The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-12-18
Brief News Items.

several lOl~l> ~ i0f-lcaila. / tAa-. were
burned sunday. causing 10 aggregate loss
oi $4,000: insurance. $4,000. The prin-
cipal loser. are Powell & Strauss $4,000.
insurance 5000. and VI. v. Burse,, 49,
011. insurance $1,000.
During q drunken quarrel AZ Reading,
Pa. sunday. Jacob Finkb0ne stabbed Dan
ED R0thenberger. inhctinl o wound which
the attending physician says viii prove
fatal. Finkb0ne wa, arrested and lodged
in Jail.
II consequence Of the recent break in
the pnce, Of cotton goods. leaving. IL j.
claimed, DO good margin for profit, notices
% a reduction 81 wages were posted ye--
terday in many Of The leading mills ID
Rhode Island.
sunday Waterman Harrington. II The
Newport. r. l.. torpedo station, ,melled
~ escaping from the cellar under The li-
trarv. where ra~cline VA. stored he rn-
tered tbe cellar with q lighted Ian eru.
when au explosion occurred, which sen
ou,V injured Harrington. and caused = uTr
which damaged the library building and
many valubie books.
4 few dsvs $50 Edward +. Baldwin. q
wealthy real-estate dealer 81 NeWaTk. y. j..
went 70 the forest, OF Wyoming county.
Pa. hunti1g. he va, accom- panied by
W. :. Cannon and ). z. Burnett. On
Friday be- got lost IN the forests. and otter
a search Of several hour, Wa found dead
with hi. dog aicLiug beside 3D.. BODY.
lie bad died OF beari-dl>e4-e. from which
he bad suffered FOR years.
4 passenger on a train arriving al II.
Louis. on Tuesday. Wa found % be very
sick md was removed 70 The hospital. Zoe
doctor pronounced Dob, compliant % be
apoulexy. and his pockets were examined
10 ascertain his identity. skeleton KEYS
and complete outfit FOR q burglar eX-
planned hi, mission. From 2 letter in hi,
pOcket his name j supposed 10 b. Jasper.
The highest velocity that ha, been ind
parted ~ shot j. gwen - l.G26 feet pei
second. beng equal % d mile IN b. sec
oud. The velocity 81 Tie earth a the
equator. due 10 rotation 90 if axis. D, one
thousand mile. pr hour, or mile in 80
second: and thus. il cannon ball were
fired due west, and could maintain IL.
initial velocity. II would beat The sun in il,
apparent Journey round the earth.
seven month, AGO Walter Murcb. o.
Fssf Addingt0n. Maine. dropped 3 valua.
bIe ring into . pen 10 which there vas q
Dig month old. The ring Wa supposed
10 be lot. When the pig wa eight months
aid II was killed. and the ring found about
IL tongue. uuiuiured. Il elcircled The
tongue tao and o hail iDche, from the end.
and. Of course, almost divided that organ
In short time longer the end Of ia,
tongue must have dropped Of.
Another letter ha, been sent from th'
Metropolitan Railway employe, 10 Mr.
Lowell in reply 10 his statement that tber'
va. no evidence 10 show the completely o
snv American in the recent explosion a
~. Praed- street station. The auihOriiie
n tbe railway say they were advised
through the home Office. from information
IRON New York, that an explosion hse
f..an Manned. and they adduce other eyi
deuce that the Oufrages were conceded il
Amrrics. Ir. Lowell has acknoW iedgeC
rbs receipt II the communication.
Al Halifax. n. :. sunday. Ere destroyed
the Queen building. occupied BY the Queen
Guardan and Union Insurance Offices; V
Gibson. clOthler: Grah3In. Iufier a
BORDEN. mrristers; the spanish consulate
s,d several other Offices. The total loss i,
sS1 600: insurance, $50, 600. in The Queens
I povsl. North British, and western compa
r;es A clerk nsmed Edward OConnOr
sred fffy-six, who slept in the building
w,s sufocsied. The remains, with The
head missing, were found in the doris
sunday SfternOon The family Of The isni
tor with the exception Of niece, Marths
RoIytiljer. who received fatal injuries, e.
esred safely by jumping 10 roof sdioin.
ing the building.