Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-15
News Notes.

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Seymour, Indiana, has discovered wo-
man one hundred and ten years old. Nc
affidavit attached to the statement.
The landlord Of a public house at Biz
| mingham has canary-bird that can speal
several words distinctly. having learned
them from parrot with which 1T had been
brought up.
A Philadelphia actress succeeded in
packing 1878 worth of dresses in one
trunk. but then the dresses of some
actresses are very thin, very much abbreyl
ated. and verv expensive.
The troops of King Menelek of Abyssi
mia have had an engagement with the force
of General Ras Aloula. The battle was 6
severe one and General Ras Aloula was
dangerously wounded and his army defeat
| ed.
| The Supreme Court of Alabama, at Mont
| gomery, Saturday last rendered decision
sustaining the charges of habitual drunk
| enness brought against X. X. Savage, Judge
of probate Of Cherokee county, and re-
moving him from office.
Sunday morning four tenementhouses
owned by L. Smith were destroyed at
Hawks Nest. W. Va, by fire. Loss OF
buildings $4,000. An adjoining. store
house owned by Wash. Smith was
| damaged to the amount of $500.
The Non-Partisan Woman's Christian
| Temperance Union of the District of Co
lumbia was organized in Washington
| Thursday. One hundred and twenty-five
| ladies joined the association. Mrs. j. Ellen
Foster was elected president and Mrs
| lydia Tilton secretary.
| An outrageous attempt was made upon
| the life of Mrs. Lepmeyer, of Detroit
Mich. Thursday. Some one, presumably
| her dissolute husband. put powder in &
piece of her stove-wood and when the fire
was started an explosion followed. Mrs
Lepmeyer's mother was seriously injured
The famous stallion Homer, owned by
Messrs. levitt. died Thursday at then
farm in Erie county from an internal com
plant. Homer was sired by Mambrino
| Patchen. His death was announced at the
National Association banquet at night and
| a toast in his honor was drunk in silence
A leading steel-rail manufacturer Of
Pittsburgh, Pa, is quoted rs saying: There
| will be needed million tons of steel rails
| This quantity of material. delivered, viii
cost about S35.0O0,0 900. Add to that the
cost of fsh-bars, frogs, switches. ties
grading. and laying of material. and the
| total amount which will be spent will not
fall short of Sl0O,00O,O00.
At indianapolis Thursday tho canned.
goods packers perfected a national organi.
cation, with l.. q. Seager, of Gilman, Ia,
president Il. l.. Bunting. of Hamburg. n.
Y. vice-president: s. S. Judge, of Bait.
more. secretary, and b. Lynes Smith, OF
Baltimore, treasurer. The title of the
organization is the National Canned-Goods
Packers Association. Resolutions Were
adopted opposing an increase of the tariff
on tin-plate. A national convention Will
be held at Baltimore May LIST.
The President has mitigated the punish
ment of Lieutenant-ColOnel Joshua =
Fletcher. of the United States army, from
dismissal from the service, the sentence OF
the court martial, TO a Suspension from
rank and duty. with forfeiture of one
fourth of his pay, for period of three
years. Colonel Fletcher was tried for
conduct unbecoming an officer and a gen.
tleman. and conduct 10 the prejudice OF
good order and military discipline, in
having wrongfully accused his wife of in
fidelity.
A case in some respects similar to that OF
the famous man who jumped into bram-
ble-bush IS reported from Kennebunk, Me.
Mrs. A. i. Wood. lady who had been
lame for several years. went to the barn.
loft to gather some eggs. and in sliding
down upon the hay, with her lame limb,
hearing something crack she felt she had
broken some bone. She called to her hus-
band for help, and when he came aud
helped her up she found she could walk
better than before. The ligaments which
had adhered to each other 10y noD-use were
broken apart, improving her lameness.