The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-12-05
Brief News Items.

II is reported that rich gold and silver
bearing quartz has been struck in Kicking
Horse pass, Selkirk Range, Manitoba.
Specimens have assayed 800 to the ton.
Mrs. Clara Nelson drowned herself In n
mill-race at Titusville, Pa, Sunday She
was married seven weeks ago TO n man
twice her age, and had attempted suicide
before by hanging.
| Three pilots-George Burke, Peter Mar
| tin, and Henry Voight--were blown out 10
sea in an open boat from Port Eads, La.
Oh Wednesday, and have not been heard
OF since. They are probably lost.
| Patrick O'Bricn. deputy sheriff, had n
difficulty in a bar-room at New Orleans on
Sunday with Lawson and Oscar Carrie, in
which Oscar shot O'Brien five times and
was himself shot through the wrist.
O'Brien's wounds are believed tie be fatal.
A special from Dallas. Texas. says: An
attempt was made bv masked robbers TO
rob the north-bOqnd express on the Gulf.
Colorado and Santa Fe railroad at Blum
station between aud 10 O'Clock Friday
night. The guards on the train fired at the
robbers. and the train was started out and
escaped.
The special express train from New York
for Boston struck a wagon at a crossing in
Thompsonville SUNDAY. In the wagon
two boys were riding. one Of whom.
named Arthur Lord. sixteen years old.
was killed, and the other. Patrick Kane.
received injuries from which he died three
hours afterward.
Aman smokinga cigar recently in Terncs-
var, Hungary, had narrow escape
from death by the explosion OF 4 quantity
OF dynamite that had been inserted among
the tobacco. The Government factory
was seized. but no discoveries were made,
though many explosive cigars have been
discovered in Cretia. and several exploded
when smoked.
\ Walhalla, :. g., telegram Of the Sd
ssys: As Mr.. John Hunnicut was going
home last night from Walhalla with his
little son. eight years u age. he was brutal
" murdered on >chraden's Hill and his boy
had his head fractured. The boy is still
alive. and says n negro with an aXe-handle
committed the deed. A jury 81 inquest is
now investigating the matter. but no clue
has been found TO the murderer.
In 4 quaint old structure on the Abing-
ton road, near .Jenkingtown, Montgomery
county. Pa, about six hundred Quakcrs
met Sunday to celebrate the two-hundrcdth
anniversary Of the first meeting OF the
Society OF Friends. The building was
commenced i'm 1897 and completed in 1901.
Al the anniversary exercises Frank Noble
read one OF Whittier's poems, Charles Lin
ton Clark read an historical essay, and
Hon. John VI. BrOOmall, OF Media. deliy-
cred an address on THE Early History Of
the Quaker Community and its Efforts in
Promoting Higher Civilization"
\ Providence, X. l., telegram says: Al
bort Scabury. well-to-do farmer, living
near Seaconnct beach. in Little Compton,
was found murdered on The beach Satur-
day morning. lie had gone to the beach
before breakfast with cart and oxen 10.
gather scaWccd. Ii- son went 10 look for
him and found him dead on the sand. and
the tide already within a few feet OF him.
Hi, face was bruised, hi- Jaw broken, and
his neck probably broken. He was found
on the west side OF Seaconnct creek, while
hi- team was on the east side His pitch
fork was sticking in the sand with blood
upon il. The owner OF the land abuttng
the shore where the murdered man wa-
gathering scaWccd i NOcl Davis. Report
SAYS thai Davis has been heard to threaten
thai il >eabury was caught on his beach
one or the other would have To- be- carried