The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-07-18
Brief News Items.

Frank Thedfort, a French sculptor,
was found dead in his apartments, in New
York, Monday evening, having committed
suicide by shooting. His wife had desert
ed him, and he was in financial diff
culties.
Two dwarfs were married in Urbana,
Ohio, on Friday evening last. Charles
Wooley, the groom, is four feet three
inches IN height, and weighs 11S pounds.
The bride, Miss Florence Bittman, is four
feet high, and weighs 10S pounds. Both
are over twenty-one years OF age.
According to advices from the west
coast OF Africa, Henry NJ. Stanley was in
May about to start on ten months jour-
ney toward the east coast. The Austrian
explorer with him had committed suicide.
Stanley had formed alliances with two Up
per Congo chiefs, thereby checkmating
De Brazza, the French explorer.
Mrs. Ryan. Of New York, found her
husband, Daniel, in the apartments Of Mrs.
Shields. A quarrel took place, and Mrs.
RYAN was subsequently found on the side
walk severely injured. She stated that her
husband and Mrs. Shields threw her ont OF
the window. They assert that she jumped
out. They were arrested.
A Montreal telegram Of the 10th says !:
The steamer Beauharnos, with a pleasure
party OF 1900 persons on board. ran upon
a reef in the river yesterday, and sitter be-
ing backed of made water so fast that she
had to be run ashore, where she sank in
eight feet OF water. There was quite n
panic among the eXcursionists, who were
mostly women and children, but all were
safely landed.
Rev. DR.. w. III. Hornblower, professor
OF Theology and Homiletics in the West
ern Theological Seminary OF the Presbyte-
ran Church, died Monday evening at his
residence, in Allegheny, Pa. He was sixty
three years old, and held many high posi-
tons i'm the church. Two months ago he
was stricken with paralysis while preach
ing, and Sunday he was taken with chill,
which caused his death. His wife Is 4
daughter Of Justice Bradley, of the United
States Supreme Court.
Two rival lovers hailing from Leiper-
VILE and Chester, Pa, respectively, ind
ing the lady OF their choice In no hurry to
choose between them, settled the trouble
by a fstic encounter. BY mutual agree
ment they met in the lonely precincts OF a
quarry on the outskirts OF the city. Each
was attended by two friends. Hall a
dozen rafting good rounds were fought,
which ended in the sponge being thrown
up by the Chester principal. His Leiper-
vile opponent managed to severely pun
sh him. 1t now remains for the young
lady to choose which OF the two shall take
the mitten.
General Alfred Awkward, who fought in
the Transvaal with the Beers in their re-
cent war with Great Britain, and who for
a year past has lived in New York and
BROOKLYN, three weeks ago became ac-
quainted with Miss Carrie Van HOeson, the
daughter OF wealthy Brooklyn family.
They fell in love ut first sight, but the pa
rents of the girl objected to the Generals
attentions. and took the young lady to Sara
toga. There Aylward also put in an ap-
pearance, and few days ago the young
Girl went with him to Boston, where they
were married. The bride is only twenty
years old.
The Wheeling InteHigenCer says: A sim
glilar and shocking accident occurred at
Martins Ferry early Saturday morning
by which baby only four days old, child
OF Mrs. Hanson Springer, came to It's
death. Mrs. Springer called for drink
OF water, and her husband got it for her,
and then placed the bucket by the bed that
she might help herself il she wanted an
other drink. He then retired to bed in an
adjoining room and fell asleep. He was
shortly wakened by loud shrleks from his
wife, and rising, he went to her room to
learn what was the matter. He found that
the baby, which had been placed on the
front side Of the bed, had fallen out Of the
bed into the bucket OF water head first.
The mother did not know how long it had
been there. but it was dead when she dis
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