The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-04-30

...rr,\T SIT DECIDED--MEMoEISL SERVICES
i,rrE,r. CONGREGATIONS RAILROAD ACCT
ryrIGiou> ENTERTAINMENTS -STKlkE.-
,..,r,i .vroiNTMESTS--TH CASE OF co.,
,I.r,u 7,TrM--A FAITHFUL SPOUSE, ETC.
@. -r,,,fr,u,lCnco Of the Richmond Dispa,chl
PETERSBURG. VA, April 80. 1873.
n he Hastings Court to-day, Judge Mann
..,..ii,n,. the are ument in the case of MesSrs.
81 Spiccr and !. Z. Williamson asainS,
>nuth>ic Railroad Company. to recover
.n..,> tor lot OF tobacco los. at Chatta-
...... N The great food of lSf7, was closed
Naf1r {. :. >t'lngicilow for the defend.
..t Mr.. W. l.. Watkins for the plaintiffs.
I. ury rendered Il verdict for the plain
-. md assessed the damages sustained hy
~piccr At $4,000, with interest from
v..H, 1867, and the damages Of Mr.. Viii
..nn al SOS, with interest from the same
$50. learn that, though the damages have
. . .2unG. rs the action WAS brought. against
NNlth>idc Railroad Company. 10 which
shipment WAS delivered. the COM
..t ut> recourse to the railroad commnyIn
+ ~ tennessee. in whose custody the TO-
...,, VAS n the time OF its loss. One OF the
r,,.u,,1 tor the defendants was Major l.. :.
,,,-,r, formerly Of Richmond. ana now of
q
ra> r,crruird by the judge.
Rev. William +. Hatcher. ID. D..
81 ned sunday la>i at Ncwviie. in Sussex
.a.'y. and conducted appropriate memorial
..rci>rs. The amount Of Sto4.l0 WAS
nnlNlv subscribed. though the member
iii y 81 the church is ont one hundred. This
.a@rr&atiun pays its pastor $500 per anNum
ut> services one-half OF his time, and has
ready contributed 81 200 towards erecting
. ..,'c OF worship.
arrc w&S m accident 10 the Through pas
d. -rr train on the Petersburg and Weldon
...ai to-day. the particulars of which |
IS. not been able 70 ascertain. Nobody is
-;.G'ra 10 have been hurt, however. The
s g.. Wa> three hours late when il arrived
,.., Irio' here.
There will br series Of tablcauy and
,H,!e, entertainments at the Academy oil
Music tonight for some religious purpose,
y : >;.,ya. The feast OF the ladies OF the
~.~.aI Presbyterian church also begins to-
,..,' At Mechanics Hall.
II i stated that the coloIcd hands en-
lowed in t.c tobacco factory of MeS>rS.
, inlrTnn BROTHERS have struck for higher
va..,>.
auth Lodge. KNIGHTS of PvthiaS, have ap-
counted "a committee to procure uniforms Of
.a" new pattern tor the members.
Il i reported on the streets to-day that
Colonel j. ". jenkins has received his APP
! ..nrmont rs consul to one OF the ports Of
,..:ua. Mr.. James n. Donnan, recently ap-
uicd consul to Belfast, leaves tomorrow
Washington, to submit to the eXamina-
ID REQUIRED under the rulc, Of th" evil SER
\ ... -l>:cln.
in>~l>. William Goodwin and John lIal-
r.. ''rr returning night before last from Il
,-.. pIid 10 some friends hear Dinwiddic
'.,uliuuUs,, when their horse became alarm
-, about three miles this side Of the village,
..I gau sway, throwing them out on the road
AMI hurting them somewhat. Neither horse
q buggy has since been heard from.
Mr.. j. y. Ta,ulD, collector of Tempeton
,."u~hiI. who was so my>tcriously robbed
81 go on Friday night, went to Richmond
.'-,.al tn app!y 10 The Auditor for ninety
49, ,g,ul-cHcc in which 10 recover or H.
i...p i." money. 1t i said his securities
VIII To- .!.iurd if the stolen money is not
ftuu&.
negro named Dick Jones and bis wife
arrr recently discovered in the act of skin
gInL y,y}iu- belonging to Mr.. Il. ID. Phil
Nl-. 81. >Gry. and being arrested. were
rL.rd in ,Hr city .iaii. The man was an old
,rtly >'rN3u', ANA to-day Mr.. Phillips came
'r~n /" crct lii release on bail, but The
3. .ra rciu-rd H. leave hi> wife in Jail, and
.. -, ~r" ~t2tl IL there together.
. ulrnIn In ii store on sycamore street
e. lowing an "unioadc0 aun to friend
'.~.... " hen il went oil, smashing 4 chan
,... .ad slightly woundinS the gentleman
:. Isl, hand.
Il = >la,cd that Mr.. Iiurle, Of the Uni
.;l,D church. Richmond. i 10 be invited to
,~ciaF~, oi congregation in this city.
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