The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-09-30


hammock district, died lasb Sunday hight
from Injuries received the previous day
while telling ees.-7yyde'oater Ieder.
Leroy d. Edwards, Esq, is, about to re-
sign the position of clerk OF the Circuit
Court OF, Norfolk county. In all probable
ity Judge Blow will appoint Major John h.
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The river has subsidized to its ordinary
proportions, and boats are running regu-
Iarly to and from Buchanan and Lexington.
We have no definite information Us to when
communication with Richmond will be re-
opened. -Lynchburg Nc1os.
The Raines-O'Donnell murder case was
brought to a close at Harrisonburg on Mon
day, the jury rendering verdict OF "in-
voluntary manslaughter and imposing a
fine OF slOO. Judge O'FerraIl added thirty
days in Jail.
Albert Powers committed suicide at
Loyingston on Tuesday last by taking lauda-
mum. Deceased was between thirty and
thirty-three years OF age, and married.
Various causes are assigned for the rash
deed, the most probable OF which was lack
Of Observation-Disclosures Enterprise.
n We noticed our old friend Bottiger in
town Tuesday morning in his little carriage
drawn by q pair OF trained goats. His
health, which has been very poor for some
time back, seems to improve, and he was
looking better than he has for year past
Christian Sun. rl ~
Rev. A. A. WillettS, of Philadelphia, ar
rived at Portsmouth Thursday morning to
perform the marriage ceremony OF his son,
Albert w. Willetts, United States Engineer
Corps. Being nonresident OF the State
he had to qualify before Judge Blow and
give the necessary bond in order i solemn
lie the nuptials.
The Hebrew citizens of Ha:r,sonburg
held meeting on Sunday last d appro-
priated and sent twenty dollars t. assist in
relieving the victims of yellow-fc II at Sa-
vannah. 1t was not sent to the Jci of that
unfortunate city, but contribu;. 1 to the
general relief fund for the beneE Of ALL
Old Commonwealth. .r
Simon Hancock, aged eighty-tri, years,
died on the Goth instant, ut his >>sidence,
near Davis's Mills, in this count. Chris
topher Hancock died at his reside &c, near
Davis's Mills, on the 18th instant, g. asthma.
Mr.. Hancock was upwards of seveilty years
old at the time OF his death.-Bed, ord Ser
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The market for vegetables in ors place is
very meagre one at this time. Cabbage is
scarce and high; Irish potatoes viii: scarcely
put in their appearance; sweet poti .oes are
plentiful, and worth from so cents II ST. per
bushel; onions, $1.50 to 81; butt, 25 to
80 cents; eggs, 20 cents; chickens, Is to 80
cents.-DanUiNe Express.
Mr. Paul r. Evans, the master bridge
builder on the Midland road, met with quite
a serious accident Thursday morning by
falling from trestle-work at the scene OF
the late break. He fell about nine feet, and
was quite badly bruised. It was thought
ut first that some of his ribs were broken,
but the fear proved groundless.
We regret to learn that in the neighbour
hood Of FitZgerald's Mill, and on the White
Oak mountain, the farmers are sustaining
heavy losses in cattle and hogs by the MUIR
rain and hog-cholera. We learn that in
some instances farmers have lost all their
stock Of cattle and hogs.-Chotham Pitt
syluania) Tribune.
The United States steamer Gettysburg,
Lieutenant Commander 81. II. Gorringe,
now at the Gosport navy-yard for repairs,
will 60 to the Mediterranean to make sur
veys and soundings, and will also make
tour Of the seas to make deep sea soundings
in various ATTITUDES. The Gettysburg was
built at Glasgow. She was blockade-run-
ner, and was captured during the war.
w. w. Stiff is appointed postmaster at
Rollins Fork, King George county, Va,
Uice c. B. Stokes, resigned. Benjamin B.
Bumville, is appointed postmaster at SUI
folk, Nansemond county, Va, DICE c. L.
Gardner, removed. The post-ofice at Han
NUNS Mills, Hampshire county, Va, near
Capon Springs, is reGstablished with John
W. Lafoiette as postmaster.
The damage to the James River and Hi
nawha canal is even greater than that to the
railroad. We hear that the lock at Tye
river was undermined and sunk, and there
are several breaks not known to our CORE
spondent at the time OF writing OIL Satur-
day morning. It is estimated that it will
take two or three months ut least to put the
canal in repair.-Amherst Enterprise.
The physicians ascrihc Or. Bittle's death
to q rupture OF the walls OF the heart. Or
ganic disease OF the heart had for some time
been gradually undermining the foundation
walls OF life. The funeral took place Sun
day, and all business was suspended in Sa-
lem that day. Deceased was a native OF
Maryland, and was born in 1911. Rev..S.
A. Repass, D. D., has been chosen as DR..
Bittle's successor in the presidency OF Ro-
anoke College.
1t is due to the friends OF Dr.. Wellons at a
distance to state that he has made no real
for several weeks past.
although it was hoped when last weeks
paper. went to press that lie was slowly i'm
proving. Friends around him are grayely
apprehensiye. but both he and they are
trusting in that Divine Being who is "too
wise to err, too good to be unkind. -
Christian San, Suffolk.
A gentleman who has just returned from
county Informs US that times
are better in that county than, they have
been for years. He says the merchants and
businessmen generally are in fine spirits.
He states that Chatham banker told him
that they had but few notes in bank, and
that. they had more money than they could
dispose OF. The cause Of all this is that the
people OF that section are q working, live,
go-ahead people,. Everybody is at work
raising and manufacturing tobacco. Salem
Register. Ii.
Mr. NIyar ne tbo f;rn, nP nTyaJ. A. Rrt1iilp,