The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-08-09
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The New York Herald says: To bear OF
bss vIfe,s death and burial, be assured Dy
The civ record that there Is no mistake. ana
fbcn 10 have the late lamented appear 10 iu'l
figure month or two after IS enough 20
disturb any mans nerves. No wonder tns'
Mr.. Becker can't sleep.
The list OF sunsirokes Is again large Al
the North. Some people will blame ice
water and others whiskey; but hurry, care
less eating, and bad hours are more gulty
than either beverage.
A promInent Chicago doctor raises DIS
voice against the sweetened whiskey SOU
under various names and ostensibiy ior
medicinal purposes, which, he declares, i
inc yjlest OF vile SUITS, producing all tue
effects OF the iorty-rod article.
General Stsnemsn, now Of Californis,
holds the Office Of colonel on the retlred Ilsi
OF the army, Is a CIlifornia railroad com
missioner. United States Indian COM
missioner. owns a large fruit farm WIN an
immense vineyard, and bis friends are Try
inc TO nominate him for Governor
In Austria. at hotels, guests are served 81
Iittje sepsrate tables. The dinner hour Is
hetween-1 and 9 o'clock aud the supper IS
from half past to O'Clock.
New Haven Register; " We've enjoyed
the most restless afternoon in fortnight
through the Kindness OF friend who sent
ms in half dozen English newspapers 10
dcze over"
The Philadelphia Times says: The late
MIR. Gorbam is still supposing that ne VIII
be able to get himself warmed over as
candidate for the seeretarysbip OF the
senate. The probability is, however, that
the whole star.rOue crowd will experience
some cold days by the Time December
comes.
New Epgland's old men are famous for
their vitality. One OF them, who mas
reached threeScOre and ten, was arrested
Yesterday for murder.
Constant Reader: We are unable TO
answer your question as to the natiohalllv
~ O,Donovan Rosa. The "O'DOnoyan
is Italian. There ia no doubt about that,
hut we feel somewhat uncertain regarding
the "Rossa y Chicago Tribune.
The st. Louis Globe. Democrat says: We
notice a great increase in the importation OF
"canned fruit" into Kansas. TINS Is not
the time OF year for canned fruit either ana
they say that the article sent 10 hahsaS
" SAMPLES" very strongly in its liquid sur
roundings, and has a great tendency to make
a man quarrel with his motherln-iaw'
The Cincinnati Commercial says: The
Bourbons OF Virginia have put at the mead
of their State ticket Mr.. John w. Daniel,
one OF the most conservative OF the Demo-
Gratis OF the State, and man OF real ability.
A Young couple visited Coroner Miller,
OF Louisville. on Friday last, and wanted
him TO marry them Immediately in the
Morgue. The Coroner, though very much
pleased, was forced TO decline.
Mr.. GladstOne's clothes, like those OF the
storied young person from Troy, do not NJ
him. His butterfly suit hangs on him ike
a sack. His claw.hammer coat Is said TO
IL around the shoulders Ike hOrse.collar.
The Princess Of Wales Is so charming and
sweet in her manners that she returns the
bow OF coachman with as much grace a.
though he had been a duke. She Is very
particular to return all salutations.
William Mexican, who saved a boy from
drowning In Harlem recently, is said to have
saved thirty.fve other persons from the
same death since 1869.
There are seventeen important artesan
wells in Philadelphia, mostly at manuiac-
turing places. The deepest is five hundred
and ffy->ix feet, and the amount OF water
drawn from them is large.
The Smithsonian Institution has secured
the turtle which has been the object OF the
curiou, for the last few days in New York.
1t died Saturday, and IFS weight has been
ascertaned at 2,OS4 pounds.
Thirty cases OF sunstroke and prostration
by the heat were reported IN New YORK
Saturday, making a total for the three warm
DAYS Of sXtv.one cases, there being eleven
on Thursday and twenty-five on Friday.
Eleven Of Saturdays cases proved fatal.
A Connecticut editor complains it did
not take him any longer to get drunk In
Maine than at home, but he had bigger
head than usual next morning, The Maine
prohbiiory law, be says, has affected the
duality but moi tue quantity Of the liquor.
The Shah OF Persia was troubled with
decayed tooth, and European dentist was
sent for 10 extract it. The entire court as
sembled TO witness the operation, and du'
ring the day 1900 ducats were sent to the
Palace as presents Of congraiulation. The
fortunate dentist received 100 of the ducals
for his services.
JF. Nelson, reporter, died in London
recently at the age Of seyenty-two years.
He was friend and associate OF Charles
Dickens, and once the two scrlDes, Oeihg
connected with rival journals, had an eX-
citing race between Exeter and London.
So eager was Dickens to be off that he left
AT Exeter travelling-bag containing the
manuscript OF "sketches by Boz Mr.,
Nelson was connected with Parliamentary
reporting for fifty years. He was the senior
reDorter on tue staff OF the London Times.