The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-02-08
Brief News Items.

A party OF Hungarian gypsies, with
trained bears, are camped at Kingston. Pa.
1t is reported that baby which died since
they have been there was given to the bears
for food.
The floods in the western rivers have
for the most part subsidized. a rain and
sleet.storm prevailed Tuesday night over 4
wide extent OF country. 1t showed at
Chicago III the morning, and another snow
blockade is threatened in the Northwest.
Peter Hen'ner, residing near Fleetwood,
Berks county, Pa, accidentally threw a
lighted match into keg OF powder. An
explosion followed, and Hefiner, his wife,
and two-year-old child were severely
burned. The child will die.
A century since the Hawaiians were saw
aces and camnibals. Now there are over
three hundred telephOne-wires in use in
the city of Honolulu, and the application
Of the telephone is made throughout the
islands on the plantations. Some OF the
planters are now cutting their cane at night
with the aid OF electric lights.
Post-office savings banks, on the model
OF those established in England, have been
opened in Austria, and the success OF the
system seems assured. The sale Of books
and stamp-tickets was enormous. In all
the districts the post-otlices were besieged
by thousands Of people. and the whole
stock provided by the Government,
amounting to 100000 books and 100000
tickets, was sold during the first day. The
Emperor was the first depositor at epost-
office In Vienna, and his book is No. |.
,.4 IN;osoo+l,ol ,,.b;Io ON L;s vyav
from Germany TO join brother in CalfOr-
mia about three months ago, dropped dead
in a boarding-houSe on Greenwich street,
New York. lie was buried in a pauper's
grave i'm the Weehawken (N.J.) cemetery,
and the fact OF his death was commune
Gated TO his brother, who declared that
Diefenthal had Il large amount OF money in
his possession when he left Germany. The
body was exhumed Tuesday afternoon at
Weehawken, when $2,001 in bills were
found in pocket in the back OF the un-
dershirt.
A party OF revenue officers from Green
VILE. {. c., commanded by Deputy Enson,
captured Jack Gosnell, the notorious ont
law and moonshiner. in the Saluda noun
tains. on Sunday, together with his son
Wellborn Gosnel, james Brown, "DOck"
Trammel, and John Cox, all Illicit distil-
lers. -Four dstilleries, 10000 gallons Of
beer, and 5000 gallons OF whiskey were
also captured and destroyed. "Jack
Gosnell was a companion OF the notorious
Redmond, and has been moonshiner all
his life. lie has had many narrow escapes
from capture by the revenue officers.
The West-Side Bank OF New York has
been held liable for 800, the amount of n
check, the date Of which had been altered
by n man named Morgan, the clerk OF
George Crawford, the drawer Of the check.
Morgan, by altering the date, drew the
money and ran off with it. The Superior
Court decided the bank was not liable for
the loss, but at the general term this decis-
ion was reversed, on the ground that as
the date was an essential part OF the check,
il wa, incumbent upon the bank to dis
cover that it had been changed, and TO as
certain why the change was made before
paying the money.
The London Times, in a leading edito-
rial commenting on the Emperor OF Rus
sia's coronation manifesto, says: "Much
too little attention is attracted by the sub
sidence OF the revolutionary storm and the
reassertion of ascendency by the lcrma-
nent forces of Russian society. The events
Of the last few weeks indicate the break
up, at any rate for the present, OF the
wicked and sterile conspiracy. st. Peters
burg has resumed its normal appearance.
The palace is open TO guests, and the pro-
yramme of the Cars movements is an
nounced for the next three months"
A Washington telegram says The Pre-
,idenrs carriage, while he and his daugh-
ler were on their way to the church, was
run into by carriage in the rear and the
pole OF the latter broke through panel |
but did not strike either OF the occupants. |
On his return from the church, however,
he wheels OF President Arthur's carriage |
became locked with those OF another, and |
hiding that his already damaged vehicle |
,Ould not be eytricated without long delay, |
he President abandoned It and walked |
rome with his daughter through the rain.
The occurrence created some excitement |
md gave rise 10 number Of alarming ru-
nors as to the Presidents safety.