The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-03-19


CautaIn James A. Milburn, aged seventy
three. and for more than fifty years pilot
died az his residence, In Baltimore, on
wednesday.
The rising OF the early morning sun II
the distance is most striking and grand
in the World at the Theatrc-ncNt Monday
Tuesday, and Wednesday.
Robert Griffith, OF Charlotte, n. c.,
passenger conductor on the Charlotte aIt
Atlanta AIRLINE was crushed 10 dca'f
whilst coupling cars at Atlanta WedneS
day.
Tho widow Of President Lincoln drew
,rom the pcnsion-oflice at Chicago on
Thursday $4,000. being the amount du.
her under the recent act Of Congress passed
for her relief.
II il stated that the Hon. Samuel j. Ran.
dali has indicated his willingness 10 acccIa
she craftsmanship of the Philadelphia Dem
eeratic City Executive Committee.
The Rhode Island Republican State Con
ycntion met at Providence Thursday. The
nrescnt State officers were renominafed by
sccla,nation. The election takes place on
,hc 9th Of April.
The Cincinnati Price Current. from re-
norris rcceiYed, thinks the wheat crop OF
isss NAV be counted on rs reaching &c.,
900 bushels. with chances Of even larger
results than the great crop OF 1880.
wholesale discharge Of passenger and
freight conductors on the Union Pacihc
railway was begun on Wednesday at Onia-
ha, and there j. reason TO believe that ne
sorc it ends as many as one hundred and
sixty Will be laid of.
About $50 persons have been thrown out
81 employment by the strike I'm the Pacific
cotton-mill at Lawrence, Mass. The en-
r,oyers do not intend to fill the places OF
fhc strikers for some time, thinking that
tiiey will eventually accept the terms which
they now reject.
A mass-mceting OF citizens, regardless
~ creed, was held in New Orleans Thurs
day night, and resolutions adopted protest.
ing against the inhuman treatment OF the
Jews by the people and Government Of
Russia. Mayor Shakespeare presided. The
meeting was largely attended.
The charfcd and blackcnod remains OF
X. Il. Watson, the cotton broker, were
srls of the large fire OF Wednesday at na-
u.
he'd, being suflocated by smoke and then
burned.
There was great excitement in the cham
hor OF the Common Council of Troy, y.
T.. Thursday, arising from a dispute over
The presidency OF that body. Pistols were
drawn, aud at one time a riot seemed i'm
minent. No Republican member was pres
cnt.
At the session of the Philadelphia Methc-
dist Episcopal Conference FRIDAY a COM
mittec was appointed to nominate seven
trustees to take charge OF legacy of $500. 0C0
hemeathed by DR.. Scott Stewart for the
establishment OF q Methodist hospital in that
city.
Lieutenant-Co Colonel Charles f. Earned,
deputy acknowledgement Of the army,
died Friday at Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
He was a native OF Michigan, but was APP
POINTED from Missouri i'm 1861, and brc-
vctted lieutenant-colonel in 1865.
A fire broke out early Thursday morning
in the five-story building No. II Warren
street. New York, and spread to Nos. %
and ~ before IL was eXtinguished. \ to-
raj damage OF $4,000 was done. The
building i owned by Merkle & Gilman,
photographers, and is damaged $1,000,
chiefly by water. The cause OF the fire is
not known.
The labor organizations Of Philadelphia
held a nass-mccting in Horticultural Hall,
Philadelphia, Thursday night. John Swim
ton, OF New York, was one OF the speakers.
Resolutions were adopted demanding the
cnacting OF laws legaizing labor unions.
establishing a national department Of labor,
making eight hours legal days work, and
rholishing the contract system OF convict
iabor. The action OF the United States
Senate in passing The anti-Chincse bill was
highly commended.