The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-15
Rrfef <ssys Items.

Brief Nssrs Items.
The estimated amOu,}i Of wheat in Cal
Norma January /. 1884 VIZ 6.S00,000 GEN.
tails; barley, 100000.
Six Arabs. who arrived in New York as
steerage passengers last week, have applied
TO be sent back TO Araby the Blest. They
are the pictures of misery, and have not
stirred from close to the hot stove in Castle
Garden since they arrived.
II is related of President Grew. who is
we'll known to be Skiful billiard-player,
that nc recently invited the famous profess
sional PLAYER Vignaux to the Elysee, aud
that the two PLAYED together. RumOrs
are now afloat that the President actually
beat the professional player, and that
Viguaux is somewhat OF courier.
The Berliner Post. referring to the
transfer OF Count Herbert Won Bismarck
from the German embassy at London to
that OF ST. Petersburg. says: 1.-The trans
fer is convincing evidence OF good relations
between Germany and Russia, and grati-
tying augury OF understandable and contn-
tinued friendship between the two coun-
tries.
Trouble is expected at the Cour d Alene
go,d-mines, in Idaho, next spring. The
cid mining laws guarantee to every miner
twenty acres for his claim, and the rush to
the new fields viii be so large that there
viii not be enough land to go around.
The snow there is now from eight to ten
feet deep, and nothing can be done till it
nlclts-
stephen Hart. aged eighty-four, was
fo,nd dead in East London three weeks
ago i'm room for which he paid thirty-one
cents a week rent. In spite OF his advanced
1ge he was still dock-laborer. In his
room was found a considerable sum OF
money ne had saved through his misery
thriit-G62 in sovereigns, Ell IN half-soV-
ereigns, ana EOS in silver, or about 1000
In all.
The banquet and procession on Lord
Mayors cay this year cost total OF G3,643,
some of the items being cl,T30 for the din
uer, CABS for the decorations, C3i5 for the
military bands, E43 for the music in Guild
hall. and f293 for printing and stationery.
One-halt OF these expenses are paid by the
Lord Mayor himself and the other half is
divided equally between the two Sherifis.
Mrs. Anna Maria Lesner. aged seventy
eight, most peculiar and eccentric lady,
died at Elston last week, leaving over
$1,000 in money, stocks, and real pro-
perty accumulated by herself. Not many
weeks ago she was seen on the streets OF
the town barefooted, gathering chips,
shayings, rags. and other stuff, which she
carried home. She leaves seven children,
who were bred up in partial poverty.
Eight years have passed since the found
ing of Virginia City. New, and the town
is wreck. The $4,000 people dwindleC
10 1000. The banks have retired from
business: the merchants have closed III
and left: the hotel is abandoned: the ga
company is bankrupt, and scores OF costly
residences have either been taken to piece.
and moved away, or given away TO bats
All this because the Comstock mines have
gone dry.
a dispatch to the Galveston Ne,cs from
Anstiu saws: "A member OF the late con
veut;on of stock-men estimates that TIVE
million head OF horses and cattle are sup
porfed on free Grass. Hall the grass L
public property. Two million head O
stock is worth S40,000,000. The owner
Of the stock, therefore, get out OF the fre'
grass profit Of $40, 100000 Il year, half o
which comes from the school and State
lands. There IL no expectation OF any
legislation 10 compel the profits TO be di
vided with the state"
Henry d. Morse, the proprietor OF dia
Bsond-cutting establishment In Boston
kas been engaged for three months in cut
ting the largest diamond ever imported
into this country. 1t was found In Soutl
Africa, and weighed In the rough nearl,
1s5 karats. AS cut, il measures nearly al
inch in length and little more than tive
<ighths Of an inch In depth. 1t Is Yer,
clear and beautiful, but has yeliowisl
singe. II belongs to l.. & NJ. Kahn, o
New York.
Uaring the late excavations undertaken
IN the Roman Forum there has been foun(
q pot containing 500 old Anglo Saxon coins
Of the time Of Pope Marinus III. (Ss2-SS4.
They are Of English coinage and rar,
value, most Of them showing heads OF tn,
English kings Of the period, one hayin;
the head OF an Archbishop OF Canterbury
The probabilities are that the money be
longcd TO the saxon school then in Rome
the existence OF which renders II probabl,
tlssi there were many Englishmen In Rome
In ihotc days.
The bin introduced by Senator Call In
the United States Senate Friday, 10 pro
vids Tor the establishment OF university
Al medicine at the capital Of the United
STATES for the advancement Of science and
the discovery Of improved methods OIL
trcstment and cure Of disease, appropri
afcs 81, 100000 a. q perpetual endowment
the Interest OF which shall be paid for sala.
xtes Of professors and costs OF experiments
Onc hundred thousand dollars additional
ar appropriated for the purchase o.
grounds and erection OF suitable buildings
Aiolasj,ic, homeopathic, and eclectic me-
thad. IRE oil TO be represented by profcs.
sursAipe.