The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-05-04

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PETERSBURG. 1000, 7gs2
or A MrRDERkR-A plNMipDah tAi lsl.
AEEss, mr., T,l OF AN OLD cfTi8EN---sALARIK s
tECh.' orr1t,H,s-TuE BRITISH AssocIA-
oF III GOVERNMENTS FOR A GRAND, RAN
non Nv TpE QUEENS RlRTHDAr--NEw
e.m,, r.rEE--MINoR ITEMS. a3h
h,". ,,,s,oo,,enct or the Richmond aspasch.l 1
I'"'' PETERSBURG, May 3. 1876. 4
-,,.o.o,,,s fnerrol. charged with the
jAth / ~ Ann Lundy, colored girl aged
mu,"' seventeen years, was arrested ~ By
&no"'v Mills, in Dinwiddie county, iast eve
ec' while cndcavoring to make MS escape
HiHE' , ,hr river into Chesterfield county.
atT'>s -;snncr was fleeing from officers vino
Inc y. n;,rsuit. aud was captured by c'u-
were =, ,.fa sent him 10 the county jail to
gen, . VOL, The murder was committed on
avs: q ' ~, last on the farm OF Dir. D..
ErgE, few miles from the Courthouse
;. VIZ" W.T. thirteen miles from the place OF
81" 200 The victim was shot down while
t"jE"'' +,i3 planting corn, and without
IN -, Inn. save that she had rejected the
YT.',1a'.,,rr,hlr advances made her by the
a>a. ,',.,r she was shot through tho head
"nA N ,}jr>t citizen living in Dinwiddic
Ion -, Mr.. William W. Meredith, who
c'a"H Sod The venerable age Of over one
ms !''t , ears He was born in the county,
a"H,"'"; ,,,rrc all his life, and has been
a., ~, :, many OF the notable events in
N"'-,,,,,. NJ, state, and section, which his
g ,r,..ar5>. and oG which his recollection
.']Hi He has been twice married--the
.''',,,' .,-,,, At tbc age of cirhty-one-ha
",,'".' I,~,,r family OF children honored
:. -, and station. and has hfed 10 Doast
II 10, ','' - aver seventy grand and many
%.,.,,lch;ldrcn.
''.',,..;n Daniel Butts, Tor many years an
~. - mis- city, died last evening at the
-'' INV, ,,yrnty-tiyc wears after an illness OF
az ~, - fyc aayc. Deceased was q son OF the
w., -. l"nncrai nooiel c. Butts. and Il grand
." ,, = General Charles Harrison, OF Revo-
>.,.;,r,rv famc,
2ry. Dr. +. u. Blackwell, OF Lynchburg,
-, l.,..prr in this civ tomorrow night on
~, ?hilo,onhy OF Sorrow Tor the bene-
. ..,i .hc Sunday school OF the Ettrlck Me-
. y, ~ rrisronal church.
:" u.s. rnnm,n Council at lis recent meet
,,,.,nnnrl action on the ordinance pre-
49, ;n-roIurea fixing the salaries and
Vs.. ~ mo officers and emplovGs Of the city.
,.,,~oh,hl.. that the ordinance, which con-
u =. t..s an or.-rnpate reduction in this
1SA' "I,,,t :. 300 will be allowed to
~, ,hc tahlc. and that the salaries OF
!, ''',',s' win romaip * they now stand.
~ n"' ,,,nri1 will not. under the law,
~ 'n,I. - rndurr them during tie term for
~ iii Ulcers arc elected. | do not
,l,n desire OF the people to see any
,"...N .,d.,,tin, made in the DAY OF their
III. - ,'','
..iro ~ citizens and settlers was
"A - ~ -. 49,. Rollinohrook Hotel this after
A,'. ,,,.;,,nr tho orronocments for \
I ,..:.5I ...1,frnt;o, in pctprsb1rr ON the
ia 49,: 49,. j., honor NJ Queen Eictoria's
-iiI " -H''' n1ia,',,;ons ,voro ,reScnt from
~, y, 3..,,.~d 7tSm,nho,lond Ruclinobom
'!,I', 1,,,.nnh,rr~ connt;ns ond
-,'"""", 3',,' ,,,,,,.C, nv Whitehead
lhr ~! ~ ,,'nnhar or distincuiShed can.
pro>i'i'" u. y m,''a,~ and nx-nrcsSed srp3no.
80, ,,;,h and conservation in the movement
~! 80; 1.'' ,r ( odnmtcd nnnouncino de-
i'.,o;n ~ nnictr,tn tho onnroachinp
',,,, y; 1. 1ia;os,v,. t;rthdav. ey.
.''''',, oo,l;.,l ;n,.;tat;o, "a MI Rritist
''''', I.;,I;,,;n ~ ,ln,.tin;nata in tbf
!',Ht.i'' ~ W IA and aoxnerotioy
iy>EI'.>: InN ltns rmr az any, MICS - tb|
-! an n,;tnin Iro1and ~ an1
A,'. '"i' y, +i,n;r ;n,mnd;atn descend.
80 '',, "har,s,, fnrd rrroiIcrtion Of the
'Ii> WI" - i iO ta pr;,isb Associa.
"" '"t," - "s;nS an''' no continued in fnl
I!2l' ~ 7,n',' nt, ~ nnI nSefnlncss
n-"i ""u NJ uN'I'oct>n.p ". .n. in,,ow;n a
hf2tl! tA''h"eu' leiuestiiiS :ns go, ,,,o -
2."'l1IIie'l - Ict III lne pos,sto 49, 800.
W. ~ u. lrIHu!,, pieSio W 49, o. ..