The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-04-02
Brief News Items.

The disappearance OF Ncttie Bracket,
the companion Of Miss Hill, the plaintiff
I'm the celebrated Sharon divorce case, is
the main topic OF conversation here. Her
mother SAYS she is in TIE city, but refuses
TO state where. She says the reason her
daughter left Miss Hin was that they had
duarrelled. The testimony Monday was
unimpOrtant.
4 special dispatch - the Philadelphia
Times from GirlrdSvllle. Pa, says: Three
Hungarians. father and two sons, sat in
the woods this morning eating breakfast.
The ground beneath was undermined.
The spot was about go wards from the
side of the road Leading from RoYen to
Girardsyille. Suddenly the ground gave
way. They fell twenty feet, were partially
buried, and seriously injured. The father
will probably die.
A special dispatch TO the Philadelphia
Press from Selin's Grove, Pa, SAYS " Du-
ring drunken quarrel Monday among
number OF tramps who had infested that
neighborhood James Brown, one Of the
number, stabbed and probably fatally
wounded Henry Ferguson and Michael
Reary. Brown fed, but was captured in
the woods. lie says be came from Balti-
more. The two wounded men claim
WilkeSbarrc rs their home
4 Paris telegram says The Rue Royale
Club. which has been permitting IFS scan
dal to rest, has been aroused by fresh
story. II is said that member OF the
Ccrcle AgricOle, who played recently at
the Rue Royale Club and won a large
sum, handed his winnings, OF the end OF
the game, TO the Prince de Sagan, saying
that although on the winning side he
would not keep frame, az he was aware
the whole. time that unfair playing was
going on.
Delano T.. smith, student OF the Harvard
Law-School, and son OF Melville Smith,
of New YORK city, was found on street
i'm Cambridge, Mass, Monday, with self
inflicted stabs in his left breast while SUI
fering from deirium tremenS. lie i in 4
comparatively comfortable condition this
morning, although il is not thought he Will
survive. From the examinations it was
discovered that he had inflicted no less
than siXty-iOur stabs upon his left breast,
six OF which entered the lungs.
The London Truth says that wel-known
peeresS gave her maid months notice,
accompanying the notice with slap on
the face. The maid broOded over her
wrongs, and on the day she was to leave.
having packed her boxes and received her
wages, she commenced doing up the hair
OF ber mistress. She deity fastened il to
the back OF "A chair and calmly proceeded
to administer series oi slaps to the highly
colored cheeks which were ready to her
hands. Then, with low courtesy, she
stalked away.
A Scranton, Pa. telegram says: The
charges made against the Rev. George M.
Peek, one OF the oldest members OF the
Wyoming Methodist Conference, by his
sister, Mrs. Nj Helen Crane. were consid-
cred by the Conference to-day, and Mr..
Peck was eXonerated and restored to full
relationship. Mr.. Peck was charged by
his sister with unbrotherly conduct and
dishonesty IN his action as executor OF the
estate OF the late Rev. DR.. George Peck,
their father, who died at scranton In the
spring of 1876.
A Kingston (Ont.) telegram says: Mon
day morning "A party arrived here after
having spent all night upon the ice be-
tween this city and Wolfe Island, suffering
intensely from the cold. Yesterday after
noon some Cape Vincent passengers ar
rived at Wolfe Island and took two boats for
this city. These boats are flat-bOttomed
and on runners, so that they can be pushed
along ON the ice. The occupants OF the
boats were George Drockett, j. A. Wat !
son, and Joseph Little, OF Cataragui; Der
rick Wood, Of Rome, n. T.; Thomas and
Mrs. Jordan, of Ireland, and two young
men whose names are unknown. The
progress OF the travellers was very slow.
the ice being so bad that the boats crushed
through il frequently. A furious storm
arose. the wind blowing at terrific rate.
The party was most OF the time In the wa
ter and ice-floes. and all were more or less
frozen.