The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-12-06
Brief News Items.
Smallpox is on the increase in New Y

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A dispatch from London, dated Deccm-
Der 9Th, SAYS: Jewels valued at 100000
have been stolen from Lord Arthur Hill
Trevor's seat at Brynkinalt, near Chirk, in
the north OF Wales.
A dispatch dated Boston, December Sd,
saws: Longfellow is sinking gradually to-
ward the end OF life-growing feeblcr with
each day. Il shall not live to answer many
more letters" he wrote to friend the other
day.
Three ghouls were surprised while in the
act Of rObbing grave at Mount Winans
station, on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
Friday night. They all escaped, however.
Cameron, Conkling, and Arthur are go
ing to get 80 much mixed up pretty soon
that it will be difficult to tell which Is Pre-
sident.- Philadelphia Times.
Patti. in private, refers to Signor NicO-
lini AZ her welded husband. $50 on;
he's me-" she said to n friend who was
making her 4 visit at her Boston hotel, rs
the favored tenor suddenly entered the
room and interrupted a confidential COM
municatiOn. NicOlini is nearly fifty, and
has wife and three children in Paris.
In Baltimore on Sunday Bishop Ralmondi.
Of Hong Kong, who is on visit to this
country, preached at the Cathedral on the
Catholic missions under his charge, and
for which lie desires TO obtain pecuniary
aid. Bishop John j. Keane, Of Richmond,
Va, lectured at St.Ignatius church at night
on the growth and beneiicent effects OF
Christianity.
Rev. DR.. J. w. VI. Williams completed
the thirty-first year OF his pastorate Of the
First Baptist church, on Townsend street,
Baltimore, on Sunday. During that period
he has baptized over 1000 persons into full
/ fellowship in the church, the majority Of
whom were over twenty years Of age. The
church was crowded Sunday. The fine
new church in which the congregation
worship was completed recently.
An Edison quadrupleX telegraph instru-
ment has been put into the headquarters OF
/ the Associated Press in Baltimore, and
will be in operation from to-day in con-
/ junction with similar instruments at WASH
/ ington, New York, and Philadelphia. BY
/ this instrument great advantage is gained
over the old process for handling news.
/ 1t is to an outsider complex machine, and
/ its mysteries are known only to the expert
| telegraph operator. Four different matters
of news can be sent and received over a
single wire simultaneously by its use. The
Associated Press will now be enabled TO
send and receive its news with forefold ce-
/ lerity. The limit Of the capacity OF the
most powerful OF these telegraph machines
/ is said TO be eleven simultaneous messages
/ over single wire. BY this means such n
document as the Presidents message could
/ be sent in parts simultaneously over sin
gle wire in very brief time.-Bdltimore
Sun, 9th.
The New York Herald Of yesterday says /:
/ Ii was learned from Rochester last evening
| that a suit for damages to the amount OF
| 81 200, 900 had been brought in the courts
of Monroe county against Mr.. William H..
Vanderbilt, of this city, the compliments
being Messrs. Henry A. Taylor and Isaac
S. Waterman. The former is resident OF
Rochester and the latter OF Philadelphia,
and both are well known TO railroad men.
The nature OF the action was set forth in
the dispatch which conveyed intelligence OF
It as being based upon alleged breaches OF
contract on the part OF Mr.. Vanderbilt and
as involving the value OF certain bonds Of
the state-Line railroad which had been held
by him In trust.