The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-12-23
Brief News Ifems.

p'orer. mas arrived NJ Lisbon from L0andO
The village OF verio, in the Valley o,
Poschirvo, Switzerland, has been destroyed
by fire.
King Milan has pardoned four hundred
peasants convicted Of completely In the
Seryan Instruction.
Fourteen thousand cotton operatives In
North and East Lancashire are idle in con-
sequence OF the strike. One-haIi OF the
looms at Blackburn have been stopped.
The injury to the right shoulder OF the
Car by being thrown n m A sledge Is
painful, but Is not considered as endanger-
ing his life.
Mexican banana. planters get three crops
year. The plant Is cultivated far more
easily than any grain or tuber In the north
ern ATTITUDES, and the fruit Is more nutri-
tious.
AT recent meeting OF the City Council
OF Jacksonville, Florida, the inebriated con-
dition OF the clerk was so apparent that a
motion prevailed for an adjournment until
the official sobered up.
The mine inspectors report for Noyem-
W HbV"o 1hbl III tuC OltSNlllt. SlltLlOhlD,
aud shenandoah. pa districts there were
mined last month 1,0SO,631 tons of anthrs-
cite coal. in the production OF which ti-
teen miners were killed and thrty-four Sc
yerely injured.
A Scotch immigration scheme. assisted
by Miss NJ. ID. Mcleod. OF Dundee, Scot
land, VIII go into practical operation soon,
and a party OF one hundred and twenty
I'VE souls will arrive in North Carolina
about the last OF January. The State au-
lhorities have promised to assist in settling
the strangers.
The observatory on the summit OF Ben
Nevis is now in full working order. and
the manager and his assistants are COM
fortably housed for the winter. The last
OF the stores were conveyed to the top OF
the mountain with the utmost difficulty,
through snow which In some places was
fourteen feet deep.
The sentence OF the court-martial In the
case OF Lieutenant Uriel Sebree, lately in
command Of the United States steamer
Pinto, to suspension from rank and duty
for period OF three years, and to retain
his present number during suspension, aud
to be reprlmanded in general orders. has
been mltigated by the Secretary OF the
Navy to a public reprlmand only.
Miss Marion T. Cobb, daughter OF the late
General Thomas Il. X. Cobb, Of Confederate
Wednesday at Atlanta, Ga. Miss Cobb l.
q niece Of the late Howell Cobb, who died
Ia New York in 1868. He founded, shortly
after her death, as 4 memorial TO a de-
ceased daughter, "The Lucy Cobb Insti-
tute." an educational college for young
women, at Atlanta.
The suit Of Major J. p. Harold against
the New York Elevated railroad for $780,
600 for damages received in q collision on
the road in 1879 has been terminated by
the company paying Major Harold the
$4,000 which was awarded by the jury in
the first trial OF the case. IL is said the
company has spent over 100000 IN its de-
fence and in efforts to avoid the payment
Of the damages awarded.
Adyices from Los Vegas, n. NJ, indicate
great excitement among the citizens with
regard to the late gold discoveries. Gold
is said to have been found In paying guam
titles on LOT at Hot Springs, owned by a
prominent resident Of Topeka. few days
ago, by two miners employed to assist in
eXcayating ground for the new 100000
courthouse. Some Colorado capitalists
are already on the ground investigating
the extent and richness Of the deposits.
The first loom. it is stated, ever made in
the South, was put in operation in the At
lanta Cotton Factory last week. 1t was
made by the Georgia Mill Supply Compa-
n.y." OF Atlanta, and the superintendent
SAYS il is the best loom ir the factory. The
Supply Company claims that it can under
sell the Eastern loom-mak6rs, because iron,
coal, labor, and wood are cheaper at Atlanta.
They have Just finished an order for nifty
looms, and have several hundred Others
ordered
The North German Gazette states that
p -ince Bismarck entirely cOncurs with
Herr Puttkamer, Minister Of the Interior,
IN opposing secret voting at elections foT
the lower house OF the Prussian Diet
Prince Bismarck, that paper says, has
even expressed himself favorable to uni
yersal suffrage, provided that public voting
| is adhered 10. The existing SYSTEM OF &c
cret voting Il elections for the Reichstaa
German ParliamenD is detrimental TO lm-
perial institutions, and must eventually be
modified.
Mile. Coiombier has written a letter to
the Figaro, in which she says she regrets
that she wrote the Memoirs OF Sarah
Barnum," because the book has caused
such a discussion. She declares that Nine
Bernhard was wrong In supposing herself
10 be the imaginary heroine alluded to 10
the book. Mile. Colombier continues
/" Neither her dagger nor herself, nor the
cutlass OF NJ Rlchepin, touched me. Con
cealed behind a window-curtain, | wit
messed all that passed. VI. Richepir
wounded one OF my friends, who was en-
deavoring to prevent him from entering
nv apartments. Nine. Bernhard never
complained about my book until iniudi
cious friends prompted her to do So"