The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-07-24

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Subterronean forests, seven feet Deiow
the surface OF the ground, has been vi'sv
vered In Cbasey Clinton county, N. j..
Many OF the trees are In an excellent sta'c
OF preservation.
One man in Boston is thanking bis STARS
that the strike OF the telegraph operators
took place. He proposed to sell l.vvo
short on New York, and went win MS u's-
patch to the Office, when 1t was reiuseu'
He was in a towering rage, but went NOME,
and woke up the next day to hnd that ns
was thousand dollars richer than ne wouiu
have been had his message been SENT
A house at Salt Mines, Avoyo lsiand'
La, containing 1000 pounds OF Dynamic,
was struck by lightning Saturday, causing
a terrific explosion and doing much DAM
age to buildings, cars, etc. No lives were
lost. The shock was felt for several miles,
and windows in buildings q mile distant
were shattered. The extent OF the damage
to the mines, il any, has not been ascer-
tanned.
Sunday evening Mary Burke, aged eigh-
teen. residing at Green Point, and John
Houser. twenty-tbrce years old, OF the
same place, were walking on the track OF
the Montauk railroad, when they were hit
by the westward-bound express train
and instantly killed. The engineer blew
the whistle and applied the steam break,
but to no purpose, as they paid no heed to
the warning.
Four weeks ago Mrs. Gensberg, aged
thirty-one wears, OF st. Clair, Pa, wander
ed from home i'm fit OF temporary aberra-
ton. Her husband and friends made I'M
renting but fruitless search for her.
SUNDAY her remains were discovered in the
woods near Schuylkill Haven. They were
much decomposed, but were identified by
a ring and the clothing. She is supposed
to have died Of exhaustion.
A resident OF Wilmington, n. c., while
bathing in the harbor, saw at little dis
lance from him what he supposed to be 4
| sturgeon playing upon the surface OF the
water. lie fastened towards the object,
and succeeded in getting hold OF it, when,
TO the terror OF the crowd. the supposed
sturgeon proved to be Il young alligator
about three feet long. The capturcr re-
leased his prisoner in Il hurry, and seam
percd ashore.
| Rector Eickcrs. OF the Cincinnati Uni
versity, has brought suit for divorce from
| his wife on the ground OF deSertion. Mrs.
Vickers has been living in Heidelberg for
three years, where their four children are
being educated. The Rector claims that
! his wife objected to his leaving the minis
try to take the first place in the faculty OF
the University on the ground that he was
lowering himself. The enlargement be-
gan at that time.
The Vicksburg Post relates that Mrs.
Judge Morris, OF Boyinl, while walking
along near pond in the pasture, was set
upon by a cow which had Il young calf and
tossed into the pond, where the animal
trampled upon and gored her with her
horns. At this iuncture another cow ran
from distance of sixty yards, drove the
Infatuated beast away. and stood guard
over the PROSTATE form of the lady until
| help came. Only for this, it is believed,
she would have been killed.
The Cuban patriots held meeting in
New York Sunday, at which addresses
were made by General Bonachea and other
prominent CubanS, urging that every
means be taken to assist in freeing Cuba
from the Spanish yoke. Spanish promises,
| il was urged. should be dlsrcgarded, be-
cause they were fulfilled. \ coored speak
err urged the organization OF Cuban eXilcS
and the freeing OF the colorcd race held in
bondage by the SpaniardS. \ large con-
tribution was taken up in aid Of the cause.
AZ a meeting OF the hod-hOisting en-
ginecrs in New York Sunday night it was
reported that the demand made upon their
employers for an advance OF wages had
been conceded. without exception, in every
case. The men will he paid SO Il day under
the new arrangement. and will be allowed
a quarter-day's pay for getting up steam,
whether their services may be nee,ied or
not. They formerly received from 81 to
! $3.50 day, and were paid nothing for
getting up steam unless they worked du-
ring the day.