The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-08-04

net assets. With this view the cities! anu
towns of this State will be, il is expected,
mapped out in suitable fire districts. what
| is known rs the sfdry-goods district y OF
this city is a cause; OF constant fear TO the
fre-insurance companies, and to it the new:
rule viii doubtless be strictly applied.
There is little apparent opposition - the
proposed measure, and indeed it only
amounts to Formulating by rule and law
mode Of limiting risks which has long been
the practice OF our best-managed companies:
Ne,o York Tribune. si r1apa.e
The Bank Of England weekly statement
shows decrease OF specie OF !e2S8,o 900. The
amount OF bullion Withdrawn from tne Dank
on balance Thursday was $4,000. The
ronortion Of thc bank reserve to liability,
which last week was Al per cent, was
Thursday 45t. Specie in the Bank OF France
decreased during the past week 10,500,000
francs. The closing quotation for silver in
London Thursday was 54td. per ounce.
Coinage by the San Francisco mint for the
month of July amounted to S5,50O, 600. The
bullion received from Bonanza mines was:
Consolidated Virginia, 9075, 1000; California,
al .O1s, 600. The revenue collections in that
city for the fiscal year just ended amounted
to 50, 100000. The quicksilver exports du-
ring July were 81, ,25o,00O.
yoltaire died at Paris in the house Of the
Marquis de Vilette, on the quai which now
bears his name. In conformity With, a
clause in the will Of the Marquis the WIN
dows OF the chamber have never been OPEN
ed since. They arc to remain closed until
the hundredth anniversary OF his death,
which falls in little less than year. The
iniunctions OF the will have been faithfully
observed, even during the revolution.
The Khedive's Nubian railroad is being
RAPIDLY pushed forward, and the first sec
tion-from Wadi-Calfah, on the NDe, twelve
miles from the second cataract, to Sigyaya,
thousand fellahs are at work upon the Sec
ond section, the terminus OF which is Don
COLA. The river is to be bridged at KOye. .
The Oil City Derrichc's oil report for
June states 400 wells were completed du-
ring the month, the largest number
completed in the same period in the
history OF the petroleum business. Sixty
three wells were totally dry. On the first
OF July 3S9 wells were drilling, and 2G1
rigs were up and in course OF construc-
ton.
The representatives OF the shoe and leather
fraternity OF the United States met at Prov-
dence Thursday to the number OF from four
to five hundred. After an address OF well
come by President Pierce, OF that city, they
took an excursion down the bay. Two hun
dred and fifty came on special train from
Boston.
NJ. II. De Fontaine, OF the Society for En-
couraging National Industry in France,
says that the total annual value Of the pro-
ducts OF glass manufacture in Europe and
America has almost doubled within the past
twenty years, and amounts now to not less
than GO0,00O,000 francs.
An Arctic expedition will probably be
sent out by the Dutch, under the command
OF Dutch lieutenant who has made three
Arctic voyages under the British flag. Its
object is not the discovery of the pole, but
the erection Of granite monuments to some
of the early Dutch yoyagers. ,.''.
There is q reduction in the book trade OF
at least one third, owing to the almost total
cessation OF orders from the West. In some
OF the larger houses this reduction has
reached the sum Of 5000 day, and there is
much anxiety felt in the trade for fear it
may extend. .n a..
/ Sir Stafford Northcote, Chancellor Of the
Exchequer, is the Conservative candidate
for Rector Of the University OF Glasgow
against MIR. Gladstone. Mr.. Froude, the
historian, was also Liberal candidate, but
he has withdrawn in favor OF Mr.. Glad
stone. .a. ....'., w.. ... '...
San Francisco has Scandinavian La
dies Aid Society,"" with about two hundred
members. The sole object Of the organiza-
tion is to aid with money, provisions, &C.,
the sick, poor, or aged Scandinavians in the
city of San Francisco.
| The total loss by the fire at the Pittsburgh
elevator will be>about S2JO,000. The stock
holders, at meeting at Braddock's on
Thursday, resolved to hold the county Of
Allegheny liable. There were about $4,000
bushels of=grain in the building.
| A irightful storm broke over the Depart
ment of the Dromc in France on July 18th,
utterly destroying crops over vast district,
tearing up huge trees, and setting fire to
farm buildings. Hundreds OF thousands
worth OF property was injured.
The Winsor mansion in Blackstone
| Square, Boston, which, was sold year or
more ago for $4,000, when taxed for $685.
900, has Just been offered again at auction,
and knocked down at S25,0O0 to the mort
gagee. 1t cost $4,000.
| "A SuQQen QTau2uG Ol uOt alI Is fCibOEttu
to have passed through cotton-feld and
peacb-orchard in Western Texas few days
ago, scorching and-kiiling every green thing
| it touched for space OF 140 yards wide and
400 yards long. ...--.-,.-.;..... .<...
OF about two hundred and fifty appli-
cants for admission"-to the freshman class
this year ut Harvard, about one-ffth were un-
successful and three-fourths OF the remain
der had one or more conditions.
The export Of Icelandic ponies to Eng
| land is increasing, and promises to be very
profitable to the breeders, these horses in
yolving little expense, and fetching COM
paratively high price'fn England.
John White, poor young man living in
Quincy, ILL.,, has Just discovered papers that
show that he is the owner OF valuable
square in the city Of Springfield, ILL.,, worth
some 100000. .. ... ... :
The Detroit newsboys are still on strike.
Their. ringleader, lad OF fifteen years, was
arrested on Tuesday and fined 81. Twenty
new sboys contributed five cents apiece and
released him. -.----..
lnLondon the Jews have heard OF Judge
| Hilton, and have been stirred to wrath. \
Hebrew clothier has put out painted
sign, "No orders received from Americans
unless prepaid. :" =
Three hundred men are thrown out OF
emT4oyment at Titusyille, Pa, by the de-
struction ofsthc Standard Oil COrnpany's
barrel mandatory at that place. The loss
| m tho onmpapv 10 R20. 600