The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-05-17
urief News Items.

The rumor that the dyuamiters inte"u AZ.
IN DAMAGE the Welland canal mas leu 'ne
authorities nj ". GATHERINGS, Ont.' 10 UNI
extra precautions TO protect her eApo'''
points.
dispatch from Deadwood, Dakota, re-
norris that n snow-stotm had RACED tbere ioi
twelve hours, blocking up all the ral'iUa" -,
and suspcnding business and farm worh vi
all kinds. f..
Mrs. Holmes, OF Del Rio, Texas, mas lus'
Lost her fourth husband. She has pc,n
particularly unfortunate with husDanus'
| One died OF consumption, one was oroMn.
ed. and two were killed. She IS not YET
forty years old.
A dispatch from Bonham, Texas, 10 'he
Galveston Nc,rs says that 1iss Bragg, "
niece of General Bragg, attempted s'lclu ~,
Tuesday. She saturated her ciotning WIZ -
coal oil and applied match. Inc causc =
protracted i'll health. She cannot reco'ei'
Cork telegram says: Several shots
,era ,lred from ambush at q caretaker
here Sunday, and he was severely "oui'u,
ed The affair is much commented on, anu
considerable alarm has been caused, rs IL
,yas honed that such deliberate ouirages
had been checked. Eight arrests nave
| been made.
! A Halifax telegram says: The following
letter was received tonight from the keeper
~ the harrington Lightship: "A Few
dovs 400 n fine-Iooking two topmasl
schooner Of about 100 tons, with all ner
fvinV-kites set, came INTO Burlington bay'
PASSED up by the lightshlp. tackeu sup
and went out again. She had about hity
men on deck"
A party, consisting OF four prominent
coke-men from Mount Pleasant, "a, re-
Gently visited Birmingham, Ala, In the VI
entity OF which they propose purchasing
| AZ Oo) acres OF timber-land. \ party in
the interest OF Pittsburgh steel compan!
sent ont TO Alabama has returned, and re-
ported that the State abounds III minerals
which can be manufactured at cost con-
sidcrably less than they can lii PennsyNa'
MIA.
In the Tewksbury (MasS.) examination
Tuesday the question propounded Monday
TO DIR. Porter by the Governor rs TO the
sources outside of TewkSbury from whence
the Harvard medical school received It's
bodies was ruled out by the committee.
DIR Porter said that from 1872 to 1876 ~
bodies were taken from Tewksbury TO the
medical school. and but from to bodies
had been reclaimed by friends after gong
to the school.
The opium dens in New York are called
Moints," anda correspondent gives the Ioi-
| lowing exclamation OF the term l." ne
heather Chince being naturally an imitator,
horrows an idea from the 'Melica man. III
did not take long to learn the advantage OF
club life. 'Melica man ioin-John emma
man ioin. too Joint Is therefore only
another term for club but IL Is now ap,
piled to every place where opium Is used
for intoXIcation purposes"
Wade Marvin, n sentimental youth OF
Erie. Pa, addicted to poetry, made a hasco
on SUNDAY OF what he intended TO be Q
highly dramatic attempt at suicide. ~
want YOU to witness tragedy. am about
| to put a bullet through my heart, sald ne,
and, while speaking, he clapped revolver
to his chest and fired. Instead OF peilo-
rating his heart, as he expected, the bullet
merely ripped up the skin OF his right arm
nif. and came near killing one OF the wit
nesses Of his farcical tragedy.
| Samuel ID. yelling, a Young merchant OF
Coshoct,n, Ohio, was married on sunday
in Pittsburgh to a young lady whose name
| is not known. In the evening they started
home in the fast express. After having
travelled few miles yelling left his bride
to 90 into the smoking-car and did not re-
turn. After an hour tine young wife be-
came uneasy and caused the train to be
searched. lie could not he found, On
Monday morning his body was found oil
the track terribly mangled. lie had EVIL
IDENTITY fallen between the ears in stepping
from one to the other, and was instantly
| killed.