The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-07-12
CHARLOTTESVILLE.

Nv, or THE TliERM0METER-GAiS-
hi"n s,.rrERIXG FOR RAIN-AcclphNt ~
htH, ,,.no, pu--CoRoSER'S INoUEST--A
WOMAN MrEnEkhp'
,c,rrc,pondcncc or the Richmond pisla'cn.l
t''' July II, 1876.
,,o, for the past ten days has been
"' rho Thermometer has ranged since
ln'E.;,, from 9S to lI1oyesterday. have
' jan. hrcn able to find the oldest inhabi-
n'l,. who can rceolcct having experienced
~" .,,ch weather. The Scnrching heat OF
~! M, is having It's effect on vegetation.
i%r ,.,rdcns are drying up, and the grass
i" ~ frlds has that pale. sickly appearance
n .! 49,, Of drought. 1t is almost impos-
lM a.I' =, keen cool. The furniture in the
,''" the bedding. and everything that is
"o .t;,,, 10 tho action OF the atmosphere,
S":!'h ,rn permeated by the heat, and are
5,,.,,;rr 70 the touch. Rains pass all around
'"' ,',,, we have none. Last night there
~ 'r. aims in every direction within few
W.. ., lis. and the heavens were DER
'ar,od with clouds and the air filled with
G,.,rir;tv. but not II drop OF rain.
an Friday last Or. w. c. w. Randolph
,,.a> returning from visit to patient in
~, vicinity OF Snead's Storcwhen his horse
I;.5 n something on the side OF the road,
inning the buggy up on the side OF a
i,ns and overturning il. The horse imme-
,,;a,rly ran of. dragging the gentleman some
E;,,aucr. from which he received painful
;n;nrics in a Spraincd ankle and severe
bruises about the head and shoulders.
Tho tolling OF chnrch-bells reminds lis Of
,bc uncertainty OF human life. Almost
every day some person is committed to the
La, long rcsting-pace. On Friday the
coru>c OF Mr.. Johnson was buried here with
Masonic honors. On Saturday the body
Q, Mrs. Fannie Manning, wife OF Rev
Iaroh Manning. OF the Methodist Episcopal
conference, stationed ut Farmville, was in
TERED. and on Sunday that OF little child
thc <adde>t of burials). and the funeral Of
Rev. William Meade Nelson, OF the EpiSco.
,.aI Church. Mr.. Nelson was also buried
with Masonic honors.
On sunday afternoon the body OF dead
;nfan, was found in the University pond
\ coroncr'S inquest was instituted, but nc
uo>iiivc determination was arrived 1t. The
child is supposed to have been that OF CO.
laTrd woman who has since. the commission
3. the murder left this vicinity.
Quite sensation was produced on Mon
19T hv 4 negro woman reporting the find
ir1, OF a corpse some distance above the
I IlSpT>iTN. lttT StpIN " Ia itDout lHlS 'ciIe
was p;cking hlackberries in Il field, when
,ha went down to Il branch near by to get
SOM water, and came suddenly upon two
,nnn who appeared to be stripping the
cfothin. IRON the dead body of man
who. 10 all appearances, had just
been killed. The men, on discovering hcl
watching them. ordered her to leave on pain
&, d.alh. She came running into town, re-
latin. The circumstance, and number oil
citizen, returned with her to the place; but
nobody could be found, though tracks oil
,,,r-on> were fresh in the moist earth. The
woman WAS positive in her assertion OF hay
I'M, seen the dead man in the hands OF the
two living ones. No developments have yet
been made. though rumors are thick.
learn that n negro man murdered his
VIII on i!r. >I0ckton'S farm, four miles
north Of this place, Yesterday. No patleu-
lar. have been a>ccrtained. OUR.