The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-01-22
Brief News Items.

/ Postmaster Mcmillan, OF New Orleans,
has demanded a prompt investigation OF
the published charges against him, and hi
request will be granted by the Postmaster
General.
Professor Alexander Graham Bell, in
ventor oi the telephone, has had conferred
upon him the decoration OF the National
Legion OF Honor by the President Of the
French Republic.
The ice harvest on the Hudson COM
menccd yesterday from Cat,kill TO Albany.
Two hundred and thirty-threc thousand
| tons are in houses between those points
| from last year, and 1,14G,009 tons are TO be
housed. The ice is eight inches thick.
William McLren & Co., wholesale boot
and shoe manufacturers, Montreal, whose
failure was announced, have settled with
their creditors for seventy cents on the dol
lar. The business will be continued with
ont interruption.
The Columbus stamp-mil, eight miles
west of Maysvillc, Col, was totally destroy
ed by fire on Friday, with all its contents.
The loss was estimated at 5000; partially
insured. The mill was the property Of the
New York and Colorado Mining Syndicate
Company.
In Philadelphia Friday John w. Keely
fled demurrer to the bill in equity pre-
scented against him by the stockholders Of
the Keely Motor Company. The demurrer
i, entirely technical, and gives a number Of
reasons why the court should not afford the
plaintiffs the relief they seek.
John w. Fenstine, John V. Light, and
Andrew III. Light, insurance agents, were
arrested at Lebanon, Penn, Friday for
conspiracy, at the instance Of Philip Ar
mold. Arnold claims that he bought specu-
latiye insurance policies from the accused
TO the amount Of $4,000, for which he
paid over $1,000.
Messrs. Parnell, O'Kcly, and O'Brien
have been notified that they have been re-
manded TO prison for further period OF
three months. A member Of the Ladies'
Land League has been sent TO prison for
one month. Miss Reynolds, OF the same
organization, was released yesterday, her
term Of imprisonment having expired.
A detective has made statement TO the
trustees OF the Institution for Feeble-mind-
ed Youth, at Columbus, Ohio, that he has
obtained confession from two inmates
that they set fire TO the asylum, which
burned in November last, involving a loss
OF 100000. Their aim was to escape from
the institution.
Creditors OF the 4. & W. Sprague estate
representing nearly five million indebted
ness, have telegraphed their desire TO be-
come members Of the proposed organiza-
ton Of creditors 10 take the property at a
sum not less than S2,600,OO0. The time
closed last night for joining the scheme,
which, 1t is now thought, may afford sue
cessful means OF settling the estate.
The Smithsonian Institution has received
from Professor W. Forester, OF Berlin, the
announcement OF the discovery by VI.
Palisa, at Pola, on the 18th Of january,
1882, Of planetoid Of the eleventh magni-
tudc, in ten hours twelve minutes right as
cension, and ten degrees fifty-nine minutes
north declination, with q daily motion OF
fye minutes north In north declination.
The inquest in the matter of the recent
railroad disaster at Spuyten Duyyil, on the
liudson-Riyer railroad, was continued in
New York on Friday. The testimony of
several witnesses was taken, and II all went
to prove that Brakeman Melius did not use
due diligence in signalling the Tarytown
train, aud that the express was stopped by