The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-03-05

A century and half ago women prac-
ticed medicine 10 Lyons, France. There
were thea thirteen widows Of surgeons In
regular practice, and all the widows Of
doctors bad the right to practice medicine
and surgery.
A Martinsville Qnd.) telegram says: A
step-son Of James Bobbinson died under
suspicious circumstances Sunday, and a
post. mortem examination developed the
fact that the child had been beaten and
starved. Robinson Is in Jail, and his wife
will be arrested.
A dispatch from Scutari says: "Mon-
tenegro is making preparations for cam
paign IN Albania. Six thousand men have
been concentrated on the frontier. Prince
Nicholas, Of Montenegro, designs to settle
the frontier question this spring by coup
de main, Selling the territory which Mon
tenegro claims"
A dispatch from Berlin TO London pa
per says: "The newspapers here con-
tinue their shameful attack upon Minister
Sargent. Never has the hospitality which
civilized nations recognize a. the inviola-
BILE rights OF representatives been more
flagrantly outraged by subOTned organs.
Representations have been made to the
Washington Government on the subject"
A Dover, n. H.. telegram SAYS: Premier
Bondoir was last week convicted OF killing
Frederick Grant at Great Falls, despite the
evidence Of the prisoners wife, daughter,
and daughter-in-Iaw that the assault was
committed by BondOir's son, who had fled
TO Canada. Desire Bondoir, the son,
reached this city from Canada tonight.
Upon alighting from the train ne said to
some FrencbmeD about the depot, 81 am
Desire BOndOir, who killed Ed. Grant at
Great Falls. for which the jury convicted
my father. Rather than have him suffer
probably life Imprisonment, have come
back to suffer the penalty Of the CRIME"
Bondoir was arrested, and investigation
will be made.
A Cleveland, Ohio, telegram says: Car
rollton is excited over the discovery that
the county trcasurer's office was robbed
some time ago OF $4,000, and that detec-
tive who was summoned from chicago
succeeded in replacing 312, 200 OF the
amount, and LETT with the consent Of those
who employed him. II IS suspected that
felony has been compounded. and Treas
urer Scott promises TO push an inyesti-
CATION.
A Philadelphia telegram says: A shoe
maker named Ernest Conrad, fOrty-three
years old. was admitted to the insane de-
pertinent OF the almshOuse last December,
suffering from melancholia. About week
later he quarreled with felow-inmate,
and was felled to the ground by a blow
from an earthcn-pitchcr. lie was imme-
diately taken 10 the hospital, and it was
found that his skull was fractured. DR..
Porter performed the operation Of trephin-
ing, removing several pieces OF bone from
the head. The wound healed rapidly, and
marked change in the PATIENTS mental
condition was noticed. He had formerly
been morOse, gloomy, and irritable, but he
became Lively and gOOd-Spirited. II is two
months since the operation was performed,
and the physicians express the opinion that
the man will fully recover his reason.
The great tower will be the most promi-
nent feature OF the Government buildings
now being erected in Philadelphia. When
it is completed the top Of William Penn's
Quaker hat will be 535 feet from the
ground. and will surmOunt the highest
structure in the world-hi.her than st.
Paul's, OF London; st. Peters, Of Rome ;
the Cologne Cathedral, or the Pyramids.
The design Of the tower is fine and Origi-
nal. It is in four sections. The first is
square, and terminates with colossal figures
on circular pedestals. The next shows a
massing OF clustered columns divided by
the usual entablatures and surmounted by
segmental pedments, beneath which will
be the clock faces, twenty feet IN diameter
and 36l feet above the payements. From
this point springs the octagOn tower, which
gracefully vanishes INTO a circular base.
This base receives the statue Of William
Penn, thirty-siX feet high.