The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-11-30
Brief News Items.

President Arthur will take formal pos
session OF the White House about Thurs
day or Friday Of this week.
Baltimore's rccently-clected sheriff. Mr..
John +. Hunter, Monday took the required
oath Of Office before Judge Gilmor, Of the
Superior Court.
A project E under consideration TO run
the New York elevated roads by electricity
at saving OF expense Of $1,000 per day.
Congressman 5. s. Cox and his wife
/ reached New York from Europe on Mon
I day in the steamship Republic. He was
received by committee from the Sixth
congressional district.
DIR. Henry c. Rogers, a well-known citi-
zen Of Baltimore county, died on Monday
at his residence, near Pikesyille, after a
I brief Illness. lie was fOrty-threc years old,
and leaves a family. lie was a brother Of
Mr.. u. Lyon Rogers, United States COM
missioner.
a SPECIAL to the HerGld, dated Green
wood, Miss, November 2Sth, says Craig
Jordan and Parker Jordan (colored) were
! lynched in Lenore county on the night Of
/ the 2Gth instant for the assassination OF
/ Robert Calina, a white man, on the 18th.
/ They confessed their crime.
I Michael Hackctt, formerly park police
man i'm New York, and who was convicted
last term in the General Sessions, before
Judge Cowing, Of murder in the second
degree, in having in May last shot and
/ killed his wife on the doorstep of their resi-
dence in One-hundred-and-thil street,
received on Monday life sentence.
In the suit Of Major Thomas p. Morgan,
| of Washington, ID. c., former contractor
with the Water Board for dredging Lake
Roland, against the Mayor and City COun-
ell of Baltimore, to recover $4,000 dam
/ ages for IN alleged breach Of contract,
which has been on trial in the Baltimore
/ City Court for more than week past, a
verdict was rendered Monday, under the
| instructions OF the Court, in favor OF the
| plaintiff for 81 1861, being for one item
OF the plaintiffs demand, the other items
/ being rejected by the Court.
! There were no developments i'm the
/ Campbell murder case yesterday, and the
affair remains as much a mystery as ever.
/ The police yesterday discharged Mrs. Della
/ Lewis from custody, as the evidence against
her was purely circumstantial, and not suf-
/ fcient TO even cause suspicion. The crime
must have been committed through re-
yenge, as there was no motive OF plunder
/ concerned, and no evidence that the fatal
stab was inflicted in the heat OF passion or
I the excess OF drink Baltimore Gazette.
The Baltimore Commercial Of yesterday
says: "Mayor White yesterday devoted
/ his afternoon hours to the study Of small
pox legislation. He received a letter yes
terday from Mayor Darlington, OF Rich
mond, enclosing his veto message against
compulsory vaccination, and also report
/ from the Health Department OF st. Louis,
stating that there had been no case OF small
/ pox in that city in the last six years, and
attributing il TO the practice Of compulsory
vaccination. There were in all sixteen
cases OF smallpox in the city during the
month, and it may be stated rs singular
/ coincidence that there was the same num-
! her Of cases in the city last year. Mayor
/ White intends to look up the laws on this
subject, so as to see whether any additional
| legislation is needed
The prizes won in the Roche cushion
carrom billiard-tournament were pre-
sented TO the successful contestants, Dion,
Schaefer, SlOssOn, and Morris, Monday af-
I ternoon at Mr.. VI. Geary's rooms, on Cedar
street. To Joseph Dion was given the
diamond emblem and $1,000, to Jacob
schaefer 500, to George f. Slosson $500,
and Alonzo Ii. Morris $500. Mr.. Geary
complimented Dion upon being able TO
vanquish the best players in the billiard
world at the new game, particularly as he
had been so long in retirement. Dion
thought the new game of cushion-carroms
would be of great advantage to both pro-
fessionals and amateurs, and, apart from
the emblem and prize which he had won,
was glad the game had been inaugurated,
as its popularity was already assured.
Schaefcr intimated in his reply that he
would probably challenge Dion for the
emblem in short time, so that the game
may be played before he goes TO Paris the
coming winter