The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-01-05
serfor Judge Of the third circuit. The bar
of other counties propose similar action on
the next county court days,

NEGRo DRowNED.-On Monday last Ma
thew Brown (colored), in company with
several companions, started from the neigh
borhood OF Massie's Mills, in Nelson COIN
y, to attend county court at the town Of
LoVingston. While at court the negro be-
came very Intoxicated, aud left for home
unattended. While On bis way he fell into
small branch, and being utterly helpless,
ny reason Of his drunken condition, wnn
lrowned. His body was not found till the
saturday following, although diligent se7rcb
was made Immediately after the fact of his
disappearance was made known. Brown
lea1es wife and several small children in
destitute condition .-Lynchburg Repub!i-
can.
ACCIDENTALLY SHoT.-A youth named
Knowles, of this city, was accidentally sho:
BY companion yesterday whilst hunting
4 few miles below town on the Southside
railroad. The wound Is in the leg below
the knee, and whilst severe is not sup
posed to be dangerous. The wounded boy
was brought to this city on the cara, and
carried to his home, where he received the
roeessary surgical attention .-Lyach5pry
Nems.
LYNcHBrRG AND DANrILLE RAILROAD
Colonel J. Fl. Freeman, who has been cpe-
rating in Pittsylvania county in the inta-
rest of this road, was in the city yesterday
on his way to Alexandria to report the re-
suit of his labo-s. The Colonel thinks that
he has increased the subscription fund Of
the company in that county nearly hun
bred thousand dollars in land and money.
The land subscriptions are mostly made
conditional on the route that Is selected, and
are also subject to future valuation. The
moot of them are made, we believe, on the
condition that the upper route Is adopted
Lynchturg Frginian.
ILLNESS OF Hon. WILLIAM L. GoaGIS.--
We are panied to hear of the feeble and
declining health of this we'll known gentle
man. His condition is such that his friends
have but little hope of his restoration. His
disease is said to he softening of tho brain.
Lnch5urg Virginidn.
ILL.-We regret to learn that our towns
man, Mr.. Charles ". Statham, Is seriously
sick with diphtheria.-LynchouTJ Repub-
licon.
A BRILLIANT AURoRA.-One of those Pc
ouliarly brilliant auroras appeared this
morning about 4 o'clock In the northern
heavens, and is said to have been grnnd
beyond anything witnessed for many years
Children were alarmed at the crimson huss
of the heavens, and ran affrishted to their
parents, imagining that the world was or
fro sure MISUNDERSTANDING Herald
A heavy snow storm prevailed along the
| line of the Virginia and Tennessee rail
road Sunday from Dublin depot, west. The
SNOW on level fell to the depth Of thirteeI
inches. --Ly'chb,rg Ne,os.
The Rev. Edward H. Barnett, assistan
pastor Of the First Presbyterian church o
this city, preached his farewell sermon il
that church on Sunday night to o numerou
and deeply-interested congregation. i
goes to Abingdon.-Lynchburg Republican
Stanton's mother, Lucy Norman, is sai'
to he native Of this county, from th
ncighborhood Of Stevensburg. 1t is ais
said the intimacy between Grant and Stan
| ton sprung from boy hood associations here
that Grants father taught On old iel,
school Just across the Rapidan in Orange
| near the Wilderness, which makes it yer,
likely tba: Grant has been logged on tn
same line previous to his last campaign.-
C,IpepeT Aduance.
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