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

A drought il beginning to prevail nearly
sll over Florida.
A disratch from Salt Lake City says that
the Utah part OF President Arthtrs mes
sage Il received with demonstrations OIL
Joy by the " Americans in that city.
French orchardists, who have out over
4, OO0, 900 cider-apple trees, are advised 10
plant more crab-apples, as they are s'ipe-
rior 10 others for making champagne-wine
for shipment 10 the United States.
II is asserted in Boston that some men,
beers Of the City Council during the past
year have eaten and drunk more at the
city's expense than they ever did at their
own cost in ten years.
Boston's Law and Order League never
brings a suit on evidence obtained by a
spy. In that way IL finds places where
LIQUOR Ia sold, but waits for other and
legitimate proofs before commencing an
action.
During n shower at Port Hope, Canada,
the other day, few trout, from three to
hive inches long. came down in the rain,
and when put into water whipped their
tails with apparent qualification at hnding
tDeinStiNcS dIOdt again..
/ William White, q black bootblack Mt a
Louisville hotel, blackened thirteen pairs
of boots sunday, and in one OF them found
three so grcenbacks. which none OF The
boot-owners recognized as their property,
aud he was obliged to keep it.
A Kansas Pacific passenger train. which
had been snow bound for thIrty-six hours,
arrived at Denver on Friday evening.
The train stuck IN the snow-drifts a hun
bred miles from Denver, and was only re-
lieved by relief party with three engines
and snow-plows. The coal on the belea-
guered train had given out, and the passen-
gers must have suffered had not the reiief
party arrived.
At 12:40 o'clock, at Way Cross, Ga, sun
day. the Savannah fast mail train ran into
a Brunswick and Western passenger train
at the crossing of the two roads. The en-
CINE OF the Savannah tram struck the mail
car OF the other train, throwing 1t up
against the Brunswick and Western depot
and completely wrecking the building and
car. A colored boy, who was on the plat
form, was instantly killed.
The drugstore OF C.. c. Davis, Of Wal
DOlc. N. H., WAS tDttItu ~ uISIdiS Odt-
urday night The safe was blown open
and robbed Of between $1,000 and $4,000
in bonds. securities of various kinds, and
cash. Most Of the bonds are registered,
and are not negotiable. Three men, who
left Bellows Falls on the ''owl" train for
Springfield Sunday morning, are sus-
pected.
At the school for telegraphy In Ann Ar
Dor, one OF the students has not the use OF
his arms, yet he sends and receives mes
sages all right. On the table in front OF
him is = pencil and stick. Taking the
pencil between his teeth he can write a
good bandit that is what one would call
it-and with the stick in his mouth and
resting on the key he can send messages
at the rate OF about seventeen words per
minute. His name is Manly Shotwell, OF
Concord, jackson county.
Nelly Cooley, aged twenty-five, daughter
OF Dewitt Clinton Cooley, of st. Paul, Mimi,
who has been making her home with Ma
th1niel Rutter, a wealthy merchant OF Phlla-
delphia, left her room early this morning and
las not since been heard Of She has been
suffering from melanchOlia, and 1t is feared
that she has committed suicide by throwing
herself into the Susquehanna. The river is
being dragged this evening by policemen
and detectives.