The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-09-28
PETERSBURG.

PE lEkSoASoASNss
u,xr OF rErERsBURG-ANNoAL Mksalas VI
BAN ,cyuor,pEgS-sALE OF AN HIsToRl =:
STo|N Tr,r RECENT FELoSI0US ASSAULT
rLA1 s.xas ACcErrsp-TnE cnRsTERFlELD
ohurrrr-rEE BRviL CONTROLLING THE
fA.n,n--ryrERsBURa DIsTILLERY CASES,
ETC. n..x,,
i''''> SEPTEMBER q, 1876. !.
,,n annual meeting OF the stockholders
~, ~. Rank OF Petersburg was held to-day.
o. ~. w o'clock in Library Hall. The presi-
81 l.. salary was raised from $500 to $3.50.
Gsn' allowing gentlemen, We're elected d.
-" for the ensuing year: r. Fl. Jones,
r. General William Malone, s. w. Jones,
I,Ssnb carr, Charles Brown, +. NJ. Allen,
%n W. Collier, and J. W. Spiers. At a
,nnot;nr Of the new directory held subse-
""ontly Judsc Il. IL. Jones, Dr., was elected
p1-ssidcnt, joseph Carr yice-president, and
samuel Stevens cashier:
Rscnn's Castle farm, in Snrry county. was
.. n,,hIic auction yesterday under a
> S"na ~ trust. and was bought by Mr.. E.
W -, ,or sl2.5o0. This is one OF the his
t:,aI landmarks OF that section. Tradi-
-. ..am renors that it was two centuries ago the
S'oaannar,crs and place OF residence OF Ma
.I,"r;cl Rocon. the revolutioniSt, ana such IS
49," hrlirI OF most OF the people IN That
vicinity. - 1850 - ia
ward Powell. charged with 1eionions as
s,T,,, mon John Short, was had be1ore the
Vayor This morning. on motion by coun-
81 ior the defendant for bail. The evidence
slowed that the assault was an aggravated
arr. 4 difficulty had previously occurred
nr,wecn the parties in regard to some work,
"a Mows had passed. They had been
Ss,,,r,,nd. and after the lapse OF some time,
v6"n il was thought the affair had blown
over, Powell seized heavy wooden bar,
and roinc up behind Short, struck him q
EIow on the head which fclled him sense
less 10 the floor, and then struck him several
Zines after he was down. Shortt,s injuries
or[ regarded "a very serious. The Mayor
refused 10 allow bail.
II is understood that William Mack's
Challenge to match .Mattie o" against any
horse in Virginia for $1,000 side has been
YcrpDted bv Mr.. X. I, Tatum, OF this city
NE owner of Petersburg Belle" The
nancy has been nearly or quite raised. Tht
race will take place on the Fair-Grounds
rack in Richmond.
number OF our citizens will go out tC
rhr barbecue at Chesterfield Old Courthouse
,n-morrow. MessrS. ". l.. Watkins anC
: :. Gregory, OF this city, will be among
~, Speakers. Thc Conservatives OF the
county will have another barbecue at the
s,mr mace when Governor Walker return:
from the West and can be present to address
the people.
By the way. the good old county OF Ches-
fortified boasts a citizen who proclalmS MS
belief tha, the devil and his hosts have been
T., loose upon the earth, and that the world
This portion OF it especially is going to the
dominions OF the damned rs fast as it could
reasonably he expected to go. The preach
rr.. he thinks. are as much in the Satanic
clutches rs the "rcSt OF mankind" Fol
Petersburg and It's devoted inhabitants he
i,a> 40 hope.
The case OF Mr.. L. Myers, charged with
i,!raction OF the revenue laws, and OF the
pc;ersbur. United States gaugerS indicted
iar like offence, will be called up in the
United states Court at Richmond on the
.,;h " October. ,.,.
ttamceting OF the Petersburg Artillery
held last night it was voted to abandon their
Proposed trip TO Raleigh during the State
Fair. next month, because OF inability to
make satisfactory arrangements rs to trans
portatiOn. -"
The new epaulettS ordered by the Peters
burg Gays were distributed to the mem
hers Of the company last night.
ROBIN ADAIR.