The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-05-11

roSs Is again failing, and his family arr
alarmed at his condition.
General James n. Weaver. Of lows, con.
,r.dIefs the statement that be had written
senator VOORHEES, proposing q general CO.
slItion between Democrats and Grcenback-
crs.
The citizens 81 jacksonville. Fla, are
rlcasing themselves by the circulation Of a
run,or land Il is but rumor) that Mr.. VIII
Hsm Astor l. about to build large hotel
,here capable Of accommodating 1,J0O
guests.
, uasSing flock OF wild-ducks struck the
oiertrie-liglt cluster at the top OF high
no,e In Cleveland. Ohio, the other night.
IA three Of them were killed. Five OF the
Samn- ylol,es were broken and the lamps ex-
tinguished
4 Keniuckian who refused to stop MS
,o,d profanity on the platform Of a rail-
road car in Lexington was arrested. locked
an and subjected 10 a fine and costs
kentucky after all.
pev +. Dove. q minister OF Deerteld,
Nf;rb-. has been arrested, charged with
burning a parsonage two years ago. lie
re- been absent for long time in England,
"a was arrested immediately upon his re-
mn. lie gave bail for his appearance
The messenger from the commander OF
r., stanton. who was thrown into prison
y, the Mexican authorities and finally
,-,ughf 10 the City OF Mexico under arrest,
-. rciea.ed hv the President on the repre-
sen,s,ion Of the fact by Minister Morgan.
Horace Walpole's house at Twickenham,
lnovn az "Strawberry HILL and styled
H., Nacaulav as the "grOtesquc house with
,,;o-rrrsi baitlements," has passed into the
md az AN American hotel company. The
Iondon Standard considers this one OF the
,nost iropical performances ever credited
% fate.
Worth. the Paris dresSmaker, Is not in
a. ~ ~ health. He still attends 10 BUSH
- however. and may be seen moving
sl.oni his showrO0ms i'm long cashmere
Sressinq.rown. lined with yellow satin,
Will black skull-cap on his head. L his
i bis fsvoritc dinner costume at hls pala-
tial mansion 81 Suresnes.
ON Monday evening two boys, named
Newton Metz and Julius Kendall, aged fif-
ten. n Glover's Gap, W. Va. got into 4
quarrel over a dog belonging TO one OF
tbem which the other said had been kill
inc his fathers sheep. From words they
proceeded Ia blows. when Kendall stabbed
Metz in the left breast, infiicting a fatal
wound.
William Berg recovered verdict OF
= jnO Tuesday in the supreme Court OF
New York against The lilly Foster Min
ing Comrapv. Of Putnam county. New
YORK. for injuries he sustained while en-
Moved there about six years ago, by mass
~ carth falling on him. In another case
AGAINST the same company he has recovered
$4,000 Tor the loss OF his leg.
Charles Kelley, employed in the Ben
wood Mil. near Wheeling, W. Va, has
heen arrested charged with bigamy. He
his wife in Richmond. Va, and very re-
Gently married the daughter Of William
TAYLOR who is only sixteen years old.
After his arrest Kelley broke away. but was
recap,urcd al Bridgeport, Ohio. and Is now
awaiting trial in Moundsville Jail.
The Countess de Jacksonville, who died
in Pari. lately. was the granddaughter Of
Madame De >tael. daughter OF the late and
sister o. the present Duke de Broglle
Madame de Jacksonville made consider
able mark IN literature, and her Robert
Emmett" and her "Jeunesse de Lord BY
ron aitlined more than ephemeral popu-
lafllls Nht Wa, IIolt>tahts
Miss Marie C. La Breyt, teacher Of the
state Normal school at birmingham. Mass,
and citizen Of Boston, has been awarded
aprize Of $1,000 for an essay upon eduea-
ton. offered by Mr. Isaac Pereire, wealthy
citizen Il Paris. There were 800 essays
upon the subject offered in competition,
and the prize was awarded by a jury Of
three members Of the French Academy.
Il. Patrick's Catholic church, in Cincin-
natl. was the scene Of panic for short
time on sunday. caused by the ornaments
about the shrine Of the Virgin taking fire.
The children i'm the gallery made q rush,
but Father Mackey ordered the oTganist 10
continue playing, and meanwhile the flames
We're extinguished. In spite Of the excite
mcnt the celebration Of the mass was not
interrupted.
Daniel killeen, a lad Of fifteen, was killed
IN an awful manner al the Albany Iron
Works. lie was asleepOn plank near the
"train rollers" when a rod Of iron at a
whitehead, which was issuing from the
rollers, twisted about. and shooting to-
wards The sleeping boy, burned it, way
into bis body. The next moment il with
drew Itself, and. with a CITY Of agony. the
boy jumped up, and in few minutes was
dead.
Five Young girls Of Cleveland, Ohio,
assumed the black veil on Saturday nj the
Ursuline Convent in that city. After re-
ceiying the veil and signing the VOWS they
had publicly made, the novices Frustrated
themselves upon the floor, face down, and
arranged their arm in the form Of a cross.
While thus PROSTATE little children ap-
peared. clad in white, and strewed flower,
upon them as emblemaiic Of the spiritual
honors q the other world that shall re-
ward self-sacrifiee in this.
A disastrous wreck is reported, caused
by a washout on the Waco branch OF The
Texas Central railroad. On Sunday nigh
a freight train went through the bridge
killing the fireman and two brakemen, anC
badly scalding the engineer and two othel
men. The point is remote, and railroa'
officials are reticent. A little later tn
same evening there was another wreck ol
the same road, attended by the death o
one man and the wounding OF severa
Others. This disaster was also caused b.
waShOuts.
Two young men-one Donald Melon
nell son OF prominent lawyer Of Balti
more, and J. A. Fowler, son OF an eX
postmasier-were arrested ri Jacksonville
fla, Tuesday, for robbing the post-offic
Tuesday night. Mcdonnell at once con
sfessed that he and Fowler committed IN
act, and further confessed 10 having robbie,
store al Green-Coye Springs on the 27t
Of April, and 10 several minor robberies 4
the city, and 10 two highway robberies
with one attempt at murder, within In
last few weeks. Mcdonnell is sixteen AM
Fowler nineteen years Of age.