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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-04-24
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
On the Norfolk and Peters
burg Railroad

CONDUCTOR AND A COl.ORED NAN klfbbD AND
ENGINEER AND FIREMAN SERIOUSLY IN
JURED.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch.J
PETERSBURG, Va, April 23.--The engine
OF work train on the Norfolk and Peters
burg railroad ran over two cows near Wake
field station about IL O'Clock tonight,
throwing the engine and tender of the
track. Captain Baker, the conductor, was
killed, and also coored man, name not
learned. Mr.. Emmett Mcconnell, the en-
gineer, and Mr.. Harrel, the fireman, are
also reported as very seriously injured. A
special train was sent down at midnight to
their relief.
Suicide of a Defaulter.
SAX FRANCISCO, April pa dispatch
from Los Angeles says r. HOyle, the de-
faultlng tax commissioner from the State OF
Georgia, whose case has been before the
Superior and Supreme Courts for several
weeks on writ OF hdbedS corpus, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself in the
presence OF the guard and Mr.. Collins, the
agent OF the State OF Georgia. How he
obtained the weapon is unknown.
A FOrger Hangs Himself
BOsTON, MASS, April 23.-Spence Pettis,
the forger, was found dead early this morn
| ing in his cell, in the Massachusetts, State
prison, at Concord. He had hung himself
with a cord attached to bracket fastening.
Pettis was sentenced to ten years. imprison-
ment, and be had served about six. file wa:
nearly fifty years OF age. Since his wife
died he has been In bad mental condition,
being troubled with sOftening OF the brain
Double Execution I'm 50. louis.
ST. LOUIS, April 23.-Edward NugcD
and Henry j. Redemeir were hanged In tb'
city jail-yard at three minutes past O'Clock
this morning. Nugent shot his wife on tn,
2sth day Of August, 1876. Redemer's vic
tim was Franz Rosa, respectable olt
builder.
| Murtier Of Man and Wife.
| A Walla WaIla dispatch says: civilian
Lishan and wife Mary, new settlers, Twin.
few miles from the Umatila agency, wer
found murdered Ia bed. Their heads wer
chopped in pieces with an axe. Robber
was not the object, as all their property re
manned undisturbed. There Is no clue Il
the murderers."
Homicide at Memphis.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 23.-Mike Ketel
n steamboat. was shot late last night b
Clarion PAYNE. Jealousy concerning
woman was the cause OF the shooting
Payne escaped.
Murderer Respifed.
CHARLESTON, S. c., April 23.-Th0mi
White, who was sentenced to be hanged 4
day at SpartansDurg for the murder OF Pa
Hankins, has been respitsd until May 14tl
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-04-24
FINANCiAL.
RICHMOND STOCK EXCHANGE.

friday NpfU 70, ISSDs
sALEs.-s. COO interest esr.incaies sold ~ y; -
hares Of A., r.. and y. RsiIrosd stock IT 10; -
mares OF Rlchhsvvd end psuviIie Railroad s.osi -
tx; and 10 skayseA A. and G. Railroad STOCK -
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-04-24

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BILL--TBE KELLOGG
CAsE-sPEEcu OF Mr.. BAILEY-T0BACCo
DOUBLY TAxED--sEYMOUR's PR0sPECTs-
THE KING or SIAM ccMISC--PERsONAL, &C.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-08-13
The Benders.

There were important and startling
Developments at Fremont, Nebraska, August
5. in the matter OF the Blenders. Mrs. Bender
made full confession of all the helnous muir
ders committed on the John Bender farm dur
ing r. and rs. She was widow when she
married McGregor, alias Bender, who was a
wldower with four children. They migrated
from Missouri to I.abelle county, Kan, when
under the leadership of Kate, old Johns
daughter, the murders and robberies began.
Mrs. Bender declares that she had no person.
al hand in these crimes: The first man killed
by them was man named Brown. Very
soon after the first murder two more stral gers
were killed. The woman was asked whether
she remembered about whole family being
killed, and she said: "Yes, I do. There was
man and wife and two little girls who drove
up to the house one afternoon and wanted TO
spend the night. That night while the man
and his wife we're at supper. they were
dropped through the hole. Kate and the old
man were below. The man fought pretty
hard but they fixed him. The next day the
two children we're buried alive. Old John
took one and Kate the other. They hollered
awful, but finally stopped, and Kate came in
and said, the damned brats are all right now.p
Soon after this, according to the woman's
story, they became frightened and joined the
Cherokee or Choctaw nation. Many further
details were obtained from this woman, and If
these are not the original Benders the fact can
easily be established.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-08-13
Ghilian Atrocities.

Aletter received at New York Aug. 4,
from Lima, says Of the taking Of Tacua BY the
Gillian troops: Only one street escaped the
sack, and this good fortune it owed to the cir.
cumstance that General Baquedaro had his
headquarters In II. Hundreds of wounded
and prisoners were slaughtered in cold blood.
Not one wounded ally was found alive on the
field Of battle the day succeeding the battle
Women and girls Of tenderest age were violat-
ed and many killed. The farms in the vicini-
ty aud their inhabitants shared the common
fate of the town. Every day eight or ten
murders are committed, and the bodies of the
poor victims are allowed to remain
unburied until their removal become q mat
ter Of necessity. africa suffered even more
severely than Tacua. All the houses were
either totally or partially destroyed. Out of
eighteen hundred defenders only SIX hundred
survive. These Of the twelve hundred who
did not fall in the fight were subsequently
massacred in cold blood. 1t is an authenti-
Gated fact that forty-nine soldiers who had
thrown away their arms and taken refuge in
the United States commercial agency, over
which the flag was flying were taken out and
butchered in tho street. I -
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-08-13
Internal Revenue Bureau

Commissioner Raum officially informs
the Secretary Of the treasury that during the
past fiscal year 23,9S1 9l6 internal revenue
taxes have been collected ard the entire sum
paid into the treasury. During the past four
fiscal years the total amount of taxes received
by collectors Of internal revenue was $467,.
OsO,8s5, and the entire sum has been paid In
to the treasury. Salaries and EXPENSES of the
bureau will be about $l992s,000, Or a little
more than three and one half per cent upon the
amount collected. The commissioner pays
high compliment to collectors, and adds:
During the past four years we'll sustained
effort has been made to suppress the illicit
manufacture Of whiskey and tobacco in q
number of districts In the Southern States,
where for many years these practices had
been rife. During that period 3, 7s4 illicit dis
tilleries had been seized, 7,70S persons arrested
Or illicit distilling, and twenty-five officers
and employees killed and thirty-five wounded
enforcing laws. tits gratifying to be able to
state that frauds upon the revenue have been
greatly reduced, and violent resistance to law
has practically ceased in all of these districts,
except The second of Georgia. But 1t must
be borne in mind that violations CT the law
and the spirit of resistance have not been vol.
UNFAIRLY abandoned. but have been suppressed
and subdued by the earnest and determined
efforts of officers of the government, sus.
tanned by the courts.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-08-13
Cnoaecra lion q B B Watt,r. ~,


y y reported that one Of the greatest,
events Of Catholicity took place az Column
bus, Ohio, on Sunday. August in the conse.
Grafton Of the Right Rev. Jno. ID. Watterson,
as Bishop Of colnimbuss This occasion attract
ed an immense crowd from various sections of
the State, coming Id large excnfston trains
with bands ofmuslc land rich regaliaed
societies, among them: In the ancient Order Of
Hapernians, benevolent societies and temper:
ance societies. Very few OF those present
could gain entrance to the grand cathedral Of
81 Josephs' place Of conservation About
l.ooO were admitted BY tickets. Eighty-hve
priests and eighty-ave bishops were present.
The otice1s Of the mass were RI. Rev. VIM
GEORGE McClousky, first assistant; Rev. J.
IWiggs, second assistant; Rt Rev. Edward
fitzgerald, preacher and assistant priest;
Very Rev. \. A. Gallagher, deacon of honor;
Rev +. \. specht and Rev. N. f. PDger, dca-
cons Of the mass; F. J. Campbell, sub deacon
Of the mass; Rey.J. J. Fitzgerald, first master
OF cermonies; Rev. W. Mulhone, second mas
tor OF ceremonies; Rev. j. z. Goldsmith, third
master Of ceremonies; Rev. John McGerck
chaplain to Bishop. Watterson. Father Hayes
and Ahren and Bishops Duengen, Of Fort
Wayne. and Toebbe, Of Coyington, were also
present. The sermon was preached by Bish-
op Fitzgerald on the evils of the present gen.
Grafton. At . o'clock the mass and ceremony
was over and Bishop Watterson bestowed his
blessing, stopping to bestew it on his aged
mother, an incident very affecting: lu the
afternoon grand parade Of the local and Wis.
ittng societies took place, reviewed by the
Rev. Bishop and attending priests. This
evening Bishop Watterson celebrates pontif-
cal yespers 49, t.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-08-13
ai.s & /
q n s5ssss=5lis
LIFE.
eyllSLlI SO

Tho 4oiiouing remarkable compilation u coptri.
button e the Ban Eranoisco zssss from ths pa Of
Mra q. =. DsminE: The rsadM wl modes th1ssach
hne 10 GquotaHon from some Of the standard au-
thors Of england and America This q result Of
year.. aborious search among the leading poeea at
the past and present time; s
Why al this toilfor trinmphs 81 m hour
Yoseng. .
Lies : abort summer, man lower. d. Johnson
By turns we cateh the vital breath and de-
The cradle and the tomb, alas, 70 nigh.
To be, L better far than not to be, Se,eeH
Though Al mans life may ,eem tragedy:
Butlight cares speak when mighty grists ~ dumb
81 Raleigh. ~
{ = - ''ill''o1 '''' : Ionats.lo,e. +
-. : q. = : /. So1th,oeE. =
Nature to each allots his proper sphere;
re- 49, !: 80 =. Congrepe.
Fortune makes folly her peculiar care; Churchill
Custom does often reason overrule, Rocheste,. !
And throw cruel sunshine on fool. Armstrong.
Live well; how long or short, permit to Heaven;
't''-.%' :" Milton.
They who forgive most shall be most forgiven. =
'.1t Bailey. -
Sin may be clasped close cannot zee its face,
Trench.
Vile intercourse where virtue has no place.;
g: " ". So7,Srville.
Then keep each passion down, however dear;
Thomson
Thou pendulum betwixt smile and tear.
- IL. 5.,,As. S.. Byron.
80 sensual s''Af's ~ 'a'n'sSS ffs'S'i sm as
With craft and skill to ruin and betray.
.. -. III .., Cra0be.
Soar not too high to fall, but stoop to rise;
Messenger.
~ Co,uley,
Then renounce that impious self.esteem;
49, .. Beattie.
Riches have wings, and grandeur is dream.
C01cper.
Think not ambition wise becauee its brave;
Dauenant.
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Gray.
What is ambition tits glorious cheat I'LL! h.
Only destructive to the brave ana great:
What's alt the saudy glitter Of. CROWN n,,.
The way to bliss lies not on beds Of down. ,....
Quarlss.
How long we live, not years but actions tell;
Watkins.
That man lives twice who lives the first life well.
Herrick.
Make then, while yet we may, your God your friend
Mason.
Whom Christians Worship yet not comprehend.
Ill.,
The trust that's given guard and to yourself be just
DANA.
For, live We how we can, yet die we must.
Shakespeare.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-08-13
The Awful Act of a Mother.
4 telegram from Americas. Webster


county, Ga, Ct August 6, relates the following
Last evening. Woodson L. Gunnels, well-to:
do farmer, living twenty miles west of there,
left home to visit sick nefghbor, and return.
ing at 10 O'clock in the evening, found his
wife and nine of his ten small children in a
horrible sleep from the effects of morphia ad-
ministered in lemonade by Mrs. Guuuels,
Gunnels was married to this his second wife
about ten years ssp and has by her four chill
dren. The otherLA,y are children Of the pre-.
vious wife, and as far as known the stepmoth.
er has been dutiful and kind parent to them
Medical aid was Immediately summoned, but
Mrs. Gunnels soon died and no hopes OF re.
covery are entertained for three OF the chill
dren. The others are believed to be out Of
danger. note in the handwriting OF Mrs.
Gunnels was found under the morphia on the
table, in which she stated she hae deliberate.
ly administered the morphia to the children
and herself with the intention of destroying
them all and that she was not actuated by
any domestic trouble.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-08-13
Capital Punishment in China.

Apropos of the sentence just pro-
nounced upon Ch1m Hou, formerly the
Ambassador Of China at this court, Prof.
Vassiieff furnishes the following explain
atoms: According to the latest Pekin
newspapers, Chun Hou, thou h con-
demned to be hung, is not Immediately
to be put to death, but kept in prison
for the present. Capital sentences are
promptly carried ont in the case of in
surgents and certain other classes of
criminals, where delay might endanger
the peace Of the country. In such cases
even the local magistrate is empowered
to summarily take life if he deems it
necessary. But ordinarily the executions
throughout the empire take place stimuli
taneously at the sautumnal equinox, at
which time the Emperor visits the Tenn
pie Of Heaven to clear himself of the sin
OF shedding blood. Hence, if an ordinary
criminal is sentenced the day after the
antumnal equinox he has whole year
OF ite still before him. Moreover, for
q certain time before the equinox the
Minister of Tortures receives and ex-
amines the lists Of the condemned from
all parts Of the empire, and reports to
the Emperor the names of those least
deserving Of clemency. The Emperor
then orders some to be executed forth
with, and respites others for another year.
The sealed lists of the doomed are car
ried to gu parts Of the empire by cour-
iers. On a fixed day all the sentenced
criminals are brought. to e public place,
where the sealed lists are opened and
tho En,anvnSso o,.f3nr, ~ a
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-08-13
AFGHANISTAN.
NATIVES MOVING

LONDON, Aug. "a Bombay dispatch to the
Times Rays, Ohaman Ohoki is threatened by At
ghans, but the rnmor of its capture is improb.
able. Certain tribes over the whole country
are in commotion.
A Oabul dispatch says ths whole of northern
Afgbanistan is fairly quiet, as are slso Kohis-
tan, Nsrdak, Ghilzai and the country around
Jellslabad. The amee-'s chances of maintain.
ing himself in power have certainly increased
BY Gen. Roberts march through part of the
country most hostile to him.
EVACUATION OF oABUL.
In the house Of COMMONS the Marquis of
Harrington, secretary of state for india,
stated the Indian budget wonld be presented
the 18th inst, but the government cannot fix
day for closing Of the session of parliament.
Replying to question the Marquis said the
governments intentionto withdraw from Cabul
Immediately had been formed before General
Burrows' defeat which does not, according to
the opinion of Indian or home government,
justify deferring the withdrawal. Gen. Stewart
fully concurs believing that all objects have
been attained and that . longer stay in
Cabul is unnecessary. No information has beeA
received regarding the capture of Chitni Ghoki
by the AfghAns. #l$tI ;.,lS
+ IN FRONT OF oAkDAHAR. !
Advices from Simla to the 5th state Oandahal
had not been attacked. Ayoob Khan had
reached Kohkahran, four miles southwest Of
Candahar. There had been NO advance or
Khelat, Ighilzai or Pishit. All quiet at OabuL
LONDON, Aug. "a dispatch from Quettah
reports that another fight has occurred between
the troops retiring from the line. of railway
upon Sibi and , large body of tribesmen..
The troops retired with the loss Of ten killed
and the greater portion Of their baggage and
animals and the treasure chest. The dead 81
both armies remain unburied.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-08-13
Historic Doubts.

1t has been strongly doubted whether
Joan OF Arc ever suffered the punish
ment that has made hero martyr, though
details Of her execution and last mo-
ments grace the civil records of Rouen.
Several books have been published dis
cussing the question. ABelgian lawyer
is the author of one of these. He con-
tends that the historians-who have
done nothing but copy each other in the
narratives of her death-err exceedingly
in stating that it took place on the last
day of May, 1873, the fact being that
she was alive and well many years after
that date. There are good grounds,
too, for believing that tho pretty tale Of
Abelard and Heloise in pure fiction.
Nobody has yet unriddled the mys-
terry of the Man in the Iron Mask, and
nobody seems likely to do SO, while the
identity of the writer of the "Junius +"
letters is as far from being settled as
ever. These are two insoluble enigmas,
impenetrable mysteries that battle So
luton, and about which, perhaps, the
public has become tired Of surmises. ~
An extremely witty and characteristic
anecdote told of Beaconsfield will bear
repetition. An adherent from distant
country brought his two sons to the then
Mr.. Disrael. and asked him to give them
word of advice on their introduction
into life. "Never try to ascertain, said
the illustrious statesman to the elder
boy, "who was the man who wore the
iron mask, or you will be thought ter
rible bore. Nor do you," turning to the
second. sask who was the author of
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-08-13
ENGLAND.
ASSASSINATION N IRELAND.

So ASSASSINATION N RELAND.
LONDON, Aug. ga fearful outrage was per:
petrated last} night near New Ross, Ireland:
Thomas Boyd, crown solicitor for the county Of
Tipperasy, and his two sons were fred ut by
masked sssassins armed With guns and bayo.
nets. Boyd was severely wounded in the arm
One son was shot through the lungs aud there
is NO hopes OF his recovery. The other son re-
ceived . slight wound in the leg. Three men
have been arrested on suspicion OF committing
the outrage. Alater dispatch from New Ross
says Boyd senior is dying from wounds! ~
A Dublin correspondent says the country has
never bean moro tranquil than now. Danger
from organized land agitators aud Fenians ID
no greater than it was In former years.
/ The Times in an editorial says there will be
no popular rising where there arc troops ready
to suppress it. &"
The tragedy at New Ross Was an asrarian
outrage. "a 81 ( : ~ II \ =.
LoNpoa, Aug. 0.-six arrests have been
made 81 parties implicated In the New Rbse
goutrs2e, including one woman. - IL slI38
j. SE Stafford Northcote stated be had received
telegram announcing the death of one Of The
sons Of Mr.. Boyd, crown solicitor Of Upper
ary comfy. who was shotsat New Ross yester'
day. ~ - !, 4 = B. =. @t.zsa i.
GLADSTONE.
Gladstone has arrived at Windsor. BE will
return to London Friday, and 20 to Helmhurg,
Sussex, Saturday, where he will stay some time
Pat the mansion of Hon. Edward Frederick
Levison Cover, member Of parliament fol
Bodnun, who is . brother Of Lord Granville. J
,-,ses. ,.s.,s EXPORTS AND IMPORTS. - 81
The board Of TRADE returns. fer July show
the total value of exports 800, 270, $40 against,
$16.611, 1872 last year. Value Of imports fol
July &3S 952 ,595 against 9SO, 1856 07O last year.
GREEK MOBILIZATION. e., ~
LONDON. Aug 9.-In the house of commons,
the under foreign secretary stated England.
France, Austria and Germany, early in July,
dissuaded Greece from mobilizing her, army,
but later in July England finding oil other gov,
ernments had withdrawn their objections, with
drew hers also.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-08-13

sr1af1,saroN of direful shrieks Is
heard on the first floor. Fond mother
.5..seW What Is the matter with Billy -
Colored servant Please. ma am, mes.
crying about de jewberries. g He
cant have any more. He has had four
saucerfuls already. = Dem is de berry
ones he am whooping about Hes all
sYolled up Gtalueston Neses.
A sroRr IS told IN India Of . parrot
which had learned SO many phrases OF
English that it constructed grammar
Of the language, and, being missed one
lay. was at last found perched on the
TOD Of tamarind tree, insrdcting all
the parrots of the neighboring jungle ON
the rudiments Of syntax. There are
people disposed to disbelieve parrot
stories. vet some of them can be posi-
lively substantiated. So, for instance,
5 one Of our respected citizens, wooing
widow, was interrupted at q critical
moment in his fervent address by voice
from the cage in the window, asking in
sorrowing tones: "Who kissed the
/ cook ?" - -
A CLERGYMAN once visited lady OF
his parish who had just lost her hus-
band, in order to offer consolation, and,
upon her earnest inquiries as to the re-
union of families in heaven, he strongly
asserted his belief in that fact; and
|. when she asked with anxiety whether
any time must elapse before friends
would be able to find each other in the
next world, he emphatically said, ssNo !
they will be united at once" He was
thinking of the happiness of being able
to offer the relief of such faith, when
she broke in upon his meditations by ex-
claiming, sadly, Vel, his first Difs
has act him. then. by this time ~
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-08-13
Officers Elected F,

P1T1sBuRa, Aug. 9.-The smaleamated as
sociation of iron and steel workers Of the
United States, in session at the Opera house,
elected the following officers: President, John
q. Jarrett, Sharon, Pennsylvania ,Secreta.
~, William = Martin, PittsburR, RI.
treasurer, Jas. Penny, Pittsburgh; trustees.
VIM. Werthe, Samuel 8. wainwright, Pitts
burgh; @. d. Thomson, Wheeling, w. Va. Bal
loting for vice presidents is now in progress
and prospects of an all night session good
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-08-13
Attempted Highway Robbery.

Near the Harvester works, in St. Paul
Mimi. on the night of August three tramps
about s p. M. attacken Mr.. Kiefer, brother OF
Clerk Kiefer, and proprietor of the half way
house between this city and Saltwater, Mr.
Kiefer was driving home about 8 o'clock in
the evening, and had reached point short
distance beyond the harvester works, when
he was suddenly attacked by three tramps
One of the Williams seized the horse by the
bride and his companions attempted to get
into the buggy. Mr. Kiefer was armed with
q heavy whip. and, realizing his perilous sit
uation, he dealt the men several sturdy blows
on tho head. They rolled back from the shock
and whipping his horse, the animal plunged
forward and broke away from his captpr. The
men were soon distanced, and Mr.. Kiefer
luckily escaped without injury.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-08-13
Death of Yetran Soldier and Statesman
Catholic Riot in TOronto

In Toronto Canada, on the night OF
August 7, aboat $50 Catholics and Orangemen
met on Queeu,street and fought lercely with
sticks and stones. The police dubbed right
aud left. Constable MOI man was struck On
the head with stone md probably fatally
injured. Some rioters " ere badly beaten by
the police At Young 81 rect wharf an orange
crowd gathered to prevent he landing of an
excursion party. The police succeeded in
dispensing the crowd. The ringleaders we're
locked ND by the police ,'..