The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-01-20
Rricf News Items.

Fire-lnspectOr EStbroOk, OF New York,
has ordered hotels in that city to have con-
structed additional fire-escapes.
Canon Wilkinson has been appointed TO
the bishopric of Truro, to succeed Most
Rev. Edward Benson, made Archbishop OF
Canterbury.
A great many Alabamians continue to
leave for Texas. It is said that the negroes
in many places have caught the fever and.
are leaving in large numbers.
The entire material necessary TO COM
plete the Jacksonville and II. Augustine
railroad i on ils way to Jacksonville, in
Guiding four Schooner-load> OF steel rails.
Thursday morning woman in male at
tire WAS run over on the Baltimore and
OHIO railroad and fatally injured. She ap-
pcared to be about fifty years OF age, and
refused 10 give any account OF hcrprcYiouS
history.
The Figaro asserts that Prince Jerome
Napoleon now regrets that he eliminated
phrase contained in the draft OF his mani
fcsto. rs follows: "Whoeyer he may be,
the elect OF the people will be their only
legitimate Chief"
John \. Ollcr, of Franklin county. Pa.
Daid visit to q young lady Of WaynesbOro'
Sunday. She lett the room for few mo-
mcnts. and on her return found Ollor lying
on the tloor in q pool Of blood, with n pis-
toll wound in hi, head and revolver IN his
hand. lie will recover.
The police Of New York have been noti-
fed Of the mysterious disappearance OF
Charles Brown, q book-kcepcr, and nine
year-old girl named Florence. Brown
drew $500 yesterday. and since has not
been heard from. The Florence girl has
run away from home two or three times be-
fore.
Various accounts from Constantinople
state that there was IN atlray on Saturday
between two regiments OF the Palace
Guard, one OF them composed Of Alba
mans and the other Of African Arabs, be-
tween whom bitter hereditary Jealousy
exists. About fifty Of the combatlntS
were killed or wounded. There was no.
thing political in the affair.
In November last, Almatia Heal OF
Lincolnwillc. Me-, died under suspicious
circumstances. Her body was afterwards
eybumed. and the stomach aualyzed by
chemist. who reports that he found ,utii-
cient strychnae TO cause death. since
Miss Heals death her mother has been M
sane, and has constantly talked about holu-
ing a poisoned cup 10 her daughter lpS.
1t is generally believed the glrl was mur-
dered.
A Victoria (B. c. telegram says: On
Tuesday, AT Point Roberts, on the Amcrl-
can side OF the boundary, a Canadian
named Harris and an American named
Mitchell quarrclled about land clam.
The latter attempted 10 shoot The former
but during the struggle which cnsued the
gun was discharged without eject:
Mitchell then dubbed the weapon ana
beat Harris to death. mutilating him hcrri-
blv. The murderer then crossed into the
British territory, and has 50 far eludcd ar
rest.
DR.. c. X. Mctcalf, Jr., OF Louisville, be-
came slave 10 morphine. He consulted
with several brother practitioners, who adj
yised him 10 substitute whiskey, gradually
lessening the quantity until his appetite
was restored to normal condition. lie
tried the plan, but the amount OF alcohol
necessary to compensate for the loss OF the
opium threw him into delirium tremens IN
week. Then be was deprived Of the
stimulant, too, and the result was such
depression that he swallowed arsenic, IN
tending to Kill himself.
A Shreveport, La, telegram says News
has been received here of the explosion
Wednesday OF an engine on the Mansfield
Tap railway, branch Of the New Orleans
Pacific, a, the depot at Mansfield. Engl-
neer Shackleford, Tom Mays, fireman;
Jerry Hardy, brakeman (the latter two col
ored). were instantly killed. Mrs. lngliss
and Mr.. Hanson, telegraph-operators at
Marthaville, were mortally wounded. MI.
Taylor, freight agent, aud several Others
were seriously hurt. The body OF Tom
Mays was blown fifty yards, passing
through plank fence. Scarcely yestige
OF the wreck was left on the track.