The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-04-02
nr,es News Isens.

brief News Items.
~ president has decided 10 send mcs-
~ - The senate stating his objections 10
,be chinese bill.
r. miners in leycrsdalc coal region.
=, a~,'s,lyanla. struck on Friday for an in
., &c Of fifteen cents per ton for mining
coal.
~, Lowell made application on Tuesday
D., lord Granville for a rcprieve Tor Dr.
, ,n.~on before receiving the instructions
- secretary Frelinghuysen.
g.spcr Deitzer, resident OF Wilkes
20 Pa, died Friday morning while APP
..', in good health. lie was u sol
H., under Napoleon, and bad attained the
w. '.' n one hundred and one years and four
mouths.
barbara Hacker, an aged lady OF Lam
...ter. Pa, committed suicide FRIDAY
'',rn,ng by hanging herself 10 n bed-poSt
81 residence. She had been suffering
.o,nc time with melancbolla.
,, Vow York on Friday Mr.. Moses Tay-
,.-',,r;buied S2J0.0O0 10 the hospital
.rSed in Scranton, Pa. for the benefit
- cmploye. OF the Delaware, Lacka-
M
IN, and Western railroad.
r,e cases Of John II. Rowlcnson and
~, q Bordlcy, indicted for libel on
- 80 Pinkney. were taken mp in the Bati-
'uVb, ,r,minsi court Friday before Judge
a',, Rowlcnson read an apology, and
'''. .es WAS suspended. Counsel for
:. 5,s, moved for removal Of the case,
l' ,,-,, "a. held sub clgid.
..,.mer Montreal, which arrived at
iA..,si.Ni, al noon Friday. brought
fhi.''' is6o immigrants in the steeragc.
n,.'" Lid to be the largest number of
b'' :, e. ,b,t ever arrived at that port
-" u single day. Most OF Them hSi' nom
.,r,oopy. bu few come rom Norway
,"5 sweden. They are bound Tor the west
.~,. followinr announcement was made
,.l.,.,nis.iouer Fink on Friday: 1.-The
am committee trunk lines have
.-,''i m increase the gross rate on cattle
g.. ,ry cents. commencing April 10th, aud
ia heei 20 siXty-iour cents per 100
...,.ods bs,is. Chicago 10 New York.
por.c.. mules. and sheep remain a. at pre-
.',t ,.iytv cent) untilfurther notice
An entertainment at Jones's Wood. in
M York. on st. Patrick's day, Melted
e., -oi for the Land League. At a meeting
,' me irish societies Friday night re'olu-
t.n. ,gere PASSED calling upon Congress
5 ,ts President 10 demand speedy ulai
-. ,...ri.an, confined in English prisons,
,aJ demanding the recall OF Minister Low
,nf,r his inactivity in their behalf.
.r,.o,,. II. Rae. a switchman. has re-
NJ
tr.;, Nch., a verdict for 5000 against
,,o Gcra Trunk Railway Company Tor
;,iories sustained by him while IN the dis
,b,.,, oi nj, duties. lie claimed that he
,... untitled by reason OF disability for
,,,,l,. yiycn BIN 70 DO at the time the acci-
dnt occurred, and that the company :
f.cni. knew OF that fact.
Afr Law Gould formally announced in
NV York on Thursday that he had secured
,,.trol OF the Mutual Union Telegraph
comiany. He said he had come into pos
sim Of $500 shares Mutual Union
,.sl in his own right aud 1880 shares
q, tha names OF his friends, making $1,000
,f ne total Of 100000 shares. This Is au
Aacl ycrilCation OF the statement made
- ti. subject some days ago, and which
wa, Officially and yehementiy denied 10y
iae Mutual Union people.
Mr.. L. J.. Kouns and three children,
rI Miss Mamie Campbell. who were lost
on the Golden City, LETT Shreveport last
Wednesday week 20 spend the summer IN
lawrence county. Ohio. Captain kOuns,
h.r husband, only learned OF the news late
Friday evening, on the arrival of his boat
from the Upper river. The shock was so
gre,f that ne became deliriouS, and Is now
in the care Of q physician. Mr.. kounS
ua. from Boyd county, Ky. Her maiden
nsme was Eva Browning.
The amount Of grain now on hand in
fhe country Is estimated by the Depart
loenf Of Agriculture to be much less than
sf ihis time last year. The stock a wheat
ON hand from 4 specified area, embracing
tNotAirds OF the area OF the great gral2-
growing States, was on March %. lSs2,
100000 against $1,000. 600 bushels on
hUd March 20. lSSl-a difference OF -
i,f cent. Oi corn the surplus OF hand
Nab %. 1852. was estimated a l,1.coV,-
a1 bushels. against 3SS. 600, 900 bushels on
Nrla ~, lSSl-a difference OF % per cent.
Postmaster Pearson. OF New York, las
Dozen notified through the Department that
% British post-oliicc will constitute Man
chester. Iagand, an Office for the direct
dispatch Of mail, for New York. The in
erase Of correspondence with America
renders Il necessary 10 reduce the mass OF
nail mattei for the United States now as-
sorted 20 other exchange offices TO avoid
t.e detention OF steamers sailing nom
Queenstown blr. Schmidt, thc director OF
iac p0.t-oilice at Bremen, viii officially
visit New York In May 10 make himself
arPaluted with the American postal sys-
tenn.
Tl,e New Jersey Legislature adjourned
ai moon on Friday. An effort was made II
fhe tower house 10 extend the session OF
thc prcicnce Of permitting the report OF tint
Bribery Investigating Committee To b'
read, lWt the faction from which tn
charges Of bribery proceeded voted dow
tbs motion. The real object of the sup
porters al The motion 10 prolong the see'
sion was % take UP the bill confirming IN
i,lc u certain railroad companies 70 IN
waterfront az HOboRca and pass IT, a
manner 81 dilatory tactics were employe
oa ,he other side TO consume time, an
uhfn TIE tumuit caused 10y charges an
couuterclargcs made by the opposing JAG
lion. was az It's height, the Speaker az
c.rcd The House adjourned.
Suicide for Love.