The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-03

On Christmas eve. OF all nights in the
year, little girl persisted in the cold and
storm on the Ohio river twelve miles above
Louisville Her father started from the
Mead farm in a skin with his two children,
intending TO give them holiday IN the
city. The night was so dark, the current
so rapid, and the driftw0Od so thick, that
he was afraid to 60 on, and, after attempt
inc TO row back, landed on the Kentucky
shore, and set out for his home. Tue chill
dren were lightly clad and soaking vet,
and soon began 10 cry as IL their hearts
would break The hoy bore up bravely,
and The man struggled desperately to ind
his way The rain turned TO sleet and
snow, and their clothes were frozen stiff,
when they sought shelter in deep ravine.
In the morning house was discovered, and
The little gill was carried indoors, but il
was TOO late TO save her life. Her eyes
frightened when she first saw the fire, and
she hogan 10 hum little song, but in few
minutes she was dead.
A Texas love story begins with separa-
ton and ends with union IN death. Several
wears ago a young pair who bad been joined
in wedock lived unhapplly and finally
parted company. The husband became u
wandering rake, and remained a sorry dog
until two years ago, when he obtained en-
ployment on a railroad near ArcoIa. He
mended his ways, wrote TO his wife and in
duced her to return to him. IL was in Aueus
OF lat year that they resumed their d0mes.
tic life. One day week before last the hus
band was taken seriously i'll, and on the
| following night the wife manifested the
same syM,aoms. They would take no medi-
cine. although they were rapidly growing
worse. When Sunday night came she fell
asleep and never woke. Her sick husband
went to Eer trunk, took out the few .trinkets
which she owned, placed them upon her
persOn. laid down on the bed beside her,
and, kissing the cold face, dropped into a
gentle, peaceful sleep, from which he never
aroused.
II is related Of a well-known merchant
Of ue,gbbpring city that, after making
his will aud leaving large property 10 Il
trustee for bis son. he called the young man
in, and, after reading the will to him, asked
il there was any alteration or Improvement
he could suggest "Weli, father" said the
young gentleman, lighting a cigarette, :"
think aS things 80 nowadays it would be
better for rae Il you left the property TO the
other fellow and made me the trustee"
The old gentleman made up bis mind then
and there that the Young man was quite
competent TO take charge OF his own inheri-
lance, and scratched the trustee clause out.
Boston Commercial Bulletin.
A sea-captain was badly fooled at New
port the other day. lie tells the Providence
Journal that be saw what he supposed to be
a man In distress on rock off CoddiDgtOn's
Point, very bleak place on such morning
as that, with the spray dashing over him
and the mercury at 100. Tue captain, think
ing there was reed Of assistance, turned his
boat about, and on approaching the shore
the object proved 10 be man with gun,
apparently looking for something to shoot.
The captain backed OF and came on his way,
rejoicing that he was not obliged to stand
on a rock and have steamboats, come TO look
at him on such cold, clustering day as that.
Willis Brown, Of Seneca, Kansas, writes,
denying the story about man having been
killed by an aerolte near there. He adds:
"Kansas is meek and long-sutiering; we
submit to the many exaggerated stories OF
grasshopper raids, Indian massacres, cy-
clones, hai,.storms, exodusters, with an &C.
casonal epidemic OF dangerous diseases;
but IL the paragrapber gets TO killing US OF
with aeroltes we shall protest."
Did you ever notice that il you 20 into an
Office where the man Is Oh the street talking
politics all the time he isn't ia bed, you will
always see framed chrome motto hanging
up over the desk, "Time is money!
Burlington Hatokeye.