The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-11-23
Brief Nexxs Ifoo,s
X. II. Slsk, n stock broker OF Harrison
purg' Ia, disappeared on Saturday night
ana has not yet been heard from.


X. X. Slsk, n stock broker OF UorrIson
burg, Pa, disappeared on Saturday nipII,
and has not yet been heard from.
William Brookshaw. who was charged
WIN sending threatening letter 10 the
| Prince OF Wales, was to-day found guilty
ana sentenced TO ten years penal seryitude.
IN view OF the prevalence of diphtheriiic
ana other contagious diseases in Boston.
me Board of Health have Issued an order
iorbidding public funerals in eases Of per-
sons who die OF contagious disease.
y dispatch from Cairo state, that the
report which was published in the Paris
ramps Tuesday that England had obtained
me consent Of the khcdiyc 10 the ces-ion
OF MaSSowah 10 AbySsInia j. officially de-
MED.
The Posf-ErpreSS 81 Rochester. y. y.
contains IN account OF now zane fish
produced al the Caledonia hatchery. which
j. three-quarier, brook trout and onr.a,,ar-
Ter salmon trout. Ii has been chri,tcncd
hrOok->ahmOn trout.
Chester Waite. son of stale senator II.
I: Waite. while on his way 10 Cold Springs
'Ny, Mimi. on TUESDAY. was stoned bv
masked T0bbcr, who presented q rife II
MS head and compelled him to surrender
$1,000 in his possession.
The Duke OF Hamilton has received
EJO.OOO from the German Government for
hi, manuscripts. The crOwn-jewel ~ the
collection Is the Dante. illustrated with
nearly 100 drawings by Botticelli. and
which l. probably the most valuable manu-
script in the world.
y Pittsburgh telegram SAYS: The strike
ii The coal-mincrS is gradually spreading.
and the miners confidently assert that be-
Tore week has elapsed all the pits not pay-
in- four cents Will be idle. 4 large mass
meeting Wa- held at Mansfield Pa, on the
me Of the Panhandle road. Tuesday
afternoon. and il effects are expected to
ice felt along that road tomorrow.
The Emperor and Emprc,, drove
through the city Of 4. Petersburg on sun
day in I'm open Slcdgc,to the Michaclofl
Palace. y they pa.,cdthrou9hthc streets
they were greeted with the greatest cnthu-
,ia>m. They visited the rdin1 school AZ
tachcd 10 III" palace, and attended church.
subsequently they received q regiment OF
th" Guards. who paraded in their honor,
Elihu stevens. aged oighly-onc Of Mid
dlctoWn, Ct. last week d. located hi, hip
Eighteen years ago be- broke both wrists
and almost broke hi~ neck, which was Sc
riOu,lN injured. 81 another time one 81
his Ices was broken. and he ha, twice
broken one or more ribs, besides his nose.
w ali hc ha> had tWenty--iN bones broken.
and yet hc is % temperance man.
Jack Jones, for many years q sailor, was
TbTtrI drowned it "a. mil .f at -
donia. Kansas. lately. Jones. who wa,
rou>tahout. occupied one of the Jury
rooms, and wa, found sitting in chair,
with pail OF water occupying another
ch1ir, in which lay biz head nearly covered
with water. with his hat on. Il i thought
that hc attempted 10 drink from the pail
and took a III.
\ very large ~m->pot was seen Tue, day.
says Boston dispatch, from the Harvard
COLLEGE observatory, - conspicuous u, 10
bc seen Nith.thc mixed eye; and. in the
opinion Of observers, this goes far toward
verifying tine theory that magnetic and
electrical disturbance, and flashing north
cln lights are primarily caused 10y solar
phenomena. No particular notice will be
taken at the ob>cr, atOry OF the forthcoming
transit Of Venus beyond the probable OBJ
~cryance OF the contacts and the taking of
some photomotric measure.
IN Pennsylvania there i state law,
passed in 1876, which makes it q INSIDE
mcanor punishable to the extent OF - 900
fine ana ono year imprisonment for any
person who shall "playfuly or wantonIy
point OF discharge "a gun. pistol, OF other
lireaIm> II any other person." Last week
Martin Shay was arrested in Kcnnctt square
Tor pointing Gun at another person. and
vas greatly surprised OF hearing the PEN
atty he had incurred. He was allowed TO
20 on paving the costs and promising never
TO repeat the offence.