The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-24
Brief EcWG Items.

The King OF Cambodia has rendered TO
General Halderman, United States Minister
IN Siam. the decoration Of "the ROYAL Or
der of NOrodom l." with the rank OF COM
mander. This is an honor rarely shown
TO foreigners, and is partly in recognition
of General Halderman's efforts to connect
Siam and Cambodia by telegraph, and es-
pecialy as a compliment to the United
States.
Henry Stein, Of Harrisburg, aged forty
five years, who was connected with band
OF gypsies who camped across the river
from Sunbmy, was bitten by Newfound-
lana dog in the leg and arm on Monday
afternoon. He refused medical aid, and
drank quantity OF whiskey. In the eve
ming he commenced to bark and bite like
dog, and refused water. He died shortly
afterward in great agony.
A Wilmington Del.) telegram says:
Captain John w. Scott, OF the schooner NJ.
Colbourn, this morning took dose Of
strychnne on his vessel at Seaford, then
Jumped overheard and was drowned.
Business and physical troubles are sup
posed to have caused the act. He told his
friends he intended to commit suicide, and
only DELAYED doing so because his son was
away from home. The deceased was fifty
four years old, and leaves a wife and four
grown-up children. His body was re-
covered this morning.
The Lowell (Mass.) Mail says: "The
fall in telephone stock in New England
since the vote to consolidate was passed by
the companies causes uneaSiness among
the stockholders, and rumorS are current
that break will occur and the companies
continue under their present management.
Unless there IS a sudden rise in the stock,
which is to be part OF the consolidation,
we are assured by large stockholders that
the Executive Committee will be request
ed not to consummate the transaction ut
present"
Some time ago the Secretary Of the Trea-
sury ordered the removal OF Mr.. Boughton,
keeper OF the lighthouse ut st. Joseph,
Mich. and the appointment Of Mr.. Platt
to succeed him. Mr.. Boughton has in-
formed the Treasury Department that he
does not propose TO give up his place, and
the officials are in quandary rs 10 what Is
best TO be done in the matter. lie is in
possession OF the lighthouse and refuses to
allow his successor to take charge OF it. 1t
looks as though legal measures will have
to be resOrted to in order to put Mr.. Platt
in possession OF his office.
Mrs. Josephine Bocbere was arrested at
Buffalo Wednesday night. charged with
attempting TO procure poison with which
10 kin her husband. She made her wants
known to a druggist, who told her to call
again. In the mean time the police were
notified, and on the woman's second visit
they were secreted in the drugstore and
overheard her demands. The woman was
given a harmless mixture. Mr.. Bochcre
has on several occasions been taken i'll. and
believes that his sickness was caused by
poison being placed in his food. Mrs .Bo-
cbere is possessed OF some property, and
has lately been receiving attentions OF one
OF her boarders.
A young lady living in Philadelphia,
who was not satisfied with the gifts that
nature bestowed upon her, after vainly
irving various preparations TO improve her
beauty, was finally advised to use arsenic.
Unfortunately pharmaceutical lectures had
not been included in her high-school edu-
cation. and she ate the death-dealing drug
as she would eat sugar. Violent vomiting
soon set in, and, becoming frightened, she
told OF what she had done, and physl-
clan was summoned. A stomach-pump
was brought into requisition,. and power
ful emetics were administered, but all tilat
night the misguided girl lay at the point OF
death. She is now out OF danger, ana IL Is
safe to say that she will try no more such
experiments.
In compliance with request made Dy
the proprietors OF one Of the popular patent
medicines which are widely sold through
out this country under the general name
OF " bitters," the Commissioner OF Internal
Revenue Wednesday rendered decision
with regard to the liability OF such quasi
medicinal preparations to special tax rs
beverages. He holds that where the bit
ters are sold Ia good faith as a medicine no
special tax since July will be required.
Analysis OF the particular specimen OF
btters upon which the decision was rem
dered showed the following result Abb
solute alcohol, 80 per cent; water, 04 per
cent. essential oils and fiayoripg extracts,
4 per cent. Upon this analysis II was esti-
mated that the sample contained 81 per
cent. Of ordinary whiskey.