The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-09-03

two well-dressed men went into Seay &
Noel's store, on the Basin bank, to get drink
Of water, and while the attention Of the mer-
chants was engaged, one Of them obtained
access to the money-drawer, and took there
from S43 in currency. Hearing noise,
Mr.. Noel walked back, and passed the
thief hurrying out. Discovering mis-
loss, he went in pursuit, and catching
the thief in the act Of throwing the money
in the Basiu, handed him over to police
man. When hrst arrested, the thief called
himself Hovan, but at the station-house ne
gave his name as Wright. There is good
reason to believe that the same party robbed
Broad street clothing merchant of sum Of
money yesterday morning. His accomplice
has not been apprehended.
ACCIDENTAL DEATH.-The remains Of
Randolph R. Stiles, son of Rev. j. G. Stiles,
D. D., who was killed by falling from tree
near Allegheny Springs, arrived here last
evening, and were deposited in vault in
Hollywood to await the arrival Of the family
in the city. The deceased was about thirty
years of age, and served throughout the war
in the Richmond Howitzers.
ODDS AND ESDs.-The Lancasterian Free
School will open next Monday.
The Monumental Hotel, now vacant, is
being repaired and painted for a new land
lord.
A second crop of hay is being cut from
the Capitol Square.
Rev. Dr.. Burrows, Of this city, will leave
about the 18th instant on short trip to the
Rocky mountains.
Business men want the street cars to run
after dark.
The tobacco manufacturers are putting
up signs with the name and number of the
factory, as required by the new law.
The last order instituted here is the D.
C.'s. It's membership includes many we'll
known citizens advanced in life. More anon.
Thousands of watermelons sold daily on
the street. A fifty-pound Joe Johnston
melon was sent to General Lee yesterday by
citizen of Hanover.
A petition for Inspector Pritchard's re-
instatement is circulating among tobacco
men.
The Knights of Pythias are "lengthening
their cords and strengthening their stakes "
in this city.
Judge Underwood will be here on Tuesday.
Rev. DR.. Duncan, Of Randolph Macon
College, was in town yesterday.
Fresh oysters have begun to arrive.
The clothiers are getting in their fall
stock. Short coats, tight pants, low vests
with folded collars, still In vogue.
The Hebrew ladies have graded and
turfed the graves of the Confederate dead
in their cemetery, and have balance in
the treasury.
The peaches we eat are from North Caro-
lina-mostly.
The bridge ovor the factory canal, Man
chester, is being repaired.
Sora retail at dollar and half o dozen
in market; seventy-6ve cents on the street.
General Rogers, Second Auditor, did not
20 to Loudoun, but turns up at the White
Sulphur. He is widower.
Wife-beating is becoming a fashionable
amusement. See Mayors Court every day.
The Orange and Alexandria Railroad
Company paid the State $4,000 last week
on account Of their debt.
The yield of wild grapes this year is un-
precedented,
There were only two fires in Richmond
last month. LOSS, 9z3,zou-tue neaVlese
experienced here since July, 1866. There
have been only two large fires since the
evacuation.
The Church Hillians have no water to
cook dinner.
Granville Montelle is here seeking
divorce. He says his wife has disgraced
him.
No cattle plague here yet.
The attempt to raise the Northampton
wreck, at Drewry's Bluff, has been aban-
doned.