The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-12-29

Bismarck. d. r., Is overburdened Will
taxes and debts.
nLady suffrage" Is what they call It In
Z Washington Territory.
/ The latest census gives Washington Ter
ritory population OF 0l,50s.
Tho suez canal receipts for the hrst
eleven months Of this year were sl2,o9o.'
000--a gain OF sl,0lS.0O0 over the same
period Inst year.
| A severe shock Of earthquake has been
felt nj Zepec, In Bohemia, causing the IN
habitants OF the town to flee to the neigh
boring fields.
lean Baptiste Ciceron Lesueur, the
! architect, and member OF the Paris IN
stitute. Is dead. lie was born In l'vf. Ht
was the author Of many works on archi'
lecture and chronology.
| MFR. Joseph Longworth, the wealthy
benefnctor. OF Cincinnati, Is still very ILL.,
and his recovery is now regarded as most
+, doubtful.
| Professor Marsh, of Yale College, says
concerning the strange specimen, at first
supposed to be pterodactyl, found in the
sound several days ago, that examination
proves it to be the skull OF dolphin Of
i large size.
The case OF Rev. William Mitchell, the
clergyman who was arrested for stealing
book from Boston store. was dismissed
by the cour. yesterday, 1t appearing that
be was insane. He is now in private
asylum.
Four little children-thc eldest only
/ twelye-recently arrived at Grand Rapids,
Mich, having made the trip from the
| Netherlands alone. There was quite 8
sSene between parents and children at The
| station.
Probably the greatest sale OF pictures
that ever occurred Is now going on IN
Paris, and, moreover, Is likely to last fol
several years TO come. There are %, 00t
paintings in all, and were the property OF
the late NJ. Borniche.
Herr Won Gossler, Prussian Minister OF
Ecclesiastical Affairs, has forwarded to the
Bishop OF Kuhn one hundred and nineteen
dispensations for the priests in the diocese
OF Breslau. who have hitherto been de
barred by the May laws from exercising
their functions.
Two hundred Paris students, feeling
offended by an article that had been pub
lished in the Communist journal Cri d,
| People, besieged the Office Of that paper
yesterday evening, and demanded that ;
retraction OF the offensive article should bt
printed. The editor refused to accede &c
their demands. The students dispersed
but were to meet to determine what course
they will adopt in the matter.
There appears to be- revival OF attempts
to destroy life and property Ivy the use OF
explosives. ISside the explosion OF Birk'
enhead on the night OF the 18th. n dyna'
mite cartridge was exploded in Barracb
street, Strabane, County Tyrone, Ireland
Thursday, destroying the roof OF house
A box Of explosives. with fuse attached
has been found on the track OF the Great
Western railway, near Administer, Eng.
land. Had train passed over the box q
serious explosion would have ensued.
Pierre Lorilard, owner Of the steam
yacht Radha, began n suit in admiralty in
New York Thursday in the United States
District Court against the ferry-boat Jer-
sey City, owned by the Pennsylvania Rail
ID Company, for the recovery OF over
So, 900 damages by reason OF collision
which occurred on the Hudson river on the
night OF the 23d OF last June. For the loss
OF the service of his vessel and repairs the
plaintiff sues to recover S7.419.GS; for in
Jury to himself he sues for his physician
bill, $1,000, and for expenses incidental
thereto he suffered damages amounting Ia
$4,000.