Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-18

The Pope proposes 10 convene gen.
eral council Of the Catholic church.
A mad-dog in Milwaukee, Wis.,. bit
twelve children before 1t was run down
and killed by the police.
Malignant scarlet-fever is reported to
be prevailing to a large extent in parts
of Nicholas county, w. Va.
John Hoclihan, late supervisor of the
town Of Hancock, Delaware county,
n. Y, is missing with $1,000 of the
towns funds.
DR.. Bigelow, the eminent New Eng
land surgeon, says that smokers have
nothing to fear from cancer as a result
Of the use of tobacco.
The French had successful brush
with the Chinese in Tonquin before the
news of the cessation Of hostilities
could be communicated.
The season in West Virginia is said
to be unusually favorable for maple
sugar. and syrup-making, and a con-
siderable amount Of both are coming
into market.
Rev. Father Phelan, Vicar General
of the diocese Of Pittsburgh, has been
appointed by the Pope coadjutor to
Bishop Tuigg, who has been in ill-health
for several years.
Arbor-day was duly observed Thurs
day throughout Pennsylvania. In
Philadelphia trees were planted in the
public squares, along the streets, and
in front Of the public schools.
The Nicholas County West VAL
Chronicle says: 1--WE have genuine
prohibition in this county, One could
not buy enough whiskey to dissolve an
ounce Of camphor to save ones life."
The committee of Harvard College
overseers, to which was referred the Pc
tition of the undergraduates asking that
attendance at morning prayers be made
voluntary with students over the age
of twenty-one years and optional with
the parents or guardians of others, has
presented an adverse report.
An explosion occurred at late hour
Wednesday night at the clearinghouse
kept by Mrs. Eva Sandfox, Eutaw and
West streets, Baltimore, which leads to
the belief that an attempt was made to
blow up the house. A number of non
union glass-blowers who are working
at Baker Brothers & Co. 8 factory were
asleep in the house at the time.
A Suakim special says: The British
troops have occupied Otao, eight miles
west Of HandOub. They encountered
no opposition. The railway has reached
Handoub, and will be continued to
Otao without delay. The railway is Of
the utmost utility in conveying stores
to the front. Twelve hundred Indian
coolies are coming to assist in con-
structing the line.
The gas-well at Morgantown, W.
Va, has been lowered to a depth Of
near 1900 feet, and very little gas
found. The company intends to bore
but $50 feet further. Even if a strong
flow of gas is not encountered the well
will be valuable one to Morgantown,
as splendid spring Of water has been
struck, which is in quantity sufficient
to supply the whole town.
Advices from Pointe DIES MOnts, Ca
NADIA, state that number of cannons-
some measuring ten and others four feet
in length-were washed up near the
shore at Pointe Aux Anglais by the late
great storm. These cannons are sup
posed to be relics of the disaster to an
English fleet which occurred nearly two
hundred years ago, and from which
Pointe Aux Anglais derived its name.
Discoveries Of firearms, swords, and
bayonets have been made in the locality,
and efforts have been made from time to
time to recover large treasure sup
posed to have been lost there.