The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-10-14
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FIRE IN coff6S mLL--NoT Mrca p.,.or
DoNE~-Two MEN nURT--RIpoRTEp rIp,, . J,
the coAL-rrTs-ENGtrsn IMMIaRaSrs ao1yc
wEsf--BURGLAR ARREsrED--AN oX-sTEAIrR
APfREHESDsD--TlIE LIBERAL FLAG srrrr. rIr.
lNG--&oEEY QUITE TIGHT, &C.
correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch
PETERsncRG, October -. 1879
This morning mt III O'Clock fire broke ont
IN the Merchants Mil Cotton Factory
owned ny kevao 4 Brother, and situated nj
tue extremity OF Old street. The fire com.
l@n'cs were very slow III rendering their aid
though The bells rang promptly. and wbai
with TIC pro@rcSs Of the fire and the demol
ton practiccd to arres, It's spread the pick.
nS-room on the inside was burned and torn
All 10 pieces aud the fencing outside was de-
sroycd. does not appear that the fire
itself did much damage. IL originated in
The pckinG.room, and is believed to have
been accidental.
During lis progress two accidents occurred.
neither one, however. Of serious character
one man was run over by wagon which
was rctrcatlng from the tire and was badly
bruised. heavy plank fell from the burn.
ing building On another man named Richard
ilarvcll, who was engaged in the attenDt IA
suppress the fire, and disabled him so tbat
he had 10 be removed home in a conveyance,
Information has been received here to-day
Of tire al the Chesterfield coal-p!s. II i
said that the cnginc-hoIl>c of the branch
road has been burned and an engine in il.
We have. however, no definite Intelligence
from the reported fire.
This morning thirty or forty English inn
migrants, who arrived at Norfolk Yesterday
on the steamer Moravian. Of The Allan line.
passed through tic city on General Nahonc'S
rjltoad going west. Only one Of them i'll
tcndci 10 stop this side Of Lynchbnrg. II
was 4 very substantial and th;ilty-looking
party Of men and women.
\ week ago II negro named Berry Cor
bit lodged information with Tho city a,ithori-
| Ties that his hoUSe hat been broken open
ard iuhbcG and that hi suspicious rested
| upon another negro. 10y name Joseph Ma
son. To-day Detectives Witgin and Don
nan. having carefully worked up the case.
| tracked Mason out 10 lis house. in Prince
George county, where h. was arrested, and
where his plnndcr, amounting to Il con-
siderable quantity OF valuable clothing, was
! found and restored TO its owner
To-day 4 negro named Peter BRUCE was.
after examination, committed 10 Jail for
stealing an axe from MIR. y. Il. Raincy, of
| Prince George county.
Tx Si'cahIiiS anu IIlaSS-hettlllS VI iIPt-
rails will probably take place next Monday
| in the open air ut The courthouse. Judge
| farIur. Mr.. K. 3. Berkeley. and Others are
| announced rs among the orators Of the occ,l-
| sion.
The anncunccwcnt-quitc unwclcomc to
| the tax-l2ycrs--has been made by the super
| iutcndent If Water Works that new boiler
will have t" be procured for the Use Of that
institution, the one in Use having grown old
and dangerous. Proposals for new boiler
will ii once lac advertised for
ON" OF our citizens, Mr.. Il. \. Goodwin,
has invented new kind OF cotton-tie, which
has been tested and found quite useful. i
c3vcat has been applied tc: with 4 view to
it, h"iuc patented and manufactured.
There las t,ceH great ~irin@cn"y i'll tie
money market hcr" for several day, and
indeed Tor three week, past: but 10 the
credit ul ctr banks he il said they have not
| raised tin r(lc 81 interest.
Weather quite cool and sharp again.
| ROBIN LApAlR.