The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-04-19
g3jrIluloud Qlspatth.
10. 49,"
PETERSBURG.

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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ABANpoNEp--t II T.
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,cBrCvLTURAI. SOCIETY. &C.
ir,rr,xpo,s,cncc OF the Richmond lhspa'en.i
ArRIL IS, 1877.
Tho suncral OF Mrs. Ann L. Mingc' rr''ct
~ DIR. David Miuge, OF this Guy, loon pi".e
from the Tabb-Strcet Presbyterian ,""'..
this afternoon. The deceased iauH III"
atta;ned the venerable age OF nearly ninety.
four wears. and was probably al the '',nc OF
her death the oldest person IN ictefsDuiS.
1t' ,,,aiGcn name was Ponsonby, and she
WAS directly descended from inc hoo'e HnS
fish family Of that name.
The quarterly term Of the Hastings Court
ri This city commences tomorrow. Inc
ci,.;, dockcl is full one, rs usual. On the
ror,mouwcath'S docket there are eight
fc1nny md tour misdemcanor cases; some
~ Them OF considerable interest and i'm
poTiancc.
Much interest is excited on the streets to-
DAY hy the report OF the clopementto WASH
ingtnn last night 81 n young dry-goodS mcr-
chant and younS lady moving in the upper
circles. II i stated that they lett on the
o'clock train last night and are probably ere
this man and wife. The family and lni-
mediate friends OF the Young lady were not
made ACQUAINTED with the facts until to-day.
The city has thrown upon its care youth
named Johnnie Wade. aged about ten years,
WHO came here from Raleigh, \. c., with
Torcpaugh'S- circus on saturday last. The
Nayor ordered! accommodations for him mt
The alm-hou.c until his friends could be
heard from. hut kindly disposed citizen
took charge o! hun. and carried him to his
home. The little fellow, not liking the re-
,tl.,!nt. left the home offered him, and this
evening is coopcd up in the station-housc.
The secretary Of the British Association
i now sending out hundreds OF circulars
10 the English, Irish, and Calcdonian socc-
flies a1 the North and East, and to the press
of the country, announcing the lntcrna-
tional celebration 10 take place III Peters
burg on the 24th OF May. The celebration
will really commence two or three days be-
lore and continue for several DAYS after the
9th.
The annual meeting of the Executive
Committee CT the British Association will
nc held on Friday afternoon to make AZ
rungcmentS Tor the grand celebration.
All search for the body OF Louis \. Far
rcll who was drowned last Thursday night,
has been abandoned.
At meeting Of the vc>try of st. Paul's
church. held evening before last, DR.. Thomas
Withcrs was elected lay delegate to the
Council which meets AT Staunton III May.
and Mr.. David i. Tcnnant alternate. The
yc>try instructed the delegate to vote for
division or the diocese. As has heretofore
been announced, the delegate from Grace
church. though not instructed, farors the
proposed new diocese.
2. h,.r n. hp tptn 4
!ural Society residing in Dinwiddic county
have organized county society, auxiliary
thereto. Dy the election OF Colonel L. y.
Wyatt a. president. Nr. j. j. Mitchell vice
president. and II. T. Smith secretary and
treasurer. An executive committee. COM
passed OF one from each district in the
county, was appointed.
The cyldcuccS are that good deal OF
building will lie done in Petersburg this
season-mostIy, however, OF small houses
for dwelling purposes. RonIN AnAIE.