Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-08
I.ntnat reIerrnms nriefed.

Bond offerings at Washington yesterday se-
eregaied 1921 All accepted at ls2 for4s and
ana i03K for tA's
IL Is estimated that about 1000 carpenters IN
ChicaSo are engaged In the great strike ior eight
hours day AZ 40 cents per hour.
In Consequence Of inundstion OF the machinery
a. the city waior-works there Is almost water
famine prevalent in Dallas, Tex.
The news from Catfish crrvasse in the Missis-
eipp, Is that II is about 2C00 feet wide ana stil
widening. The weather Is clear
Another turn Of the screw has been applied by
tho Board Of Trade Of Chicago 10 tho bucket
shops In that city In the matter OF quotations
Tho Oliver Iron and steel.works. at Pitts
burgh, which were closed last week on account
OF a strike, resumed operations ia AL depart
ments Yesterday. the mon having yielded.
The United states Court, which was 20 have
held Ia fret session In Augusta, Ga, yesterday,
adjourned over for tho term, the sharon
post-oflce case being The only one on the
docket
George X. sistsre's Sons, promiusn, broke
rage irm OF New York, hav eiiei. Street ru-
mors put the liabilities OF the arm al tSo0,Uo.
the failure is attributed 20 a deialcauon In their
Philadelphia oflce.
An Arkansas City special says Tho water ia
on q stand for the last thlrty-six hours. 40 the
cutting OF Doggy BAYOU leyee does as 10 dam
age. The parties who cut tho leyee await tho
h~Aioh u tuK LeFce
Al Harlan Courthouse. KY, tho spurlocks,
Days, and others Of the Howard Turner fed
held a conference yesterday and agreed 70 lay
aside their quarrel They agreed that In case u
any further essassnaiions both sides would turn
out and bring the murderer TO punishment
Near Mt Sterling, KY, Sunday. win Barnes
and Kelly Day were killed by Albion Barnes aud
George stephens. The Barneses we're cousins.
and the shooting grew out OF an old feud. Day
was by-stand0r without any other share IN tho
quarrel. Albicn Barnes Is thought TO be fatally
wounded.
Sunday night two Italians walking on the West
| Shore railway track near NeWburg, y. y, got
into a Eight and paid no attention 70 the approa h
OF train. They hammered each other til the
| engine struck them. ono was killed. The other
T. still alive, but his skull IA crushed, Tho en-
gneerwas unable to stop the train in time 10
gave them.
The House Committee on Pensions, at Wash
| ingtOn, yesterday ordered a favorable report on
| .he BrOOkshire bill granting pension 10 Mrs
| Della 5. parnel, daughter Of the late Admiral
| Charles stewart and mother OF Charles stewart
] Parueu. The original btu, which provided for a
/ pension Of 400 per month, was amended 80 40
/ to reduce the pension to $50
The steamship Nymphae at New Orleans from
! Hamburg. Germany, brought elaborate ma
/ chinery for a boet-sugar factory now under con-
/ strlction NJ Grand Island, Net. shO also
/ brought upwards Of fifty tons Of beet-seed.
/ Several tons Of these seed 60 forward to tho
| Agricultural Department at " ashngtOn, as that
| department has had applications for seed mp 70
/ the present time from over 1000 farmers through
| out the United States
! Thirteen Chinese we're arrested Sunday night
| IN m attempt to cross the line between Mexico
| and tho United states st IiaJuan8. They bad
| come up overland from fnsensda, Lower Cal.
! ana are thought 10 be part OF etghty-seyen
/ taken there on q trip of the steamer NewDern,
/ from san Francisco. They woro transferred 20
/ that z4ei from steamer rom emma. Inc
! whole elghty-seven had tickets % MazatlAn and
/ Guaymas, but all disembarkoi At Enseuafa, IL
| Il thought With tho intention OF crossing 20 the
/ Uaitod States as soon as possible