The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-08-29
GREAT FOREST FIRES
THE q; GRAND Z MILITARY ! FlzzLEE.
End OF Indian Campaign.

End OF lndlan campaign.
SITTING BULL THE VICTOR.
sERvIANs BADLY WHIPPED.
War About to Collapse.
| FATAL AcCIDENT-MR. r.. A. THoAAssoE
a sI. KILLED. '' -"
Especial telegram to the Dispatch.I
GoRDoNsvILLE, VA, August 27.-Last
night about II O'Clock, just afterthe arrival
OF the fifth section Chesapeake and Ohio
eastern-bound freights, portion OF the
train was cut loose and was backing in on
the side-track, when it struck Mr. B.. A.
Thomasson, knocking him down and pass
ing over him, breaking both legs and
his left arm. He was Immediately removed
to the reeeption-room and physicians sent
for, who did all in their power to relieve
the suffering man. He fingered until II
O'Clock to-day, when he died. The disaster
was purely accidental, as Mr.. Thomasson
had started to 60 up the track, and no one
knew he was near the train until the con-
ductor, Captain Vasseur, heard some one
asking for help.
Mr.. Thomassop was carpenter, employ
ed on the Chesapeake and Ohio road; was
about twenty-eight years old. He leaves
several affectionate brothers and sisters, who
reside here. s. - III. ..s t...I. I -.
NEGRO WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH-sERIoUs
- + ACCIDENT-oTHER ITEMS. /"
T. 49, Especial telegram to the DisDatcl.l -.
NORFOLK, August 2S.-A negro woman
| named Milly Wright was burned to death
in the fire which destroyed the kitchen of
the Crawford House Saturday night.
| A deaf and dumb man named Barney
Hogg was run over on the Scaboard and
Roanoke railroad. His left arm was crushed
off, and life is gdespaired Of.
Bishop Doggett, Of Virginia, will ,dedi-
cate the new Monumental Methodist Epis-
copal church next Sunday. = ~ 2
The Portsmouth Club, representing Ylr-
ginia oarsmen in the amateur international
regatta at Philade lphia, was beaten to-day by
Columbia College crew, 77yrIg orr o
| ASSOCIATED Press Telegrams.i i :
A NEGRO FIEND LYNCHED SHORT WORK MADE
OF A RAvIsHER.
AUGUSTA, GA. August 27.-The negro
Robert Wilkins, who assaulted Mrs. Anna
Bridges near this city on Thursday, infict-
ing injuries probably fatal, was taken from
iail and shot. An ,inaAest over the body
was held this mornfn e, when the Jury re-
turned verdict that the deceased came to
his death from gunshet wounds inflicted by
parties unknown. The body was badly mu-
tilated. The gates. .leadingfo the jail were
broken down with axes. The mob was
composed of men from thecountry. VIII
liams was about twenty ysaEs old, and Mrs.
Bridges, whom he assaulted and attempted
! to rape, is q married WON an, aged nineteen.
Later.-Several of the lynchers have been
arrested and lodged In jail charged
murder. .ios.T "iEn TpI -3tto, nj ais ASssf{
4 RAILROAD r1END IN THE PERSON OF APRE-
TENDED HERo-FULL CoNFEss10Ei' =
BUFFALO, August 27---George Adams, the
Young man who so successfully played the
role Of the hero in the: late aVerted railroad
disaster at Fairport, was last night arrested
in this city, the evidence OF his being the ar-
thor of the outrages having been worked up
by detectives. AfterZhis arrest he made a
| full confession, which in substance is as fol-
lows: He alone misplaced the switch which
threw the train from the track onbthe Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern railroad On
the 18th instant, Whereby the engineer and
fireman were badly scalded and the engine
completely wrecked.
On the morning OF the 10th instant ne
drew the spikes from the ties and bolts from
the fish joints, thereby throwing the, train
down an embankrnent, 'wrecking the engine,
three passenger coaches, and the, baggage
and postal cars, The, only person injured
was w. E. Clemens, who a1terward died OF
! his wounds. His last exploit was an at
| tempt at Fairport on the Goth instant. Adj
ans has already served term in the Erie
county workhouse for petit larceny. Hc
pleads in extenuation his. intention to notify
the train in time to avert an accident, hoping
thereby to place the company under obliga-
| tioa to furnish him with situation:
RESCUE OF sHIpTREcKED sEAMEN. -
FORT MONROE, August 27.-The schooner
| Electric, 159 tons, Captain Sheldon. OF Phll-
adelDhia, from WHINING ton, with lumber Tor
Ponce. On the night OF the Goth, $50 north,
no west, was struck by "a cyclone, which
snlit and carried away her sails. The vessel
sprang a-leak and filed. The crew were
taken off Wednesday by the ship Lirus,' OF
Bull river, for Belfast, and transferred Sat-
urday to the. schooner; Broie, from: New
York for Georgetown, and, brought here.
EXTENSIVE FIRES IN NEW YORK.
NEW York, August .27.-A fire occurred
this morning in the sugar-house belonging
| to Ockenhausen & Brothers, $50 South
street. The flames spread with great rapid
! ity, and soon the entire building was burn.
ting. The fire spread to the oil warehouse
OF Libby, Bartlett & Kemble, 1874 Front
! street, and ito the building occupied by
Murphy a. Nesbitt, builders, 38l South
street, which: was damaged $1,000, Other
losses are OckenhaJsen s. Brothers, on
building 800, 900, and on stock $4,000,
and Libby, Bartlett 81 Kembie,s loss Is
$40 900. iCausen fire unknown. }:aa"5&
20 e 1StESDIisRRIY AND FOREST FIRES. ~.
nIILFoRD, Pa, August %. II ytensife in
|cendiary ;iires are prevailing in the noun
| tainsi on the Pennsylvania side Of the Della
MP oRr JERF4s, n. z, August 2s-Fsrest,
firesin the rtheastes9 portion Of tnsto Wn-
shin have destroyed several dwellings. A
large number of men are fighting the IRE
l"5NEWsuRG,l n. Y, August 2s.ALast night
and to-day forest fires have been raging IN
the highlands of the Hudson opposite mere,
also at West Point. 4 g.4iiI :sjG8-f }a
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN NEW JERSEY. = !.
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