The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-08-01

Rev. Baptist Noel, upon retiring from the
pastorate of Bedford-row chapel, London,
which he has held since he relinquished his
connection with the Church of England
nearly twenty years ago, has been pre-
scented by his congregation with one thou
sand guineas. He is seventy-one years OF
age. ..'
A Vermont paper says that during the
recent hot weather in that State there were
eighty-three cases of sunstroke reported,
twenty-nine of which were fatal. This
number is considered remarkable for Yer
mont. Among those who died were two
little girls, who went berrying one of those
hot days, and both were found dead in the
field. In some Of the northern towns the
thermometer ranged from l05 to l08 de-
grees, and one instance is reported at l09
degrees.
A country girl in Ohio having been de-
coyed into a house of ill-fame at Des
Moines, the farmers of the vicinity organ
lied vigilance committee, and at night
took possession of the house, turned all the
inmates out of doors, and then set fire to the
house. The building was entirely destroy
ed. The missing girl was not found, and it
was feared that the keeper Of the house, who
was arrested, would be hung by the mob, as
it was strongly suspected that the girl had
been ruined and then murdered.
Pithole City, that once lively place in the
Pennsylvania oil region, where every drill
struck oil, has pretty much faded out, and
gone back to its native wilderness. The
Chase House, which cost $4,000, is being
taken down and removed to Pleasantville.
1t is said that the earnings Of the west
ern railroads continue to be largely in
excess of last year, and with at least twenty
per cent. larger crops to be removed this
year, their prospects for dividends are very
encouraging.
A train on the Columbus, Chicago, and
Indiana Central railroad recently ran lSS
miles in four hours and twelve minutes,
which is equivalent to forty-five miles per
hour. This is the fastest time ever made
on western road.
The public bath-house in st. Louis was
opened on the 22d of June, and up to the
2lst of the present month 1877 residents
of that city had availed themselves of the
benefits afforded by it.
"Brick" Pomeroy says his new paper
which is to be started about August 18th, Is
not to be like the La Crosse Democrat that
it will be decent in tone, and give attention
to morals.
Potatoes weighing four pounds each
raised in fifteen weeks from the day Of
planting, without irrigation, were offered
last month in the San Diego, California
market.
Brick Pomeroy has made enough out Of
his Democratic sheet to erect large hotel
in La Crosse, and he is so investing it. The
cost will be sl5O,0OO.
A snake-fancier in Philadelphia wa:
bitten to death by pet rattlesnake OF
Thursday.
Ohio reports nearly five and half mil
lion sheep in gixtyfye eounties-an In
crease of $4,000 in a year.
Planchette has sent Washington lady
to the lunatic asylum. She believed in 1T
answers.
Prince Michael, of servia, left sll ,000,'
900.
Chief Justice Chase is sojourning q
Saratoga.
The question of dividing the Episcopa
Diocese of Pennsylvania is still in lively
agitation. .......
The canals of New York are suffering
severely from the drought.
In Middle Alabama the corn crop hal
| been cut short about one-half.
Large quantities of apples are shipped
North from Helena, Ark, this season.
At Warrcnton, Miss, the cotton worm ha
appeared.
Over seventh part of the State of Mis-
sissippi is advertised for sale under execu
ton.
Mrs. Lincoln, it is said, has engaged
apartments in the Rue Balzac, Paris.
Isinglass has been discovered in larg
quantities in Catawba county, N. G..
New York bonded warehouses hold tire
million gallons of whiskey at present.
Bismarck's disease is consumption of tn
spinal cord.
Hon. Charles E. Phelps, of Maryland
declines to be reelected to Congress.