The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-12-14
Brief News Items.

Steamships coming into the port OF New
York report heavy storms ut sea.
Colonel J. Howard Wells, the Jay Gould
blackmailer, was indicted on Monday ior
attempting 20 extort money. lie y SUN
confined in the Tombs.
on Sunday afternoon, in New YORK, an
inhuman mother named Ellen BERGEN
while In n state OF bcastly intoxica'ion,
smothered her ten-months-old babe.
The London Times Of the 26th ultimo
states that "thc arrangement for an inter-
national search for the missing. Arctic eX-
ploring vessel. the Jeannette, is progress
ing"
The Canton sugar refinery OF EccleS.
Thomas a. Co., at Canton, adjoining the
southeastern limits Of Baltimore, was dam.
aged by fire Sunday night. The loss VIII
probably not exceed $1,000. Fully insured.
The Vienna correspondent OF the Daily
Ne,cS saws: "Thc police imagined that the
entire audience had quilted the theatre.
They prevented outsiders from entering,
and locked the doors without ascertalnlhS
If there was any one inside"
The message Of Governor Blackburn OF
Kentucky. does not give much encourage
ment to extensive immigration schemes Tor
that State. He says: must acknoW-
ledge that many Of our most Intelligent
citizens do not believe that extreme densit!
Of population adds to human happiness
The funeral OF Colonel Forney took place
Yesterday. BY the special desire OF MIS-.
Forney and the family the colin was borne
by General W. :. Hancock. General d. E'
Sickles, Congressman W. ID. Kelley, eN-
Speaker <. j. Randall, Ex-Governor \, u.
Curtin, George W. Childs, =. Il. Hart,
Daniel Dougherty, \. il. Mcclure, ana
Lewis c. Cassidy.
4 consolidated mortgage for Sj,0Oo.OOO
on tho property OF the Long Island rall-
road and its leased lines and branches was
filed in the Queens county clerks ONCE
last week. The mortgage is made To the
Central Trust Company, OF New York. ana
takes the place of all prior mortgages. Inc
principal is payable in gold In 1881, and
The interest, per cent, quarterly.
After long and bitter contest over the
will of Edwin y. Christie, the founder OF
negro minstrclsy, who died in 1867, ana
the will of his son, l.. Byron Christie.
decision has finally been rendered III the
New York courts by which the heirs OF the
widow of the former are entitled to some
80. 600. Edwin l.. Christie left originally
an estate OF about 5000, 900, but through
litigations the major portion has passed
into the hands OF the Attorney.
OF the new Secretary OF state the Wash
ington Post SAYS: Hon. Frederick i. Ere
linglIIvsen. the new Secretary OF state, Is
respectable gentleman, OF respectable al
taiumcnts, and with respectable name:
That he is a statesman will not be- claimed
by his intimate friends, nor would II. ln-
der anv circumstances, bc conceded by inn
martial critics. That there j. any COMPARE
son between his natural or acquired ability
and that Of his predecessor, Mr. Blaine. Is
not even matter for discussion. As IN
incumbent Of the Office he will be digni-
fed, and perhaps heavy, ~ becometh aman
OF his wealth. family, and social position.
The extensive steam boX-factory OF Beck
or Brother & Sons, - and f. north Frcdc-
rick street, between Baltimore and Gay
streets. in Baltimore, was burned on sum
dav afternoon. The firm estimate their loss
on stock, lumber, machinery, and building
At $4,000; Insurance. $1,000; OF which
s., 900 i in the Fidelity and Casualty Com
pany, OF New York, and the remainder
distributed between the Merchants. the AZ
lantic Fire and Marine, the Providence;
Washington. OF Providence, Il. l.; the
Orient, Hartford; Buffalo and Western In
surancc. Toronto. The Union Oyster COM
panv had 10000 boxes stored in The build
ing; all OF which are probably detro!cd.