Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-07-02
Brtcf H9Dg Items.

A Cincinnati special says: Mrs. Eliza
Bakcuey Monday obtained n verdict for
$500 damages 3gaisst Chris. Green. a So
loon-kccIer. in a suit under the provisions
Il what j. known ~ the Adair liquor law,
which makes sa,ool-sCepcr amenable 10
the wife IL h. continues 10 sell the hu'-
band liquor aticr being warned by her not
10 DO 30. Ter husband died from tue
ELECTS OF drak.
A Troy e. " telegram says prepare
lions were making 10 lay the cornerstone
OF the new state armory on July 9Th with
AZ prouriate exercises and a military pa
radc. but tie stone was quietly laid this
morning by Colonel George I. SteinbUrg,
M eX-cOmm1ndaat OF the Fourth Battery,
no had received the contractors consent,
and SAYS the honor belonged to him be-
cause he WAS chiefly instrumental in Sc
curing an appropriation for the armory.
There Is con. derabc excitement in mill
tGIy circleS.
Colonel Eitcbt aer has returned to Cairo.
He reports that the country is quiet.
lie denies that the Bi.hareens have joined
Tie Nahdi, and SAWS that the Sheikhs are
now assembled 10 decide what course 10
pursue. Colonel Kitchener believes that
ncrbcr las ilil,n. lie says the gravity Of
the Nahci'S movement has not hither,o
been gra.ped. The rebels have Issued fresh
warnings that they 1.l give no quarter,
and tneIr tbr,ais have created great terror
lmoig tie reputation. Colonel Kitchener
expects that heavy lighting will take place
R,cr the feast OF iiamadan. The inhabi-
tqp;,oi koroSkO arp openly hostile - the
-, lf1a h.a 5-.ffaI a fi-urun
mIl ng Colonel Kitchener special com.
hi ,0ncr to tie Abbabdas AID Bl>ha-
IecL,.
Lizzie Braslcy, Of White Cloud, Don't.
ri,a, county. Kansas, Tie woman who IN.
d,r;lok to commit suicide b. starvation,
,i;cr .cGcd on Sunday morning. she wholly
absi.iBcd ircm food Tor TIE period o; ut.
the. days. dnrirg which lime she stub
tor " refused to speak. Before beginning
lie ,cli.imposed Starvation she had lain
.ey.l weeks on bed OF ,!ckRcs', and her
-. m was, therefore. muth reduced when
,lo cgau. IN autopsy revealed the ilct
.a.t her OrgaHS were All perfectly healthy.
The formal verdict Of he physicians was
dc.a By starla ION. v ben she took 'hr
,;rs"e freak sac bad ~ amp ea'an, Gu1rrei
wit. her ia;her. and this. .3-e,1tr WNh zoe
lo.soi li,tic niece, whom lie hal rc1tad,
grc ed Ter. and she resolved upon com
nil Hg suicide. She igstu!td cAl0ral. and
thai failing quit eating.
> special from plymouth, Eng, Say
Monday, while a gang OF TWENTY-FIVE con-
Wet, were at work here, one Of the number
tlrtv a large stOLc a; the solitary Wlrder.
wbi,l struck the officer Ia tho head, inilict-
io- stunning blow. The entire glng I'M.
mea.tely rushed upon him, but - lie
coly.ct named stevens ou.stripped tle
ota,r- Of the gang, seized the warder's r,le
and ammunition and fred upon the adj
vanring convIcts, six Of whom be seriously
wounded. when the ammunition was en-
hausted Stevens dubbed tive Others wlth
the rife, and when assistance arrived ne
was completely exhausted. The details OF
this affair were promptly reported 10 the
Government, and Sir Vernon HaTeour'' tue
Home Secretary. gave orders thai s,eVens
should be rewarded and Immediately re-
leased from his sentence. When this was
made known 10 the convict be tainted.