The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-03-01
Rrtef News Items.

NJ. de Marcere has been elected a lie
senator OF France in the place OF VI. Gaul-
thier de Rumilly, deceased.
1t is reported from Paris that the sem
tence OF Prince Krapotkine has been COM
muted to Punishment.
Nearly the whole business portion OF the
town OF Iredell, Texas, was destroyed by
fire Wednesday night.
Photiases Pasha has resigned the gov
ernorshp OF Crete. 1t is believed that
preparations are being made for great
Cretan revolt.
An application has been received at the
Post-0flice Department Tor the appoint
ment Of Miss Lizzie Mutt, sister OF young
Mutt. recently acquitted OF the murder OF
Dukes, as postmaster mt UniOntOwn, Pa.
A Rome dispatch says: The accord be-
tween Russia and the Vatican is complete.
A Russian minister to the Vatican will be
appointed. The vacant sees will be filled
by the coming cOnsistOry.
Letters to Mr.. George Anderson. a men,
Der OF the British Parliament, show that
there have been sixteen suicides and two
murders at Monte Carlo since the lst OF
January. 1t is stated that the newspapers
published in that district have been paid TO
suppress all mention of these tragic events.
The official newspapers Of Germany deny
the truth of the report that the German
Government aims TO annex Holland. They
refer to Prince Bismarck's reply to pri-
vate Dutch deputation which had called
upon him with reference to the proposed
annexation of Holland, in the course OF
which reply Prince Bismarck said that
Germany had no such aim; that she al
ready had too many refractory elements to
assimilate.
A special from Pottsvillc, Pa, TO the
Philadelphia Times says Joseph Walsh, a
miner ut Thomaston colliery, this morning
was engaged in blasting IN his breast, and
was carrying q key Of powder to where be
was working, when spark fell on the kee
from the naked lamp which he had on his
hat. An explosion followed. Walsh was
killed, and was blown a considerable dis
lance and badly disfigured and burned
He was thirty-twO years OF age and mar
ried.
The name to he given to the northern
portion of Dakota, in the event the bill for
the admission OF the southern portion
bearing the name OF Dakota shall become i
law. is receiving some attention by mem
bers OF the Senate Committee on Terrific
ries. A variety OF names has been sug
gested. Among them are Pemblna, Man
dan. Lincoln, and Isabella, the latter il
honor OF the memory Of that Spanish
Queen to whose encouragement Columbus
owed his success In part. and whose Ell
forts, so writes the committees CORE
spondent, have never been fittingly recog
nized. No one has yet suggested Bismarck
The st. Petersburg correspondent OF th,
Vienna Tdgblau says The Car has de
clded to convene the Superior Council OF
the 10th OF March for the purpose OF con
sidering the Socialist question. They vii
take into consideration the question whe
Their there really exists powerful Nihilis
party, and II so, what their wants are, an,
how to satisfy or crush them. as the dc
mands OF the country may require. Tn
Council will be composed OF Representa-
tives OF the ruling classes, including Coun
Tolstoi, Minister OF the Interior; Lieuter
ant-General Tchernaieff, Generals Ignade
and Miliutine, NJ. Abasa, and all the head
OF the administrative departments.