Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-07-05

The Netherlands Parliament has voted
loan OF 10000, GOO forms 10 cover dehcit
in the budget.
session Of the Legislature II being numer-
ously signed. and that there Il no longer
any doubt Of sufficient number Of sigus-
tures being affixed 70 secure the meeting
on or about the 18th Of August Alez1F-
drsa Gazette.
The young American lady who was re-
Gently married in Rome 70 Count sarto.
refill was Miss Lizzie stokes, daughter OF
the late General William A. Stokes, a
former resident OF Philadelphia. and at
one time solicitor OF the Pennsylvania rail-
road. The lady has been living IN Rome
with her mother for seven years past.
John Van Deure, crippled soldier. who
IL isnitor OF the Grsmercv fats. New York,
collected some $500 In rents Tuesday. In
the evening, while closing the door OF the
cellar leading to the street, TIVE young men
struck him on the head with sand-bag,
threw red pepper In his face, robbed him
OF the money, and successfully escaped.
A Troy On. " telegram OF the "a instant
says: The wife OF James ". Jones,
saloon.keeper, was shot, II Is believed Ia
tally. this morning by her husband. Jones,
When arrested, maintained thst his wife
lad only tainted. An EXAMINATION OF tn.
woman revealed the pistol wound. They
had quarrelled before the shooting, and
Jones, after beating her, fred the shot in
the presence OF the woman's boy and her
mother.
A steer bought on the 81 OF May by
butcher ri Perm Yan, New York, made its
he In had In al
and could not be found. On Tuesday some
boys discovered the animal In brush.iot.
where the rope tied TO It's horns bad become
entsngled in a fallen tree. For sixty days
Il had remained in that spot. subsisting on
the bark and leaves OF the bushes and the
sod within It's reach. IL had lost 600
pounds OF feeh, but bids fair TO live and
become as fat as ever.
Mr.. James G. Messick, OF Snow Hill.
Md, having noticed bouey-bees passing in
and out Of a small aperture Under the caves
Of his dwelling, came to the conclusion that
The bees were storing honey there. lie told
a CARPENTER IL he would remove the boxing
ne might have all that he could find. The
result was that the explorer found ono
hundred and fifty pounds of honey snugly
laid away in the space between The gafret
floor and the ceiling Of the chamber below.
About noon on Wednesday severe
Thunderstorm occurred at Cumberland,
Nd, and the lightning struck the Centre
Street Methodist Episcopal church. IL
descended the spouting on the outside, a1d
then pierced the Twenty-Five inch wall,
making q Glenn hole All inch aud half In
diameter To gas bracket, aud finding its
way into the ground by the gss-pipe The
plaster from the wall was thrown clear
across the church.
In Germany hod.carriers are unknown.
Each brick Is handed separately from hand
10 hand until IL reaches where the masons
are at work. A letter.writcr says: IL have
seen three men on the ground, eight on tue
front OF the building, and five on the top.
making sixteen men through whose hand.
each brick passed before II reached its place
Of destination. have frequently stood and
watched single brick 20 climbing up the
front OF building. leaping from hand to
hand, and have wondered all the time
why IN the world hods, horsepower, or
steam.engines were not used"
A Chicago telegram OF the Sd says: The
Chicago and Alton Railroad Company has
for some time past suspected the existence
of n conspiracy, which, 1t is claimed, has
resulted in large number OF passes over
the road getting into the hands OF scalpers.
The affair eliminated this evening In the
arrest OF DR.. w. ii. Boyd. well-known
phyeician OF this city, on the charge OF de-
irauding the company and selling It's passes:
s. l.. Whipple, secretary to the general
manager Of the Chicago and Alton road,
has resigned his position pending an IN
vestigation.
At the meeting Of the Board OF Managers
~ the American Bible Society, In New
York, Tuesday, grants Of books to the
amount OF S4,SO0 were made for benevolent
distribution in the United States and in
foreign lands, aud also $4,000 for the col
portage department. Ten auxiliary socie-
Ties were recogniZed-three in Mississippi,
two IN Dakota, and one each In Alsbama.
Georgia. Illinois, Nebraska. and Tennes-
see. The total receipts for last month were
s47.231.17. The issues Of the Scriptures
from the Bible-IlOuse during the month
were lO5,52l volumes.
A Fort Smith (Ark.) telegram says: The
enforcement OF the "permit" laws is caus-
ing considerable excitement in the Choctar
nation, and arousing an opposition that
NAV cause their repeal. Under the ChoctaW
law. every white man In the nation, or his
employer, isrequired TO pay heavy permit
tax I'm order to live in the nation. MILO
Hoyt. a wealthy Choctaw. having several
white men in his employ. refused to pay
the permit-tay, and the authorities attached
his stock. The district COURTHOUSE was
burned, and Hoytis supposed to have been
the jncendiary. The Choctaw authorities
pursued him and his party into the Chero-
lee nation. Both parties are under arms,
and serious trouble is apprehended.
A Milwaukee special OF the Sd says:
About two hundred lab0reTs employed by
the Lake Shore and Western Railway Com
pany in the Green Bay region OF Michigan
arrived here this morning, have travelled
two DAYS and nights without food, and
going TO the headquarters OF the company
demanded pay for their May work. Being
refused, they attempted to break the doors,
but the police arrived and drove them oil.
They still hang about, having no money
and being desperate from hunger. The
company's officers explain that the payroll
was late, and that they are unable TO settle
with the men until the superintendent Of
the gangs certify TO the rolls. These SUI
perIntendents are up in the woods, and the
pavmaster took the pay-car for the north at
| noon: so that the men will not be pad till
they go back to the woods.
An Omaha special OF Iuesday says: "A Sc
we're wind-storm visited Eastern Nebraska
last night. Two soldiers, on their way from
the city to the fort, were struck by falling
tree, and one Of them, Henry Gardner, was
killed. The other, a private named
WamestofT. had both legs broken. Num-
bers OF fences and trees were blown down.
| Al Fremont, forty miles west OF here, the
courthouse and the Enos Hotel were
unroofed. Kittle's large warehouse was
demolished. and number OF other build
ings were damaged. Samuel Anderson
dropped dead from fright. At Stuart
| school-house was blown down and other
buildings were injured. A small boy was
blown nearly bali a mile, but escaped I'M
hurt. The storm did considerable damage
wherever II touched.
A telegram from Toronto OF the Sd says:
Lieutenant Gordon. Il. A., deputy superin-
tendeut Of the Canadian Meteorological
Service, left to-day for Halifax 10 make the
final preparations for embarkiug July 22d
| With corps Of observers for the Hudson
Straits Expedition. The ship Neptune,