The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-05-13
Correspondence Of the Dispatch.

Correspondence Of the Dispatch.
DASvILLR, Nay 9.
In my Communication about the Improvements
10 our town, omitted to state that Messrs. Gsssr
q LrssEaaEn are buildins Q co1umodious store-
mousse Tor their own sse- They are among the lar.
sest merchants OF the place. They are Israelhes
ana foreigners but these facts are NO barriers to
'ne success OF their enierprising and industrious
nao'ts aud business energies. Their public spirif
and the hberaliy with which they have contributed
to the general Improvement Of the place .m.he
.a .aelh "orthy examples for their gentle brseh.
Inc upper part of their store 10 TO be adorned
,; one OF those characteristic establishments of
risn ana towns in this age, 'sky light Daeuer
be conisd y wnere the faces of our people are to
merer ~ On metai-a process which h sometimes
me.si @ tne transferring sfthe lineaments from one
co1nine on. 70 another! So you see we are
.rr Nc msIer power of Dan River at this p,aee i.
very extensive. Few neo,,la -. - :s; IL r1Sos Y
rass, - lily ABOUT it; and am inclined tn tbinL Il
ia ~, ,..ho ed by our own citizens Il il enusi
| is superior to fhat at Lowell Wnnoho; ana
with pleasure to the fature and co,,SSnr -, slo
ticpate the esablishmeat Of extens;.s ;uen.iy m
ring enterprises here md the rapid sros.S u
/ Danville under the influence Of the Kslro.d oi
The Railroad bridge acfoss the river hsso-...
town is begun, and will be ready certainty hv ,Se
time the rails are laid to this place. 1t viii be
| magnificent affair Il =
which was built by company. Thus far, Il has
proved to be profitable .
We begin to think that It will not be long before
we can have and maintain q daily paper here. III
the public interests here to have an independent
| and industrious daily sheet issued in Danvile-
| we begin to think habdomedals too slow for usi !
| ihave no news of interest. JUvRNIss
TRorTING MATCH. "A trotting match for q purse
OF $2,OoO between g. G. Gray Eddy and b. 6. True
John, mile heats, best three in five, to wagons-wa
son and driver to WEIGH 400 lbs-came off on
Union Course, Long leland, on Wednesday last
and was won by the gray in three straight heats
proving himself if not the fastest certainly as fas
horse at that weight as any In the world Th.
time made in the third heat was the same tha
Black Hawk made in the first heat Of his best race
We annex summary
WEDNESDAY, May l0-Mateh, o., 900, mile heats
best three in five, to wagons-wagon and driver tt
| weigh 400 lbs
H. Jones named &. g. Gray Eddy IL
5. Hoagland named b. e. True John 22fs
| Time, 240 34-2;42 1-4-24O.
THE ACCIDENT AT ERrE.--The New York Herald
gives the following account Of the accident at Erie,
Pa, heretofore announced by telegraph:
ERIE, May This morning, at about eleven
o'clock, while Bishops Timon, of Buffalo, and
Young. OF this place, were performing religious
services at the Fourth street Catholic Church. the
gallery extending the south end of the build
| ing and opposite the altar suddenly fell with
fearful crash, carrying down with it dense mass d
people, upon the crowded pews and asles below
A most distressing scene OF terror and confusion
| ensued; the screams of women and children and
the cries OF those crushed and jammed under the
fallen timbers: adding to the panic Of the hundreds
who were making the most frantic efforts to escape
BY the windows. Many were seriously injured BY
being pressed and trampled upon in the crowd !
From twenty to thirty persons in all are injured
have been able to obtain tho names of 4 few oi
those whose injuries are most serious:
Mrs Hemoner, fatally hurt, but still living: John
Ellsworth, mortally injured Mrs. McGinnis, killed
Mrs Crowley badly injured, legs broken; Richard
| crowley, badly injured; child named Emling
badly bruised and lacerated about the head and
face but will recover; Mrs. Cheval, seriously In
jured; will probably not recover; Har.
mon, badly hurt; German woman fatally injured
internally - Mccullough, arm broken.
There are many others, whose names could not
obtain, who were more or less injured
An UNPARALLELED CAsE.-In Barnwell, 8 c., q
| few days ago, negro man was struck by light.
ming. His scalp, for the greater part was torn up
from behind forwards; the fluid then passed down
the sides of the neck reached the breast, which It
lacerated severely, and thence passed down each
| OF the lower extremties, tearing a wide cash all
the way down. Yet, strange to say, he was not
killed, but bid fair to recover The rain descended
copiously Immediately after the stroke and to this
| the negro probably owes his life.
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| PRIzEs.-The prize goblet for the best conun-
drum offered by the Kunkels during their recent
eng agement in Charleston, was awarded to the au.
thor of the following: at ''#.4
| Why are the Members of the viglant Fire En-
CINE Company like well trained hounds
Because they always run well after Hare.
Hare, be 1t understood, is the name Of the Prest
dent OF the fire company.
| The prize goblet for the soorst conundrum was
adjudged TO the following
Who struck Billy Pattersons
His mother 5..t s. fssz
| 1t would puzzle philosopher, we think, to ssy
which OF the two conundrums is really the best.
DIscREDIrABLE.--The citizens Of Abbeville Dis
trict, s. c., have suffered revolutionary soldier to
become an inmate OF the poor-house
| surcIDE.--Louis Vedrain, a school teacher, com.
mitted suicide in New Orleans few days ago, by
taking laudanum. The dose was swallowed In the
1
it to relieve pain.
| Mr.. NJ De Young, formerly chipping merchant
of Baltimore, but for the past fifteen years resi-
dent OF New Orleans, died on board steamer near
Memphis on the 26th uk
| DEArH OF ARMY OFFIcKR. The Washington
Star announces the death OF Capt Thos. 1. Ring.
gold, OF the u s. Ordnance corps. which took place
in Washington on Thursday morning. His disease
was consumption.
| MuRDgR THrAL.-In the Kings county court Of
New York ON "Wednesday last John OSalliyan was
arraiened for killing his wife BY beating and kick
ing her. ON the 4th of October, at New Utrecht.
Long Island. -
sA.nssr or 4 CousrksrErrEA-A man named
Henry CLARK was arYested In Utica last Wednesday
n,ebt, for counterfeitns United States coin. Dies
and money were found upon him
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