The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-01-05
LEXINGTON. VA Jonuarv1 10,

Many of our citizens kept open housef
for tho reception of their friends to-day.
and from u o'clock until late in the evening
there hae been a constant stream Of viaitors
to partaka of the good cheer 30 beautifully
displayed, and to wish ell ga Happy New
Yenr."
Exercises were suspended at the Vir-
ginia Military Institute, the efficient stew
ard provided IN extra dinner, to which the
boys did the most ample Justice, and all
was joyous and happy up TO about half
past o'clock, when the rumor was spread
through barracks and the town that two Of
the cadets had fallen from window and
killed themselves. This soon proved false.
but the real facts were sufficiently sad. Ca
dcts Cook (of Norfolk) and Hankins we're
romping in their room on the second floor,
when, by some means, Hankins fell from
the open window, and Cook, in attempting
to catch him, lost his balance and fell after
him. HankinB escaped with very slight
injury, but Cooks head struck the SHARP
edge of brick imbedded i'm the frozen
ground, and his skull was very bodily
fractured. The height Of the win
dow is about eighteen feet, the ground
beneath is very rough, and the won
der is that both we're not instantly
killed. Young Cook was Immediately re-
moved to the Infrmary, and promptly
received the necessary treatment from the
skilful surgeons of the Institute tDrs.
Madison and Barton). They pronounce
his condition very critical, but will be un-
able for some hours to form definite
opinion of the case. The skull Is frac-
tured, but there is little depression. He
can be aroused from bis state of uncon-
sciousness, and there is hope that favora-
bic rejection will set in. All that medical
akill or tender nursing can accomplish be
vii! have.
We will report his condition in O P. 8.
Just before our mail closes tomorrow. Yes
terday about 4 O'Clock the remains Of Dr..
James Dove, of your city, reached here
from Stanton, accompanied by his brother
and William B. Isaaos, Esq. They were
escorted to the Presbyterian church by the
Masonic Fraternity, of which DR.. Dove WAS
| 80 bright member. After an appropriate
service by Rev. Mr.. Pratt, the beautiful
burial ceremony of the Fraternity was
conducted By tho Master OF Mountain City
Lodge Captain Boude).
Last night your correspondent had the
| pleasure Of hearing DR.. II. L. Madison re.
peat before the Franklin Society his lecture
on "Sleep, Dreaming, and Death"
We mean no disparagement to other:
when NO unhesitatingly pronounce it tht
best lecture we have ever heard in Frank
lin Hall. t showed scientific research
iustuess of conception, fertility Of illustre
ton, and beauty Of diction, which coulc
not Lut entertain and instruct the intelli
gent audience present. We shall not ma:
its beauty by the brief synopsis we would
have space Tor at present. We should b.
glad to sec the whole in print. It would b'
widely read with interest and profit.
Young Steele, who was shot by Mr.. White
last week, is improving very rapidly, bu
the ball has not yet been extracted, an(
may yet give him serious trouble.
The holligercnts have been very quie
since their appearance before the Mayor.
| The intermediate examinations Of TIT
college AMI inati;utc are rapidly approach
ing, and "tLo boys are beginning thei
"Reviews." LEXINGTON.
P.S.-JASCARv 2, 1S70.-The surgeons
pronounce Cadet Cooks case much NOR,
hopeful. Twenty hours after his fall {
very favorable reelection is going on, and i
they can prc7en: Inflammation of the brail
| (Which they hope to do) he will probabl.
recover. LEXINGTON.