The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-09-29

The TOPICS considered by the American
Health Association at Chicago THURSDAY
were: "The destruction OF offensive gases
from rendering and iertilizing factories"
.Securing full reports OF the causes OF NOR
tally in the United States by DR.. Harris's
PLAN" and "For securing uniformity aud
completeness with registration OF vital sta
tistics." The following officers were elect
ed: President, DR.. Elisha Harris, New
York: First and Second Vice-Presidents,
Drs. Cabell, Virginia, and johnson, Chi
cago; Secretary, DR.. Z. II. Jones, New
York; Treasurer, DR.. Charles F. Tolton,
Massachusetts.
The Barnstable (Massachushetts) Savings
Bank having been subjected to run.
caused by the scare after the suspension OF
the Savings Bank at Sandwich, has, after
paving out $4,000, taken advantage OF the
months notice privilege. Up to Monday
calls had been made amounting to $4,000,
and it was impossible to realize such an
amount without O great sacrifice OF invest
ments, consisting largely Of real estate in
Boston and vicinity, now much deprecated.
By passing dividends for year or two it IS
thought the bank will be able to pull
through.
The Havana Cuba papers publish par,
ticulars OF the discovery Of what are alleged
to be the remains OF Columbus in San Do
mineo. While they do not deny that IL Il
possible that the remains may DE those Oh
The great discoyerer they consider 1t to be
highly improbable. According to historical
statements the remains OF columbus were
taken from Spain to San Domingo in 1886,
and from San Domingo to Havana IN 1855
and inferred in the Cathedral.
A good story is told by the Marquette
{Mich.) Mining Journal Of former resi-
dent Of Negaunee, now living in Colorado.
He was an explorer OF some note, and was
one day digging at the foot Of mountain
in Boulder county, when Teutonlc gen.
tlenlan came along and inquired: "My goot
irient, vat you been do here?" "Oh, I'm
only scratching around to see what / can
find., "Vell, mine irient, don't know
pretty much by dis oXblorin' pisness;
auver don'd you could dell me we're gould
find me gold mine right away guick?"
ooh, you just find big pine tree and 60
to digging in its shadow and you'll find
what you want" "Dank you, mine
frient"; and the German went little way
up the mountain, found the shadow OF
pine tree, and went to digging. In short
time he found what is now the celebrated
Melvina mine. and now our Negauneeite is
suing for an interest in the valuable pro-
perry on the ground that he gave the lnfor-
nation which led to its discovery.
Young soapsuds and old nicotine have
proved fatal in the case Of an English lad
at Dartmouth Park. He saw some children
blowing soap-bubbles on a neighbours door
step and borrowed clay pipe from his
father, which be soon broke. He then re-
turned for another, and his father gave him
an old wooden pipe which had been lying
on shelf for year. In an hour the child
was very sick, vomiting and becoming very
drowsY and deadly pale. At the end Of the
third day the little fellows sufferings came
to an end. The physician testified at the
inquest that the child died from imbibing
nicotine contained in the old wooden pipe.