The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-12-25
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SERIOUSLY sHoT--sUDDEN DEATH OF a LADY
A MoTBERAsD TIRES CHILDREN DIE WITHIN
TEN DAYs-sINEuLAR EFFEcTs of AN ACcI.
DEST-REMARKABI,EE scAPE-.sREATiC CROWD
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Correspondence Of she Richmond Dispatch.l {
| DECEaRER %, 1876.
| Atelegrara was received last nightly Cap
tain James 7. Tosh announcing that his son,
aged about twelve years, who Is on visit
to Salem, had seriously shot himself. No
particulars could be obtained as to the man
ner OF the shooting, which is believed to
have been The result OF accident while out
hunting, nor Of the extent OF the injuries,
nor has anything been learned to-day, ex-
cept that the injuries are very serious If not
! dangerous. Captain Tosh and wife and Mr..
Reuben Ragland, the grandfather Of the boy,
left to-day for Salem to attend at his bedside.
Intelligence was received last night OF the
sudden death in Snrry county OF Mrs. Julia
Whitley, wife Of Mr.. Joel w. Whitley, pro-
prietor of the hotel at Surrr Courthouse.
She died of congestive chill The deceased
was about Swenty-seven. years OF age, and
was the daughter Of the late, William p:
Underwood, for more than forty years the
clerk OF the county.
! Mrs. Il. F. Dugan, who recently gave
birth to triplets, died last night, following
| her three children to the grave within a
few DAYS .s,..,.. ..s'(s22!i! 500 80 -
The Masonic fraternity OF Chesterfield
| will give grand bali at Chester on We'd
nesday evening next the eth instant. An
address is to be delivered on the occasion.
An accident somewhat remarkable in its
effects, 'befeli Mr.. John Scaggs to-day. He
was engaged in delivering large steam
boiler, which had been mounted on dray.
| In driving from the yard OF Messrs. Tap
pey & Stee!'s foundry, on Washington.
street, he fell from the boiler and struck his
! head against a rock on the ground, He
draw, drove down town, and delivered the
boiler. After this be returned to his place
Of business and tainted. It was fully two
hours before he recovered consciousness,
and then he could remember nothing that
happened after his fall from tie dray. His
drive through the streets and the delivery
OF the boiler to the owners was a. blank in
his mind.
An accident occurred to-dayat the store
OF Mr.. James Doherty, on Sycamore street,
which was utmost proyidential In that no
one was killed or even injured. A country
negro carried his gun into the store for ex-
animation, not knowing that 1t was loaded.
He placed cap on the tube to blow the
dust out OF the weapon. When the trigger
was pulled loud report followed, startling
all in the vicinity. The gun was loaded
with buckshot, which tore through the
plate-glass OF the door and were embedded
in the front of a store on the opposite side
OF the street. Several persons were: stand
ing at the. door within u foot or two OF the
path of the shot, and another had hold OF
the knob and was in the act OF entering,
when the gun was discharged. Sycamore
street had been crowded all day, and pro-
badly at no other moment could load OF
shot been fred directly across iiboth side
walks in this manner without killing or in
turing some one. ',,,.. -, -
1t is estimated that fully five or six thou
sand strangers have been in our city to-day.
At no time for years have such crowds been
seen upon our streets. About SIX hundred
people came in on an excursion from North
Carolina, and helped to swell the crowd. 1t
would seem, also, that the adjacent counties
had emptied themselves Of the greater por-
ton OF their population, especially OF the
colored population. In consequence of this
rush the retail trade to-day has been very
iheayy, and our merchants are in the best OF
hllmor. r..
The question Of. JorgenScn's successor in
the post-ettice seems to have quoted down
somewhat. DR.. Jorgensen has for some
DAYS been in Washington. Mr. David g.
Carr has been endorsed for the place by
nearly all the prominent Conservative citi-
zens in case any appointment is to be made
before Mr.. Tilden comes into power. IT is;
more than probable, however, that DIR. DOR;
gensen will hold on to the place as long as:
he can. ''.'..'...'-'' co. ...., .,att
I A merry Christmas to the Dispatch and
all its readers. "a. RoBfN ADAlR.