The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-10-01
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80. CrrraAx ROAD As the cars
:. -. Cansral Road were going wese, 90 ish
TS.s@dav evening, . serious sccsdens occufIeo On
tSs 1ssh section, about ~ miles wess o. stun.y
ss,ee 20 place between the sies on the road on
he ton OF die aravei had been lelt some large
TIE baesaes car IN passlns over the rocks -
eod moved one Of them, ~ that b rolled 1po. s,.
tas n nd breskips one cod out Mr. Jacob ssns s
proprietor Of tbs Mosby Creek Pspel h sd,. cns
an - md sioulcr brokee, and hts nose DsIy ~
and probably broken. Mr. Stanley, ks,r.r
bed his knee di.oc.sssdh . anr IL the abdomen
ma nm IN ejv result In death. No o'neI seI'V ~,
49, 80 snstsiped The occurrence, ssys .ue
Stanton VIndicator, wes entIrey n.
80 -oSEmen employed In breaking the fock' can
not be too severely censured Tor tneif cs'e0's'
ness.
sA1xoy A FAaM.-The Charlottesville Advocate
ssvs the farm belonging 10 the late John Dun1u".
decd, about five miles south OF town; W. so., :.
auction. on Tuesday ls,t MI rang Tbe 1 pspsopsi
properly. including everything usuahy Aep' upoA
farm, brought high prices. :,
pnLAas-Immense numbers OF caterph
fsra AVS the Charlottesville Advocate. are sweep
i,e the woods near that pisce of their tonnage.
BAsK DrnkcfoR.-Col Richard g. Crank hss
been elected a director Ia the branch oil the ar.
mers' Bank of virsioia In Charottesvfiie, to MI
the vacancy occasioued by the appointment OF Mr..
Jesse w. Jones to cierkship 10 said Bank.
RELIGIOUS INrKLLIGRKcE.-A protracted meet
Ing at Mt Carmel, Clarke county, neio recenuJ
ua1e Rev B F. August, has resulted 10 tnirty ionf
sccessions to the church:
IAsp Subtitle Winchester Virginian says
The Portsmouth, Furnace property Ia Shenandoah,
With about eleven hundred acres of surrounding
lands, hss been purchased for the sum OF $l3 0OO
By Hugh Galleese, who has had possession OF the
properly for more than year;
81 Io,1 foyr, ofT III Kitchdn
tainine 274 acres, and situated about two miles
east OF town, has been bought by WIN. Ford for
$780, which 10 something like SIG so per acre.
GRAND HUNr.-The GAINESVILLE Tobacco Plan
records hunt which came off Ia Person, N G, 9
few days since. 10 which two gentlemen, In three
days, captured II coons, IL possums and IL;
squirrels.
BARN BuRNr-The tobacco, barn aud utensils
of Col VIM Townes, In Mecklenburg was destroy
ed BY fire last week.
TouRNAmKNr.-The Tobscco Plant has an &C
count of tournament at Buffalo Springs q few
was victor, and Miss A Chandler of Granville,
c. was crowned queen. The knights of the occa
sion were addressed by DR. VIM Easily.
CONFERENCE.-The Sons of Temperance o
Clarksvile have contributed 500 to the Norfoll
and Portsmouth fund, thu. making the sum coo
Wednesday In Boydion, Mecklenburg county, cor
thbuted $3.50.
HoRN WoBM-Several papers from the Tobacco,
growing counties complaining of the horl
worm. The Halifax Advocate says they were bat
enough last year. but this there are five wher
there was one at that Time
SECOND CRoP.-There Is a peach tree at Halifa
c II now bearing second crop of fruit for th
season which, though small, 10 eatsble. The Ad
vocate says that the farmers of Halifax are maxim
preparations for putting In large crop of whea
and guano will be used freely on 1t.
INDIAN RELIcs.-Two human skeletons hav
been found lately on the farm of Harmon, abou
IL miles west of Fincase. TIE place IL suppose
to have been an Indian burying ground In the old
On time
REsrcNRD.-The Petersburg Express says ths
Capt Belfed Stiles, for the last IS year, populs
conductor on the Petersburg and Weldon road hs
resigned bis position.
SUsrKNDED OPERATIONS sixty or sew
enty U. 8. operators at Harper's Ferry have sus
pended operations 10 consequence OF awaiting tn
new model gun, now projecting at the Springfield
Armory.