The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-12-13
Rrief News Items.

Anthony Zana, a negro, charged with
the murder, twenty years ago, OF Catharine
Murphy, at Snow Hill, near Haddonfeld,
Pa, il on trial at Camden. PA.
l.. Ney Mango, a young Philadelphia.
committed suicide at It. Louis Monday by
shooting himself through the head. He
had been drinking heavily.
Mrs. Dora Wendell. who was heart
broken because OF the recent death OF her
husband and child, shot herself through
the head Monday morning at the home OF
her mother. In Chicago.
II has been discovered that Robert ).
Champion, cashier and paymaster OF the
Little Rock and Fort Smith railroad, is Il
defauter. He has probably taken over
$4,000 He lett Little Rock on Tuesday,
and il is not known where he is.
Joseph Carin, while drunk, got upon an
engine 1T East Syracuse on Saturday night.
and ran the engine eastward, striking
west bound locomotive and caboose. Both
engines were badly damaged. but no one
was hurt.
William G. Frazier, a school-teacher Of
Cumberland. Ohio, in an attempt 10 dis
ciplne his pupils Monday became involved
in general fight in the course Of which
he stabbed and killed John Hayes, aged
twenty. and severely cut Charles Luces.
Frazier gave himself up and is now in jail.
Early sunday morning four masked men,
revolyers in hand, entered the waiting
room at the Michigan Central stock-yards
near the junction, oyerpowered three men
who were seated there, locked them in a
lgln
cashiers office. They only obtained so.
4 Belle Vernon, Penn, telegram OF the
nth SAYS At haii-past O'Clock this morn
ing copper still containing twenty-five
barrel. of whskey. at Gib>onton Mlll,, eX-
ploded. fatally iniuring William Lucas and
destroying the main building, together
with the United States warehouse, contain
ing 1900 barrels OF whiskey. The loss is
estimated ut 100000.
Colonel John \. COckcrill, editor Of the
1t. Louis Post Dispatch, has published a
card charging that the widow OF Colonel
Slayback has been inStigated 10 bring Il
suit for damages for the killing of her bus
band by the propretors Of the II. Louis
| Republican,, who have pursued him With
almost inhuman malignancy."
Advices from st. Thomas, dated the 9Th
| instant, say that two shocks OF earthquake
were felt there on the morning OF the 4th
| instant 4 tire at POint-a-Pitre on the Both
utimQ destroyed an Imoccupied theatre;
the loss il estimated At 100000 francs. A
dispatch from Barbados states that the
German ingate Olga, from Madeira, with
| the Prussian Prince Horny on board, Az
rived there on the Sd instant and sailed on
| the 4th instant for II. Thomas.
In Danbury. Conn, Friday afternoon
| Edward English and his son James. seven
teen years OF age, were digging IL wei on
their premises, when the we'll cayed In.
| burying both. The neighbors began dig
ging for them, and Saturday morning res
cued the boy. He was bruised and eX-
hausted. but will recover The father was
buried deeper, and the sand kept caying
in on the diggers. They worked all Satur-
day and Sunday, and fifty hours after the
well cayed in they heard the man call out
and urge them on. soon after another
| caying in occurred and all was silent. After
several hours more of hard digging the
unfortunate man was reached. but life was
extinct. The deceased leaves n wife and
several children.