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lips, while playing about the wharf ss the foot q
King street. IN Wednesday morning, tell over.
board but vas sDesdily rescued By IA father,
who Witnessed The ACCIDENT
1Ir. y1hn Olubb ,Who liEos near this cI1y While
snzagetin hauling lumbeE TO sehuroh On " ednes.
day afteyncon, Was 8 badly injured that BIS LIE
Is almost dispaiteG e., The horses attashsd to
his wagon ran OF, and throwing him out dragged
him irOm uiSt0li- gat0t0' thr bridge, about are
Hundred yasas, befoEg bresEing his len leg,
several Of ~ ms, ana lnfiating other sesi5us
injuriss
some excisslent vAs- oecAslnsd e the upper
enc o. King street, on Dossdag ntsht By tVo
y0ung men haAl1g from VEashiu<fon. who after
riding about ts1n in : csrrlarT bS,o1rinq q
Chatham's livery stable, atasuptsd . bilk Tie
driver Of his fATo- Policeman Webb soon had
them IN charge, a1d 70 avoid a.tripto tn station
house they paid thb driver waAt they owsd lin.
and len the city.
A eoroner's inqusst was hsid last Tuesday
morning, near the ferry slip Of the Virginia MID
land railroad, By Justice Padgstt, upon tbs dead
BODY Of Thos. Mcintosh, snd the verdict Of the
jury, Of which B. H. Lambert Was foreman, was
that the deceased came to his death BY intsntiOn-
ally drowning himself The evidences adducsd
was to the effect that the deceased, who was 3
bridgs-builder and carpenter, employed By the
lived near the Stone bridge in consequences Of the
discovery Of Irregularities In his family relations
had babe his children farewell last Thursday
evening, telling them they would never see him
again; that on that night Peter Francis found
and took charge Of hat, coat and pair OF shoes
lying in a pile at thesslip above mentioned, and
which slip the deceased had helped TO build; that
on Tuesday morning some boys saw me leg q .
man protruding from beneath the whsrf at the
slip, and telling Capt Philip Pote, the latter had
pulled the corpse out and tied it to the wharf,
where its identity was recognized.
On Wednesday afternoon two young and gen
teelly- dressed women and , man came here from
Washington, tospag. as they said, some calls, and
TO enable thenstS osar the fatigues Of the day
repaired TO goQHey.s restaurant, where they Of
esred refssshrheniA11 But while the dinner Wss
in prepeIatt9nsi I be ahandsomer Of the women,
MEa, AAae RpDR, alias Weseott, having imbibed
too lrsel HON the vine glass, proceeded to dis
tues me Adfns6Hy u the household to such an ex-
tent IT. 1nnoe TIE proprietors Of that establish
meRt OleEpest hsrs ud her friends to Vaeate the
premisass - iisnuslO This request was complied
With.bTglGgzNKnhahieB Bell and Mrs. Lilly Homes,
but, tIF5aE6 aiTesptirQ emphatic terms. was ur-
Needed py, Frs Repp, whose olfactories had By
this time sniaaa thsllSayOry odors Of the dinner
Her appstirS tbslns14hus stimulated, she sE0re,
like the bold St6ichnAn Of yore, that rocks might
ny from their ffHh y, yet she would eat Of that
dinner The CoepsFs objected, and she was
seized, dragged d6Endhe steps and elected In
demOrallzsd eonditidH, having dropped her
watch, and, a. she asserted, lost envelope con-
tsinirg fsrty-hve dollars, BY the violence Of her
egress- Her watch was restored, but no money
could be fe1nd; WhereupOn, after many threats
and violent gestioulations, she, accompanied By
her two companions. went to the once or Justice
Padgett, By whom, at her instance, warrant for
an arrest was issued against John and Joseph
Coonsy, and the latter having appeared ct the
jus.ioe's once, in obedience 70 the summons OF
Constable Barnett, In company with his counsel,
Mr. EdEund Burke, the case was tried with
closed dosEs and dismissed at the cost Of the Gem
plainaht- The deeision 50 much enragsd Mrs,
Rupp that she approached the defendant and
struck him twice on the nose with the handle Of
her paraaol, for doing which the justice threat
sne1 70 lea her IN the ststion.house. This put
quiotus to the proceedings, and the Washing
tonians retired sadly discounted.
RIcHnosD.
The poIies commissioners have elected Henry
Bueksnt 10 Al vacancy In the police force.
Thens were two hundred applicants.
The nsrtuary report for the week ending Sep
TENDER behoHs: whole number Of deaths IN the
city, g; IL addition. Two Stlborn (colOrsdl we're
reported
Tnors was delivered to the Richmond and Dan
VILE road at BurksEille, for the week ending sth
Inst, iEeIuatss, fOTty-thrSe loaded cars destined
foh Richmond.
Tha number Of applications up 20 date for the
position Of tobacco inspector is tEenty-nine. For
-four Inspector, tHenty-six. twelve from Rich
mond-l Fer lumber inspector, six. For nsh in
speotor, eae.
From the reporto the chief Of police to Mayor
Kelley, Il appears thai 20 new buildings have
been cumplated IN that city since the LIST Of last
january that tAsFs are III buildings now IN
course Of eoAstEactiOu, and sOT Ohsred f0r rent.
asTsrnoE Ksmpsr has committed the sentence
Of James Wilson, convicted Of murder IN the drss
degree. and sentenced to be hung, to eighteen
years confinement in the penitentiary-
Mr.. James A. Inloes died on Tuesday morning
Of ap0plexy. Mr.. Inloes was we'll known By the
entire business community. he came 70 this city
fSom Baltimore about forty years ago, and en-
gagged in the commission business % Main street,
and long enjoyed alargs and lucrative trade.
The public schools ofthis city VIII be opened on
Monday psek. September n. The examination
Of applicants for admission into the Richmond
high school will be held on Monday next, the
18th, - "a. m.
Captain ]. NJ Bro sius, OF tbs Richmond and
DanVille railroad, has patented two new inven-
tlone--one . caF-truck and the other journal
Oller or lubricator-both Of which are now IN
suecessfr. operation, and pronounced By practical
rkIlr0ad to be eminently successful, the oiler
saving over 100 per cent
The Governor has appointed Robt H. Keeney,
OF Franklin county, a notary public, and John
Sparh2Wk, Of Pennsylvania, a commissioner Of
deeds for Virginia. General @. Q. Wharton, Of
Montgomery couhty, was designated as the sue
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membership Of the board Of visitors Of the Agri-
cultural College
Dr.. Junius L. Archer died at his residence in
this city on Tuesday. after long and painful III
aess. He was born in Pcwhatsn county, and was
IN the nfty-eighth year Of his age At one time
he was the owner Of Bell0ns arsenal, and before
and during the war made cannon there. Until
recently he was identified with the mining inter-
ests Of Chesterfield county
SUNDAY night, aoout y O'Clock, the tug Grace
Meade came up the river, toEingthree schoonsrs,
and In passing By City Point the middle schooner
in the tow, the Ca'par Hon, collidsd With the
Norwegian bark Iernhyrd, which was lying at
anchor IN the river. Very considerable damage
was done both vessels, and the persons on board
OF them made remarkable escapes from injury.
The Governor has psrdoned John Il. Hunt, col
ored, convicted Of arson by the Circuit Court Of
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the penltsntiary fer one year The reasons as
signed for executive clstasncy are ycfth and the
fact that while technically guilty there Is reason
to believe that the burning was done in spirit Of
mischief and without comprehension Of the moral
character and legal responsibility Of the act.
A dImeulty occurred On Tuesday afternoon IN
. baF-room It the old market, between Mr.. Wn-
T. Lindsay, q butcher Of the nrst market and
Mr Jacob s. AtIee. Of Henrieo county, gentle
man sixty-ave years Of age, which resulted IN
beating end serious injury and 6isdguremsnt Of
Mr. AtIse. Lindsay gave bail for his appearance
at court.
About II o'clock last Sundaynight Miss Fannie
Potts, aged sixteen, daughter Of Captain ]. + O.
Potts, No. . i;econd street, between Main and
Cary, vas accidentally shot b. pistol in the
hands Of her brother Charley, lad about fiilssn
years Of age The ball entered and passed
through her nols, very near the cheek, and then
buried itself In the bedpost. Dls. Brock and
Rust we're called in to examine the wound, which
was pronounced By them 70 b not necessarily
critical
general meeting Of the Masons was held
o. Tuesday night, az the Virginia opera house, %
considerable the plan Of establishing Masorie
vidovs' and ornbans home WotshipfnI John
3. Fernault Wa elected chairman, and Worship
fnlH- d. Danforth secretary. large addition
vras MADE 10 the number Of life and annual men,
hers already subscribed ana no the interest