The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-02-11
,ot,or from Petersburg.
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| CORRESPONDENCE Of the III ,hMond pispatch.I
PETERSBURG, February 10, 1875.
DEATH OF AN Old WOMAN.


DEATH OF AN OLD WOMAN.
An ancient colored dame. by name Agnes
Orange. and reported TO bc one hur.dred and
five years OF age, died yesterday, and was
committed to Inc earth to-day. Withih
few months Of her death she retained posses.
sion of her faculties in the usual measure OF
advanced old age, and sc~ed and threaoea
needles without using glasses. l suspect
that her ace, however, was much magniticd
by ignorance, which is generally the case.
CURIOUS THING.
Several months ago a negro man named
Tucker became somewhat Indisposed, aud
betcok himself to bed. Nobocy-doctor in
cuded-thought there was anything serious
the m alter with him but Tucker announced
that he allowed to die between the 9th anq
! the 10th Of February. And, true to his own
sombre prophecy, he did Gle on the 9th, ana
was buried to-day.
STRANGE AFFAIR.
| 4 man whose name withhold Che is re-
! >peclably conncc,ed) was committed to Jail
Yesterday in a state Of Timber and inscn-
slbe drunkenness. He was to have been
married last night. To-day he was sent TO
the poor-house think he was lucky TO go
there before instead of after bis nuptiaS.
CHANGERS MEETING.
! There is to DC a meeting here tomorrow,
! in the Temperance Hall, OF the Changers OF
several OF the ncighboring counties, for Tue
purpose of organizing District Grange. "A
number of delegates and prominent mem
bers of the Order have already arrived, lnciu-
ding DR.. w. f. Thompson, of Dinwidde,
who is Deputy District Master. The pro-
ceedlngs, Of course, are to be private.
Z. NEARLY DROWNED.
A white boy named Hamlin Shields fell
into the river at the wharf this morning and
came near being drowned. He was rescued,
| however, by the skin Of his teeth.
BURGLARY.
. The dry goods store of MIR. w. II. Lemoine,
on Sycamore street, was entered last night
! by some daring thief, who crept in through
the transom-light over the door opening on
| sycamore. Goods to the value of $10O were
! captured and safely made away with. This
is one of the fruits OF turning of the gas at
| o'clock in the morning.
cHoKED TO DEATH.
1t is reported that child was choked to
death to-day by swallowing pin.
TIE WEATHER.
The mercury's record to-day has been as
follows ! 4. NJ, G degrees IL A. M, IA
degrees p. NJ, % degrees; p. NJ, 26
degrees.
The APPROXIMATION river has been frozeu
over during the recent polar wave. and Is
nayi.aed nov only by the tug-boats that cut
their way through the ice.
DEEPENING THE APPoMATTox.
lApropoS of the AppomattoX: whereas as at
/ ba .l,ur oil IN no hart -
than seven feet deep, it is because the hna
contract with Mr.. Ferris is not yet compile
ted. The engineer has promised clear pas.
sage 10 the wharf for vessels Of tre'Ce feet
drauyht when the improvements are finished.
At present there is ten feet Of water within
qusltcr Of 4 me Of the wharf, and thence
to Broadway, where real deep water GeglnS.
The dred.es are still at work deepening
! the river between the cut and the wharf,
but in corseq lence of the ice the scows can
not remove tue debris.
OTHER ITEMS.
The Attendance on the sacred concert at
the Market-Strect Methodist Episcopal
church last night was not as large as had
been expected.
AT the meeting Of the Relief Association
held last night it was stated that during the
| week tuelt HUI DtSl oui dpplllaviouS III iS-
! lief. and that assistance had been extended 10
2G7 persons. at q cost OF Sl79 ror the week..
4 like amount was appropriated for tie next
weeks use-not enough for the great amount
Of suffering that is prevalent.
! Rev. Chudus Hay mes, of Gainesville, Md,
who has been called 10 the rectorate Of ST.
| Paul's church, preached sermon to-day.
aud made favorable impression on the con.
yregation. His discourse was appropriate to
Ash Wednesday, and was twenty-five min
uteS' long.
About fifty applications have been made
for TWO vacant positions in the police corps,
worth about SO per month.
ROBIN HOOP.