The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-27
LOCAL MATTERS.

Company met with serious accident yesterd.v
evening, on the road near Victor's mill pond |
short distance above the work shops Of the com.
Pany. He wss attending the locomotive David
Anderson' which IL used about the depot in NOV.
Ing trsins and just To the act of getting on the
cars, when be fell. and one of the wheels passed
over his left leg near the ankle crushing in the
most horrible manner. As soon rs II could be done
tue poor fellow was taken to the Medical College,
knee - A.- ~
| 1Vard Meaings.-A portion of the Whig and
american parties held meetings ia the three wards
. nsas ana noms sted candidates for Council
| ms nen .na Aldermen. In Jefferson Ward Meesrs.
| ouA.ies Miiispaugh and Thomas Taylor were
no.inated IN place of Messrs. Talbot and Rich,
alos, VINO declined the use of their names for
| II Richardson ard A Y Stokes comnose the Conn.
| Gu ucket. For Aldermen, Messrs Royster.
Geo Earnest, II NJ Smith, George Psarce and q
| ID Sanxay were nominated
| Iu Madison Ward, Messrs T w McCance cea
| w Gretter. F w Roddy, Geo Whi,deId and Ea,r;n
| Robinson were nominated for the Council Messrs
| K d Burton, T Tinsley, G wilson Gao "
Gillian and James Fisher were nominated for
| Aldermen.
| In Monroe Ward, Messrs r q Norris. n q
Eppes, james A Scott, David Saunders and q 90
Crutchfsid were chosen for the CouneiI For
Alderm en-, Messrs Lipscomb, Elicit Murray, Word
| and Bray were nominated.
Sale Of Real Estats.-We append list of sales of
/
Of this city, made at public auction on w ednesday
| last by Messrs. Goddiu & Apperson, Auctioneers
The terms Of the sale were, ene-fourth cash, the
balance In equal instalments of four, eight and
| twelve months
| A. The granite front store and dwelling on the
| south side of Main, between 9th and 10th streets
adjoining on the east Corinthian Hail. fronting 26k
| SO 700.
B. The adjoining grapisa front store and dwell.
| ing, fronting 81 feet-SS $50
| g. The adjoining granite front store, east cor
| ner OF 9th and Main, fronting 22i feet, running
back on the east line of OH street 97{ feet to an
| alley feet wide-$9 700
| D. f. +. Three .brick tenements on 9th street
occupied as dwellings, fronting together about Sc
feet on the east side of 9th street. running back 6S
feet to an alley-$3 500, $500 So 800
G. lot on thew side of 9th street. fronting
635 feet running back 100 feet, having on it sew
eral frame buildirgs-S3 s3l67.
II. lot adjoining G on North, fronting All feet
it-S6 100.
l. Bosher's Hail. southwest corner of 9th and
Main streets, fronting 26a feet running back to
an alley 1o3 fee.-$l5 500 :.
K, L, M, N, o, P.-seven brick dwellings.
known as part of Tan Bark Row, varying in
fronts from 225 to 282 feet runuing back 95 feet
$500; 81 SIS
9 Brick OK tenement on west line of 9th street,
fronting % feet, running back 65 feet-S2, 600
T. A coal yard lot fronting "a feet on the Basin
: hank running back about 40 feet to Cary street
$l,560.
. 5. A brick tenement on south side Canal street,
fronting 25k feet, running back lis feet to an al
ley-$3,325
T. vacant lot on Canal street. fronting q feet
and running back lis feet-Sl, 100
s Tne above sales make up the total amount of
Sll5,45l.67. Most of the property is admirably
located, and some of it would bring q higher price
If the credit was extended.
Hose Rsel-Some few months since the Citv
Council made an appropriation of ST. leOO to pur-
> chase new and handsome engine for that strong
and active fire company, known as No. 4, and the
machine has been ordered and will arrive here In
the course of few weeks Finding that the new
= engine will cost but 81 600, and being anxious Il
= have complete outfit for service, the company
: have petitioned the Council to appropriate thu
remainining $500 to the purchase of handsom,
D hose crab, they agreeing to add $500 more out O
}, their private meansand the city to the righ
l of property in the purchase. The petition afte
being read, was referred to the committee on th
n Fire Department and we have very little doub
is that that body will report favorably and that th
Council will sanction their report for all who wir
n the zeal and efficiency of our fremen are
It to aid and encourage them in any proper way.
Soap Factories. AT meeting of the City Coun
Is Gil held last Wednesday evening the special CON
g. mitee to when referred the petitions of C
Crew & Son and James Snton, Soap Makers ant
Tallow Chambers, asking repeal of the ordinance
passed some months since, requiring all soap apt
candle manufactures to be removed beyond the
corporate limits presented petition in favor O,
I the petitioners, and an ordinance allowing the fac
tories now in operation to remain. As as tbs
report was read, several of the members tooE
g strong grounds agains. it, and gave their reasons
"a why such nusances should not be tolerated in th,
city. After a lengthy discussion, a motion wa
a. made to indefinitely postpone the report and ordi
nance and the ayes and noes being called for, the
motion prevailed-ayes 9, noes 4. So that on tb
. lat of April the chandleries now in operation vii
~ | their will hao iah
h a daily fiue by the judgment Of the Mayor.
Handsome Tsstimoniais-We noticed q. Messri
le | Mitchell & Tyiers store, yesterday morning, tw
" handsome and costly silver pitchers just gotten
d | by those gentemen-one of themaon the order {
h, the citizens Of Danvile, TO be presented to Reu
y ben Hopkins Esq, and the other for the Directc
- ry of the Branch Bank of Virginia, at Danville I
be presented to Charles B. Taliaferro, Esq, o
~ his resignation as Cashier of that Bank. Thes
III testimonials to be presented on the first da
of April in Danville. On the first pitcher 18TH
I'D following inscription:
Presented April ls 1857, by the citizens OF DsI
vile, Va, to Reuben Hopkins on his res,oval fror
a among them, token Of their sincere regard K
II him a. a man, and their high appreciation of th
gre.t value of the services he has rendered this con
munity in the various Offices of trust which he hi
en held among them"
or On the other is inscribed the following:
Il "Presented April 1st 1857 by the Directory Of th
oI Branch Bank of Virginia, Danviile to Chsrles
in Ta.fsrro, his resignation OF the ofse Of CssLts
l
ha and efficiency with which he served that institution
~ duting period of twenty-four yesrs"
Such testimonials could not be otherwise tha
N apprec ciated coming as these do from those VIII
70 have known the recipients for years. In all To
walks of life.
.r' AGrey Easls measuring six feet, from the Il
of of one wing to the other killed day or tw
since, at Deep Bottom l3 miles below Richmond
a, by Mr.. Charles Hunt, while on . hunting exp'
a dition.
Y;sus Petersburg.-The teachers and pupils 9
4. the Male Orphan Asylum of this city, viii Wis
.r Petersburg to day by invitation. The Riehmon
and Petersburg Railroad Company, with con
> mendable liberality, have rendered the partie
AZ tickets free of charge They will leave In the
'' o'clock train, and we have no doubt win met
=. with a cordial reception.
Al Herd Up The police force have run agroun
for want OF something to do. The chain gang hs
If put to flight the of creatures that a on
. time hung about city, and our own ciiizens ~
so quiet and orderly that they can't be coaxed ini
muss.
10 eating Wsu.-The family of A. ]. Perdue, 81
of whom were burned las: week by the expiosio
n of can of burning fuid all recovering frol
= their injuries One of the little boys and sma
girl will wear the marks of the flames about the
faces as long a. they live, but none Of them wi
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