Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-17
Brief News LIENS.

MT. 1IucH yacht. tuc 'ihhS' was
decorated with flags from stem to stern
on March 4th.
The Standard states that Prince Al
bert. Of Saxe-Altenberg. has been Of
fered the throne left vacant by the death
of the Duke Of Brunswick.
The fund being collected in Germany
for q national tribute to Prince Bis
marck on the occasion of his SEVENTEEN
birthday. on the LIST Of April. already
amounts to 10000 marks.
Leoni, known as . King of the Air, -
tight-rope walker, while giving per-
Torrance at Stockton. Cal. Saturday
evening on cable stretched across a
street, fell and broke his neck.
An alligator twenty-seyen feet and
seven inches long was caught ont of
Lake Wimlico. Fla. last Sunday. He
killed four dogs with one sweep Of his
enormous tail after he was dragged
ashore.
Lady Stewart. the wife of General
Stewart. who died in the Soudan from
wounds received in the battle near Me-
temneh, is seriously i'll. Her condition
is the result of nervous collapse, which
followed the receipt of the news Of her
husbands death.
In New York. on Saturday. James
0Malley, aged sixteen, while at work
on a building on Nassau street, fell
through an air-shaft distance Of seven
stories. He was picked up apparently
lifeleSs. At the hospital his only in
jury was found TO he scalp wound.
He walked home shortly afterwards.
Night workmen in New Haven. more
particularly brakemen and others en-
ployed on railroads are suffering from
a new eye disease. 1t is attended by
inflammation. sharp pains, and prac-
teal loss of sight. The doctors are APP
parently at loss to account for the
trouble. Ordinary remedies are with
out effect upon it. Several hundred
people are on the sick list. As rule.
the disease lasts about ten days. and
then disappears as suddenly as it APP
pears.
The exercises of the Florida Chau-
tauqua closed Saturday night. Its
work has created desire on the part
of the southern attendants for greater
diffusion of knowledge throughout the
South. Resolutions, offered by prOm
nent southern men. were passed. cX-
pressing sympathy with General Grant
and appealing to the Government to
proceed promptly against and punish
the dynamite criminals in our midst.
who are plotting murder against a
friendly people"
William Williams. a Wclshman, en-
tered the Arch-Strcet Methodist Epis-
copal church, in Allegheny City. Sun
day night during the services. and as
saulted his wife. who is a member of
The congregation. Williams struck her
several times before any one could in
terferc. and then ran out Of the church,
pursued by number of persons. who
captured him after long chase and
took him to the Central station. lie
was sober. and refused to give an cx-
PLANTATION for the assault. The episode
caused great excitement and almost a
panic among members of the congrega-
ton.
Late Sunday afternoon, in Baltimore.
Ambrose Anderson. a desperate char
actcr. with Sherman Hose. went to Il
drinkmg-SaloOn on Baltimore street
kept by Wagner Brothers. They be-
came diSordcrly while in the saloon. and
were finally elected, after which the
doors were closed. Anderson then
threw stones through the transom over
the door, when William Wagner, from
the inside, warned him TO desist. An
derson continuing, Wagner fired through
the door with pistol. shooting him in
The left breast and killing him almost
instantly. Wagner was arrested. An
derSon had been the terror of the neigh
borhood for ten years.
\ dispatch from Indian Territory
says The Cherokee people are
making a movement to bring the ques-
ton Of citizenship speedily before the
present administration. They will
urge upon the Secretary of the Interior
immediate action in regard to the re-
moyal Of non-citizens. In many COM
munities about one tenth of the popula-
tion have been declared intruderS by
the Cherokee authorities, but the order
Of ejectmcnt has never been enforced
by the Interior Department. 1t is
claimed that an opinion of the Attor-
ncy-General some years ago clearly de-
fined the obligations of the Government
to he the immediate removal of those