The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-10-31
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RAILROAD CorIn1oN -Ns IsarS r.. !.
Wheeling madagascar fhae NO Ioco1 uotivss -
z collision n Centre Wheegink iast Thnruaev g.
me tender Of one Of them was bsdly bro1sp a,
sustns shannon, machinia eneasea d ~ Co.
pAnys repairing shop, was on one II - 1.rs.e.
and received sewers Injuries. His nm ~. -
Oeon smputated. Patrick Connolly, ! arsnsa w.
also badly hurt
The YAsKxKs BxArxx.-A var.;.;., -. ...
tne Yankees q heir own we.nons Ia. 4 49,
OF Fredsricksburr. vr., has invented ,,,.-ns..
which win husk and sheIl corn 8 - -. c,,-,
ton. The ear with husk b drown !, 4. ,,,s -
10 'ne fwinkiing ofan corn fails Il one poist,
sae clean coo coming out It the other epd. In
capacity y shout four hundred bsrrsls Der dsv. s
knLED.-There was report ii, stsubervsn. =.
Friday last that the engineer belonging % hstrsin
which runs between WelisviIle and Alliance 80
killed at tho former place. Itis said that = t,,c
trainIwas starting, BY some mishap, be fell undcr
the wheels Of the locomotive.
TIE REcxIrrs.-The Southside Democrst lo.rr.
that some fourteen or fifteen hundred dollars were
realized at the gates of the Fair Grounds, during
the continuance oftha late exhibition in Petersburg
On wednesday, alone, the returns amounted to !.
eight hundred dollars
sENrENcED.-Joseph Needham has been found
guilty OF horse stealing in Fincaste, and sentenced
20 TWO years imprisonment In the penitentiary.
DEAD.-The Piedmont Whig notice, the death !,
Mr.. Abner Flowerree, In the 9th year of his aee.
de was jealous whig, and his death ID regarded
as greatloss to his party.
SENT ON.-A young man named Bowles has been
examined in Groenbrier county on 4 charge of
stealing gun and a sum of money, and sent on for
further trial. IS
SAD REcoRD.-Mr. John Tate Christian, SON
Of the late John B. Christian, of Augusta county.
Va, died In New Orleans on the a6:h Of septen
Der, OF yellow lever. Mrs. Anne Langston Chris.
tian, wife of John T. Christian died on the 9th of
October, and Charles Nc l.. Christian. their oldes
child, died on the l1th, of the same disease
A CLEAR DocKEr.-The Staunton vindicator
announces the fact that there not now one siure
case on the Commonwealth docket, for Augusta
County-the docket having been cleared entirely
during the October term-a state of affairs never
before known since the organization of the county.
A Coon CRoP.-J. G. Dickinson, residing near
ys
ground in that vicinity, during the present season.
notwithstanding the dry weather, upwards of lis
bushels of corn to the acre.
FIRE AND Loss OF LrFE.-A house upon tho
farm of Mr. John C. Bell, of Botetourt county, was
destroyed by fire not long since, and young negro
child burnt to death.
BATTLE OF GUYANDorTE.-We learn from the
Guyandotte Herald that Capt. Whiskey marshalled
his forces on the streets of that town few days
ago, and several encounters took place. Rocks
flew in every direction and several sober citizens
who interfered to prevent the Traces, were assault
ed. "More than dozen men were knocked down
In a few seconds" and some badly hurt The Guy.
andotte boys soon cleared the field, and those from
the other side of the river fled from the scene 2
action. Drunkenness was the cause of this grand
battle.
RAILROAD MEETING.-The citizens of Guyan.
dotte held meeting on the 10Th of October, to
take into consideration means for continuing the
work on the Covington and Ohio Railroad. They
resolved to call q meeting of the citizens of Ca
bell, Wayne and Putnam counties, to be held at
Barboursville on the 23rd of October. The result
of this latter meeting we have not learned.
KANAwHA CIRCUIT COURT During the late term
of this court there was but little work for the
Grand Jury to perform, there were no criminals
in jail. Finding they had some leisure on their
hands, the jury went the full list of free
groes in the county, and presented them all for re-
| manning in the Commonwealth. The Kanawha
| Republican doubts the wisdom Of this action. lf
sent across the Ohio river, the free negroes would
have more power to njure the slave population, BY
aiding their escape, than at present.
| SYNOD OF VIRGrNrA-This body has adopted
Lexington as the next place for the meeting of the
Synod, and Wednesday before the full moon in
November as the day of meeting.
| We learn that Mr.. Geo. w. Hackett, sold recent
" one of his Green Spring farms, containing about
800 acres for the sum of $40 per acre. cash.
| ARREsr-A negro belonging to Mrs. Gaines has
been arrested at Warrenton junction, and locked
| up in jail at WarrentoD, a charge of stealing
pocket book from Capt. Randolph.
MINERALs.-The Rockingham Register describes
some lich specimens Of gypsum tor plaster Of Pa.
ris) and iron taken from the lands of Messrs Fer.
re located in Buffalo Gap, Augusta county, direct
ly on TIE line of the Central Railroad. They were
taken from exhaustless bshs or banks of these val
liable minerals.
KASAwHA BoTToM WHEAT.-Dr. Patrick,
of Kanawha county, sowed the past season,
l3 1.2 bushels of the blue stem or Poland
white wheat, obtained from Col Edmund
Fontaine, of Hanover, on little less than Q
acres of ground. The net product of these 8
acres is 800 bushels of clean and beautiful
wheat, weighing 62 lbs. to the bushel.
Messrs. Henry d. Lappaugh and John Andrews
have become for the costs of the appeal ta.
hon hv Jonathan I,emyy1on from fhs lsta. y,H -,