The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-01-12
prfcf News Items.

t,h, c,src. who sued the Brooklyn City
p,nrood COMPANY for damages for IN
- srst,iu,d on one OF defendants ears.
!a.tordsy recovered a verdict for 81, 800 in
;So INV Cont. The Court refused appl-
cation for new trial.
A. q meeting Of the directors Of the
Rochester n. ~ Dnving-Pmk Assocla-
tion hold TUESDAY evening il was unaui-
mously decided to offer a $4,000 purse,
Oman 10 an ,;allionS, 10 be trotted for on
Jrlv (. 1852 under the same conditions
which governed the race held last Fourth
Of July.
Fines collected in the New York Court
Of special Sessions on "Wednesday from
sdul'erat0Is OF milk amounted 10 $1,000.
Nearly all Of the great number plead
guilty.. II seems that their profits from
Ills kind Of milk trade are so great that the
of,nders can afford to pay their fines when
ever caught.
The Archbishop Of San Francisco has be-
gun active efforts i'm that city for evaRgeli-
zin- the Chinese through priests specially
trained IN China for this purpose.
There Is some dissatisfaction in army cir
Gle, because tie President does not retire
army officers who have passed the age when
the law directs them to be retired from ac-
tive service.
The pilot commissioners Of New York
made their annual report on Tuesday,
showing that during the year 1881, 1896
vessel, were piloted to and from that port,
and the sum Of SjS7. POOL received for
such services. This is a decrease of 11.Sj
per cent. in the number OF vessels, and
1910 per cent less in pilotage fees.
John :. Capp. OF the firm OF John :.
Capp d Co.. Stockholders, No. 3f south
Third street, Philadelphia, committed sui
eide by hanging on Tuesday morning at
M, office. He was absent from his home
an Of Monday night, and when his son and
daughter sought him at his Office Tuesday
morning they found him hanging from a
closet door in the rear room.
The semi-annual meeting OF the National
Association of Glass Manufacturers of the
United States was held in Washington on
Tuesday at the Riggs House. The subject
Of greatest interest was the rates for fruit
jar, and, after an earnest discussion, the
rates were advanced about per cent. over
those q the past year. IL was decided to
hold the next meeting OF the Association
al the stockton Hotel, Cape May, July II,
lN3.
The legislature of New jersey convened
Tuesday. The Senate organized by elect
Ing GaIret \. Hobart president and George
WUrts secretary. The Governors message
was read. In it he says: The Comptroller
estimates the expenditures OF the coming
year 1T S1IS0000, an excess over his eSti-
mate Of the receipts for the year and the
available bank balance OF S2G4, 500. In the
House there was a deadlock, growing ont
OF the refusal Of two members from Hudson
county. Messrs Clark and Mclaughlin,
who refused to vote for Speaker. The for
mer clerk. who has charge OF the House
until organized, refused to surrender, and
in the midst Of great confusion the House
adjourned
The following States win elect Governors
this year: Alabama. Arkansas. California,
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Kansas,
Kentucky. Maine, Massachusetts, Michi-
gan. Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire,
New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina,
Tennessee, and Texas. OF these twelve
States have Republican Governors and
seven Democratic Governors.
Nearly all the bishops who attended the
conservation ceremonies at the Cathedral in
Bl0timorc last Sunday have left for their
respective dioccses. On Saturday Arch
bishop Gibbons and Bishop Northrop, ac-
conpnied by several OF the southern
priest. no were at the conservation, will
leave Tor Wilmington, n. G. The services
Of thc installation OF Bishop Northrop, az
Bishop OF the See Of North Carolina, will
BE- held next Sunday morning in the Cath
Ole church in Wilmington, y. {.
The New York TriJatne printed yester-
day a note from John Hay and editorial
comments going TO show that the note TO
President Garfield about RObertson's noml-
nation, printed in a New York contempt
rary, was stolen from the wires or other
wise surreptitiOusly obtained, as Garfield
himself never even saw it.
The Massachusetts, Woman's Suffrage
Association met at Boston on Tuesday.
Hon. William }. Bowditch presided, and
made the opening address. Mrs. Lucy
stone presented the annual report. which
showed an encouraging growth OF the
movement IN Massachusetts,. Ex-Goyernor
Clatlin. Hon. Charles j. Moves, Speaker 81
the House Of Representatives .Judge
George Washington Warren, Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe, Mrs. Lucy Stone, and Others
spoke. Letters were read from Senator
George +. HOar, and George A. Walton.
Of the State Board OF Education, and one
from Hon. Jacob Bright, NJ. r., pronounce
ing woman suffrage in Great Britain sue
cess.