The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-19
VIRGINIA. NEWS. ss
Letter fr,ossa Hesershs,rs..


Correspondence or The Richmond Dispatch.
~ ~ TGPnERssuKa, March II, 1872. Z
A negro man, name unknown, was found
drowned in d shallow pool Of water near the
fourth mile-poss on the Petersburg and Wei.
don railroad, below, the city, ON Sunday morn.
ing. The negro had been seen the evening
before by Captain W. n. Davis, near whose
house the dead body was found, pacing up
and down the railroad track and acting In, q
strange and incohercut manner. Apprehend-
ing that something was wrong, Captain Davis
made every effort to induce the man to come
to his house or to go home and get out of the
way Of danger. The man did not give his
name, but said he had been on visit to his
brother, ut Mr.. Sharp Wilson's, near Dinwid-
die Courthouse. He was decently dressed,
but was no doubt violently insane, and 1t Is
believed that he had wandered from the Pc
tersburg or the Dinwiddie county poor
house. .4s 80. K .sfs sss, - >ss ~ : s q,
The watch mystery has been solved. The
little thermometer which Dir. Judkins found
SO strangely attached to the button of his
orercoat proved to be the property OF MIR!
John PEBBLES, to whom 1t WAS restored to-day.
MIR. PEBBLES says he passed Mr.. Judkins seve-
raj times on the street Saturday, brushing
quite closely beside him, and there is no
doubt the watch became accidentally caught
OH Mr.. JudkinSs button, though the like
chance would rot probably occur again in n
hundred years. ..~,......,-. =
A valuable farm horse belonging to Mr..
W. II. Lcatb, who resides in Prince George
county about twelve miles from town, was
stolen from his stables Thursday night.
Last Saturday night it was found by Consta-
bic Il. c. Donmn tied to cedar tree in IA
vine behind the farm of Mr.. Reuben Rag
land, aud was captured and restored to its
owner. There is n, clue to the thief.
Rev. C.. Ii. Hall, pastor Of Washington
Street Methodist Episcopal church, will de-
liver an address before the Methodist Asso-
citation at uigh-Street church on Thursday
night. '' -.,. '"# 31.-
4 prominent city official and CONSERVATION
Of the peace (Radical, of conrse,) crooked bis
elbows SO frequently Saturday night that he
had to be escorted home in highly democrat.
lied condition. Previous to leaving the
ground he had made overtures of warlike
character to another leading Radical, whom
he accused Of traducing him. This incideat
conveys its own moral as respects the habits
of this officials subordinatcs OH the police
force.
The docket of the Mayors Court was un.
usually long. Two white men, William
Talley and Winfield Lewis, were sent on to
be indicted for passing counterfeit money
The wife-abuser Connigan was discharged
| the evidence being deemed insufficient.
Messrs. j. l.. II. Young and L. l.. Marks
will represent the Washington-Street church
in the Sllnday-Schooi convention at Lynch
burg in April. ---
The citizens generally, Ibelieye, are in favor
of a new registration, and hope the Legisla.
ture may reconsider and amend the action by
| which last week it refused to pass Senator
| Wynne's bill for that measure.
The snow Of Sunday has wholly disap'
pcared. ROBIN ADAm.