The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-07-24

The athletic sports at Saratoga were closed
Friday morning. The three-mile race was
won by b. C. Stimson, Of Dartmouth
time, 1921. For the one-mile walk five
started; Watson, of the City College, New
York, won; time, 500. The graduates
mile-run was won by Downs, Of Wesleyan 4;
time, 5:3St. The high Jump was won by j.
W. Pryor, OF Columbia, making five feet
four inches. The mile-run was wen by E..
G. Stimson, of Dartmouth; time, 4:5Ss
The quarter-mie run was won by Fl. W.
Stevens, Of Williams, in fifty-six seconds.
The Wilmington, Del, City Council held
special session Friday to take action upon
the demands of the workingmen for relief.
1t was ordered that work should be resumed
upon the new reservoir. This will give en-
ploymcnt to a thousand men. To divest it
of any political incumbrance the matter was
placed I'M the hands Of committee Of five,
consisting of both Democrats and Republic
cans. ., / ..-s. ,E.,
The committee for erecting a national
monument to Byron has finally decided that
the statue to his memory shall be of bronze,
marble Tor the pedestal having been gene
rously offered by the Greek Government.
| The monument will eventually be erected
in Green Park, opposite the mansion where
Byron wrote his ''Sicge Of Corinth." Mu-
nifcent donations are pouring in.
Wisner Murray, who was shot at Goshen
July ID by Robert II. Berdell,. whom he
horsewhippcd for an alleged insult to his
mother, died Friday morning from his
wound in the head. He was thirty-three
years of age, was president OF the village OF
Goshen, and assistant cashier OF. the National
Bank of Orange county, OF which his father,
Hon. A. S. Murray, was president. y -.
| In the British Parliament the other day,
| in moving the second reading Of bill fol
the abolition of the new law requiring the
publication Of marriage bans in Scotland,
DR.. Cameron stated that as the cost OF the
publication was over 4 sovereign for each
welded couple, many people in Scotland
now were unable to pay so much Ia -
A Long Branch, n. j., dispatch says that
on Thursday evening heavy wind. thun.
der and lightning-storm did considerable
damage throughout southern New Jersey.
many houses, trees, and fences having been
blown down. ~ Il :-.'s'.fti%'-a
A woman named Mary Evault, living in
East Saginaw, Mich, was literally CUT &c
| pieces by her husband Friday nlght, -nel
| ieftcarm being nearly severed from the BODY,
and her back and side frightfuiiy gasnea
Jealousy probable cause. lnt-si'4'
At Lancaster, Pa. Thursday evening
James Pannell shot his wife in the head,
| infiicting q wound which will probably
prove fatal. Domestic trouble is the cause cal
assigned for the deed. ....ti<,! y =
The salary OF the president OF, the Raleigh
and CASTOR Railroad Company has been re
duced from $4,000 to $4,000 per annum
The president, John IL. Robinson, Esq.
urged the change. sgIl1 x4i4
A Boston dispatch says that the presi
dency OF Amherst College has been ten
/ dered to Professor Seelye, and ne IS con
sidering the offer. h TIA
! I The Enterprise says wagon-load o
New river blue catfish was retailed il
! WytheyiIle Thursday ut ten ce..sts spe
pound, gross. tl IL /,
The Danville Driving-Park Association
have appointed committeest to examine seve
raj tracts Of land offered them for o trottinl
course. Is 4 '.s, 5aR 81 a.4ass t.te /. !,
i K Sire on Union wharf, Portland, Me.
Thursday night, destroyed q block OF Woodel
J stores. Loss between $4,000 and S4o, DOC