The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-02-17
LOCAL MATTERS.
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oCVuAhkAck -On Tues
day night last, while party of youpr folk. !.
MISS fanniils boarding house, on Main street. he
tween Ith and 8sb, were preparing To aftend !
marriage ceremony at st. Paurs church. an accf.
uent occurred 30 serious In its nature m to throw
a deep gloom over the happy couple and THAR = :.
'ehoants and friends, for the remainder of the
evening. Miss Il. FULLER, after dressing for
| ehurch, in passing lamp sitting at the head oil
| the stairway, accidentally brought the skirt al
her dress In contac, with the hnTninc lamn ana
the material being light, as quick as thought She
| was enveeped in flames Her screams irnmedi-
ateiy brought to her aid, Dir. A1ExasDrR JoNrs.
VINO, 10 his efforts to extnguish the flames burn.
ed his hands severely. and fred his own cIa.b;nr
Another gentleman in the house seized soms
young lady. smothered the re. Miss FULLER was
severely burned about her person, bat her inju-
Iies are not dangerous. The fact of her having on
nsnnel undergarments protected her in mart. n ON
more fearful Injuries. Hoped skirts have caused
90 many accidents to ladies this winter, that we
"onaef they are not thrown aside altogether.
NEW JAIL Before the plan for the
new Jail, noticed by US Yesterday 4. aaon,a5 h.
the Council, we think ii would be advisab,a ~
consider the pronr;aty ~ of a;..n. au,isaDio "
sent coops or cages at the two nsrSa, ho,pn -
called stations and estsbi;ob;n ,ha nss houses
dezvous' in the new building TT ,his ,rara -,
persons arrested at night would he ,olan s,oa.
to the new prison, and if the Msvor tban hid 10
sunrise court in that buiId;nc tHe- on , lo,u Ms
necessity of dragging nr;sons,s 60. "ouiu oe DO
to another, to have them examined for ths;r IL
cadoes. It would cost yerv Iit,Ia yno-. IS - -
thing, to fit up room for the assembling Of tba
Watchmen at evening and night ~ So "a a e
that warmed the nrison yronIS 49,. % "nio n!s
ment, the heusekeeper and clerk wonld he sSd;.
officers and privates of the watch wonid ha a,o,,s
me la an night would be certain assurance of
nf H.
Ing given the subject any serious reflection n
seems to US that the change suggested wonId hs
highly beneficial to the city In every resnec,
while It would relieve the market places of the
prison traps upon them and we therefore invite
the attention of the Police Committee as we'll as
the Council and Mayor to the subject.
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YET LICETsE.-The Ist day of Feb.
all owners of draw corts ,. oo 10,
other public vehicles 10 obtain iicensas ana ,hn.
who fail to do So ard vet rnn ,ba;n L;t auu 'uo'o
the Streets lay themselves IabIe to nas no, III
than S5, for every offenee Yestarday ~ ,aorni
William H. Sutherland for rnnn;nn nns;uonad and
hacks; and on George d. Frasier, John A. Robin.
SOD aud Morgan Semple, for running wagons and
drays In the same way.
Ihe police are now the looS -out for all vio
lators OF this ordinance, and when the vio,ators
are reported, the Mayor has wisely determined to
nue. them, even though they may 90 to the Cham
oeria'n am get their licenses before appearing to
answer. Persons have been known heretofore 70
run Yehicies half the year i.hout licenses taking
'ne chahces OF escaping all together the paylnent
ol me 'aX, and then, when detected, to cali upon
sne OnamperlaiD, pay up, and thus escape the
nnes, a,a Ihis plan Will work no longer with the
"ayor and police, as those reported heretofore
VIII De nned, and then have to get their licenses
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by our advertising columns. that prata. 80 ue sesn
W.tr nj Nau, w.
on tomorrow evening, his Justly celehrstad Isc
ture on the "Artistc Life of Thomas Crawford tb.
American Sculptor" Prof Green ia a prandson nt
ueh. ureen OF revolutionary memory, a gentleman
Oh h'ghly cultivated mind and finished crater
lie isa near relative Of the Iamented Crawford
ana was his intimate and devoted friend Win
the graphic incident, the deep deyotion the s,ron
rehgious element, the heroic and seltdenvinS
perseverance of the great Sculptor he was f,mi
this remarkable mans history and the snr; o,
animated his tolls with intense interest
me lecture takes place at the Hall of the Me-.
chablcS institute, Friday evening, at s O'clock
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TRINITY CHURCH-The copgregatiou
worshpping at this church. have at lcnotb daoi-
ted upon a proper site for their new edi6ca end
will proceed to build as soon as their suhscr;ntin
lat justifes the undertaking. Yes,erdav NJ
Wm X. Watts purchased of James NJ Tavlor
Son, the beautiful lot at the corner of 10tb ana
Broad, on which the dwelling of r. T. TinsIav
Esd, now stands, for the sum of 40 500 for Tri.
tor, Rev. James A. Duncan, has already obtained
a subscription of $4,000 towards erecting the
now odifce. He will continue his efforts to raise
means, and will no doubt meet with liberal en-.
couragement from all classes of our citizens. The
location is certainly an excellent one, and should
give satisfaction TO the large congregation now
worshipping at Trinity.
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1hh DUNG 0UAhD BATTALION are fit
ting up their armory on 18th street in elegant
style for their ball on the 22d. and promise to
make the entertainment worthy of the corps and
the dance, they have good supper room. and a
sufficiency OF dressing rooms for all the ladies'
that may favor than with their presence. Oar
citizens, aud especially the young men, are &C.
customed to patroniziug this organization, that
they viii need no second invitation to procure
tickets.
UGLY fRACIICE.--C0mplal are fre
quentiy made by ladies of the assembling of young
men in front of church doors, at the close Of di.
vine service, to stare at the fair visitors as they
pass ont on their way to their homes The natu.
raj modesty of the fair sex makes them think