The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-09-16
Brief News Items.

About 5000 knights OF Honor are at
Chicago, attending the great convocatlon
there.
DR.. David Burpee, OF Philadelphia, an
eminent physician and surgeon, died
Thursday.
Henry Jones, prominent citizen OF
Bellevue, Pa, was crushed to death by the
cars Thursday.
William II. Meigs, printer. was run
over and killed by lailroad train at At
lanta, Ga, Thursday night.
The average annual rainfall on Dart
moor, Deyonshire, England, where the
great convict prison stands, is 50 inches.
4 nan named Mas was recently found
hanging to a tree near Patterson, Texas.
He had the reputation OF being cattle
thief.
&C. Fulton, Esq, editor OF the Balti-
more american, and writer Of the interest
ing series OF letters this summer, has re-
turned from Europe.
A woman went home on strclcher from
her pleasure trip to Atlantic City because,
as a cure for mosquito bites, she had bathed
her legs with undiluted carbOnic acid.
Crazed by the misconduct of her two
daughters, woman chopped off one OF
her hands at Parkyillc, Conn, striking not
less than dozen blows with Ratchet.
By the explosion OF the cylinder OF
thrcshng-machine on the farm OF George
Drum, near Norwalk, Ohio, Thursday, Il.
| Bernhardt and man named McGowan
were fatally injured.
A man over sixty years OF age is reported
by the British Medical Journal to have
made 1876 miles in twenty-iOur hours on
tricycle.. A younger rival did lSG miles in
the same time.
Hens are utilized in Florida for Matching
out aligators' eggs. The experiment is
complete success. but the biddies are terri
bly, astonished when the young alligators
show themselves.
There was a grand parade at Reading,
Pa. Thursday OF the Independent Order
OF Odd-FellOws OF the State OF Pennsylva-
mia. From three to four thousand uni
formed members were in line.
Professor f. +. Barnard. OF Nashville,
Tenn, discovered comet Thursday morn
ing near tn star Lambda. in the constella-
tion OF the Twins. Ii Is reported as being
bright in appearance, but the direction OF
its motion has not been obtained.
The Chicago Baseball Club Thursday
defeated the Providence Club at Chicago
by q score OF to 2. This decides the
Championships favor OF the Chicago nine,
unless the Chicago should hereafter lose
more games than the Providence nine. The
receipts on Thursday were about $4,000.
The completion OF the Natchez, Jackson
and Columbus railroad from NatcheZ to
Jackson was celebrated at Jackson. Miss,
Thursday by grand barbecue. Two eX-
cursion trains were run on the new road
from Natchez, bearing six or seven hun
dred persons. Addresses were made by
several prominent speakers.
At an international beauty tournament
recently held at Pesth, Hungary, diamond
bracelet was awarded to Corneia Szekely,
aged twenty, who is declared to be the
most beautiful woman IN the world. This
damsel is brunette, with brilliant eyes,
whose figure, supple as twining creeper,
recalls the type OF ancient Greek statues.
High mass was celebrated at the New
Orleans Cathedral Thursday morning in
honor OF the dead OF the 18th Of Septem-
Der. 1874. General Fred. n. Ogden, who
commanded the White League, Colonel W..
T. vaudrey, and other staff officers OF the
White League, were present. In the after
noon the graves Of the dead were deco
rated.
Two new wrinkles have been adopted
by the young girls Of Cincinnati' the Paris
OF America. One is taking lessons on the
violin, and the other freak OF fashion Is to
pray upon genuine prayer rugs from the
East, such as the Mohammedan uses. The
real article has places indicated in the
figure for resting the hands Is and md, knees.
from an importer. and, without facing
Mecca, humping their heads on the floor,
or removing their shoes and l, stockings, like
the sons OF the Prophet, stu actually do
use them to kneel on while praying. they
arc said to be great comfort.
The Hamilton county (0hio) Republican
County Convention Thursday adopted q
resolution declaring " that in accordance
with tho action Of the Republican State