The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-11-14

A special from Comanche says: "a. a
late hour last night. during the sheriff 8
absence, party Of fifty armed masked men
battered in the IaiI door, oyerpowerad tne
guards. and took out two brothers named
Railey and hanged them both 10 tree in
graveyard mile from town. 1t u not
stated with what crime the Balleys were
charged"
The great salt and gas well In Brandon
burg. Kentucky. has flow now as great
rs n was when discovered in 1865. The
well. which IL $50 feet deep, has been tubed
80 "a TO separate the gas from the water.
The tests show an hourly escape OF 4i,i2o
cubic feet Of gas. with "A velocity warrant
inc n company in laying a pipe 10 Louis
vile. forty miles distant, to supply the city
with light and power.
Lord Mayor Fowler. OF London. in re-
fusing TO allow DR.. Stocker. chaplain to
the court Of Germany, to lecture in the
Mansion House. stated that he could not
disregard the feelings OF the Jewish COM
munity Of London by giving prominence
TO DR.. Stocker, man who has excited nos
tiity against the Jews. Carl Blind the
well-known Socialist. in communication
10 the rapers here, says that every man
Wild u SIjdIk vi HUiildnill V"- ~ " P'V
against Court Chaplain Suckers detestable
crusade against the Jews.
A number OF naval officers OF Washing
ton city have recently undertaken to Sc
cure the erection OF marble tablet at'the
Naval Academy in Annapolis to the memory
of the late G.. y. Putnam, master (Unlted
States navy Of the Arctic relief steamer
Rodgers, who was blown out to sea on
field OF ice while making sledge Journey
near Behring Straits in The winter OF
1SS1jS2 The expense Of the erection OF
The tablet will be borne by the classmates
OF the lost explorer and other naval Off
GERS, who have expressed desire TO take
part.
A little nine-keyed instrument, called
the stenograph, has been invented. by
which the operator can record a sermon or
speech rs fast as spoken. The system Is
very simple, and can he learned In one
third of the time required for any other
system OF shorthand. it, work is uniform,
exact and legible. is fast as shorthand, and
an operators work can he read by any one
who understands the alphabet. A school
has been opened in New York, and many
persons are learning the system. the ma
chine is almost noisless, and has been used
in reporting Or. Talmage's sermons with
out attracting the attention OF the congre-
CATION.
In stall at the Staten Island poorhouSe
is a horse known as Old Turk, which is be-
leved 10 be from forty-two TO forty five
years Of age. and Is undoubtedly the oldest
horse in America. The animal is quite
curiosity, particularly to veterinarians, who
are anxious TO see how long the veteran
will live, and thus settle the mooted ques-
ton OF equine longevity. Originally IRON
gray in color, Old Turks coat is now snow
white. He is toOthless, and has to be fed
on "soft foed - for want OF an enterprise
ing dentist capable Of making him false
set. The barn was burned last winter, but
Old Turk managed to make MS escape UNI
assisted and uniniured.
A wealthy banker in Osaka. Minnesota,
has built house TO withstand tOrnadoes.
All the corners are acute angles, and the
sides sink back into other angles, giving
this architectural freak the contour OF a
star. From the highest point OF the roof
the cutters sink suddenly, making great
depressions. This angularity was, it Is
said. inspired by the bankers wife, who
lives i'm constant dread OF storms. The
corners are made very sharp. to split tor
nadoes. The cellar walls are Of unusual
thickness, and the timbers OF the structure
are anchored in them, so that the house
may not be blown down without taking
up the foundations. All the weather
boarding is put on in oblique lines.