The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-04-25

| COURT EEWS-9lSGULAR ACCIDENT AND HAlR
BREADTH EsCAPE-TEETu RECovERED-CAP
SIZED IL THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
| CELLASE0US.
ICorrcscondence OF the Richmond Dispatch.l
PETERSBURG, VA. April "a, 1878.
The Hastings Court was in session to-day,
but only disposed Of civil business of no spe
cial interest.
The case of John Mathews (colored)
| charged with the murder Of Charles Foun-
| tain Lewis (al>o colorcdl, by striking him
| over the head with bottle, was brought be.
| fore the Mayor this morning for a prelimi-
nary examination. BY reason Of the absence
of material witnesses the case was continued
till tomorrow and Mathews was relmnded
to Jail.
i singular accident occurred here to-day
in the grocery establishment Of MesSls. Pat
tersou, Madison d Co., by which Mr.. Jesse
Scott, young man i'll their employment,
made a very narrow escape from mutilation
or death. Mir. Scott had assembled on the
elevator TO the third story of the house, and
was fixing some freight on that floor, when
some one below incidentally moved the elc-
vator to the story above that upon which Mr..
Scott was operating. When he cot ready to
descend, Scott stepped, as he supposed, on
the elevator, but fell, n sheer descent, more
than Il hundred feet, into the cellar, where
he landed upon his feet. Fortunately he
escaped without any damage whatever.
Some weeks ago lady on the Richmond
and Petersburg train dropped tine
set of artificial teeth in one of the cars ut
Temple station. The set was valued at $50
or so. They have been found by an ole
colored woman, and may be recovered on
application to the authorities of the road.
A fight took place to-day between Dir.
Joe Maclin and IN lrishman whose name.
it seems, nobody knows. The alteration
grew out of q casual affront OIL the street,
and the fight was adjourned to Pocahontas,
outside the corporation, where it was pro-
ceeded with secudun. artem. Mr.. Maclin
whipped, but his thumb was nearly cheWed
of in the tournament.
A party of ladies and gentlemen went
down the river in q sail-boat this morning
on u pleasure excursion. About five miles
below the city the boat capsized and the
whole company was split in the raging APP
pomattoX. Fortunately, they succeeded ia
turning the boat up again, and oil got in
without damage; but the sail had to be
taken down and the boat rowed home, up
stream, by the dripping and demoralized gal
lants.
The mail train from the North was two
hours behind time this morning, on account
of ii, running of the track at Cherry Hill,
beyond QlmnlicO.
Collector Richards, Of this district, re.
ceiyed to-day his quota of the new stamps
issued by the Revenue Department.
The commissioners of election for the cur
rent ycar will be appointed by Judge Mann,
of the Hastings Court, Tomorrow.
Mr.. S. j. Tucker, soliciting agent of the
Atlantic Coast line, has been in the city to-
day Oil business connected with that enter
prise.
Rev. +. NJ. Edwards. presiding elder of
the Farlnyillc district, Methodist EPISCOPAL
Church, proposes to delivera lecture at each
one OF the churches of his district TO raise
funds to furnish L district parsonage. lie
| viii begin with the ctlllrrH II Gainesville.
Ii Is stated tiIat 800 person. In: profess ed
! conversion ut the rerivals in the different
churches of the city during IL, past two
months.
Mr.. John d. Kelley, r:t'.er of May Kei.
.ey, fell down yesterday i'll front Of tie Office