The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-10-26
Rricf News IfQns.

The noted one-eyed horse-thef, Johr
Frankfort, who was one OF the dozen con
victs who recently escaped from Lancaster
pa jail, has been arrested at Akron. OHIO
Frankfort is well known in the western
part OF Maryland having been concerned
in horse-stealing there.
The orange crop Of Florida this year. il
is estimated, will amount to 102, ,000, ,O0C
oranges. or 100000 boxes, against $50, ,00(
boxes last year. 1t will require 24,00C
cars to transport this crop, and as the yield
promises to double every year, these figures
will attain enormous proportions by the
| end OF the present decade.
ViScOuntess Combermere recently enter
! tanned q party OF twelve at luncheon. The
| table-decoratiOns consisted OF white DTes.
den china ornaments and tazzas filled with
laminated grasses and bouquets OF white
and scarlet geraniums. Beneath the GEN.
ire epergne and at each end sf the table
stars were arranged Of laminated grasses.
sprinkled with shed geranium petals.
A New York special says Thomas
Young, formerly n clerk in the Revenue
Department, but who latterly kept a liquor
saloon in BROOKLYN. this afternoon delibe-
rately shot his wife in the abdomen, in.
flicting q wound that will cause death.
After the shooting, and when he was under
arrest, he begged Of his wife TO say that
the shooting was accidental.
One day recently covered wagon,
drawn by one horse, and occupied by q
man, woman, and dog, passed through
Eastern New York from Massachusetts.
on the way to Florida. They were going
m 4 fIor E.cfrr,, ChO,a of Ntrs,,,, 10
and go from there to Norfolk by steamer.
and drive from Norfolk to Florida. They
had already driven all the way from Massa-
chuSetts.
The death OF two students of Yale Col
leee last week and the fact that another
one is lying az the point of death is crea-
ting some excitement at New Haven, Conn.
Mr.. Lawrence, of New York city, and the
Rev. Richard II. Dumble both died OF ma
larial fever, and Charles c. Wheelock, OF
MantoOnville, Wis, is momentariy expect
ed to die with the same disease and pneu-
monis.
A Strasburg telegram says: A great sen-
satiOn has been caused here by two myste.
rious murders. One of the victims was an
apothecary's assistant, whose body was
found ieariully wounded. The other was
a military sentinel, who was found lying
on the ground near his post with his head
crushed in. The motives for the commits
sion OF the murders are unknown. No ar
rests have been made.
The Rev. NJ. T. Rogers, colored clergy
man. having occasion to perform some
ministerial functions at the upper end OF
his parish, in Louisiana, boarded freight
train at New Iberia before daylight on Sat-
urday, intending to take free ride, and
made himself fast to the end OF the car
with q rope. He lost his grip, however,
and fell, and was dragged long distance
before his dead body was found.
The sheriff of Harrison county, Missis-
sippi, was reported to have been killed a
short time ago while arresting prisoner.
Since then he has in person denied the
truth OF the report, and q Mississippi eX-
change " doesn't see how the story could
have been imposed on the paper, but as
Sheriff Bond called yesterday to say that he
was not injured, there seems to be no
further doubt but it was all lie."