The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-03
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"nliam X. Crawford, a young man aget
swen'y: oied on Wednesday at Matsmoras
IVY icIk, after suffering terribly sine,
Ctah-pske, aud ate one hundred and nft,
clans on 0 challenge. Not relIshing the hi
waves. he swallowed them without chew.
ing. Physicians were employed and eme.
t'cs given. but the stomach was paralyzsd
~ the indi9ssiibie load, and death alone re-
heVed the sufferer.
Xavier Semmelmnnn, a Bayarian driver,
hVing IN the town Of Jolbach. II reported 10
oc the strongest man IN the world. lie hos
hiied q losd Of bricks weighing $40 pounds
10 zoe height OF bis shoulder. lie started
our once TO exhibit hts strength, but some
uexlTous thieves succeeded In rObbing him
OF aii DIS personal property, and in DISCUS,
ne returned home, resolved never to QUIZ
bis native district.
william King, OF Gloucester county, New
jersey, a toyial man Of dfty years-after
being three times a widower-hss yentured
into matrimony for the fourth time, and Sc
tuslly married his mo.her.in-law. He
buried his last wife In October, and three
months after her interment be commenced
paying attention 10 his m~other.in.law. He
has made himself liable 70 a nne Of FIVE hup-
dred dollars or elk hteen months imprison.
meDt, or both, at the discretion OF the court.
Emile Lsclair, an actress. committed sui
eide at Mobile, Ala. Monday, by drowning.
Some months ago she contracted an unior-
tunate marriage IN Mobile, aud had sepa
rated from her husband. She left a letter
saying she bad one oi two things to choose
either life In house Of ili-repuie or death,
and that she preferred death. She was
from Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Lexington Gazette s,y.: "Come to
town next Monday (court.dsy) ana hear
Daniel wallop Cameron. You can also have
a look at the handsome face Of your
nominee for Governor on the canvass. Our
big hig will span the street, aud Daniel,
liie-srZe, will ornament it. Lexington in
tends TO put on her best bib-and.tucker for
Me OCCASION"
Our Willamson's correspondent says 4:
"DsDieI Clubs will be organized in several
sections OF Allegheny next week, and we
apprehend 20 serious hindrance to victory
here. IL the white people Of Virginia will
do as well as we shall do, success is GER
tain"
The London Sportsman says: cdr.
Carver, the American shot, writes from
VienOs hat be is willing 10 compete with
Captain Bogardus or with Mr.. Mitchell Of
Virginia or both, IN England, al any time
during the autumn or winter for the cham
pionsoip."
The Poll Mall G1zette l-ments the de-
cline OF English manliness, s. evidenced
by the fact inst fifty well-dressed London
80 aHl,a urovtV1 "a Incfn fu KapEfngfnp
Gardens recently and allowed a little girl
four years old TO drown in two feet Of
water.
The committee appointed by the lat
West Virginia Legislature to revise the
statute laws OF the State is now in session
st. Wheeling. SO far the work Of the com
mittee has been confined to the chapters Of
the Code regulating civil proceedings.
The winning horses at Sheepshead Bay
Yesterday were Hindoo, knight Templar,
Eoie, OHIO Boy, Bounce, and Kate Long.
The winners ut Springfield, Massachusetts,
were Trinket, Edwin Thorne, and Forest
Pstcheu.
Considerable quantities Of whiskey bad
been used through the method OF enemas,
and the Presidents body has also been
thoroughly sponged with it from time to
time, and he has been wrapped in 4 blanket
saturated with it.
A boy three years old, the son OF Thomas
j. Beall, Of Mount Savage, drank some con-
| centrated I've while on a visit to his grand
| mother last week. causing his death the
same day. I'll will not kill colored militia
captains, however,
The cotton year for Norfolk closed with
August, and the total receipts foot up nearly
72O, 900 bales-an excess over the previous
wear OF 10000 bales. The value Of the ex-
ported cotton was S5,0 coo, 900 more than last
year.
A man named Murphy amused himself
on Wednesday night IN New York by dis
charging five loads from his revolver at bar
keepers in two different saloons.
Diphtheris is prevailing 10 an alarmiG ex-
tent, in a most malignant form, on Craig's
creek, Botetourt county.
The Presidents physicians no longer ssy
"right. external suditory metuS" for right
ear.