The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-10-28
LOCAL MATTERS.

RELIGIOUS SERVICES To- o-MoRRow.-Wt
noic I'll" following special appointments :
Second Presbyterian Ch,uCh.-Rev. DR.
lIoSe at IL A. N. and =. M. The pastor
will also preach ut EIba Park at TX O'Clock
L. NJ.
Grace Street preSbytcr1nn.-ReY. DR.
Read at II A. Nj. and L. M.
EpiScorni.-Thc City Missionary Asso
citation ol the Protestant Episcopal Church
will resume its monthly united meetings,
beginning with tomorrow night ut st
Paurs church. The other Episcopa
churches will bc closed. and the congrcsa
before S Soclock. A collection will be taken
up TO aid the Society. The Very Rev. the
Dean of Chester, DR.. HoTson, will deliver
an address upon the occasion.
st. PaurS church will also be open in the
morning ut IL O'Clock. The Bishop oI
Kansas is expected to prcach.
Virginia HaN Ninth strcci).--Rev. John
Blcun"r IT . a. NJ. Sermon TO tho chik
dren at $50 L. M.
FIRST BdptiSt.-Scryices by the pastor in
the main auuicncc-room at II a. NJ. and
~ L. NJ.
Second Baptist. Rev. e. G. Biting at II
a. NJ. and ~ i. NJ.
Fulton Baptist.-Rcv. S. F. Taylor at II
A. NJ.
Sidney Baptist.-Rcv. J. J.. M. Curry,
Ill. d., at IL A. Nj; Rev. j. b. Bllnkcn.
bckcr at * Z. NJ.
Christ (EmScopaD Church h(Vallcy).-Rcv
Henry Wall ut ~ O'Clock Z. NJ.
CWOH Station (HcthOdiSH.-Rcy. j. f.
Twilty, of Randolph Macon College, ut II
O'Clock \. NJ. and * O'Clock L. NJ.
SERIOUS PANIC AT A PLACE OF AMUsE.
MENT--h CClDEETS AND MARROW EsCAPES.--
last night Professor Wyman, the magician,
with bis accustomed llbcrality, gave an en-
tcrtainmrut In McLropoitan Hail for The
benefit OF The Young Mems Missionary ST.
ccty of the Second Baptist Church.
WAmau never fails TO draw crowd, aud
on this occasion the number endeavoriug
to gain admission early. in order to get good
seats, was unusually large. When the hour
appointed for the performance arrived the
lnIiy of the hall aud the galleries Us we'll
were filled, il seemed, to their utmost
capacity, and more than Il hundred persons,
~ nincipallv women and children, wen
lurr cd away from the doors because no
more seats could he secured.
The audience WAS getting little impa-
ticnt, and the boys IN the galleries were
exercising their lungs with the usual Shrll
whistles and their feet With boistcruus
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| his appearance on the >tl"e. At his mo
| mrnt Solucthing like a scuiilc WIS heard in
one OF The galleries, and almost instaut;-
| ucpuSly the VuiUc of I man cried " Fire /"
| \ panic at once seized the audience, and
| there WAS pcll nell rush for the doors aud
| windows, !; prolonged scream Of terror,
| which was accompanied hy the crying of
! frightened children, arising from the female
| portion of the audience. The scene was
| one of he greatest confusion. Some jumped
out Of the Windows (which were luckily
not far from the ground others sought
| escape by the stage, anu others again lcapt d
| from the galleries to the floor, only TO in
crease the panic of those below, who were
already almost frantic in their efforts IT,
reach The door. As Il natural consequence
several ladies tainted and were troddcn I'm.
der foot, many persons were bruised, two
| little Girls had their arms broken, Il boy hao
| his leg fractured, and 1t seems miracle
| that scores of women and children were
not killed or dangerously wounded.
| The news flew all over the city with tho
rroyerb;al speed of bad tidines, and the
story bcin. magnticd as it went from liI
| TO lip, the street in front of the hall was
soon througcd with persons anxious fol
| the fate of friends known to be i'll tho house.
| for it was generally believed that the gal
lerics had gwen way, killing and woundinG
many. Halt an hour, however, served tc
relieve such anXietieS, and order was SO iaI
restored that those who had bought tickets
began to clamor for readmission into the
hall. The Professor then again took the
stage (hc was cunSpicuollsly cool through
out the panic), and assuring the crowd that
tue building was perfectly safe, prcfaced
his tricks by announcing that he had five
hundred dollars in his pocket 10 give tG
ANYBODY who would give him the name o.
the man who raised the cry OF :" Fire u
| The performance then went on rs usual,
except that the audience was not so large
by half.
There seems to he doubt about the cause
| of The alarm. One story is that the cry
of " fire % was mischievously raised. Soml
persons aver that they heard the gallery
crack others were startled by the cry that
the "hollsc was falling in" some say {;
tioht between two boys was the cause of II
nil and detective attributes the alarm to
a couplc of pickpOckcts with IN eye 10 0
harvest of watches and money. In the
orinion of gentlemen who examined the
hall last night it is perfectly safe, but tina,
there may DC no doubt about it, the City
Engineer should cause it TO be tested by eX
perts, and that VI once, or the public WI
not be satisfied.
REPAIRS OF THE EDIFlCE OF THE FIRST
BAPTIST CHURCH. Extensive and costly lm
proycments Of this large house Of worship
have been in proercss during the last few