The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-10-13

3 A man out in Montana, a short time ago,
souatt4d on another PERSONS land and bulit
n small frame shanty. When requested to
remove he positively refused to do SO; 80
one night o squad OF men came around,
after the squatter md his wife were asleep,
and, lifting the whole concern, shanty anu
oil, with deliberate care, carried IT 70 tne
river and set it on small raft. -Ihen tney
pushed the raft out into the stream ana let
her 90. When the squatter got UP in the
morning TO 60 out he was surprised 70 nno
himself about sixty miles down stream, ana
making good time in nine-knot current.
This is all we shall say about that man., 1t
would be extremely improper to report his
remarks in full In this paper.-Buttetsn.
An exchange says: can English writer
has been engaged in estimating the amount
OF gold in Che world in bulk. he says II
could-melted into lump-be contained
in cellar twenty-four feet square Dy
sixteen feet in depth. A small lump,
indeed, to cause so much crime and
ain and rnisery!' It may seem singular
that such recklessness should really ex-
ist: and vet we think we could lay our
hand upon man who would be perfectly
willing to have that lump slowed away in
his cellar, and take his chances with the sin
and misery. 1t is strange how men Will
consent to sacrifice themselves; but we BE-
lieYe this friend of ours would 90 1t. Ills
address may be procured by writing TO US
at this Office, enclosing sample OF the golu.
Mr.. Mcdonald, of Michigan, left his fam
| i}y and went to California. Eighteen years
after. he returned and found his wife
was Mrs. Munsell. When the quanuom
Mrs. Mcdonald recovered from her hys-
terics, her first question was, What IS TO
become of Mr.. Munsell?" 'Wby, shall
leave him Alone" quoth the degenerate
Enoch: 81 was married myself little over
seventeen years ago."
A foolish Republican and even more fool
ish Democrat in Cincinnati have made an
election bet on the presidential contest I'M
der the terms Of which the loser will carry
| q good-sized bag to every dwelling IN one
of the wards OF the city and beg for rags,
which are to be sold and the money devoted
to charitable object.
The latest, simplest, and most effectual
mouse-trap yet thought OF is an eartnen
wash-bowl nearly half filled with water,
covered over with meal, and placed on the
pantry shelf. A Pulaski, n. T., woman re-
Gently caught half q dozen OF the mischief
makers in one night by this method.
"King" Milan has apologized to the Rus
sian hay-fever general, Sumerakoff, in that
chronological business. "Milanguase was
iocular," he says.-Graphic.
"You were only Joking" replied the
General. Bulletin.
The weather is as changeable as dollar
bill.-Fulton Times.
Yes, the wind blows to-day from one
quarter and tomorrow from Numerically
opposite point.-Philadelphia Bulletin.
Straw On the wagon train between Fort
Fetterman and Cheyenne vote was taken,
with the following result: Hayes, o: Til
den, o.; Cooper, o.; Crook, i.-Chscago
Times.
"The citadel of woman's rights is fast
crumbling to pieces" Is this quiet Joke
on Mrs. Loosely Stone P Commercial Ad-
| UertiSer. ..
Baltimore is to have foot-race by Grip
ples. Heavens! Is this to be preteXt for
some more southern walk-lames.-NeU
York Commercial Advertiser. -.
Celia Logan asserts that Charlotte Cush-
man was parsfmonious, enyious, ana SELF
ish. h@"
The milkman Is an artist in water-coolcrs.
Ne,o Orleans Republican.
The gas-meters show the velocity OF
light.-Erchange.