Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-13
News Notes.

There are 1893 Episcopal churches in the
United States. Out Of that number 2,oi4
have adopted the free-pew system.
Colonel Harper. of Tuscon, Ariz., re-
ceived payment from the United states
Government last Wednesday for bill OF
1866. 50, for forage supplied by him III 1900
Id. Sheetz, brakeman on Baltimore
and Ohio freight train. fell on car near
AItamont, W. Va, Tuesday morning, Sc
riously iniuring himself about the hps'
MIR. Sheet lives in West Virginia.
Tn Chester. Pa. the colored people have
come TO the conclusion. after trial OF
eight wears. that the education OF white
and black children together does not work
satisfactorily. and have asked Tor separate
schools to be established.
Mrs. Conway, an aged Irish woman of
Atlanta, Ga, has put on mourning IN
honor of ex-President Jefferson Davis and
Henry W. Grady. Her dresses are made
from the calico used in draping some OF
the city windows when these gentlemen
died.
Charles Tuchschuidt. Russian youth Of
eighteen wears. was found dying Tuesday
evening on the stoop OF house IN New
York. He had attempted suicide nY
swallowing q quantity Of Paris green. Inc
police were unable to learn the motive Tor
the deed.
Thunder-storms aro more frequent in
Java than in any part Of the globe. On an
average they occur in the island on ninety
seven DAYS in the year. In England the
average marks thunder-storms on about
seven days in the year only halt the
number recorded in France.
The cavalry quartermasters in the Eng
lish army have lust been relieved from the
duty of wearing n cooked hat, and are 70
he permitted to use the head-drese of the
regiment to which they may be attached
II is limited that the cooked hat Will also
be abolished in the uniforms Of the highest
officers of the army.
The Savannah (Ga.) N57rs states that
over -. $50 900 in building improvement,
are now in progress III that city, or have
been completed within the last two months
not including the new public building
upon which work has been Temporarily
SUSPENDED, and large number of improve
ments will be under way within lew
weeks.
While in Chicago Tuesday on the way
| home from New York Thomas Lowrey, tnt
MINNEAPOLIS street-railway magnate, salC
| that Henry Willard will reach Mlnneapoli.
| Saturday TO take the first steps toward
| turning the immense force in the Falls Of
| st. Anthony into electricity to furnish mo-
| tive-power, heat, and light for bhnneapo
| lis and st. Paul.
John Shaw. n well-known young man o.
| Paterson, n. j.. was arrested tuesday II
| Philadelphia and taken back to Paterson
| ON a charge of forgery. He did not deny
| this offence, and in default OF security wa
| committed to Jail for trial IN the Court OF
| Quarter Sessions. He is one of the three sons
Of the late John Shaw. a wealthy brewer o.
| Paterson, who at his death lett his family
about half million dollars.
| Indian runners bring the news to Yuma
| Arizona, of several murders along The
| Colorado river in Lower California amoEE
the Cocopah Indians. The old chef Colo
row. died three weeks ago, and the new
chief, believing the medlclne-man guilty o.
| witcbcraft. caused his murder. IhereupOi
| fine relatives killed two of the slayers, anC
| the new chief, with the balance OF th'
| tribe. assert they will kill all the medicine
| mans male relatives.
The detectives of Philadelphia believe
that Reginald Birchell, who is suspected
of the murder of Frederick I. BenweIl' J.
no other than the bogus Earl of Somerset
light IN that city about five years ago
He, however, was soon discovered by thu
police of the city not only to be a bogu
lord but swindler and q confidence man
and driven from the city. Frank Kelly
who was chief Of detectives during Mayo
Smiths term, is among those who thlnl
that the pretended Earl OF Somerset an'
Birchell, the murderer, are identical.
The much-talked-of round-house an(
machine-shops TO be erected at st. Adams
near Charleston. W. Va, by the Chesa
peake and Ohio Railway Company ar
now an assured fact. Monday three con
tractors begun work on the buildings
which have been laid of on tract o
thirty acres Of ground, and it is the inten
ton of the company to push the work t.
speedy completion. Ii is rumored tina
the railroad company will double tract
from their new shops to Charleston-tonr
teen miles. Also, that the shops will b.
removed from Huntington to the new 10
cation.