The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-04-28
Rrscf News Items.

sergeant Mason's petition TO the Suprcm
Court for wiits OF hobedS corpus.
Tennessee Republicans held Caucus a
Nashville on Wednesday fayoring the set
Element Of the State debt.
Thomas I.cavcr, while AZ work nj VIII
sons woollcn mill, at Trenton, on Tues
dan. fen into caldron OF boiling dye, and
wss so badly scalded that he died Wednes
day morning.
senator Logan writes TO Lawrence Wei
don. al Bloomington, that he will leay,
Hot Springs about May 9th, and go e
washington few days later. His health
i thought TO be much improved.
The estate Of the late Edwin Forrest, the
tragedian. viii be finally settled next month
IN Philadelphia. The estate amounted to
s9e7. $50. Of which Si92, 703 was left 10 the
Edwin Forrest Home in Philadelphia.
Ere on wednesday at Milwaukee de-
s,~oved the interior OF the main building of
,ho Milwaukee Brewery Association. cor
nor ~ seventeenth aud Cherry streets.
los. $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
Isaac Bosts. aged twenty-five, cigar
,,..tcr. attempted suicide in New York on
"wednesday by shooting himself through
,pc tcmplc with a pistol. The physicians
=, Tie hospital where nc was taken say that
H. may recover. No motive is known for
the act.
Ncmorial-day was generally observed at
,-con. GA, on Wednesday. All places Of
;'..;,e.. were closed. There was parade
~ the military. and the graves were deco
r',c5. after which memorial address was
d.iiy, rcd by Rev. Charles Lane.
There is great restitution among the
..,,le ON the north shore Of AnticcSta
Lind in the Gulf OF st. Lawrence. Wo-
80, .onefmcs walk twenty or thirty miles
-. ro,ch roads to beg food for their chill
dren The poor are in imminent danger Of
starvation
The committee Of stalwarts appointed TO
confer With a committee OF independent
penublicans on Saturday, in Philadelphia,
was completed yesterday by the appoint
mont of Ex-Governor llartranft, Frank A.
Tomlv Judge Howard J. Reedcr OF North
omnlon county, and Christopher l.. Magce
Of Pittsburgh.
The warm weather Of the last ten days
has materially improved the crop-prospccts
in the Northwest. Throughout most of
tho southern part Of Minnesota the soil is
dry enough for agricultural operations, and
seeding for wheat is generally going on.
Tho zane i true Of the northern part OF
the STATE. aud Of Dakota, except in those
section, visited by the late spring rains and
foods. which have delayed seeding Opert-
ton, somewhat.
The De Molay Commsndery, Knights
Templar. II Washington, ID. c., arrived at
PHILADELPHIA wednesday, and were re-
ceiyel lv Corinthian "Cha>seur Com
m1nderv. whose guests the visiting Knights
are. In the evening reception was gwen
the visitor. by C0rinthian Commandery at
the Academy Of Fine Arts.
Tbcqnii-monopoly conference at Albany,
NY. on Wednesday was attended by four
hundred delegates. 81 both parties. Letters
were read from Peter Cooper, General
Franz Sigel. Rev. Howard Crosby, aud
Vie-Pre,idcnt David Davis. The reading
Of letter from John Kelly provoked Oppo-
sion. and was finally dispensed with. The
conference adjourned after the adoption Of
anti-m0nopOy resolutions.
Suspicion has been aroused by the sud-
den death Of Jacob Devices, OF Fleetwood,
Pa. hi. son. who is engaged i'm the insu-
rance business, and is also practicing
physician. attended his father in his fatal
illness, and it is alleged administered poi
son 10 him. The district attorney has been
consulted. and the matter has been placed
in the coroner hands. The body was dis
Inferred yesterday.
The usual mcmorial-day exercises oc-
cured on Wednesday at Oakland Gene
try. Atlanta, where the Confederate dead
are buried Colonel Henry +. Pcyton, OF
Washington, was expected 10 deliver the
address. but telegraphed that he was i'll and
could no, come. His place was supplied
by Colonel L. +. lioge, OF Atlanta, who
made an eloquent address, after which
flowers were placed on the graves.
4 special dispatch from Lexington to the
Cincinnati Times-Si0vsa says thenorth-b0md
passenger express train on the Cincinnati
Southern railroad, going fifteen miles per
hour, ran into q misplaced switch early
Wednesday morning. The engineer, Dun
Driscoll, Wa, killed. The train was full
of passengers. All the cars are off The
track. No passengers We're hurt. fire
man was slightly >calded.
General II. A. Bamum, chairman OF the
Memorial Committee, Grand Army Re
public, Wednesday rendered Il guard OF
honor and escort to the body OF General
Hurlbut from New York. The offer was
declined 10y the family, who wished 10
ostenaiiouS display. II is understood that
The remains will be inferred i'm the family
plot at Belyidere, ILL.,, and that the funeral
services next sunday. by request Of the
dead minister, will be conducted by the
freemaOns.
In the United States Court at Charles
Ton, :. G., Wednesday, the trial Of John
I. liogg and thirty-eight others, charged
with ohslruciing voters 1T the election OF
1850, was continued, the Government rest
ing H. ease and witnesses for the defence
being examined. The latter testified that
The c0lored voters camped out Ill night in
The Vicinity OF the polls, but got there
after the white voters had formed in line,
and were obliged 10 wait their turn. The
c0iorcd voters marched down upon the
polls IN BODY with company front. y
difficulty occurred during the day between
White and col0fed man, when the colored
men rushed down in a body upon the
whites with pistols. scythes, &C., but trou-
Die was prevented. The leader Of the coli
ored men received dispatch from Re
publican source telling him not TO lei the
eoiored people yo,e.
citizen Of Tie Quaker City, Mr.. i.
freed, living at l22 Vine street, recently
sPoAe as follows: "Being afflicted with
distressing cough. Dr. Bulls Cough syrup
was recommended 10 me for relief. | am