Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-15

English capitalists are on the ground
with the intention of buying up all the
Columbia-river salmon packing houses.
Ninetv-five men at Kelseyville Lake
county, Cal, signed the pledge IN one day
recently, and the only saloon ID town Is
now closed.
Martin Corcoran and Mike Monigan went
| ont deer hunting few days ago near Yer
non, b. c. Before the day was over the
former was taken for deer and shot dead
by Monigan.
Samuel Hill was sluicing two gravel claims
| last week in III Dorado county, Cal,
when he picked up a nugget worth $500.
| The following dav his son worked out
several ounces from pocket.
spoke and handle-factOry at York
! willie. s. c., has received from Germany an
order for thousand dozen plck-handles,
which will be filled at once. Formerly the
| lumber was shipped from South Carolina
| 10 New York, where 1t was worked up tor a
foreign market.
| The little town of Brown, a station on
| the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul rall-
road, IN Clinton county, Ia, was the scene
! of a tragedy Thursday morning. Henry
Nurre. a wealthy farmer, was found muir
| dered in his home and his wife seriously
wounded. Ii is not known who the MUIR
| deTer is.
Jacob Fisher, the oldest resident of
| Berks county, will celebrate his one-hun-
dredth birthday anniversary at his home IN
Kutztown. His son, Frank Fisher, of Phila-
delphia. visited HIM Friday, when the old
gentleman PLAYED selections on tho violin
| and danced hornpIpe for HIM. Mr.. Fish
er is still able to walk four TO six miles
day.
Monday was wash-day for two gangs of
| tramps who have established winter quar-
tiers lust outside of Belleville No. They
| live IN dugouts and keep big bonfres
| blazing day and night, and are well sup
piled with food. including chickens, eggs,
! &c. On Monday they hung out their
| clothes-lines. and the variety of their APP
parel attracted the attention OF all passers.
A farmer in Ludington, Mich, owns a
pig which il a marvel in its way. The AMI
nal is of the razor-b back variety. neet as a
greyhound, and It's peculiar usefulness lies
in It's ability and skill as rabbit-hunter.
The pig always follows its owner on his
rabbit-shooting trips, and will chase the
|. game with as keen a scent and round II mp
within gun-shot with as much skill as any
dog hunter ever shot over.
The women of Atchison. Kan, Wednes-
day placed N nomination u full ticket for the
school board. This was done in pursuance
of plan to capture the school board, so as
10 reform many features that the women
teachers regard as burdensome. The wo-
men of the town are in hearty sympathy
with tho movement. and the nominations
will lead them 10 register in large num-
bers. The male citizens endorse the move
ment generally, and 1t is expected that no
nominations will be made against the
female candidates.
Marie Prescott, the actress, has lost her
suit for divorce from her husband, William
Perzel. She brought suit at Paris. KY. al
leging that she was resident of Bourbon
county. n.y.; that she was married TO Will
liam Perzel in 1881, and that since 1884 ho
has wholly abandoned her and refused TO
provide for her support. Perzel answered
that he never lived in Kentucky; that bis
home was in New York, and that, there
fore. no abandonment as alleged could oc-
cur. as her home was where his was. The
Court took his view Of tho case and dis
missed the plaintiffs suit Miss Prescott
was born in Kentucky and lived there until
she went on the stage. and still regards
that place as her home.