The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-09-11
Brief News sfenls.

| The three-card-mOnte men are trying a
new amusement during vacation. one OF
| them chats with the crowd on the piazza
and bets freely on the weight OF the stran-
gers that use tie hotel scales. At LAST his
| friend appears encased in IN invisible lead
I Jacket. He looks lean, the crowd bets
freely, and is surprised to find itself ont Of
pocket.
Near Lletown, Green county, Nv. on
Saturday Joe Bagley was shot and MORALLY
wounded at the same spot where his brother
was killed some two months ago. y dead
" fcud had existed between George
Edwards and Bagley on the one side and
James Owens, DOde Dowell, and Mike
Rogers on the other. Bagley was shot
from IN ambush, the ball apparently being
from a Spencer rifle. Rogers has been ar
rested. The others are still at large.
The English farce-comcdy RACKET F"
was produced Saturday night for the first
time in this country ut Hayerly'S Theatre,
Chicago, by John T. Raymond and his
company. The piece WAS well mounted,
and the parts carefully and intelligently
personated. Mr.. Raymond's " makeup"
was particularly good. The verdict
seemed to be. however, that the piece is too
=. talky " in dialogue and rather broadly
suggestive in some OF the scenes to become
pronounced success in this country.
The proprietor of the famous old hotel,
" Hohe Linic," in Erfurt, has just placed
on it two tablets. On the first is the in
scription: Here lodged in n. ID. 1341,
Duke Christian OF Brunswick and the
Archbishop of Bremen. In 1871, Land
grave Phillip OF Hcsse. In 1913, Duke
Maurice OF Sake" On the second appears
the following Here dweled in 1913 DR..
Martin Luther. In 1851, GuStavus Adolf
plus, King Of Sweden. In 1917. Septem-
Der 18th, Frederick William, King OF
Prussia"
A San Francisco telegram says The
question oi tie power Of Congress under
the fourteenth amendment to pass 4 civil
rights act is to be tested here. Last month
colorcd man with two friends entered
Swain's restaurant. The proprietor re-
fused TO serve them. The cOlored man
brought m action under the ciyil-rghts
act. swain fled demurrer on the ground
that Congress had no power under the
fourteenth amendment TO pass The act. The
case will be argued before Judge Field.
taken 10 the United States supreme Court.
The heavens put on an unusual appear
ancc on Wednesday morning in the vi
cinity OF Selma. Ala. Around the sun APP
Feared halo OF bright rainbow colors.
within this and around the suns disc
! iloated the dim, smoky clouds that render
Cd the scene sublime. Around this was a
much larger circle OF paler hue. and seye-
raj Sem-circlcs interlacing and rccrossing
in heavenly splCnGor. To the northeast Of
the sun a fractional part Of Il circle was
visible, holding out its liyid, yaricgated
colors to the wondering world that
| watched it. The scene was one OF grand
and picturesque beauty as it came forth
glowing in the rays Of the morning sun.
\ dispatch from Quincy, H., says :
-" Early Saturday morning at Erwin, a
small settlement in Schuyler county, an al
tempt was made to Kill the Rev. c. \.
( Obershaire, the organizer Of a pOlygamous
sect known as "Piigrims." Last July a
number OF men were arrested and punish
ed for tearing down a tent which the Pill
grims had erected, and the feeling
against the sect has been growing ever
since. The Pilgrims just completed new
church on Friday, and it was TO be dedi-
Gated in two or three weeks, on the arrival
OF the high priest from Europe. Obershaire
! slept in the building. \ large quantity OF
/ giant-powder was placed under the struct-
ure. which was fired. and an explosion
/ followed, completely wrecking the build
ing. Fortunately for Obershaire, he was
not in the church at the time. Much eX-
element prevails, and more serious trouble
! is feared.