The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-26
Brief News Items.

Brief News Items.
Dakota Territory Is four times as big as
Ohio. and Alaska is four times as big as
Dakota, and the rest of the United States
is four times as big as Alaska. This Is a
great country.
CoIorado's enthusiastic papers claim that
Manitou, Poncha, Pogasa. and wagon
Wheel will within the next ten years be
the great resorts OF the wealth and fashion
of the world.
A special dispatch from Carrollton. Ill.,,
saws: William Pope attempted to OBTAIN
a reconciliation with his wife near Wood
vile, but his advances were repealed. lie
then shot her and himself"
A special dispatch from Nevada, Mo-,
saws John Smith shot James Blue while
the latter was on the roof OF his own
house. Blue, as soon as he descended,
seized shotgun and opened fire upon
smith. Both parties were wounded fatally.
A dispatch from Cettinge, Montenegro,
SAYS reign of terror exists IN the VllayCt
of Kossovo, in Albania. The Arnauts are
numbering the Christians, and all OF the
latter who can get away are fleeing from
the country. The Turkish Officials connive
1t the outrages on the Christians, and have
arrested and eXiled a number OF priests.
I'm the Ipek district nnety-two persons
nave been murdered. Twcnty-three VII
lages have been abandoned.
The proprietor Of the Abbottsford Hotel
at Long Branch recently contracted to give
board and lodging TO band OF virginia
and Texas colored jubilee singers. but
when they made their appearance the
a.. 4 4 Ian.
would all leave n he received the colored
troupe. He therefore toldlhe manager OF
the company that he would rather that he
would find accommodations elsewhere.
The troupe accordingly engaged board al
4 colored clearinghouse near by, but legal
proceedings are threatened.
A young Frenchman who arrived In
New York on Wednesday by the steamer
Labrador declares his intention OF attempt
inc TO swim the Niagara whirlpool rapid
in which Captain Webb lost mis- life. His
tname is Hiaro Balsan, and he is In COM
Portable circumstances. lie Is known III
the south of France as an intrepid swim
mer. and has made many perilous Jour
news. His theory is that the secret OF
swimming the rapids is knowing how TO
plunge. lie says he will swim the whrl-
pool or die in the attempt
Another ease OF baby going on an eX-
cursion all by herself occurred in New
York on Tuesday last. Her name Is So
nhie Schmeelk. and she is only four years
old. Her father lives at ROckaway, ut
least hall mile from the steamboat land
inc, and yet she strayed on board the boat
with a crowd of passengers ana was taken
10 New York. A citizen found her tod
ding about the boat with no claimant. lie
took her to the lost children's department.
and the next morning her father reclaimed
| the waii.
Two tramps entered the house OF Mr..
Farrell, farmer, near Leetohla, Ohlo'
while the head Of the house was away. a
few DAYS since. and while one OF them held
a pistoi at Mrs. Farrel's head the other ram
| sacked the house and placed in bag.
which they afterwards took away with
them. all that was valuable. 10 add 10
their dastardly assault they took pair OF
shears and cut Mrs. FarrePs halr OIL close
| to her head. A search was at once 'nstl-
mted for the rascals ~ soon as the robbery
was made known, and they were tracked
| To New Waterford, but here all trace OF
them was lost.
The Supervising Inspector-General OF
Steam Vessels reports thai during the hscal
wear ended June 30. 1883, the total number
of accidents resulting i'm loss of life was "a,
n which II were from explosions, from
fire. II from collisions, and 6 from snags,
wrecks. and sinking. The total number OF
| lives lost by accidents from various causes
during the year was 2S4, Of which 90 were
| from explosion or accidental escape OF
steam, SO from collisions, 10 from fires, 90
from wrecks or founder, 33 from accidental
drowning. and from other causes. As
compared with the previous year the num-
her of accidents TO steamers was less, while
the loss OF life was greater.
A New Bedford, Mass, telegram OF the
oath saws: The tug Nellie, with diver on
hoard. made q second visit to the slinken
Yacht on the Observation-Disclosures reef this
afternoon. taking several friends OF the
crew OF the yacht Mystery. The wreck
was easily found. and the diver went down.
Unon rising he reported that the wreck
wa, that of the missing yacht Mystery, he
having read her name on the stern. He
went down for the second time with a
ho,t-hook. and secured two coats, one
overcoat. and blue sack-coat from the
cabin. In the pocket OF one coat was
fonnd a notebook belonging to Rupert
sargent. There are two theories as to the
cause of the accident, one OF which is that
she was capsized, and the other that she
struck ON the reef, and was making for the
onnosite shore when she sunk The tug
succeeded i'm towing the wreck Tor some
distance. but the line parted. Another at
tempt to bring the wreck into port VIII DE
made Tomorrow.