The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-04-12
Brief News Items.

4 dispatch has been received from Mat
thew Arnold stating that he has made no
communication whatever to the PdLt- Nal
Gazette, hence the recent publication in
American papers sharply crilicising Cbca-
20 has been fraudulently attributed to him.
The French Budget Committee recon-
mends reductions in the budget amount
ing to 45. 900. 900 francs. includmga reduc-
ton Of 27,000,0 900 francs in The estimates
for the army and navy, and one OF $780,
900 francs in those for public worship. and
one OF 100000 francs in those for the
colonies.
A band of armed men went TO the home
OF Smith Drew, 4 noted character at Chico,
Texas, aud began fusilade AT the build
ing. Drrw's nephew, lately from Missouri,
attempted 70 run from the house and was
killed. Nine arrests have been made, III
Guiding some Of the most respected citizens
OF that county.
Lawrence Smith. aged nineteen. was
found hng1ng dead in a stable i'm the up
per part Of Philadelphia Thursday after
noon. He had been in the habit OF swing
ing from the rafters with rope around his
neck, in imitation Of a feat performed in
the circus, and IL is supposed was stTangled
BY the moose Slipping.
A Woodhaven, n. Y. hotel-keeper, who
has lust been sued for breach OF promise
Of marriage, puts in the extraordinary de-
fence that the plaintiff deceived him by
telling him she was thirty-nlne years old,
whereas she is only twenty-nine. He
AYERS that, being middle-aged man, he
wanted wife OF corresponding years.
John Chisholm. who was hanged in
Newark, n. j., last November, for murder
ing his Young wife, made viii giving the
guardianship Of his children TO his father.
/ This is resisted by the murdered woman's
mother, and the Court is considering the
matter on an application from the grand
mother for an order restraining Mr. CHS
holm from taking possession OF the orphans.
In tearing down an old chimney near
Valley Mills. Texas. gold and silver money
amounting to $4,000 and several articles OF
! jewelry were found. The money was
wrapped in an old newspaper dated 1906.
/ A piece OF lead was also found with y. c.
b. Crosby cut upon Il in rude letters. The
chimney formerly belonged to house
which was burned in prairle-hre six or
seven years ago.
A dispatch from Huntington, Pa., says
Daniel Hawn, aged eighty-four years, died
near there wednesday. lie had been
insane for sixty years, aud in that time has
been kept in solitary confinement in room
in the house where his five brothers. all
unmarried. lived. No intercourse was
permitted him with others during his long
captivity. Two OF his brothers survive
him, and are the owners OF 300 acres in
Junlata township. Hawn's malady is said
to have been caused by drinking cold
water while over-heated in the harvest
field.
At the annual meeting OF the Massachu
sets Homeopathic Association last eve
ming a report from the United states Sigma
officer was made stating that in The atmos
phere above the city OF Boston there ar,
not, and have not been for six months past
any traces Of ozone; while in the city o
Taunton he has found nearly 40 per cent
Of ozone. and it is thought by many pro
minent members OF the Society that tn
heat aud noxions sxhalations that arts
from large cities have the efect OF destroy
ing the OZONE naturally to be found In III
atmosphere.