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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-06
Physical Culture.

The Philadelphia Erening Bulletin
saws that with the establishment Of q
department Of physical culture the
University Of Pennsylvania completes
e thoroughly rational system of educa-
ton. The Bulletin does not sc too far
in the estimate it puts upon physical
culture as part Of the regular college
course. Physical culture is almost
as essential as mental culture.
But it should be under restric-
tons, as is the case in the
University Of Pennsylvania. The
trouble about physical culture or
physical exercise at most of our COL
leges is that it is regulated by the stu
dents themselves. 1t is not a part OF
the course. There is no one to say
how much or what character Of physi-
cal exercise q student should take,
and, Is q consequence, the students
who indulge in it at all frequently
80 to extremes. What in a gym
nasium would be no strain for
for one man would ipjure another fer
life. At the University Of Pennsyl.
vania they have professor Of physical
culture, who controls the exercises Of
the students upon a rational system.
We shall watch the results of his sys-
tenn with interest, believing, as we do,
that that institution has taken q step
which oil our colleges and universities
will take.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-06

have been Mr.. ARrHuR's authority in
tho premisesg Let us see now what
the Constitution provides:
"In case Of the removal Of the Pre-
sident from Office, or Of his death, re-
signa,ion, or inability to discharge the
duties and powers Of the said Office, the
same shall deyolve on the Vice-Prcsi-
dent"
These words leave nothing to dispute
about. Under the Law and custom Of
forty years, in case Of the death Of the
President, the vice-President becomes
President. In case Of the removal OF
the President, the Vice-President be-
comes President. In case Of the resig-
nation Of the President, the vice-Presi-
dent becomes President. In case OF
the inability Of the President, the Vice.
President becomes President. We need
not stop TO argue the question whether
IL ought to be so or not. What we said
the other day--and what We have
prcved---is that whatever Mr.. TYLER
was in 1S4l, acting President or real
President, that is just what Mr.. Ar
THUR would have been in 1881 If Mr.
GARFIELD's inability" had been as
certained by law.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-06
NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH

Movement to Reduce the Salary of the
Mayor OF NOrfOlk-A Very Singular Nal
ady.
Correspondence ofthe Richmond Dispatch.
NORFOLK, December 5, 1885.
A resolution in the Common Council
last night was referred to the Finance
Committee to report as to the advisa-
bility of reducing the salary of the
Mayor of Norfolk to 5000 per annun.
That official now receives $4,000 per
annum. Salaries Of city officers gen.
orally are small in Norfolk. The street
Inspector only gets 5000.
The heavy discharge Of workmen in
the maynard comes sooner than eX-
pected. 1t takes place tonight.
The reception Of the northern Club
at the Academy of Music last night was
brilliant social affair and largely at
tended. 1t was literary and musical
in character, and Mayor William Lamb
delivered an address on " Blockade
Running During the War" being per-
sonal "reminiscences Of Fort Fisher.
cur harbor is unusually full Of for
eign shipping this week. The British
ship Thomas Ilillyard broke from her
moorings in a heavy squall this MORN
ing and was damaged. Several Of the
foreigners Just in are loaded with salt
and fertilizers for this port.
There is an epidemic Of sore feet
among the children Of Norfolk county.
Whole schools have the malady on the
Western Branch. 1t is very singular.
Hon. T. r. Jernigan aud family left
Norfolk to-day for Washington en- route
to Japan, where he goes as United States
Consul to the ports Of Osaka and lIiOgo.
He was accompanied to Washington by
Congressman Thomas &. Skinner.
j. II. Hopkins, j. NJ. Dickey, John
Welsh, and Charles j. Mackey, bond
holders of the Virginia Beach railroad,
are in the city. They come prepared
to settle the indebtedness Of the road
and to take it out of the hands Of the
receivers Monday next.
The bark William Phillips, from the
West Indies, bound to Boston with
sugar, put into Hampton Roads yester-
day with her crew sick. q.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-06
THROUGH THE STATE.
PETERSBURG AND VICINITY.

Hesyy Tobacco Reeeipts-Tbe Normal Col
iese-Aucst OF an Alleged rhief-The Re-
cent Weldon "Robbery.- &c.
Correspondence ofthe Richmond Dlspatch.l
PETERSBURG, Dec. 8, 1885.
The offerings Of loose tobacco have
been so heavy this week that the sales
have frequently continued all day with
out getting through with them. They
will continue large until the advent OF
the holiday season. The receipts oil
cotton this week have also been large.
John NJ. Langston, of Washington,
who was recently elected president OF
the Colored Normal and Collegiate In
stitute near this city, visited that insti-
tuition yesterday and addressed the pu-
pills. lie has not yet decided to accept
the presidency. The college needs
some good man at the head Of it. Very
little work has been done towards the
completion of the buildings this year.
Sheriff Gillian, Of Dinwiddie county,
arrived in this city last night, having
in his custodya colored woman named
Hannah Blackwell, who is charged
with robbing two or three of our citi'
zens while in their service some months
ago.
Under competition recently started in
this city by Richmond millers. the
price Of meal has considerably declined
and consumers are rejoicing.
A denial by the Weldon paper OF the
statement recently made by the two
young Mann brothers, of Amelia coun
ty, that they were robbed of seyera
hundred dollars in that town, will
probably lead to a publication setting
forth all the facts in the case. The
young men adhere to the statement thai
they were robbed in Weldon.
The cold wave descended upon Us
very suddenly this afternoon, and thu
temperature fell many degrees in a very
short space Of time.
Mr.. John j. Thompson has been ap
pointed agent of the Bright Hope Goa
Company in this city.
The exports Of manufactured tobacco
this week have run up to nearly 100,
600 pounds. ROBIN ADAIR.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-06
virginia News Notes.

The Patrick Press says: We UNDER
stand that there is now a movement on
foot to organize Masonic lodge at this
place.
The Grayson Gazette says: The store
Of Mr.. Wash. Greer, at Trout Dale
that county, was broken into recently
and robbed of about 1900 in money and
goods.
Mrs. Rebecca Grymes, wife Of Mr..
Benjamin r. Grymes, of = Woodstock"
King George county, died at her resi-
dence near Mathias's Point, early on
Thursday morning, after an illness OF a
day or two.
The Alexandria Gazette Of Friday
says Judge N. b. Meade, Of the Cor
poration Court of this city, while walk
ing on Prince street this morning was
taken suddenly i'll, and had to be taken
to his home in carriage, but this after
noon his condition had improved.
The Culpeper Exponent says; Mr..
John Smith, who has lived all of his
life on the same farm, below Mount
Pony in the Flats, is in the ninety
fourth year Of his age. He is still
healthy and strong and can split from
fifty to a hundred white oak rails day,
besides attending to the miscellaneous
matters of his farm.
The Bedford Star. and Sentinel says !:
A few nights two respectable and inof-
fensive colored men residing in the
neighborhood Of Fancy Grove, in this
county, named respectively Harvey and
Jack Mitchell. who in the late election
dared to vote their sentiments at the
ballot-box in favor Of the Democratic
nominees, were dragged from their
homes by Reed Swayne, John Brown,
and John Robinson, stalwart men Of
their own color, taken to the woods,
stripped and beaten in the most brutal
manner. One of the victims, an old man,
was so terribly beaten that his life for
time was deSpaired Of.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-06
England Has no Choice.

The threats of the London papers
against Turkey for listening to the adj
vice Of Russia are buster at best. 1t
does very well for the Standard to de-
clare at this stage Of the Balkan game
that elf Turkey is blind enough to
forge weapons for her own destruction
England can only stand aloof," but, all
the same, when it comes to the pinch,
England cannot afford to stand aloof.
The union Of Bulgaria and Eastern
Roumelia would be good thing for
England, and it is natural that the
English press should desire to see it
consummated. The united provinces
would form a buffer between Russia
and Turkey, as Afghanistan forms a
buffer between Russia and English In
6ia. Friction would be avoided, and
there would be less excuse for Rus
STA to pick quarrel with Tur-
key. Hence English efforts to bully
the Porte. Yet Turkey well knows
that if the union is not conSum-
mated and Russia makes another
move upon Constantinople England will
be compelled to come to the assistance OF
the Sultan. In short, in the quarrel be-
tween England and Russia the Sick Man
is master of the situation; for, what
ever may be the outcome of the Balkan
complication, England will have to sink
to the position Of q fourth-rate Power
before she can allow the unspeakable
Turk to be driven out of Europe. Let
the papers say what they may, the
Ministry that would advocate standing
aloof when Constantinople is the stake
would not live twenty-four hours.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-06
DAN VILE.
nanth lrnm a Very Sliphi Mnmnd

Death from Very slight Wound.
Correspondence ofthe Richmond Dispatch
DECEMBER 1, 1885.
Yesterday afternoon as Mr.. George
Dickson was passing along the street
near ore of the warehouses he was ac-
cidentally struck by the shaft of a
wagon and received small cash in the
back of the head. The wound was so
slight that no attention was paid to it,
but the unfortunate man grew gradual
ly worse until some time late in the
night, when he died.
Deceased was from Pigs Mill, in
Pittsylvania county, and was worthy
citizen. He had no family except an
old mother eighty years of age, who
was entirely dependent on him for sup
port.
Further particulars show that de-
ceased was leading his horse along
Lynn street, when horse belonging to
MIR. w. l.. Norman, took fright and
came tearing down the street with
nothing but pair Of shafts attached to
him. Mr.. Dickson tried to get out Of
the way, but the horse ran against him
and knocked him down. 1t was found
that he had received internal injuries.
The Chamber Of Commerce decided
10 rent rooms and fit them up in an at
tractive manner. 1t was also ordered
that the Richmond and Dsnyille rail-
road be asked to allow passengers to
ride on freight trains. The Chamber
has a good membership and bids fair to
become body of much influence.
The mortuary report for November
shows fifteen deaths-five white and ten
colored.
The tobacco sales in this market for
the week was 1855 pounds.
Reports from Franklin county are to
the effect that nearly all the dogs are
running mad. There have been several
mad dogs here.
1t is very cold here to-day. ELLA.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-06
Prodded by n Guilty Conscience.

An Ottawa (0nt.) special says At
Sault Ste. Marie. Ontario, on Saturday
night last, young man, who said he
came from Bristol, England, called on
Government Police-Oficer Rush and
stated that he wished to give himself
up to the authorities for having, on the
9TH day of May, 1884, at the door of
No. Al Old Market street, Bristol, Eng
land, stabbed with a sailors knife a
young woman named Ada James, from
the effects of which she died the next
morning. The prisoner was committed
to Jail until his case can be disposed Of
by due course of law. He states that
Immediately after stabbing the woman
he ran away and hid himself on YES
sci which was then leaving port for
Barbados. Afterward he sailed from
the East Indies to Montreal. He has
since sailed on the Shickluna and made
several trips on the Canadian Pacific
railway steamer Alberta.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-06
CHARLOTTESVILLE.
Country Residence Enthusiastically Shot
CORRESPONDENCE ofthe Richmond Dispatch.

Country Residence Burned-AccidentaiIy Shot
Correspondent the Richmond Dispatch. !
DECEMBER 5, 1885.
Last night about 9 o'clock the resi-
dence Of Matthew +. Maury, Esq, was
totally destroyed by fire. The contents
of the house are said to have been totally
lost. Mr.. Maury's farm is known as
the " Old Abel place." being the pro-
perty once owned by our fellow-coun-
lyman, j. Rawls Abel, ESQ.,, and is
situated some five miles southwest Of
Charlottesville.
Mr.. B. A. Cunningham, Of Hinton,
W. Va, has been appointed chief dis
patcher and train-master for this divi-
sion of the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
road. He takes the place Of L. G. An
derson, which, since Mr.. Anderson's
resignation, has been filled by Mr..
Jack Woodward, who has an excellent
reputation here as prudent and safe
dispatcher.
A colored man was accidentally shot
IN the arm early this morning by col
ored boy who was handling . pistol
carelessly. The man would have bled
to death il medical attention had not
been SO promptly rendered. QUIZ.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-06
Thomas Manahan, No, 81 NJ

Thomas Manahan, No. 81 Montgom-
cry street, Hudson, N. Y, two years
ago was given up by his physicians.
lie was afflicted with dyspepsia and
obstinate constipation; had lost forty
pounds in weight and was a bed-ridden
invalid. lie commenced taking Bran
dreth's Pills in doses of five, four, two,
and one. Then he took two every
night for a month, gained eight pounds
in weight, and was able to attend to
business. lie took two pills every
night for the following six weeks, and
was entirely cured.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-06
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
ROW IN THE RACQUET CLUE.

r,,,. wnlsam Travers very s1ad-The The
s,re.-Litle Let,a-The Nine'een'h-Centufv
Ciub.
lCorrespopdence OF the Richmond Dispaich.l
NEW YORK, December 5, 1885.
The Racquet Club has been all torn
up for week past over blsck-balling
incident, and it has only been composed
by metaphorically going down on its
knees to Bill Travers, New York's Boo
caccio. Every one who wishes to be
considered q gilded youth, or to have
the highest taste in athletic matters, be.
lieyes il necessary to be member OF
the RACQUET Club. Fistic exhibitions
are given in its rooms that are as fierce
ly contested as any ring-fght. Bow
ery bruisers and boxers are brought in,
filed with wine, and then set to to make
q holiday for tie Racquetteers. Mr.
Trayers was one of the founders; his
purse was always open for its needs,
and he sometimes invited choice spirits
to his Jersey villa whenever he found a
particularly clever pair Of boxers to
pit. He was consequently looked
up to as the chief supporting
spirit of the club. Imagine his
chagrine, then, when he presented for the
sufirages Of the club the name Of we'll
known journalist who had just returned
from triumphant trip abroad, and was
unable to prevent his being black
balled. In a splitter Of disgust he
threw up his membership and went
sulking to his tent. The news Of Uncle
Bills wrath, with the financial strin-
gency that that matter implied, caused
CONSERVATION in the club, and CON-
mittee was sent to molhfy him. He
would agree to nothing short Of the
election Of his candidate. The time for
the annual Delmonico spread which he
gives the club was close at hand, money
was not very plentiful, and the boys in
continently yielded and swallowed the
journalistic pill.
This same journalist was abroad all
last summer, and so impressed some
members Of the English aristocracy with
his importance that it is said he was
able to make acquaintance among the
Prince of Wales's set, and even to know
the Prince himself. A very high esti-
mate was placed upon his position in
New York society, in other swell
English circles, and American people
then in London who knew his antece.
dents and standing here came near be-
ing tabooed for remarking that he was
quite unknown to fashion and culture
in the Empire State.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-06
The Succession.

Our good friend Of the Lynchburg
Adranee, after saying that we are gene
rally svery accurate and constitu-
tional" in laying down fundamental
propositions, adds that he is compelled
to hold that we " slipped up" when we
made the following declaration:
"whatsvsr Mr.. Tyler was in lS4l
when General Harrison died, Mr.. Ar
thur would have become IL II had been
ascertained BY law in 1881 that Mr..
Garfield was, by reason Of inability,
not ct that time entitled TO be President
Of the United States for the constitu-
tional provision In regard 10 death Is
exactly tho same Is 1t is in regard TO
inability"
II Is impossible that We could have
been in error In this case. The propo-
sitiou stated by us was mere question
Of fsct-not one Is 10 which there could
be two opinions. The statement we
made IL either true or untrue. Whether
Il h true or untrue can be decided only
by looking st the words Of the Federal
csnstifusion, and learning In that way
vh<thsr The vics-Prssidspt occupies the
sane position when the President Is
ssssfipg from " inability " Is when the
Psssidsst IL dead. II viii BE- observed
that our proposition 10 qualiikd BY the
phrase. iii IL he'd been sscertsinsd by
Las 10 1851 that Dr.. GARFIELD was
~ reason Of inability not 1t that time
sptjslsd y b. pSssident Of the Uuitsd
ktst<s.v NOE, let Us suppose that this
hA1 sssiiy been The esse In IsSl-that
Mr. CAsyHsD's" inability " had bssu
. sseesfsissd b. Iaw." What would
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-06
New Rocks.

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A succinct presentation of the life
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The author, STUART c. CUMBER-
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For sale by WEST, JOHNSTON & Co.
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A well-written story, illustrating the
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-06
ing English prestige in thss quarter OF
the globe points to such an expedition

Tho Republican senator's who met at
the Capitol yesterday acted wisely but
not well. They made very sure that
General Logan would not accept the
presidency pro tempore before they
gave him the opportunity to decline
it, Washington Post.
We guessed as much.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-06

The Burlington Free Press says ::
"Some person, while airing a super
fetal knowledge Of the classics, an
nounces that the word editor comes
from the Latin word edo, to eat" That
is the way the Suns cat "edits man
uscrint.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-06

JOHN LOGAN in his speech declining
the nomination for President pro tenn.
of the Senate said be "thanked the
people of the whole country for the de-
sire they seem to feel that should be
given this very honorable position.
And yet there are people who say that
JOHN is not a humorist.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-06

The chronological Journal says ::
documentary evidence Of the strong
est kind goes to show that the old story
of the burning of the Maid of Orleans
is fable" That is pretty hard upon
youthful aspirants for oratorical honOrs
in debating societies.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-06

The fact that an Office has been dis
covered that JOHN A. LOGAN does not
want makes superstitious people feel a
little shaky, and calls to their minds
prophecies about the end Of the world.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-06

The Springfield Republican says ::
"If the boy of to-day is built on the
same plan and the same calibre of the
boy of fifty years ago, it is his training
that is out of joint" The trouble is
that the average hoy Of to-day does not
get any old-fashioned training.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-06
for which the World is thanked by all
huk the yauuuished.

for which the World Is thanked oy ."
but the vanquished.
Mayor Grace Is the head Of the urn
Of W. R. Grace & Co., who have LOT
wears almost monopolized the nitrate
and guano trade Of Peru and Chill, ana
is very wealthy. He is short, stout,
wears eyeglasses, and is highly thought
Of by everybody except politicians,
who declare that be is without an equal
as q juggler. An Irishmsn BY BIRTH
the question Of his citizenship was =
long time in dispute, but it was settled
recently, when it was announced that
he had taken out his final naturaliza-
! ton papers just previous to his election
rs MAYOR,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-06

| have made a chemical exami-
nation of the "Montrose " Whiskey,
the sample having been collected by Inc
from many barrels, and find that it
contains no impurities or authorizations.
As beverage or medicinal agent it is
entitled to full confidence.
WILLIAM II. TAYLOR, VI. D.,
State Chemist.
Richmond, "a, February %, 1885.
Walter d. Blair q Co. are the sole
proprietors Of the celebrated Mon
troSe " Whisky.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-06

The National Republican remarks
" Even the RoACH-contract cruisers
get respectful mention in the report
Of Secretary WHITNEY" OF course.
Mr.. WHITNEY is too polite man to
say any thing but good Of the dead.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-06
The S0udan,

The news from the Soudan indicates
that il Is only a question Of q short
time when England will have to dis
patch another expedition TO that coun-
try. Not only English interests In
Egypt, but the necessity Of rssstablish-