The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-10-01
Brief News Items.

ALPHA.
Brief News Items.
Mr. Alexander Robinson. n nrom,ro,,
Si,izen OF Baltimore. died al the CarrolIto,,
hotei, In That city, on Friday.
Mrs. Burdock, sister Of General s,or
man. oied at Newport, r. l., on FRIDAY.
The Baltimore Baseball Club was boat,
IL TO 6. y score OF
The New York horseshocrs will s,r;Lo
on Monday against the usine Of rc s,d%e
made shoes. - ''"uy-
CharieS Boohr, formerly of Columbus
day last. pow ""'' IL
General George C. Wynkoop. a veteran
OF the late war and OF the war with Mevico
died suddenly on Friday in Pottsvile. Pa,
" apopieXy; aged seventy-ive years.
The Worcester (Mass.) musical festival
was brought to an end Friday by a remark
any me performance of the Messiah.
BY consent Of the Secretary of the Navy
Mrs. DE Long will take charge Of her bus,
bands effects. "'''
'hV">"hu Union veterans had
grand parade and sham battle at Council
BUNS, Iowa, Friday. Twenty thousand
strangers were in town.
Or. f. d. Miles, dentist, died in Pbila-
delphia on Friday from the effects OF NOR
prime taken with suicidal intent. lie was
siNty-fyc years old and n native Of New
York.
The steamship Koeln, which left Bremen
on the l4th ultimo, arrived in Baltimore
Friday afternoon with G27 immigrants.
The propeller Vulcan was run ashore in
storm of Penfeld reef Thursday night,
and at last accounts had six feet Of water
over her main deck. Part of the cargo will
be saved.
y telegram from Tehuantepec, Mexico,
says there is no occasion for great alarm on
account Of the cholera. that il is not Of the
Asiatic type, and that it is confined to
TuXtla.
The floods in the Tyrol have reduced
hundreds Of wealthy landowners to power
ty. The labOring class is in terrible dis
treS>. The approach OF winter greatly az
grayates the situation.
\ grand-niccc of the. late Joshua =. Il.
Eddy, the colOrcd Philadelphia mScr,
whose funeral took place Friday. has
already filed a Cayeat against the prObating
OF his will. His estate is valued at $780,
600.
On Wednesday last haul Of twelve
thousand mulletS was made at a single cast
Of the seine at Mr.. Frank Canady's fishery,
on Wrightsyille Sound, North Carolina.
~ ii. I,
who was charged with burglariously enter
ing the house Of Emmoline Laurent and
stealing a deed while She lay in bed at
tempting suicide by starvation, was dis
charged on Friday.
Two gentlemen Of Houston, Texas, with
their seconds, repaired TO the fairgrounds.
near that city, about daybrcak Friday
morning, for the purpose Of fighting a
duel. -Four shots were exchanged without
damage, and the parties withdrew.
While Amasa J. Parker, Jr., n member
OF the New York Assembly, was driving at
Albany on FRIDAY, accompanied by his
wife and two other ladies, his horses took
fright and ran away. Mr.. Parker was
thrown from the carriage, and it il feared
that his skull i fractured. Mrs. Louis
RathbOne was Instantly killed, and Mrs.
Parker and Mrs. c. II. Strong, OF Savan-
nah, Ga, were slightly injured.
Acting on request Of the City Council Of
New Orleans, Governor McEnery, OF Lou
i>iana. has approved Of an additional allot-
mcnt Of $4,000 for closing the Bonner
Care creyasse, which ilSures the closing
of the crcVasSc, and Will restore clear SAT-
water TO Lake Ponchartrain, instead OF the
muddy MisSi>sippi-riyer water which mas
filed it for several years.
The California state Prohibition Con-
vcntion met in san Francisco thursday.
ON Friday il became evident that a MAORI
tv desired 10 nominate straight ticket,
and about forty delegates who were OPP
noscd 10 that course withdrew. The Con-
Yention then nominated Or. Il. II. Me-
/ Donald. Of san Francisco, for Governor,
and William Sims, OF 1olo county, lor
Ljeutenant-G Governor.
Asa sequel to the developments OF FIJI
day evening in Wheeling, W. Va, Wheh
thc Laughlin Nail Company signed Tue
sralr. the remainder Of the mills to-day,
aftrr q meeting Of manufacturers, followed
Snit and all signed the scale. BY Monday
. all the iron mills in this district VIII be III
nm oneration. This settles the long strike
- forr months, and the workmen ana all
concerned are consequently iubilant.
The arguments in the Board-oi-Ir Trade
Injunction case on the settlement OF july
wheat contracts were concluded III INC 9u-
ncrior Court, Chicago, on Friday. judge
Gardner, at the conclusion, sald ne Wo'1'u
cndeoyor TO have his opinion ready ior ue,
livery week from to-day. The genera
nnimon among legal men is that the decl-
sion will beagainst the compliments, Whos'
nraver is for perpetual injunction 10 re-
Train fine Board from eXpelling them i0i
non-settlement at the price hNeu u! 'H'
committee. ,,, .,
For several DAYS an eastcrly storm a
Roston has prevented many vessels ;, lIE,,
i'ot,,ne, 10 sea. and the prospect frlua.
-,,ornino was more dubious than ever
Tbe steamers City OF Portland, loI u
iobn \. b., and the Cambridge, lor Pan a.,
D gor started out, but had not proceeded IL,
Ioi6rr il was deemed prudent TO return: a
',oio from tbe northeast prevailed OUTSIDE
,r;,b a very heavy sea, ana no'nuIGuS -, ~
cnoeting vessels have sought sheltcI III va
o~,nerous barbors along the coast Vi Nv
TnGland during the present "eeh' VIM
they are still detained.
yov,s,on of the Old Testament.
NEW YORK, September 2o.-lhe AiI thn
MN Do,ision Committee, or ina