The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-19
Rrief News Items.

The nephew Of Lieutenant Colonel Su-
deikin. who was wounded by the Nlhillsts
when they assassinated his uncle, died in
st. Petersburg Thursday without recover
ing consciousness.
Near Salt Lake Thursday morning
Daniel Morris. aged eighty-foui years.
Mormon with three wives, after reading
the Governors message, went to the shed
OF an adjoining house and hanged himself.
The Belgian Court of Appeal has sem
tenced NJ. BOland, the Belgian Journalist
and speculator, to three years imprisOn
ment and fine of two thousand francs on
charge OF obtaining money by false pre-
tences.
The Consumers Powder Company's
mills. near Scranton, blew up. one mill at
time. between l0:30 and midnight Thurs
dav night Nine of the ten mills were de-
Stroyed. Certainly one man, l.. ii. Emery,
and probably many more, were killed.
The police records OF Philadelphia show
that two hundred and thirty-five persons
were reported missing during the last year.
OF these. forty-five were found. Eleven OF
the missing were deranged, and OF these
seven bodies were found in the Delaware
river.
Miss Matte Slocum, OF Syracuse, n. T.,
/ is suffering from blood-poisoning, and is in
a critical condition. While skating on sat
urday her face came in violent collision
with q man who was also skating. His
teeth scratched her nose. and tins slight
cause has produced an illness which NAV
De fatal.
At the special election in the Twelfth
congressional district Of Massachusetts,
Thursday to elect a successor to Governor
Robinson, Francis w. Rockwell, OF Pitts
field, Republican. received $3.50 votes to
7.246 for Colonel A. c. Woodwork, OF
Chicopee. Democrat.
A special from Live Oak, Florida, says
the magnificent hotel at the lower Suwanee
Springs, owned by Scovilie e Culpepper,
eight miles northeast OF this place, was
burned to the ground this morning. The
hotel was completed last summer, and was
one Of the finest in the State. The loss will
probably reach $4,000.
The ostriches on the Anaheim farm, Cali
fornia, laid 305 eggs during the season from
the 1st OF May last to the lst OF October.
The birds have been picked twice since
their arrival on the farm. The first clip, In
MAY last. yielded $500. The clip in De-
cember yielded $500 quills Of all kinds
from eighteen birds, and is valued at
/ $1,000.
Mr.. Daniel b. Winters. one OF the most
respected citizens OF Cavetown district,
near Hagerstown, Nd. committed suicide
Thursday afternoon by hanging himself in
the garret OF his residence, In Cayetown.
No reason has been assigned for the act,
and 1t remains as yet a mystery. He was
about forty-6ve years old, and leaves four
daughters, one Of whom is married.
The reply Of Secretary Chandler to a
Senate resolution calling for statement
showing the date Of construction, original
cost, and total expense for all repairs since
their construction Of vessels borne on the
navy register In November, 1888, has been
sent TO the Senate. The report shows that
there were ninety-two vessels on the regis
Ter. ~ these twenty were built prior to
the rebellion, tlirty-one during the war,
and iorty-one since the close Of hOstllities.
The original cost Of the ninety-two vessels
amounted to S40,796.0l3; repairs on all the
vessels aggregate $41 200, 1872, making the
total cost OF tue vessels amount to SSl .997,-
435. The repairs, AZ the figures show, have
exceeded the original cost by s4O4,2O9.