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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-05
SUMNER RESORTS.
DARNES'S HOTEL, HAMPTON, VA.

Situated I'm the fOurishng town Of Hampton,
three miles from Fort Monroe. convenient 10 the
depot of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway, con-
Meeting with all lines North, South, and West. and
the steamers Of the Old Dominion Steamship
Company, offers superior accommodations 10 Wis
itors. Elegant rooms. Every comfort. Capacity,
$50 guests. Table first-clasS, embracing every
luxury which Underwater Virginia affords.
TERMS: ~ and ~ 80 per day. Special terms
for weekly or monthly boarders.
Thanking the public for favors Of the past. my
endeayOrs will always be employed to secure the
comfort Of those who favor me with their patron
age. Telegraph-Oifice In hotel. Electric bells.
Carriages 10 Old Point and depot. stages every
hour for Fort Monroe; fare, l0c.
\. l7-2m j. j. BARNES,
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DRY GOODS

For the next THIRTY DAYS our well-selected
stock of DRY GOODS. NOTIONS, and FANCY
GOODS must be closed out regardless Of cost To
make room for improvements in the store. This
gives an opportunity to buyers 10 buy goods at
such prices seldom offered. a every article is
marked way down. Among our large stock Of
goods we offer
> eases Of BEST BLEACIlED COTTON at 7hc.;
BLEACHED and BROWN slIEETINGS, 20
and soc:
ALL-WOOL BLACK CASIIMERES at 35c.;
ALL-WOOL BLACK CAsHMERES 4jc., worth
GOc.:
ALL-WOOL BLACK CAsIlMEREs G2c., worth
S5c.:
81:
Flcelnt HEAVY-LINEN TOWELS 23c., worth
SOC: LADIES and MISSES FINE BLACK
HOSE. DerbY-ribbcd, re;
80 dezen PLAIN and DOTTED NULL FlCHUFS
II Toe. worth 25c.. and large lot Of CREAM,
WHITE. and BLACK SPANISH TIES and
FICIlUES, and many other bargains. At
jy29-eOd LEVI HEXTER'S.
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WOOD AND COAL.
KANAwHA sPLINT COAL.

Attention az dealer. and consumer, Is invited
10 the above SUPERIOR COAL, tung Justly CON
sidercd the best on the market and gives universal
satisfaction. Orders for winter supple, solicited.
:. T.. LAIHROp.
sole Agent FOR Richmond,
1877 Seventeenth street. 80 Draw bridge.
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A NTuRACITE ND lI-MKERLA ND

IA COAL.-MIRT ROBERTS. wholesale and
retail dealer IA best quality ANTHRACITE and
GEORGES CREEK c. hBfELAND COAL.
Tobacco manufacturcrs furnished hN the cargo,
or I'm lots from 10 Ia 100 tons Al baltimore ana
GeOrg, town quotations. Also, WEST VIRGINIA
SPLINT. CLOVER hill LUMP. aud DAN and
PINE WOOD Sawed and >plltl, OF choice quality,
az lowest market rates. Oticc aud yard, corner
Seventeenth aud Cary streets. Telephone No,
169. ~ 24-3m
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RE Write for the Little Book, which will bC
mailed free. jy3l-lw
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

Ut THEY MUST BE SOLD!
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MEETINGS..

MASONIC NOTICE.-The stated 2
WI meeting of II ENRI c UNION IN
LODGE, M. $50, viii take place MON Il. *
DAY EVENING at Masonic Hall. on. "
Twenty-hflh street. at ~ o'clock All Master Ma
sons In good standing are fraternally invited. By
order of the ". NJ
WILLIAM WILSON, Secretary.
AUGUST 6. A. L. $3.50, 4. ID. 1883. au 5-lth
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sous In good standing are fratefnaly invited by
order of the ". VI.
WILLIAM WILSON, Secretary.
AUGUST 6, a. l.. $3.50, 4. ID. 1883. au 5-1tA
RICHMOND AND DANvILLE RAILROAD Co.,(
RICHMOND, VA. July 80. 1883. :
IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ORDER
L OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS made at
their meeting held July 81. 1888, notice Is hereby
given that general meeting of the STOCK HOLD
FRS OF THE RICHMOND AND DANNILBE
RAILROAD COMPANY is called to he held at the
cOmpanys Office, in the city Of Richmond, Va. At
~ O'Clock W.. on the 18TH DAY OF SEPTEM-
BIER, SS3, for the purpose of voting on the ques-
ton Of increasing the capital stock of the COM
pany from :5.O0O,000 to S7,000,0OO. and for the
transaction of such further business as the stock
holders NAV then deem necessary.
The books of transfer will he closed from 3
o'clock i. VI. of August %, 1888, 10 9 o'clock a.
VI. of September ID, 1883.
X. BROOKE, Secretary.
~ 1-2tawtSe5&tdtdn
OLD DOMINION IRON AND NAIL-)
WORKS COMPANY.
RICHMOND, VA. July 30. 1883.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
L STOCKHOLDERS OF THIS COMPANY
will he held in the cOmpauy's Office In this city
on MONDAY, August 9th. ut 2 VI.
X. +. BLANKENSHIP.
iy 3l-6t Commercial Agent.
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THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-25
Insane on the Stage.


Miss Lillian Spencer, who has
for the last year been playing
the Creole" otherwise known as
Article AZ, is as present filing an
engagement in this city. This after
noon matinee was given at the opera
house which was attended by am over
whelmng audience. Miss Spencer
was playing the role of Cora. 4"
When the end of the third act
was reacked in the mad scene, when
"Duhameln threatens to put her into
the mad -house, Miss Spencer was evil
IDENTITY worked up to the full fervor of
the scene. George, she said, while
the audience was at the full heat of
excitement. you have dishgured my
face; YOU have bhghted my life; you
have ruined me-" Here she grasped
him frantcally. you have Knocked
at my sulferings. By right of suffer
ing you belong to me, for
YOU have made me what | am. ="
She stood trembling with emotion,
while the audience sat spellbound.
She reeled and fell behind the third
entrance, and as she fell she was
caught in the arms of Mr.. Frank
Irving, who tried to soothe her, but
she threw HIM violently aside, ex-
claiming: He has ruined me; he
has made me what | am Between
the play and the reality the audience
was at loss to judge, but judging
from the manner in which she fought
on the stage and defied strong men to
touch her, soon showed that she was
suffering from mental alteration.
After awhile she was led away and
taken to the Markham house, when
DR.. Gray was summoned to treat her.
She is Of a highly nervous organiza-
ton.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-25
Wedding Fashions.
ITarper's Weekly

The invitations are engraved ON
note paper, and do not contain the
card Of the groom. When there is
only one daughter in the family the
Christian name of the bride is omitted
otherwise her name, like that of the
groom, is given in full. If a recep-
ton is to follow the ceremony, a
smaller card, stating that the parents
will be Eat home" at an hour desig-
mated, goes with the invitation.
The wedding dress, if the lady is tall,
is of heavy stamped or embossed vel
vet or brocade, but, as these do not
look so well on small figures, petite
brides may wear satin or even less
heavy material. 1t is perfectly pro
per to trim the most elaborate dress
with imitation lace, and plenty of it..
THE princess shape, says our au-
thOrity, seems to be yielding to the
basque and pointed front, the back
very boufFant and the sleeves univer-
sally gathered in at the top-a terrible
/ foreboding of the mutton-leg sleeve OF
our prandmothers, which is a fashion
now about due. These dresses open
/ in front to show a petticoat of satin,
or at least satin trimmed. The bridal
/ flowers arenoIonger orange blossoms,
but white roses. lilacS, daisies and
snow-drops. The veil, if one is worn,
must be of real lace aud pinned with
a diamond. The gems are the dia-
monds and pearl, as of yore; but fash
ion sanctions q brilliant ruby as a
substitute for The latter, A ruby and
a diamond set at an angle, are the
correct thing for an engagement ring.
The train must be long, the white
glove ditto, with the ring finger cut,
so that it can be removed without
drawing off the glove.
The bridesmaids should be dressed
alike. but not in white. Pale pink is in
better form. The groom may dress
pretty much as he pleases, but the
strictly correct style is a black Prince
Albert frock-coat, grey or pear
trousers, dark plain waist, cat rather
high, a high collar to plain scarf
pin, black stovepipe hat and a pain
Of gray gloves are to be carried in the
hands No gentleman, from the
groom to the usher, is to wear ms
gloves.
The marriage bell has gone out, II
its stead is now a Japenese umbrella
OF flowers, in Difference to a japanese
superstition that the umbrella keep,
stf not only rain, but hailstones an0
/ evil spirits; everything, in fact, bar
poverty and its attendant evils. The
wedding presents are not to be exhi
bited though thSre is no Introduction
to their being sent.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-25
Death From the Bite eff a Horse.

Sir Gohn Humphreys, Coroner for
East Middlesex held an inquest yes
terday September 2Oth) at the Weav-
ers' Arms Tavern, Whitechapel, on
the body of William Johnson, a labor
er. Ellen Southern, No. 80 Dorset
street, Spitaldelds, stated she was the
deputy of common lodging house,
and the deceased had lodged there
during the last eighteen months.
When lie returned home ON Thursday
last the witness noticed that his face
was bound up, and on inquring the
cause the deceased told her that he had
been bitten in the face by pony, but
he did not say where it occurred. On
the Friday he became very i'll, and an
order was obtained for his admission
into the Whitechapel Infirmary.
Emily e. Walker, paid nurse at the
Whitechapel Inlirmary, stated that
deceased was admitted on Friday, suf-
fcrng from an inflamed jaw and also
a wound on the right eye and temple.
After his admission he became delir-
GUS, and remained so up to the time of
death, which occurred ON Wednesday
last. Mr.. Perkins Case, assistant medi-
cal officer at the Whitechapel Intirm-
airy, stated that when he saw the de-
ceased he found him suffering from
confused and lacerated wounds over
the right eye, which brought on cry
sipelas, and this was the cause of his
death. The jury returned verdict in
accordance with the medical evidence,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-25
A Cat That Prefers Elevators.
New York Tribune


The Tribune elevator car had start
ed on its upward trip last evening and
the elevator boy was gazing upward
into its furthest corner, evidently lost
in rGverie. Presently there came a
distinct call in the shape of a plaintive
"Miaouw. - The elevator boy checked
his car forthwith ON level with the
floor whence the sound came, There
was no one to be seen, and the small
est boy would have been visible
Going up" asked the elevator
boy
'tMaouw, maouw was repeated
The elevator boy slid open the door
and a gray cat walked demurely in,
sprang upon the seat and began lick
INC her paws until two floors had been
passed. when she uttered another cry
and sprang down before the doorway.
The car stopped, the door was opened
and Tabby passed out.
rs She a regular passenger was
asked.
is shes" said the elevator boy, "oi
course She is. She lives In the build
ing, size does. She never walks up OF
down stairs 'cept ON Sunday. when the
elevator amt running IN front. II
I it's evening she uses the back eleva
tor
/ tWhere is she going now
"Shes Just dropping in to see
friend of hers. He's a lawyer, and ht
often stays late TO write and she goe.
in and sits on the table and watche,
him, and he gives her bit of some
thing to eat. In bout an hour, before
my TINS mp, she'll come back to 60 Z
the top floor Mebbe she'll stop lit
tie i'm the editorial rooms; then She
. goes mp to the restaurant She Away.
gets there about IL o'clock, when tn,
printers get their lunch They al
know her
Sometimes he added. she sit
down IN the car and keeps me compa
nv for awhile She amt any bother
She knows how to behave herself
great deal better than some Of then
lawyers and sharp chaps who are al
ways asking Teller whether he's 20
ing to get married, and how his girl
She goes all around downtown b,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-25
UnaccommOdating.
Arkansaw Traveller.

While the Governor of Arkansar Y
was at the Louisville Exposition, he
was presented with a suit Of clothes
made of Arkansaw cotton. Shortly
after his return, old Simon, the pol
itician, called on the Chief Execu-
tive
II heahs, Gubner, dat ia gin You q
suit ub clothes while yer was up yam
der.
eyes, made within forty-eight
hours after the cotton reached Louis
vile
Hump. Dat was bout lack goin'
in de cotton-patch nakid an comm
out wild a coat on. What yer gwine
ter do wild de garments GuonerT
Il shall always keep the clothes as
a souvenir
"Urwhat2 Blame eff dat amt gram
mar fur yer"
81 mean that l shall always keep
the clothes as a pleasant reminder OF
the great display made by our State. y
Use sorry ter heah you talk in dat
way"
why"
Case / wants de clothes myself.
Yerse'f already got par oh britches
an a coat, while my britches ken hard
ly hole me, an my coat amt fifteen tc
war Gimme dat suit 90 close an
I'll inshore dat yer won't fergit de
splay made by de State, fer eberytimC
/ see yer I'll mind yer oh de fack.
What ver amt irvine ter mart wild dC
garments2 'Nutf said Next time
yer sticks up yer head for Office / hits
it shore. Good day, sab. Ef yer
wants dat coal fotchd up, fotch it NJ
verse'fn
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-25

and, feeling his way to the window
asked the name of the visitor Tbe
name was given and proved to be that
of an Irish friend who had taken tbs
way of holding a little chat with him
The voice could not be mistaken and
the prisoner had no suspicion of there
being anything mysterious about the
matter or anything wrong. The Wis.,.
tor in bidding him good bye told him
that he had left some tobacco for him
with the jailer. In themeantime Jailer
Schontz, hearing the voices, staid out
side to see who was there, and though
he could hear the talk could discover
no one The next day the prisoner in.
sisted on the 1ailer giving him the
tobacco which his friend had left for
him, and was quite indignant when
told that his friend had left none. The
same sort of an occurrence was re-
peated with other prisoners. The col
ored boy who was lately imprisoned
for stealing a watch, was called for
the other night by some one outside.
and on coming to the window held
quite a conversation with colored
friend of his, in which he talked over
his case quite freely, but jailer Schontz
could nst discoyerany one. The color
ed boy the next day was equally earn
est in demanding the packages of
smoking tobacco his friend had left
with the jailer, but Of course the jailer
had no such package. In none Of these
cases could Jailer Schontz discover
that any one had been round the out
side of The Jail.
The pulling matter has now been
Strengthened out and its mystery solv-
ed. The young man, Fred Hill, con
fined in jail on the charge of being a
confidence man, seems to be at the
bottom of the whole affair and the
cause of the manifestations. He is a
remarkable mimic and needs only to
hear mans voice once to be able to
duplicate it. He is also a good deal of
a ventrilOquist, and these two features
of his own vocal ability, aided by the
peculiar construction of the Jail and
the location of his cell, have enabled
him at night to throw his voice out
side, so that ii appears to prisoners
on the south side of the Jail as if
there was some one at the window
calling them. He has used his ventrilo-
quism for much amusement, and by
learning a prisoners name and some
thing Of his history, by the prisoners
mingling during the daytime, has been
we'll informed for a midnight chat
with them, impersonating some friend
or relative. To add to the enjoyment,
he has invariably added the tobacco
postscript at the close Of the converse
ton, thus causing the prisoner to
bother Jailer Schontz by insisting on
having what their friends left for
them
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-25
WHERE Is HEAVEN ?

Two little children, weeping sore,
Went wandering slowly down lhe stree
Poor waits upon iife's stormy shoie
With shiycring forms and NAKED Ieett
And when they met me, as they saw
Their noes had touched my sympathles'
The oldest turned TO me and cried
~Oh. do you know where hoeyen Isl
sour father died O year ago,
And mother tO.I as. when ne dita'
Thathe had crossed river deep,
And heaven w5s on the other side
And when we asked her where he was,
She always said In heaven know
mad told us we could go To him.
On, tell MS, tell us, where to 60.
"Dear mother died a week ago,
And Robbie cries for her all day
We want TO 20 where mother rs,
Is heaven SO ny far away
on. plant Of little, sorrowing hearts,
Earehs universal cry is tins,
That you've So early learned 20 ask
Who knows, who knows, where heaven lst
Poor little seekers after heaven,
Poor little waits on jfe bleak shore
Some day your feet VIII find the way
That gives You back your lost once more
The only answer ! can give
To any answer such as THIS
From tuose who miss mother race
Is Heaven IS where that mother a
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-25
A Prize Fighters Wife.
New York Journal.

Arthur Chambers, the hero of
several prize fights, has a wife who
has helped him save a tidy sum of
money. He has house in Philadel-
phia called the champions Rest, F"
and Mrs. Chambers helps look out for
the business. She is a good-sized
woman, with plenty Of muscle and
won't allow any disturbance in the
Champions Rest when she is about
Mrs. Chambers is not what you call a
woman of great intelligence or must
cal accomplishments, but she is a
good wife aud has a keen eye to bust
ness. Arthur must have got together
since he was married, property and
money of, at least $40, 600. !"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-25

For some time past there have been
strange doings at the jail, which have
given the impression that the place
must be haunted Every few nights
some prisoner would hear his name
called bv some one outside of the jail
and. gong TO the nearest window,
would ia the darkness carry on CON
versaton with some friend or relative.
who failed to materiaiize however. A
short time ago man who was put I'M
Jail for assaultiug his brotheriu-law
with a razor and cutting his throat
badly. heard some one calling him al
the window He got out 81 lis bunk
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-25
Perils of Leadyille Journalism.
Letter to The Kansas CITY journal.


For exhilarating journalism com
mend me to Leadville, even as it is to-
day. Entering tho Herald Office l was
shown into Mr.. Abbott's private sane
tuary, and the first thing my eye rest
ed upon was a handsome, new double
barreled gun leaning up against the
editorial desk.
ooh l don't place my main reliance
in that" observed Mr. Abbott Il
keep these beauties for real emergen-
cies, and he pulled acouple of silver
mounted revolvers from his hip peck
cts. "These l can command at an in
stants notice. But it is nothing now
to what it was in those early days
when l first started out to tell fearless
Nv in print what | honestly thought.
Many an editorial have | written with
a cooked revolver in one hand. Many
an anonymous squib have l received
announcing that 1 was doomed; and
many a time have I been unable to see
any means of escape when a noisy
mob was pressing about me. 1t hap
pens to be q little exciting Just now,
but in general things are very subdu-
ed in comparison with what they used
to be-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-25
AWoman's Sacrifice.


At "a late hour the other night,
from certain signs about the cell of
Joseph Hussy, am old State-prison of
fender in Alameda Jail for burglary,
the iailers suspected that he was up to
some game and made a sudden de
scent on his cell A thorough search
was made, but not a single suspicious
circumstance was ascertained. 1t then
occurred to the jailers that they would
make an inspection of the outside of
the cell. Here there search was re-
warded, for under the window of Hus-
sey's cell they found an immense
quantity of woman's hair, partly plait-
ed into small cord, and connected
with the cell by single hair line. 1t
is quite evident that some woman with
a tender spot in her heart for the pris-
oner has sacrificed her hair in an en-
deavor to assist him to escape. The
hair IS black, immense in quantity,
and the tresses over three feet long.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-25

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 19.-The Uni
ted States life boat exercises this
morning at Ocean Beach, on the Pa
cidc ocean were a great failure.
When the boat was 800 yards from
the shore, the life boat capsized, the
men in cork jackets reached land
safely, but Capt Ellis in command,
owing to whose carelessness the acct
dent is attributed, was with difficulty
rescued
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-25

herself she does. The other morning
one of the fellows saw her down in
Fulton Market. She knew him and
came up andrubbed against his legs
top floor here, sir, if you want to get
ont ~
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-25
MnddIed hr TMo.cent Poslnge.

The postoflice department at Wash
ington is receiving many letters Of in
curry about the new postal rates. 1T
is queer said a prominent official of
the department, what vague ideas
most people have upon such subjects.
The change in postage is a good Illus
tration. 1t is plain and simple as pos
sible. The domestic letter rate has
been changed from 8 cents to 2 cents.
That is all Yet we have hundreds
of letters from postmasters, not to
speak of other people, asking if the old
2-cent stamps were good, if the news
paper postage and wrappers We're still
the same, if the local city postage was
affected, if old Scent stamps were
good, and the like. The answer we
made is that all stamps are good, and
that it costs 2 cents for each half
onnce to send letter anywhere in
the United States. There is some rea-
son for supposing the local rate was
proportionately reduced, but as amat-
ter of of fact, it was not done For
eign postage is unchanged, except
that under the provisions of the pos
tage treaty with Canada, letters to
that country are sent at our domestic
rate, which is now cents.