The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-05-04
Virginia.


RECEPTION RENDERED By THE CITIZENS OF
; FREDERICKSBURG TO THE People, OF .NADI-
~. SON, goRANGE, GREENE, AND rCULPEPER toN
n THE COMPLETION OF THE E4RRow-GAUGE
3. ROAD TO ORANGE co URTHoCSE---A PLEASANT
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E =, Especial Telegram to the Dispatch:I i:;T
FREDERICKSBURG, May 9. - The reception
rendered by the citizens Of Fredericksburg
to the people Of Orange, Madison, Greene,
and Culpeper counties on the completion OF
the Royal Land Company's railroad be-
tween this place and Orange Courthouse
attracted a large crowd, numbering nearly
one thousand, to-day. They were received
with cannon:Gring, music, and addresses OF
welcome. The press of Baltimore, Rich
mond, the Valley, and the Piedmont was
represented by an able editorial corps. and
the presence Of several hundred OF the
beautiful and intelligent ladies of the Pied
mont country .sraced /: the, occasion as
the splendors Of the :, Aurora sometimes
illuminate the night IA banquet was
spread on an Island in the :Rappahannock
more abundant than was necessary, and in
the afternoon many Of the guests accepted
the Inequalities of the Baltimore and Frede-
ricksburg Steamboat. Gompangs, which gave
an excursion on the river, with a collation.
for the guests on the, steamer. The reception
was highly enjoyed, and passed Off without
any accident or unpleasantness. il The re
joicins is I'm bounded over, the restoration
OF easy and rapid intercourse, between
Frederick burg and the Piedmont country
by the Narrow Gauge railway. -:
There will be a ball tonight at the Ex-
change Hotel. The correspondent of the
Dispatch is indebted to the veteran. writer
Major J.. H. Kelly and Mr. Charles E.
Hunter Tor eourtesies. ': -5f t,f E 5t
/ ~ q sNow-ST0RM AT 'MILLBORo'. ~ .,lt
q. Especial telegram, to the Dispateh-l .%i
M1LLBoRo', VA, May at has been
showing here, heavily for an hour, and the
ground is covered. ..m
j. W. Warren has lost thirty head Of sheep
killed by dogs "A. ,p,@l ..sn;~@ .ao.t
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN aonDoNsv1LLE.
T. Especial teIcgrainito the Dispatch.I !. !
{: GoRDoNsvbIE, VA, May 3.-7;A FIRE broke
out at 5 O'Clock in the centre: OF the town,
fand three houses were destroyed. Queseh-
berry's drugstore reduced to ashes; no in
surance on his. stock 4 house Insured in
Commercial Insurance Company, Of Rich
Lmond, and Farmville Insurance Company
for 81, 1000 each. The dwelling and store Of
J; M Jordan badly damaged; insured in
the Virginia'H ohne, OF Richmond. The
dwelling o. . JOSEPH Beckham, insured in
the Virginia Fire and Marine Insurance
Go ;mhbbh il RiehAp 1for $500 eNo in
.s 5 france en- 'Einney's building: The fire
had beef stbdued.11h 2e,;li = 8; = srz3Gys
ptsr If the 4 day we received the, soIlow
ing: yilonr0:> l,uomt:o,i III l,9''7HH',1 E'no i.n:
-. : .4uooG oRDoNsyILL VA May 3,f1877.@ =,
~ Edit6rs' Dispatch: The lire broke: out
here about 5 O'Clock this morning
first In the, dwelling o. Joseph Beekham |;
insured 10: the, Virginia Fire and Marine tor
$500. Then to Quesenberry' drug
stock LOST. house owned by g. May hugh,
occupied: BY .rQues enberry's 9odrtgstore,
burned; insured in the Commercial, d of
Richnnondd, and F,armYiIle for /, 81, 000h each.
Dwelling and. store of j: n, Jordan in
sred in the Virginia Home, Of Richmond.
C.. 3. Linney's building, occupied by Chris
tian e. Co..; no insurance. Z Fire originated
from Bee kham' q building !; no cause known.
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