The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-10-26

new bond, about every two months
Positively refuse to Execute, any more New
Bonds. Very Respectfully
Denver Times.
Another ellplanned fraud has met with
sudden failure. The slab of sandstone con-
taining human footprint and two bird
tracks, which was recently unearthed al
North Canton, Conn.,, has been submitted to
Professor Marsh, OF Yale College. He says
that the slab is all artificial stone, in which
the impressions were made While 1t was
soft. It was fashioned with great skill, and
has apparently been buried for some time.
so as to have an ancient look. 1t is said
that the owner has taken portion OF the
stone to Chicago for sale there. "
The New York Herald printed an inter
view with Topper, in which it called him
"indieent." The proverbial philosopher
saws he is not "indigent," and the Herald
explains that the reporter wrote "independ'
ent"; but the intelligent compositor took
it for granted that all poets were poor, and
therefore substituted s'indigent" on his
own Judgment. But what grounds had the
compositor to suppose that Topper was q
poet No1ristoa1n Herald.
The Boston Transcript man is the victim
OF fiendish assault. As he was walking
along--but let him tell his own story
sSrnau boys now gather in the desolated
country gardens, and, hiding down between
the hedge, shy frost-bitten cucumbers at the
unsuspecting passer-by and hit him on his
bewildered ear" Why don't he take g
switch and cut those cucumberers Of the
ground down? @ a..-... 49, ..*. .aaa.-
Philadelphia Bulletin: cat the Delaware
Water-Gap few days ago hungry COW
ate box. OF water-color paints which an
artist had left for few moments i'll field
where he had been sketching. This shows
how easely such food may be palette-able.
She avoided the water-colors when she got
madden. She seemed to take umber-age at
them" ...a@r, .'.. .-.....tr~ -. .......
Cardinal Manning said in his sermon on
the 1st instant that the Government which
had the strongest foundation in moral right
and power was to be found in England.
The preacher accounted for the Pepe's
silence on the Eastern question by saying
that his Holiness did not wish to see pool
of blood become g river, and had, there
fore, abstained from interference. .w
Thirteen cents and a toothpick were
found in Washing ton-monument donation
box on the Centennial And now
there can be no further excuse for not Wig
orously pushing the work forward at once.
The man who deposited the toothpick
should not be permitted to want for the
necessaries of life the coming winter.-Nor-
ristopn Herald.
At AK, in Provence, there will be cele.
brated next year the two thousandth anni-
versary of the foundation OF the town. On
this occasion statue OF Marius, erected in
commemoration OF the great defeat inflicted
by him lot years before Christ on the Teu.
tens at place called afterward Pourrieres,
at eight kilometres distance from AK, will
be unveiled.
A monument to Field-Marshal Moltke in
his native town, Parchim, in Mecklenburg,
was unveiled on October2. In front OF the
pedestal is the inscription, I" Graf Helmuth
Moltke," and at the rear OF it, under his
arms, the device chosen by him for his new
aims MS q count, "Erst loGgera, damn
,oagen" First consider, then venture):
Madame X. has charming features. charm
ing arms, charming hands, but she has
monstrous feet. Just recovering from q
long illness, she said recently to- one OF her
friends: g I am still very feeble, but begin
to be able to put one foot before the other
tsAnd that is not saying little, /" murmure0
the excellent friend. Sc. !
An old English game-hare and hounds
has, been revived by the students Of the pre-
paratory school connected with the College
Of New Jersey, Princeton. On Thursday
two Maryland lads were the hares, and
although the chase led over a.roeky country
for sixteen miles, they were not caught.
The distance was made in two hours and
eighteen minutes. nbffs
{ Tho Atlanta Constitution tells of q negro
snoring SO loudly behind fence that two
other negroes, hearing the noise and seeing
hts massive feet indistinctly outlined,
thought he was q bear growing, Tney got
q gun and fi,led his feet with buckshot be-
fore the mistake was discovered.
b In the Bots de Boulogne, Paris, recently
wac q marriage procession on yelocipedes.
each gentleman having lady behind him
as our granddames used to- ride horseback
in colonial times. The leader OF this strange
procession played violin. .ss,
IS Free Press: H the horned men dtscoys
cred BY Stanley in Africa are faithfully rep
resented In the illustrated papers we don't
care about having any ofSthem registered
In our ward Z.
A new paper has been started Of Buffalo
called the Agdtb ecSGt. e We can't tell by the
name whether IT. ID the organ OF The gas
men or L. going to run Gecrge Alfred Town
send for Pressd lent Hdateeys. /
81. say, Billy, times Is changing, and
We,re. agoing 10 have q brisk winter. Pat.
ay's gone and got his hair cut, and he's got
q new button on his pants. p, All the news.
boys nodded !; and hence we may expect 4