeupon the maniac ran
into frenzy Of denunciation, accusing the
Vicar OF completely in some plot to take his
| Uambert's) life, and striking the Vicar vic.
| lently in the face several times, telling MIN TO
| the ground. The Vicar flying from his antago.
| mist, the latter proceeded in his mania to smash
and demolish things indiscrminately about the
room; The police were attracted by 5 the moi noise,
confinement in tine statiOn-house.-Oin
Gazette.