The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-05-06

after, and Wh1ie ne was SGanuing In store.
two men rode hurrtedly int che yi,iage,
with pistols in hand, surrounded aud ar
rested Mr.. c., by virtue ofa warrant Just
obtained, in the name OF Lucien Beard, the
notorious horse-thief recently escaped from
Jail aud under sentence OF eighteen years
in the pcnitentiary. vs..
Here was predScamcnt; under arrest in
The name of this person, with no acquaint-
aaco or friend at hand to disproye the
charge Mr. c. very promptly inquired
If there We're any members OF tue Masonic
fraternity IN that vicinity. Two were
found McSsrs. h. {. Echols and N. Doo-
iey--aud after a moments conference with
these gentlemen satisfied them that Mr..
Darlington 4cas Mr.. Darlington, and Of
course not Lncien Beard. About this time
u. NJ. Echols, Esq, proprietor of the Bed
ford Alum Springs, coming up. at once re-
cognizcdin Mr.. Darlington an old acquaint-
ance. Mr.. Darlington exhibited his bank
book and other papers in further attesta-
ton of his identity. With expressions of
regret at not having captured the BONA tide
Beard. and wishes for Mr.. C.'s safe arrival
home, his captors bid him God speed.
1t is cue to Mr.. Darlington to say he af-
tacltes no blame to the gentlemen, md that
he Is under obligations to his Masonic
brothers and Mr.. Echols, Of the Bedford
Alum. for their timely aid and Friendship
Hd|iJdI Record.
IMPosroRs-- Bogus Ldnd- Buyers. - The
sale Of Mr.. I. Il. Chambers farm, in Car
cline county, was made to a bogus pur-
chaser. The man, who protested to be q
= Douglas" talked of his means, and made
an impression on our Caroline friends but
dure was the word. Douglas said that his
wife was at the Arlington House, in Wash
ington, and that she would be on with the
money, 1t being on deposit in a New York
bank. A telegram to the Arlington brought
back Il reply that nobody OF the " Douglas"
title was stopping there, and another from
the bank in New Fork that they neither
knew the " Douglas nor had he any money
on deposit in that institution. ''Douglas"
was among the Caroline kukluXes, but he
was not "lost," only given the hint, in r
modified form. that Paddy said he had got
ten ut n gentleman'S house that he was not
wanted-a grip of the coat collar, and one
at the seat Of his breeches. and rs he was
going. q kick to help his locomotory powers.
Fredericksburg Herald.
SUDDEN DEATH.-Mr. John 81. Guthrie, 6
citizen OF Halifax county, died suddenly at
| the store Of Mr.. John T. Perrow, near
Campbell Courthouse, on yesterday morn
| ing, 1t Is supposed OF heart disease. MIR.
Guthrie, who was on his return from
Lynchburg, whittier he had been to carry
a load Of tobacco, stopped at MIR. Perrow's
to spend the night, in company with some
| friends with whom he was travelling. He
ate heartily at supper, and did not retire
until late hour, being engaged in CONVEX
sation, and was apparently i'll the enjoy
ment Of perfect health. In the morning,
when preparations We're being made to
start, one Of his friends, endeavoring to
arouse him, discovered that he was dead.
He leaves a wife and four children.-Lynch-
burg Meas.
Fly IN THE WHEAT.-The drought has
been damaging to the splendid promise OF
the wheat crop, if the fly is in the wheat to
the extent reported by some farmers. It is
very certain that fields which were rank
green and highly promising ten or twelve
days ago, have assumed u sickly yellow
hue within the last week, and that eSamin.
alton has revealed the presence of the fly.
Fredericksburg Herald.
AT Free Shade, N1iddlescx county, VIM.
FL. Stiff is appointed postmaster, vice w.
II. Kenyon, resigned and moved away.
Julius W. Branch, Of Petersburg, has
been arrested for trying to prevent negro
from registering Che supposed Illegally.