The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-16
VIRGINIA NEWS.
,o,ter frons Petersburg.

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Gc' III ,,,,, , Of the secondary stage Of the
c'>t> !, Tho streets are filed with on
m'"""' i,rrn ,,,nnhcr< Of the same having
i''," ,,,,t here from the country adjoining.
''T" - ,,q>jnnal old-(aShionca horSc-tcamS
' 90" ,', and far between. The number OF
~, ,,.,.r,us drawn hv men III harness his
-, undergone al !nrreaSc'
an, ,,h" r,r of ox-tcamS has proven highly
....,,,,cers,jve 10 some H} the spectators VINO
,.'i' tim,, liz ne forcloch. One gentleman
w.. -, >iH woke OF iinc steers from Motto"
Wv. r,r,y,,v about ten days ago has already
~ ~ f.t,u. cleared 500 beyond expenses,
wy nnr woke, and has The others actively
l,>a..,l every ,io> At paving prices. The
49,, # The oX-,arl> i likely 10 be pro-
..1,,.,.,i 2. the owncT< Of horses are wisely
,,~DA,u. about exposing them before lh''f
entire rr>Ncif.
Thc house Of .AllreG Cooke, on Second
.,,,,. WA, sold To- lay under deed OF trust
So ,hr Alau;ir. Mississippi and Ohio Rail
,,,t CowIany (ay goo cash. This house
n..s bought - Cooke less tnan two years
49,, for - $50. the increase marking deei-
Xiii rise in the value o. r2al estate in that
1.,r! Of Tia, city.
W,s.r>. II. {. Rrightwcll & Co. (he "Co."
l,inE Hon. James II. riatt. Jr} have opened
q, s.,,airjS-oil mil! on the APPROXIMATION river
mar the dcI NJ ;he Richmond railroad.
Last night singular affair happened near
Weldon. Of which reports were received by
l,.>>,nsc!> on the train this afternoon. An
Unknown white man. il seems. went to the
house If Mr.. Hcury Portion, near The town,
and rndeayorpd 10 effect ~ entrance through
t,i,. window Tor supposed telononS purposes.
Mr.. Poaton WAS walked hy the noise that the
burglar made. and himself raised The window
and fired nj the man with 3dou1lc-harrcllcd
Shotgun, the heavy charge lodging i'll the
mans 4rm and nearly eating Il in twain. Mr..
Pauinn then Went 80 the door to give
chase, Nud there the luln SHOT nj him with a
ni,rnl. haupily without effect. Mr.. Ponton
NuAar.-vd a. him the othcr barrel OF his
.,gn without striking. His (llr. ponton'S)
b.@fhcr-in-law then came up and Joined in
:he pursuit. and the man was captured and
taken TO Weldon. He Stubbornly and sui
IenN refused to disclose his name, and this
morning. jus: before The train left, his arm
was amputatcd by the surgeons.
Tie mail trains of the Petersburg and
Weldon railroad due here at $50 T. NJ.
nave Tot arrived for two nights past until II
o'clock At night, on account Of detentions on
the Wilmington and Weldon road.
nc pi COTTON !,il Tue Ntth
have been over l., 900 bales, the receipts for
III. corresponding week last year having
been hut 5000 bales. The railroad to Wei
don is taxed to lis utmost capacity to trans
port this great stream of cotton.
II is stated that eight OF ten carloads Of
lumber lrlSs through this point every day
ta route 10 Richmond from North Carolina.
Last night some unknown miscreant did
considerable mischief on Sycamore street by
throwing brickbats through handsome panes
oi glass in the storc.wiuuowS aud smashing
them 30 pieces.
The bark Zanrok, Captain Aalholn, from
Wales. is reported al Hoy island with III
tons " steel rails Tor the Atlantic, MisSiS-
>ippi and ONO railroad. The bark has had
10 @c lightcncd preparatory to coming up
The river.
Rev. Or. f. II. Wordsworth. formerly one
ii The most distinguished members OF the
Virginia Conference lMcthOdi>r Episcopal
church,. is in the city, and will. it is said.
preach OH Friday night ut the Washington
Street Methodist Episcopal church.
Rev. Z. II. Rutherford breaches bis fare
Well sermon at the Tabb-Strcct Presbyterian
church sunday next, and will leave on
Tuesday or "Wednesday for Baltimore.
whence, without returning, he will proceed
10 his new charge in 81. Louis.
John Walker and Caroline Jordan, colored
lunatcs, We're sent over teddy to the How
ard Grove Hospital i'll charge OF two officers
Of the city police.
The new kerosene lamps in Fifth and
Sixth wards were first lighted Up last night.
The day has been Very pleasant aid halmy.
Dressed hogs have made their appearance
in market ROBIN ADA1R.
FIRE AT HIcgsFoRu.-LaSt Tuesday night
about u O'Clock some licndiSh person set
lire 10 the Clubhouse Of Captain ". II
Bridges. at Hck>lord. Grecn>villc county
and before anything could he removed the
building with all lis contents. was destroyed
Besides the machinery, &c, there were ten
bale Of cotton III il. Captain Bridgcs's loss
i GIruNl - 800, with no iusurancc.-B Burke
rite S.a0tyI,gJ