The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-11-22


The first through train passed over the
line Of the Baltimore and Hanover railroad
Yesterday. This road establishes direct
communication between Baltimore and the
numerous villages and towns in Baltimore
and Carroll counties OF this State and York
and Adams counties, Pa. In the latter are
Hanover and Gettysburg, which are thus
brought Sixty.fve miles nearer to Baltimore
than to Philadelphia. A proposed eXten-
sion Of the new road will also bring Bati-
more into close connection with the Cum
berland Valley. Nine carloads OF freight
reached Baltimore from Gettysburg last
night by the new baltimore Sun,
21st.
The late Mrs. Eaton told the following
story OF blunt old President Jackson: She
was once visitin. ut the Hermitage, where
among the guests at Il dinner party was
| Judge OF the Court of Tennessee, with a
wife whose head had been turned by Il sea-
son in Washington. Present also was
brother Of the lady's, who had been tailor,
which fact was carefully ignored. Tue
| Iady's airs and graces grew insuferaDle,
and finally General Jackson pricked the
bubble Of her pride by saying to the bro
ther. "You know 1really never had conl-
Portable coat on my back since you quit
| tailoring"
! Among the old friends OF General Grant
who visited him at bis home, in Galena, du-
ring the week, was a Mr.. Harris. Of Du:
buque. Old Harris shook hands with
Grant, and then with great impresSlveness
unwrapped a roll OF paper, there being re-
vea,cd ut the close OF the performance two
cigars. "General.' said Harris, "you
gave me one of these cigars when you were
General Of the Army, and resolved not to
smoke it until you should be made Presl'
dent. The second you gave me in your
first term, and l resolved not to smoke it
until you were again President. Now !
want another cigar" Ignoring the old TEL
lows broad insinuation, Grant pulled
cigar from his pocket and passed it over
without word.-E1chdnqe.
Miss Yocum, schooI-teacher Of Kittitas
Valley, Oregon, has taken up land claim,
fenced it, suilt house, and this year raised
G12 bushels of grain, besides teaching her
school, She says she does not mean to
marry until she can support husband.
Sensible woman! But she would be more
SO il she declined to marry even then. There
are so many young men who cannot sup
port themselves that it is absolutely neces-
sary for girls TO support a husband before
marrying. But there is not one young man
in a thousand who deserves such WIFE,
NorriStoavn Herald.
Several young men were sitting together,
aud a young lady happened to approach the
vicinity. One "real sweet" young fellow
seeing, ashe supposed, the young lady look
ing at him, remarked, piayfully, and with
becoming smper, "Well, Miss -, you
needn't look at me as though you wanted
to eat me-" "Oh, no." sweetly replied the
ons
city Derrick.
IT Courtney and Hanlan do not quiet
down, why wouldn't it be good thing TO
take them out about six miles from shore
and throw them into the water! they
would naturally put in their biggest
licks'' for dry land, and the puDlic would
at last have race from them, ana tnen aiteI
tbev oot ashore they would be too tired to
tax for month, and that would be some
thing to be grateful for.-Burttngton Hd1oc.
eye.
A Cincinnati man, noted for his skill in
borrowing money, which be never repaYs'
was awakened the other night by noise Ill
i she parlor below, and going down stairs
discovared a burglar tbeEe. He made MS
I..rnnaintance at once and borrowed all the
lmoney the poor burglar had. House.
Ibneakers cannot be too careful nowadays.
Cincinnati Saturday Night.
.aI want to sell you an encyclopaedia
s,isi beak-agent to one Of our foremost
n sstk men the other day, who. by the way,
i het,er .sosted on pork than he is on
bo sskS. "What do want with your ency-
clio uesia?" snarled the pork man;
con, csgt ride one ii had IL He thought
it " "a a new variety Of yeloeipede.-Cin
cinnn Is XQturdGy Night.
ST. S.-We are sorry that you don't like
the nan e.. We publish it simply and solely
to nIease, you. We should ask you to come
down to be Office and edit il, only that you
did some Ubiquitous idiot might write TO tell
Won how n luch better he could do It ahim-
self. and t bat would probably annoy a
nervous per.son like you.-Puck.
"Pa," said bright boy the other day.
8. What is wine made Off" And the foolish
mar. without thinking. said, Grapes"
The amount Of thoughtlessness and Igno-
rance in this world Is greater than one
would belieye.-Burlinoto Hoocleeye.
81 predict" said Caudle the other day to
his bosom friend, "a mild winter" "On
what grounds ?" "My wife and her mo,
ther have gone to Europe to stay till spring."
Cincinnati Commercial.
Noah built his ak OF gophir wood ana
FIR because he didn't have Hr 70 gopher W.