The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-02-27

The Emperor OF Germany and General
Won Moltke attended the ball at the French
embassy IN Berlin Monday evening.
The steamsr Great Eastern has been pur-
chased by the English Government for
coal-hulk. to be stationed at Gibraltar.
The steamer Guli OF suez arrived ct Bos-
to- Monday from Melbourne bringing the
first cargo OF cotton ever brought to Boston
In steamer from Australia.
FiTty-fiye thousand photographs OF Colo
mel Sudeikin's murderer have been eircu-
lated throughout Russia. A reward OF
10000 roubles has been offered for the cap
ture OF the assassin, and 5000 roubles for
information leading to his arreet. Mean
while there Is no clue to his whereabouts.
On Saturday night gang OF railroad
laborers in Sterling. ILL.,, attached hand.
car 10 freight-train. When the train
reached high rate OF speed the hand-car
became unmanagable, and the men We're
thrown off. William Pearson was killed
and George Portenius was fatally injured.
IL IS rumored that the Mexican Govern
ment contemplates the establishment OF a
eonsulgeneralship in the Mississippi Val
Icy, with headquarters at st. Louis or
Chicago, and the name OF John Il. Cahili.
the present Mexican consul mt st. Louis, Is
iavorably mentioned In connection with
the position.
High chimneys for factories have become
I'm necessary in England by the introduce
tion Of new kind OF oven. They enable
any manufacturer TO obtain from every ton
OF slack he uses coke worth g, tar and
ammonia worth 81, and 14,000 feet OF gas
to generate steam. The coke, tar, and am
monia will thus. it Is claimed, considerably
more than pay for slack, wear and tear, &c.
The Grand Lodge OF the Independent
Order Of the Sons OF Israel met and Orga-
nized Sunday in Cincinnati. electiDg
President, Philip Stern, Chicago; Vice.
Presidents, s. Bacharach, San Francisco;
Max Moses, New York; l.. j. Loebenthal.
Nashville; Secretary, 4. J. Goldsmith.
New York. There arc one hundred and
three lodges in the United States. Each
| is entitled to one delegate. one hundred
delegates were present.
A desperate hight between q band OF
horse-thieyes and constable's posse Oe-
cured near Greenwood, Texas, Sunday
morning. DR.. w. T. Smith, one of the
! posse. was shot through the abdomen, and
is dying. a number OF Others were
wounded, but how seriously Is unknown.
Two horses belonging TO the posse were
killed. One thief was shot in the breast,
but escaped. The people are out en- m0Sse
pursuing the outlaws.
To-day, near this village, says Moran,
| Kan, telegram, James Il. iIarclerode and
Robert Mcfarland were shot by Hugh
! Guilland and his three sons, Joseph, Ike,
| do hot IN, no
back and instantly killed, and Mcfarland
was shot three times and then had his head
crushed with club. The murderers fled,
but being closely pursued. rode into Hum
bOldt and surrendered to the officers. That
town is much excited tonight, and many
armed men are on the streets.
Gas-ppes constructed OF paper are made
by passing an endless strip OF hemp-paper,
the width OF which equals the length OF
the tube, through bath of melted asphalt,
and then rolling 1t tightly and smOotly on
core, TO give the required diameter.
When the number OF layers thus rolled is
sufficient to afford the desired thickness
the tube is tightly compressed. the outside
sprinked with fine sand, and the whole
cooled in water. When cold the core Is
drawn ont and the inside served with q
| WlltI-plOOl COupOSstiOHs III duuiltOb W
being perfectly tight and smooth, and
much cheaper than iron, these pipes have
great strength, for when the pipes are
scarcely three tfths OF an inch thick they
will withstand q pressure OF more than
fifteen atmospheres. liz buried under
ground they will not be broken by settle
ment nor when suddenly shaken or Jared.
The material, being bad conductor OF
heat, does not readily freeze.
Early Sunday morning burglars effected
an entrance to L. Marks & Sons jewelry
store, at Troy. n. Y, first gaining an en-
trance to an insurance office next door.
The safe door was forced from its hinges.
The contents taken include diamonds, gold
watches, cash. iewelry, e.c., the estimated
value OF which is between $4,000 and
$780, This is said to te the most expert
Job performed by burglars in this city In
eighteen years. There is no clue.
The British brig Rosevear, Captain
Foote, from Harbor Grace, n. F.. Febru-
airy Cd, has been towed to Plymouth. On
the voyage she was dismasted, part OF her
cargo was iettisoned, her bulwarks,
stanchions, and skylights were carried
away, her matches were stove, and the
vessel was thrown upon her beam ends.
The mate was washed overheard and
drowned, and The helmsman was found
lashed to the wheel and the crew lashed to
the pumps. The ship was saved only by
continuous pumping. All hands were in
| iured and exhausted.