The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-03-11
Brief News Items.

District-Attorney Csrkhill has concluded
his examination OF the exceptions In the
Guiteau case.
A number Of those indicted in the star
route cases were Thursday admitted TO
bail.
Grave fears exist as to the recovery OF
Senator Hill from his critical illness.
Ex-Representative Kimmell is sangune
Of the passage OF the ship-canal bill.
Senator Ben. Harrison was Thursday
evening rendered a banquet.
DR.. Daniel King. an eminent physician
Of Rhode Island, died at Newport a few
days ago.
There was a heavy snowfall in Wiscon-
sin Thursday, and the railroads are COM
pletely blocked by the drifts.
Christian schafer. soldier who fought
at Waterloo under the first Napoleon, died
at Mineral Point, Wis. on Wednesday.
Nicholas Reney, another Of Napoleon's sol
diers, who also served in the war OF 1872,
and In the late civil war, died Thursday
at'Ottumna. Iowa.
The Cumberland river is rising at Nash
vile, and another overflow is imminent.
There is some apprehension OF an overflow
at New Orleans. but the levees are yet in
tact.
The Constitution, OF Atlanta, Ga, OF
Yesterday, contained decision by the At
tOrney-Genelal that the bond OF the lesSees
Of the Western and Atlantic railroad is IL
legal.
From an authentic source in Philadel-
phia it is learned that no credence what
ever is to be given TO the report that Cen
eral Grant has failed. One OF his close
personal friends recently said to him that
IL at any time he needed 100000 he had
but 10 draw on him.
GortOn Derahn. arrested in Chicago for
forging priests name, proves to be an ad-
vcnturer, who in 1877 imposed upon the
authorities of the Roman Catholic Proyin-
cial Seminary in TrOy.fN. \. He repre-
sented himself Is Belgian priest.
A freight train on the Worcester rail-
road, when approaching Snow Hill. Md,
Thursday morning. was thrown from the
track by q switch which had not been pro-
perly closed. The engine and three ears
were overturned. The engineer and fire.
man crept out OF the wreck unharmed.
In the Criminal Court at Washington on
Thursday the bail OF eX-Assistant-Postma
ter-General Brady, Indicted for completely
i'm the star-route frauds. was fixed at
$4,000. The other defendants were held
to bail in various sums, ranging from 1000
in the ease OF Kate VI. Armstrong to $1,000
in the ease Of j. X. Miner. who is charged
with perjury.
Charges OF terrible cruelty are made
against john Bennett. JOhnstown On.
y farmer. II is alleged he has merci-
lessly beaten his four-year-old daughter,
after stripping her, throwing her naked
into a snow-bank, plunging her into a els
tern, and contining her without food in
cold room. shortly after her treatment
become known she was provided with food,
and ate 50 rayenousiy that physician or
dered that nothing more be given her.
Bennett has fed. His neighbors threaten
lynching.
The Greenback Convention in session at
st. Louis Thursday adopted platform de
the abolition OF all state and ma
tional banks. and declaring that il is the
duty of Congress to provide for issuing OF
uafIndable full legal-tender paper money.
not to exceed in amount the present inter
est-bearing funded Indebtedness OF the
United States, TO be substituted for the ma
tional-bank currency and to be used in pay
ing the current expenses OF the Govern
ment