The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-08-05

A German by the name of Reinhardt
Gochre was arrested ut Crestline, Ohio, on
Thursday, and taken to Bucyrus, in the
same State, charged with stealing 81 1915
from Samuel Schriner, of the latter place.
When arrested he was on his way to Ger
many. Over 5000 were found sewed in the
crown of his hat. In default of $500 bail
he was committed to await further cxami-
nation. lie has since confessed the whole
transaction, and stated where the balance
Of the money could be found.
The Legislature of West Virginia has
passed bill consolidating the Panhandle
Railroad Company, of Pennsylvania, with
the Holidays Cove Railroad Company, Of
West Virginia, and the Steubcnville and
Indiana Railroad Company, OF Ohio, the
consolidated company being known rs the
Pittsburg, Cincinnati and st. Louis Railway
Company.
The shoe business of Haverhill, Mass,
has revived during the month, and is now
very active indeed. Every man is en-
ployed, and the price of work has advanced
twenty per cent. Some manufacturers
refuse to take orders at all, fearing still
further advance in the price Of stock and
labor.
In Michigan, recently, thirty-fve men
went into harvest-feld to cut grain.
About 10 A. NJ. not less than sixteen Of
them had been sun-stricken, the majority
of whom died under the exposure. Such
an instance of wholesale casualty has
hardly parallel in the history of this
country.
The combination lock Of the safe of the
First National Bank of Girard, Penn, got
out of order recently, and the officers, after
working couple of days in trying to get
the doors open, were compelled to send for
O lock manufacturer. He found it neces-
sary to blow the safe open from top to
bottom. ...
A girl employed in the family of Law
renee Crookham, in Circlcyille, Ohio, was
instantly killed on Friday morning by the
careless handling Of loaded gun in the
hands of boy of the family, the load
taking effect in her head. .
A Cincinnati paper says that the head of
one Of the Seymour, Ind, robbing gangs,
the man who is said to have taken the
largest share of the $4,000 stolen from
the Adams Express Company in May, has
gone to Europe on tour Of pleasure.
Two doctors in Hartford, Conn.,, have
been hauled up, charged with causing the
death of respectable married woman by
producing an abortion. The deceased made
affidavit Just before death, which led to the
arrest. The practitioners were held to bail.
A number of ladies and gentlemen pro-
pose to form club for those young women
who are employed in London and who
have no relatives or friends to whose houses
they can resort on Sundays or during the
leisure of the weekday evenings.
Forty or fifty men are at work in gold
mine in Tippah county,. Miss, and, it is
said, make it pay. The ore is found in q
kind of soapstone, which is pulyerized, and
then the gold is washed out with rocker.
The Dayton Journal avows that no sane
men ever questioned General Grants wis
dom. Certainly not. lie knows as much
as any man in America if he could only
think of it.
The political campaign in Indiana is now
fairly open. Senator Hendricks has taken
the stump in his own behalf. Carl Schurz
is stumping the State for Grant and Col
fax.
Hon. Fernando Wood has left the Mozart
Hall organization in New York. He says,
however, he will give cordial support to
Seymour and Blair.
The latest intelligence calculated to create
O. sensation is o strike among the prize
fighters.
Mrs. Anna Cora Mowatt Richie is wri-
ting another story, which is to be published
in London.
George D. Prentice, the poet and editor,
is said to be failing rapidly.
A son of Ole Bull, the great violinist, is
living at Bennington, Vt. ......
Hon. ]. M. Masen and daughters are in
Toronto.
There are 5000 Hebrews and six syna-
gogues in Chicago.
s Hay has recently been shipped from New
York to England. .Ens
That excellent journal the Charleston
Courier has come out in new Dress.
H, The orange crop in Florida has been en-
gagged at twenty dollars per thousand.