Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-06
Here and There.

Experiments with the 2j.O0O-candle pow
er search-lamps show that vessels three
miles off can readily be detected, and tnet
by throwing the light on the clouds signal
lin. is possible at u distance Of fifty miles.
The porter at the Union depot at Atchi-
son picks no fifty cents worth OF whlskey-
TASKS about tho waitng-rOom every week,
which he sells at q drugstore for a cent
apioce. He frequently runs across the
same bottle as often a. half dozen times
q week.
Seven thousand pounds of mail matter
! is now living at tho break IL the railroad 10
Cow-crec1 canyon, Cal, without any
means OF forwarding. The contractors
have given up the job, while no tean-t"r
viii touch the mail unless he Is paid two
cents pound cash.
Pauabokke Samastawlkrama Earumati-
! laka AJhaywardhana Bhuwanasekara jay
asundara Mudiyanselage Iilu Bandara
/ Batemahatmeya Is the name OF o C-n-alese
gentleman VINO has been appointed by
Queen Victoria TO a seat H. the Legislative
Council in the Island OF CeylOn.
A singular case OF mind blindness re-
Gently occurred. the subject beng q man
of eighty, who mad complained for month
Of inability 10 find his way about, % tell
his own position IN room, and t. recog-
mZc objects, although ms perception Vi
light was scarcely impaired.
The latest and most trustworthy stats
! tics show that there IN operation ~ this
| country, and IN the cCurse of construction
ut the present time, no fewer than I3eIec-
/ trio railways, operating l,e5t cars, with
/ 26O miles OF track. The number q pas
! sencers carried it would be diIhcnltto ests
mate, but it cannot be far from 100, 3o0,O JC.
One Of the Los Angeles judges is an ar
! dent lover of baseball. Last Friday 10
was calling his law and motion calendar
when prominent lawyer rose 10 begin an
argument. Hehesltated omoment to con-
/ suit an authority, when the Judge SAID:
| Take your base, Alr. - Everybody
/ in court exploded, and it took some mo-
ments to restore order.
In London specimens Of Mexican dry
moss were shown before the Botanical So
/ cietv that were green and nourishing, al
/ though they had beenshut up for three
| months in dry place. These plants are
| said to have the power Of rolling up IN
( ball when dry and becoming apparently
/ dead, only to bloom again, however, when
/ exposed to moisture.
W. W. Hanworth, a trackman on the Bal
( timOre and OHIO railroad. and residing at
! Paw-Paw, ". Va, was robbed of 81 800 q
short time ago. Mrs. HanwCrth coniesse5
TO having stolen the money for the pur-
! pose of clipping with ayoung railroad work
/ man. She turned over $50 70 her husband
and it is supposed that her lover has the
remainder Of the Doodle.
Mrs. r. A. Weston, of Alameda, CAL, had
! a narrow escape from sulocdtion. She
was PLAYING with pet canary, and pushed
! the BIRDS mead into her mouth. Just then
| she grew hysterical and shut her teeth to-
gether, so as to strangle the bird. Her
! daughter pulled the canary and severed its
| head. which got into Mrs. Nestou's gullet.
/ She was black in tho face when the OBJ
struction was removed.
The three locomotives that went ovor .
| G0-fo0t bank near Cape Horn ellis, on the
! Central Pacific road some weeks ago. have
not been recovered. Carloads OF coal
cinde.s IRE being brought up from the
/ shops at Sacramento TO he used As a bed
! ding TO support the necessary apparatus
| for handling the engines as the ground is
so full of water that no other material can
be obtained that viii serve the purpose SO
! well.