The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-07-28
Brief News Items.

AUUlllODal uuNlceS lIOu1 DuIDdl ItElill-
to the death Of King Cetcwayo at the hands
Of the insurgents state that all OF his wives
and many OF his chiefs were also killed.
w. II. Muencl, aged eighteen years, em-
ployed at the steel-works at Harrisburg.
Pa, in attempting to get between the saw
and a hot-bed in the rail-mill, Thursday,
was caught by rail and pierced to the
bowels by the hot metal. lie died ten
hours afterwards.
Near Sparta, Tenn. on Monday last,
james Smith was killed by his step-son,
David W. DuigeS. Smith had beaten his
wife, who is Duiges's mother, with chair,
and when Duiges' heard Of it he attacked
Smith with stones, one OF which struck
him on the head and killed him. Duiges
gave bonds and waived an examination.
Smith was fifty years old. Mrs. Smith is
seventy, and quite feeble. Duiges is
wealthy merchant of Alexandria.
A very large and brilliant meteor was
observed at Eureka, New, Sunday morn
inc about half-past , O'Clock. 1t was pure
white. and descended rather slowly, al
most vertically. Its track was brightly IL
Illuminated, and Just before it disappeared
behind the mountain back OF the Rich
mond works, says the Sentinel. il appeared
TO burst like rocket into perfect shower
OF electric sparks, which momentarily lit
up the sky all round.
A Louisville telegram says: Intelligence
has been received here Of a duel with
pitchforks in house ut High Grove, Mel
son county, Thursday, between two farm
laborers, IN which both are believed to be
mortaly wounded. Their names are Dan
iel Wiks (colOred) and John McDOugal
(white). They were working together and
got into quarrel which they desired TO
1ieht out. Wilks procured long-handled
two.pronged fork, and McDougal a short
handled one with four prongs.
In collision some years ago on the Hud-
son river between a Pennsylvania Railroad
Company ferry-boat and steamer OF the
New York Steam Transportation Company
John II. Martin received injuries causing
insanity. He obtained averdict for dam
ages against both companies for 100000.
Thursday, on application made on behalf
of Martin, Judge Donohue, OF New York,
granted an order permittinga compromise,
by which the companies are to pay $4,000,
with interest and cost Of proceedings.
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many from Tamatave under date of the 18th
instant saws: The state OF siege is strictly
maintained. There are four French men,
of-war in the harbor, and other French
war-ships are en- route to Tamatave from
Reunion. The British war-ships Dragon
and Drvad have sailed from Tamatave, and
the American man-of-war Enterprise hes
gone to Zanzibar. Six English missiona-
ries, with their families, are detained in
the interior, and are unable to reach Tama-
taye.
It is related by veracous Long Island
chronicler that on Friday Messrs. Turner,
Lawrence, and Farley, employees of the
BROOKLYN Water-W Orks Company, while at
work near the pumping station, at Rock
Vile Centre, saw large snapping-turtle
crawl from the pond to where COW was
quietly grazing, not ten feet from the wa
ter's edge. The turtle, with vise-like grip,
fastened on to the cows foreleg, making
her frantic with pain. 1t required the ef-
forts OF the three men to get the COW re-
leased.
A Philadelphia telegram OF Thursday
saws: "a reception was given tonight on
board the new ship Alameada, OF the Oce-
anic steamship Company, OF San Francisco,
lust completed at Cramps ship-yard.
Among those who favored the company
with selections on the piano was Miss Mag
pie Cramp. aged eighteen years, daughter
of Joseph Cramp, OF the weil-known firm
OF ship-builders. On leaving the ship and
descending the gang-plank TO lighter ly-
ing alongside, Miss Cramp made misstep,
and, falling into the river, was drowned.
Her body had not been recovered up to
O'Clock. The sad accident cast deep gloom
over the whole company, and brought the
reception TO an abrupt close.