The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-06-28

| friend and the plain demonstration OF this
| large asSemblage, | feel il my duty to say
| that the Sabbath must not he thus violated.
| II it should be, shall withdraw and have
no part in IN act so demoralizing to the
whole land"
Mr.. Jacob Van Weller, Of New Jersey, has
attempted to decide the lonS-mooted ques
ton: "Will lager intoXicate?" The New
York Tribune says that on Saturday last he
swallowed in a saloon OF that city thirty
| glasses OF the beverage. He did this to win
Il bet OF $50. and with the intention OF illli-
minatnS the judicial mind OF the Court OF
| Appeals i'm the matter OF intOXlcantS. Mr.
Van Weller, with the $50 in his pocket and
| the thirty glasses in his stomach, started for
| his home in New Jersey. and desiring to-
reach it by the most expeditions route,
walked into the water at the foot OF Leroy
street. He was fiShed out by 4 pair Of po-
| lcemen, and is now ready to swear in any
court that lager will not intoyicatc, but
may mi>lcad man into the river.
The American Institute of Mining reIS-
Semblcd in the hall of the Franklin Insti-
tutc. Philadelphia, Monday morning. The
report Of the Council shows that 214 new
members were admitted during the year,
making total OF 6l2. The Centennial
Committee reported the receipts 1920. In
the afternoon papers were read and dis
cusSed respecting the minerals of South
western Virginia, including the utilization
OF coal-du>t rs a heating agent. Mr.. II. S.
Donkcr presented a communication on the
Sutro tunnel, in Nevada.
Mr.. William Mines, Jr., president, and
Colonel u. l.. Bryce, vice-prcsidcnt OF the
Shenandoah Valley Railroad Company, have
been in Baltimore for several days arrang-
ing, it is understood, with the Western
Maryland Railroad Company for the neces-
sary rolling stock to operate the Valley
railroad. The time in which they were re-
quired to have their equipment ready to
place upon the Valley road, according to
the "stipulations of the preliminary lease,
expired yesterday. Two engines and three
passenger cars, it is stated, were ready to be
placed upon the road.
The steamer Oceanic, which arrived. ut
San Francisco Monday, brings Chinese adj
vices to the 1St and from Japan TO the 10th
instant. The British Minister at Pekin still
declines friendly intercourse with the Chi
ncsc officials. The foreign and native bank
ers refuse the Government loan. The
drought and locu5ts have ravaged the north
crn provinces OF China. An ambassador
from Corea has arrived i'll Japan. There
were no Chinese passengers on the Oceanic.
Miss Clara Louise Kellogg. on being asked
by Philadelphia interviewer to what she
attributed her success, replied: "PrinG1-
pally to a determination to succeed and
steady, laborious work. / have always
aimed to study well the music. vi the role
and to dress in strict accorlance With the
character. | have ende&Tored ~ act con-
scentiousy throughout. railways keep
faith with the public. l r4lght sum it up in
single ssntefcc--mT.siicce is the result
OF copsciGntious devotion to my art"
Considerable hard feeling exists among
tlr: empleTG. Of the Washington navy-yard
in consequence OF the employment OF u
ness!ew Of Paymaster Carpenter, boy
! Shout sixteen years OF age, us yeoman OF the
ward. They claim that the position should
have been given to some person more adj
yanced in years. This is another case Of
nepotlSln.
Our friends OF the Second congressional
district have not been able to secure the
candidacy OF Hon. James II. Plat. Weare
sure that Mr.. Plat will not be Il candidate.
Among those talked Of as probable candi-
dates are II. b. Nichols, Esq, Hon. NJ. z.
Rue, and John +. Dezendorf.-P Petersburg
Citizen Radical.
Philadelphia is to be favored this week
with musical treat in the shape Of the
Joint appearance in opera G0ute OF the
charming Aimee upon the stage and Oflen-
bach in the orchestra. They are both under
engagement for one week only at the Arch
Street Theatre, and will open in ola Jolle
Pariumeuse and "La Vie Parisienne.'
Tn philadelphia on Saturday evening seye-
raj men were engaged in cleaning out an old
well. when one OF them, who was down
farther than the rest, was observed 20 De
suffocating. 4 companion was lowered TO
his rescue, but he, too, was overcome by the
foul air, and both men died together.
Miss Kate Field is authority for the state
ment that the two twin elephants brought
home bv the Prince OF Wales had been
named Moody and Sankey. This, we sup
pose, is to commemorate the Princes mis-
sionary tour in India.
Junius j. Dobyns is appointed postmaster
at Wood Lawn, Carroll county, va, 0ace ~ II.
j. Williamson, resigned. The name OF "a
capon depot, Morgan county, WA, IS
changed to Great Cacapon, {. a. Mtlhiei'-
berg being continued Us postmaster.
Fifteen Cremona ylolins were sold ut
London public auction the other day. Two,
bv Stradivarus, fetched thousand dollars
each; but an exceptionally fine Instrument,
by Guernerino, realized the unprecedented
sum OF three thousand dollars.
The Right Rev. George David Cummins,
q. d.. presiding Bishop OF the Reformed
Episcopal church. died suddenly at his resi-
dence, Lutheryille, Baltimore county, Mon
day. =.
Governor Hayes, the Republican candl-
date for President, is religiously inclined TO
the Methodists.
SPECTATORS in New York are heartiesSiy
betting that Vanderbilt viii die before the
4th of July.
e,.a.4.. II Looks like snrllce