The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-10-05
Brief News Items.

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Il. McBumey & Sons, -four and grain
merchants, Philadelphia, have failed.
Bancroft, the historian, celebrated his
eightyI-third birthday at Newport, r. l.. on
Tuesday. WI
Professor w. c. Tilden, the chemist. re-
ported on Tuesday that he had discovered
arsenic IN the bouquet sent to Guiteau.
Chief Shaw, Of the London Fire BRIGADE.
says the New York fire service il second 10
none in the world
The New York police on TUESDAY night
raided Parker's Theatre. where the "Bash-
iul Venus" was being performed. All the
actors were arrested.
The Merchants Bank Of Canada has de-
cided to close its branch Office in Chicago.
as the rates Of interest are lower there than
in Canada and the East.
Entertainments were given on Tuesday
by the summer residents in honor Of Al
torney-General Brewster, who returned TO
Philadelphia for the season Wednesday.
The New York Board of Aldermen has
fixed the amount Of money 10 be raised bv
taxation in the city at S27,GS4. .427. .28, the
rate being 2.25 per cent. Last year the
rate Of taxation was 2.62 per cent.
The German Republican Club Of the
Third district OF Jersey City has passed
resolutions condemning the Board OF Al
dermcn for accepting the gift OF 100000
made the city by the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company.
a company Of iowa capitalists, with
500 900 capital, are at Birmirgham, Ala,
Tor the purpose Of building another iron
blast furnace. This makes a total of 3d.
$4,000 invested in the manufacture Of pig
iron in that district.
: priest left Yincennes. Ind, Monday
for France, 10 bring back the remains OF
the late bishop OF NincCmcs, 10 be buried
at Nlncennes. The Bishop was formerly a
French count. and gave a fortune OF mil
lion dollars to the Catholic church.
At the meeting Of the North American
Bec-Kecpers' Convention, in Cincinnati, on
Tuesday, papers were read by j. B. IL
Brown, Augusta, Ga. on the hOney-pldnts
Of GeoI gia. and John c. Reden, Of Ken
lucky, on the hOney-plants OF Kentucky.
The state Committee OF the New York
Anti-MonOpoly League met at Albany on
Tuesday and issued IN address to the peo-
ple Of the state, recommending the entire
Democratic state ticket. The address was
adopted with two or three dissenting votes.
The Greenland fleet OF six vessels have
all returned to Gloucester, Mass. They re-
mort pleasant summer on the coast OF
Greenland, with good weather for fishing.
The seasons catch has been 1900 pounds
fetched halibut and 100000 pounds cod
fish, taken of Flemish Cape.
Monday was the date for the posting in
New York OF the second deposit Of the
! =. 800 stakes in the match between Tug
Wilson and James Elliott. Wilson LETT Tor
ENGLAND a short time ago, promising 10 re-
turn by the present date. His backer on
Tuesday received a cablegram from George
". Atkinson. Of the London Sporting LJe,
which stated that Wilson will not return
In consequence the fight is off, and Elllol'
| takes the 81 900 already posted ana w II
sons backer loses 5000.
The American Chamber OF Commerce
mot in New York Tuesday at the Metro
noIiton Hotel. and adopted resolutions IA
vorinc a postal telegraph, postal saving
hanks tlritf commission. bureau on laooi
! statistics. anu p'I man Nv ,T-.
Addresses were made by president heaul
~ thc Farmers Club, on agriculture .l' m
tho Improvement in cattle, and by Mr
Knowlton on the production OF sugar IL
thn evening a banquet was held, Whlch N'
uro.ided ,mC over by William ii. Gulon
Toost. wore responded to by Colonel NoSe
now Dr Newman, General Alexander ;
Wcib Consul-Gencral Wellesley, oi hus
sia Ex-Governor Randolph, Of New Jer
scv, and Others.
,ttbe annual meeting Of the New OH
c,aar;mo-Tonsc "a, t"o Association Tuesday tn
t.n",rin,, ~, officers were elected for the en-
,iu'' Iot,o" vcor. President, +. ID. Tappan
Sanro,o;y' uar II. II. Nazro; Manager ". a
Comn. and clearinghouse commute
Da,,in,,in E",np r. sherman. George +. BAKER
William /. jenkins. o. u. BaluN III, In "a,.
p,rhard King. The managers Iopoi ia,
Loved the transactions for year 10 na'
,'ao,' S4S.147.S46. .40G.61; the average pc pc
J,,, Tor the wear being SLOT. %
~ totol transactions since the llth y
6n,ober' 1853 the date oi it, orSailii|a'ionl
,,oro heen SG73,339, ,40l. .SS3.oO. Inc lo'"
Mount n"a Of cold coin used IN settlement y
runns Hlhou'"' since resumption three years AM al
p1,''iio .'ID ,,,ontbl has been S97l,G t,OOo' fo
thr past wear the amount oi osin 3n.a 20 o0
n 50j. 900, ,245.27, OF Whlcn 90 S'oici cicorino
was gold coin, 81 l,323,o'SV;,gyVoG- ~ - 1oo,aI Ter
bouse certificates, SlO, foo' no t,'~Sac,ion
dcrs and change. The largest 'in,'sr' nar ,ror
Sor any one day during Tue lv ,ss.
solo 100. 252. "a on the 3d oi 1"i'''" - 1