The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-09-06

| In emulation OF the Confederafe-bouds
claimants. Pole Is about 10 sue The French
Government for repayment Of 2.oo0, 900
francs which one OF his ancestors loaned
to Louis XIV.
NJ. De Bebian. agent OF the Transatlantic
Steamship Company. felegraphed to Lon
don and Plymouth Monday directing the
agents there 10 investigate the unfounded
rumor of the loss Of the steamship
Amerique. and II the authors Of the canard
were discovered 70 prosecute them TO the
full extent az the law.
II Is understood, says Washington tele-
gran. that Maior Lydecker aud Captain
Greene now have under consideration
plan for an underground system OF wiros
within the city limits. and The District
Telephone Company will shortly begin the
work OF laying mile OF wires under
ground for the purpose OF experiment.
TIE steamship Macedonia, which arrived
at New York Tuesday. reports having
taken or the captains wife and two children,
the mate and bis wife. and six Of the Grew
OF the Swedish bark David, which vessel
they were obliged to abandon. The cap
tain, second mate, and carpenter bad been
washed overheard before the bark was
sighted By the Macedonia.
young woman living lear Byesyille,
Ohio. was found in her room one morning
with her throat cuf and nearly dead. She
protested that she bad wounded herself
with q razor while suffering from night
mare. and strongly disclained any inten-
ton 70 commit suicide. II Is believed that
she cannot recover. In TINT State, where
attempt 10 commit suicide i punishable by
imprisonment. the validity Of the plea that
the self-iniuTy was inflicted while The per-
son was asleep has not yet been tested.
The city Of Devils Lake. Dakota, known
10 the postal authorities as Crcelsburc, is
no. ye; one hundred days old. but already
choice lots in il are sold as high a. $1,000
apiece. II has seven large hotels, two
banks. two papers, and many shops and
factories. ii is situated on Devils Lake,
aud owing 10 it, many natural attractions
is known as the Saratoga 81 Dakota."
The coolest inhabitants " are already be-
ginning TO tell tall stories Of the infancy OF
the rapidly-growing town.
A collision occurred Monday night on
the Delaware railroad. near Green Spring,
Del. which was caused by runaway loco
motive from Clayton. which was started by
tramp who was seen 10 board il and then
lump of. The souih-bound passenger
train. which was running fast, met the To-
connective. and both engines were wrecked.
William Collier. fireman, was badly scalded,
ard several passengers received trifiiDg in
iuries. Engineer McConaghy. Of the pas
senger train. stuck 10 bis post and was un-
! injured.
A special from Springfield, H., says !:
"A private dispatch states that while Com
pany 4, Ninth regiment OF infantry. state
militia, were returning from TIE encamp-
men. Of the Second brigade. they met with
dreadful accident on the 81. Louis and
Evansville railroad. between CarIni and
GRANVILLE. The train, in passing through
small herd Of cattle, ran over some %
them. ana the Cur which The members 81
the company occupied was overturned,
killing nine and wounding fifteen persons.
1 No further particulars were given"
A Berlin telegram states that Prince Bis
marck appeared At ball lately at kissin-
zen in the hest Of moods. and was beset
by crowds OF fair applicants for introduce
/ ton 10 him-one If them, finding no other
means q approach, innocently asked the
ereat man TO fasien her bracelet for her.
! He takes daily walks with his huge mastifl,
the famous Reicbshund, takes the waters
with the regularity Of clock-work, battles,
smokes 4 pipe or two. lays down the law
after dinner, and would be happy and con-
tented but for the Inbred admirers who
dog his goings out and his comings In.
The engineer 'oi a train running be-
tween Norristown and Philadelphia few
nights ago was horribed 10 see just in front
Of the engine the body of 4 man lylnc on
the ends OF the ties outside Of and parallel
with the rails. The train apparently passed
over him before il could be stopped. But
on going back to find his mangled body the
engineer found him entirely unharmed
and SOUND asleep. On being awakened
and told 81 bis narrow escape from death
he exhibited no emotion, but crumbled at
being disturbed. The engine must have
passed within one or two inches Of his
body