The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-01-15

NlL>iOW Il. Morton, dgcd loilN-clght, an
advertising agent, died suddenly Of heart
disease I'm New York on Friday in the
PMh-Ayenuc Hotel.
Nr. Jacob Brandt. formerly a well-kuown
citizen If Baltimore, died on Friday In
Washington, where he has been residing
for several years past.
Joseph Chamberlain was killed by the
falling of q derrick 1t the PigcOn-Hill
Granite COmpany's qu9rrics. at Rockport,
M.,.., Friday. Five other persons were
u.r or less injured.
in insane man named Walsh shot him
Elf ou Friday last in the Notre Dame Ca
th,drll, al Ottawa, ont, while services
we're in progress. The congregation, COM
posed principally Of ladies, were panic
stricken. and several Of the ladic, tainted.
DR.. George +. Adams, prominent ply
,Icim Of Baltimore, died at his residence,
southeast corner Of Druid-liill avenue and
Dolphin street, on Friday morning at 1880
O'clock. Of diphtheria, after an illness OF
only iour days.
50 Machias, Me-, last Friday, in the SUI
Urmr Court, the jury sustained the will OF
H.Mtio Y. Foster. Il deaf mute seycnty-siN
YEAR. Old. who could neither read nor
write. The will, which was made by pam
iomimr. devised =, 900. This is the second
ca,c OF the kind ever fried in the United
state, the first being in North Carolina.
The trial Of Mathew Campbell. for the
murder 81 his wife, was concluded at Jer-
,ey City, y. j., on Friday, the jury render
in verdict Of manslaughter. Campbell
Wc~ remanded for sentence. The penalty
for man.mughtcr j. - 900 line or imprison-
ment and hard labor for not more than ten
YEAR. o. both.
The COINAGE Of iiye-cent nickels has been
resumed by the mint At Philadelphia, and
applications for the new coins. accOmpa-
MED hy money or checks, should be made
20 the superintendent Of that mint. The
cost of transportation Of such coins In cX-
change for lawful money in multipleS OF
twenty dollars will be paid by the mint.
The will Of the late John II. Barstow,
Wh0c0mmittcd suicide in Boston on Christ
ma,-dly. was admitted 10 probate on the
18Th instant in Portsmouth, Il. l., where
he had hi. summer residence. 1t divides
$50. 600 in money among his brothers and
sisters and other relatives. The residue Of
the estate including the farm in Ports
mouth, goes TO his sister, Catherine A..
Bal>tow.
OF uc population Of New York city,
which &. put down by The census OF 1880 at
l,-oC.291. the natiyc-born are shown TO
number 121,G29. OF whom 7OS,G11 are white
and 1882 cOlOred. The fOreign-bOTn resi-
dent. number AS, $40. OF whom %, 161 are
English, 1872 German, 800 French,
l;S.5aJ Irish, 1858 Scotch, 12,22} Italian,
aud the rest scattered.
The Boston University Methodist College
on Friday came into possession Of the 81
100000, estate bcqueathed TO the institution
ten years ago by Isaac Rich. OF that city. The
money was 10 be paid, by provisions Of the
Will Ten years after The death OF Mr.. Rich.
The students and faculty held q jubilee
Friday night over this accession TO the
wealth Of the college.
The triple execution Of two men and one
woman took place at Wentworth. n. G., on
Friday last. The execution was witnessed
by m immense multitude. The mlleiae-
tor were the murderers OF Nash Carter
(colorodl, who were sentenced TO death at
tbc Late term OF Rockingham Superior
Court. on December y, 1881. Their names
were respectively Joe Hay, Eldridg
Scales. and Matilda Garter (all colored) the
latter being the wife Of the murdered man.