The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-06-22
from Petersburg.
,r.c ,pona,noc Of the Richmond o,''@ ,s-c
rrrrnspuR0. June q, 1870

PETERSBURG. June Il, iS'"'
s~.7rs OF rue RAILROAD WAR;
..s.u. az the railroad war IS un-
Inc ..rrrh a new feature was dcFeI-
c1anNt"' colonel William w. Gordon,
o2,|. end, visited the city th'S morning.
q i'"'I I'a proposition TO the holders 10 ouS
$nt w. r,,,nouS due upon the second mort
q" u, AMI. II the Petersburg railroad. he
Is-r .,.,,.ct to bus from II" owners tneTe-
ate F,, ;udrmcnts agsiust The petersburg
q 90 ~, rnmranv. These judgments are
Ea.'",r - 500 held by the city; one Tor
V'I t'' ,oynr Of Wc,more 4 Son. OF New
s&f' :" ,j nnr Of 50, 500 in favor OF Mcssrs
1.,.rcyc 4 Son. OF Ne" lofN-"' VI ''eA
=. .l',. hands oi ATTORNEYS heTe.
". 2Toln>itiou in regard ONE jioT".u1s
..'.,sIT>,rnd 10 have been prov 'S'ol".
~. wru!! hny them ana pay cSn, p'U-
i..3,hr holders al The coupons "oti,u >ei'.
49,. ,rauot Of coupons due ana he'a mere
81, ly The hnkS-iS not s'steu. Cue
H.. ,.,,r holds SO 600. and Pronao'y the
"a. ,,uouu: viii run up 10 S2',oVo Or
,.,rdholfcrs held conference, and
~ ,ccllnci II sci! 10 Colcnct Gofo"n'
- ..s,on al Their defamation Is not sisted,
,,,yi,yrd "a lie ih4t thcv did not know
&c.. ~, uropoSition TO buy CAME from.
,,.... ts1 ben satisfied that ii came from
,.'-rai company tney probably would
: ',,.,,rt II. The failure Of the holders
.,',rnrs 10 sell knocked the wind out
y..l. q, the owners OF the judgments,
g. ..} o,srr,d 10 sell them, and Colone!
.',,r cont back TO Rich aond this after
,'., ann Ms money in his pocket.
%,,liug la, yet authoritatlrely trau-
.....iss-a1 The proposed action OF the bond
: ;r. ,,bo held two coutci co rs on Satur-
,..',y.rfru and one 10 day. Probably no
49,, g.. nan of ac,,Uu has yet been agreed
- ,s>,AL SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING.
Tin. ,ouu,I meeting OF to" Sunday. School
...n.i,,ron e The Methodist Episcopal
t'a.-r,, south. in this CITY. was held yester-
~. .ntDoon at the Washington Street
,I',,r~ The attendance WAS very large, the
,,,,,,ay. cd tee being crowded. The reports
item III" >uIrrintenden's oi the SIN Schoois
r,,r,,,.in, the Association showed them all
f. t. IN ilouri>hing and highly satl>tactor!
r.aJ,i,p. Rev. W. w. Duncan was speci-
.n, romplnncntcd by the president for his
r-.,, zcs,.nd labor in benalf of the Sunday
~
.y.r,j I'm, the ceremonies otherwise were
o, 4 very interesting character. Inc lol-
laWIuy OH .rrS were elected Tor the cnsuib"
var. President, +. NJ. Wright; fice-t[e-
>sI,rt,. \. l.. Atkins. +. I. Faces, y. L.
Williamson. \. h. Mahood, }. L. Ritter, ana
/. II. Herring one from each school Sec
r~,.rv, George J. Rogers Assistant Secre'
,ary, T. j. Clarke: Treasurer, ,. W. FerSu-
son.
FlH.LITY or THE GAS QUESTION.
The sp.cl,l committee of the Council, to
yt.Yrp mil authority III the matter had been
Gr.r.a,rd, on Saturday evening invited the
director, Of III" Gas Company 10 appoint Il
committee Of their todv 10 confer with them
oath, subject Of tue gas question, WHICH
b,> - l1ng excited public attention. 1t was
understood that the q II Fences between the
cts and the company were very SIight. ana IL
va, i, lryri conference might bring about
result satisfactory TO all parties. Mcs>r>.
Andrew k,yan, George II. Davis, and DR..
,.ur. Dunn wcr" appointed Representatives
ON ,h, part OF Tue Gus Company. and on sa.
lu,t;ay ni.ht the l~p committees met 10 cou
.rr,rrr, They met 10 4 Ull>iLes"hke spirit,
mad came 10 an agreement which settles Tue
Wa"n Guestio for ten Years TO come. The
Gt, Company agrees 10 furnish Gas IN thf
,.r,,.> and public buidlngs al = 80 per | ,00t
b., and 10 private con>umcrs 1t 80 per ,OOS
4 feat: the contract 10 commence on The lst o
A J.S, and 10 run ten Years. lt was further
y,r,ru that all meters, public and private
ary 10 bc taken by city Inspector OF gas 10
b, appointed by the Council. and that eli DIS
/ az - be paid on Ills certificate OF correcs'
4 H., Only. In both instances the price OF
/ "a j materially rcdu u, aud the public are
1 sN,!,iird with tue contract.
MISCELLANEOUS.
4 colonel +. II. Arch er, while walking down
>yrtinorc : rect this afternoon. stumbled and
lnH. hurting himSflf quite severely,
Tia. coutc>ted-"lcct!on caSes In DinWiddie
cyu.ity are 10 he heard to- morrow.
ga" 81 our lDilers IS reported TO nave
D ro.ir ,I" Of 1000 barrels Of il)ur 10 Il
Richmond house q day or two ago.
Christopher Montague. well-knoWn
4 coI.;cd mIu, died very suddenly last eve
IuE. H. had been 10 church twice during
4 IL. day, and tk"n communion. On MS re-
I turn h1m" the second time he complained Of
,1;,i,a illness, and fill de,d just after get
tluL inside h!> door. Iltart-uisease Is sup
4 t>ri [" have been the cause.
Ni>. Su>an BroNder, an estmaole lady
q residing on HaItaX street, Is dangerously
H. J. llryiug her recovery doubtful heI
I yral,yr> abroad have been telegraphed for
AMI some of them are expected this eve