The Dartmouth nine was defeated yesterday by the Worcesters. Score, 10 to 4.

The fruit crop in several of the Middle States has been damaged by cold snaps.

Great suffering and destitution is reported among the sufferers from the Louisiana floods.

The ladies' dormitory of the college at Olivet, Michigan, was burned last night. Loss, $50,000.

Henry W. Allen, a lawyer and graduate of the Harvard Law School, died in Providence yesterday.

The Harvards and Metropolitans played their third game yesterday afternoon. Harvard was defeated by a score of 10 to 1.

The new Bangor Opera House, Frank H. Owen manager, was opened last evening. The house has a seating capacity of 1100 persons.

The Red River is up, and is doing considerable damage in Minnesota. Bridges have been carried away and two hundred families driven off the flats.

One thousand quarrymen are on a strike at Lemont, Ill., for an advance from $1.50 to $2.00 a day. The employers are threatening to close up their works.

A telegram from Stuttgart states that King Charles I of Wurtemburg has been converted to the Roman Catholic faith, and was baptized by the Pope on Monday.

The account of the cashier of the Savings Bank of Washington, Pa., is found to be from $30,000 to $60,000 short. Speculation was the cause. The bank is secured by a bond of $100,000.

O'Leary, Dale, Hart and Downey commenced the 100-hour go-as-you-please walking match at Nashville, Tenn., last evening. O'Leary and Downey made five miles and Hart and Dale seven miles in the first hour.

The firm of Vogel & Co., silk merchants of New York, has been carrying on an extensive swindling operation. The bales of silk, delivered to different parties, have been found to contain nothing but shavings, with a small quantity of silk on the outside. One member of the firm has left for Naples, and the detectives are on his track.

THE WEATHER.WASHINGTON, D. C., April 12, 1882 - 1 A. M. For New England, fair weather, northwesterly winds, stationary or lower barometer and temperature.