The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-01
Letter from Peserssuyr.
fCorrespOr,seur of tf,a ff,ot,S.

!. t,... =. pETEgsDcgG. Dccernter !, ~.
80. in y. 9a,S .ne ota. fin1 In the new
sno" aiiu oinef lncieHcnt SURROUNDING ~ ni1 Tie
son, e close OF the year Is In o,i,er te sea-
|characfer 10 encourage and Stimulate thites Of
our people Buiness was never NOR t se,, saSrts 81
ingly solid and aspiring. Thu strs,,ns more eese-
all directions appcarto be rising, and IN trade In
Industrial enterprises are being pnsheJ fsofts1
he new year wh ier aw Us ps"ps Therefore is
hope for their material welfare Than ,s nh1e or
cherished for many years. 'n '''ey have
ID During lhe year 1872 ono bundled and ,eve,,.
Two marriage licenses were Issued by tho .'n'Y
the Hastings Court, og which 70 were ,. .iets Or
col0rcd couples. Five hundred ard imlar' -
deeds were entered Of record. A an nJ-one
o c e aonrr aGis T, Gr g town
attached: City Mills 200 barrels Der asv esctty
side, $50 Imrres per day: Hope Ts. 3,5 scrs.
rels per av 'g sn lgG barrels per day Eagle @
seven cotton mills have the siatistics ~ ne
Three del,owins.namely, Matoaco, also - ., tn'
dies. geo looms. 1900 bales nf cotton So Pin.
yearly: Ettrcks, ese spindies. la r"nnsnmei
bales OF cttton Yearly Ba;tersca $3.50 sund,a.i -:
looms, go bales of cotton yenrly The yan,Is lH
dnct Of the od Dominion Dstilicry Is s,5g pro
Of whiskey, OIL which tax OF S76cqo Is MA VA res
United States Government TWENTY ION, b paio III"
employed, aud $1,000 bushels of grain rortafe
These figures VIII afford some idea Of the bp:iu".'
resurrccted to-day gives list Of The mcrch",auen
men of business In 1923, OF whom boz one nv. u sha
+. Lesile--is now alive. IL IL saiG tlers ~ u.
twenty-three native citizens OF the town ,l,nsy'
are over lfty years Of age 1"'e Nhe
The city tax collected during ihp month IN
cembcr amounted to 43sosss: faS for ~, ~! W.
license for month Of December. Sill. '''"'
Yesterday Messrs. Jones, DonDan md H.,
com lnissioGcrs, sold by virtue Of \ chance paFi
OF the Circuit Court of Dinwidiic. the E,Ir rtr
Itotel. at the Courthouse, for slj3co 10 Mr. Nj
Boisseou' ana nineteen acres Of land nav -
Courthouse 10 X. +. Bosscau for 1861. " "~
The wa'er-pipe In the upper story of flt r,k;,o
OF Mr.. T.. u. Jones burst last night and IL. f,e5 g.
whole house. The loss is estimated at sgme,hjn,
disagreement among Themselves. Il /, ,taitd ib,,,
large number of the rank and ie Of the party d.,
Sire 10 have public meeting To protest 3saI.i d.
present Federal Observation-Disclosures c., ~,
Collector Richards. Collector Of The Port Carr e.,
but that the Executive Committee canr0; b. yo:,,
together Tor the PURPOSE and the srcaspg II pain,
Is SUSPECTED and charged. IL IS said that k!clsrL
VIII probably 20 overheard anyway. know ur
thing OF the data OH which these snrnlses trays
among the faithful and II Is only Just b. say u,,,
these officers have IL the main discharged 'lcr d.
ties IN way t0 give general public satisfaction
William Harris. who robbed the house Of VT V
+. Morrison on Sunday, was to-day sent on hy u.
Mayor to be presented by the grand jury OF 4.
HI>fingS Court.
The thaw has been very r,pii to-t!iT, and I, .7
going on. The mercury ut clock this afterng,1
stood at So degrees.
Mr. A. J. Dewitt, late OF the Lynchburg ReDyh-
,icI t. I'm the city. and ii - understood l. IL H.
come connected with the stan OF Tire indcr rs city
editor. ROBIN ADaR.