The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-11-15
githmond glispatth,
THURSDAY. :. NOVEMBER Is. 1889
pr,ef News Items.

nissinv for = week, and II is believed that
he has committed suicide, as he dreaded
imprisonment.
marty Of lynchcrs in Mount Monroe,
unable 10 settle which OF two brothers in
;a,l for murder Was the culprit, finally SET
fled the problem by pulling straws, the
man who drew the short piece being the
one who was compelled to hang.
recent French law makes reyaccina-
tIon incumbent upon every student re-
ceived into the lyceums aud colleges.
Since the experiment was made at the Ly-
Gee Louis lc Grand not single case OF
varlola or varioloid has appeared.
Pittsburgh telegram saws: Mary Rus
sell. eighteen wears old. committed suicide
Tuesday evening by taking arsenic. Be
fore swallowing the poison she informed
her father Of her intention, and stated at
the same time that she was driven TO it by
the cruel treatment OF her brothers.
The British Consul at Bordeaux, in his
last report. states that low-priced Bor-
6eaux wines must be regarded as non
exisfinr The commonest Medoc (Uim
or6;,q irel have increased - TO 100 per
cent. during the last decade. The so-calied
bordeaux wines ere Gow much adultcrated,
or "falsihed."
The record OF the court martialin Ne case
OF Chaplain Tcussiant Mespiie. United
States army. charged with duplicating his
pay accounts, and also with absence With
out l. ave, has been received by toe judge
Acknowledgement OF the Army for review.
Ills understood that the court found Chap
lain Mcsplio guilty OF the charges, and
sentenced him 70 dismissal.
A dispatch from Livingston, Mon, 10
the 81. Paul GloJe says: a" Flathead Indians
last night visited The Crow agency. stole
fifty ponies aad dccampcd. The crows
started In pursuit, oyertaklng the thieves
at day break. 4 severe fight ensued. re-
sulting in the killing Of two OF the Flat
heads and The wounding of one crow.
The ponies we're rccapturcd."
The boilers in Pondely's sugar-hOuse, at
Bayou Beuf. Assumption parish, La, eX-
plodcd Tuesday, killing the chiei engineer,
the assistant oyerSecr, and the colored lire
man. The victims were blown 10 atoms.
Joe Fazende, the chief engineer, married
Miss ValIettc two weeks ago. Pondely's
loss will he heavy from the delay the ex-
plosion will occasion in taking oil the crop
Mr.. J. REYNOLDS occupies a house in
williamsburg, y. Y. which is infested by
snails. Two OF his Henry, seven
years old. and Lizzie, twenty months
old-haye died from bites by the snailS,
while two others are sick with sores, evil
IDENTITY produced by the same poison. The
doctors are mystifed, as they never knew
that snails bit people. or that their bites
were poisonous.
Of
ha, Just started for st. Peter, Mimi, on
rather UNIQUE mission to become guest
Mt the house OF wealthy farmer-aud. il
the surroundings are to her taste, to finally
marry him. Three years ago one OF Elias
mill companions married and went West.
Before doing so, however, she promised TO
hunt I'D husband for Miss Jenkins. After
looking around the neighborhood OF st.
Peter for an eligible young man she finally
settled on q widoweT. informed him OF her
promise to Miss Jenkins, and persuaded
HIM to write TO the young lady in Manches-
ter. This he did. and the result is that
Miss jenkins is now on her way to meet
her unknown lover and TO marry him IL all
turns out well.
A sensation has been created in Quincy,
H., by the mock-marriage of A. j. Lessen,
who is the only son Of Isaac Lessen, presi-
dent Of the Kicker National Bank and
wholesale dry-goods merchant. The mar
riage occurred i'm Burlington, and was per-
formed by fictitious justice OF the peace,
but the young woman acted in good faith.
Young Lessen is travelling salesman for
his fathers house. The woman has been
employed in a millinery store. She is
daughter Of II. j. Stand. The elder
Lessen says he will look up her record, and
il she is OF good character his son shall
have the ceremony performed according to
the Jewish rites. Additional interest is
added TO the affair by the fact that Lessen il
jew aud she n Gentle. Her father con-
templates arreSting the bridegroom.
4 Caldwell idaho telegram says This
camp was thrown into a feVerish state OF
excitement at an early hour this morning
nv the discovery OF the dead bodies OF two
men, named Blassfleld and Bryan, in an
unfinished hotel, with evidences about
them that a life.and-death struggle had
taken place. The men had sold n large
stock OF pelts and hides on saturday, and
were supposed TO have had money on their
persons, but had deposited all except $500,
which, together with their personal prop
erty. was taken. The murders were COM
mitied by two notorious characters known
r. =" Sage Brush Jack" and .Whisting
Kid " with car-coupling pins. The muir
dercd men were sleeping in their blankets
i'm the unfinished building, as all the lodg-
ing-houses were full. Both OF the MUIR
derers were captured late this evening.
and threats of lynchng were made, but
later adyices say that the law will take its
course.
on the 10th Of October Mr. j. II. Cow
ington and Miss Florence Il. Smith were
married at the home of the bride near Box
Springs. Talbot county, Ga, and shortly
after the ceremony left for the Louisville
Exposition and other points OF interest IN
the West on bridal tour. After plea
sant trip they returned home Saturday
week. On Sunday Mr.. COyington was at
tackled with cbills and symptoms OF ! bad
cold. On Tuesday few pimples APP
peared on his face, which increased with
each day. On Friday morning Dr.. Smith
was called in, and found his patient vic
tim OF well-deyeloped case OF smallpox.
4 nurse WIS sent for, and the sick man
was placed in an isolated house, which is
strictly guarded. but the greatest excite
ment prevails in the community, as the
young couple have been visited by nearly
all their neighborS since their return, and
none OF the callers feel safe from the terri
bic disease.
Hiring Man TO Beat His Wife.