The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-04-17

~ ,crrnsST IN DINWIDDlE-1LL-
yrss or A LAwYER--RoLp ROBBERY SUNDAY
xTcur-THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
n,prr soCIETY--lECTURES BY DIS. DUNcAN
,xn cr,REY--SEARCHING FOR TUE DEAD
,ro,.rpy OF STOLEN PR0PERTY-0THER
ITEMS.
April. 16, 1877.
Tho wife Of Mr.. Henry EaneS, \ citizen
y, Dinwiddic county, residing some ten
n,,,cs distant from this city, was drcadfully
and fatally burned on Saturday. Her
clothes took fire while she was cooking. She
ran on; Of the house screaming for aid, but
before assistance could reach her she had
received injuries which terminated fatally
in a few hours.
Mr.. Isaac s. Kccicr. n prominent member
ofthc pinwiddic bar. and an old and honored
citizen OF the county. Is WING extremely Ill
from tho effects OF stroke OF paralysis, ny
,,'h;"b no was prostrated on Friday.
Igst NIGHT Mr. William Scay, on employee
on The Clty Point railroad. while asleep in
fis room Il. his clearinghouse, on Syca-
more street, Was robbed Of gold watch.
two suits of clothing. and nearly every ar
rictc of apparel he owned. The theft is be-
Grycl 10 have been committed by man
who gave his name rs Harrison, represent
i,r himself As citizen OF Sussex county,
and who was temporarily assigned to Mr..
Sray'> room. Mr.. SCay had to borrow
clothes to leave his room this morning.
Harrison has gone IN tho direction Of Nor
fclk. and will probably be caught. The
watch above referred 10 was stolen by
another party last year, who is now serving
nlt sentence in the pcnitCntiary therefor
The liquor-dcalcrs OF Petersburg will
meet Al the court-houSe tonight, to hear
The report of the committee appointed last
week TO draft resolutions expressing the
sense OF the trade here on the Moffett liquor
law.
The annual meeting OF the Petersburg
Bible Society will be held ut the Washing
ion-Strcct Methodist Episcopal church next
sunday afternoon. when Rev. DR.. j. b. Je-
ter. Of Richmond. will deliver an address.
Reports Of the operations OF the Society for
the past year will be presented, and an cleo
ton OF officers for the ensuing year will be
held.
Rev. James 4. Duncan is announced to
lecture in this city on Wednesday night,
and Rev. DR.. Curry on Friday night. The
former will lecture on Unfinished Bust
ness" and the latter on Egypt"
Hundreds OF people gathered on the
wharvcS Yesterday to witness the efforts
made 10 recover the body OF young Farrell.
Cannon were fred and the river was drag
gcd for some distance down, but without
avail. Operations have been continued
throughout TO-DAY with no better success.
\ great deal OF sympathy is felt in the efforts
put forth by the family and friends OF the
deceased to recover the body, and many
have rendered voluntary assistance.
The new steel rails Just received by the
Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio road will be
mostly laid between Petersburg and Motto
way Courthouse. and Concord station and
ivnchbur@. Some will be placed on the
Norfolk division between Petersburg and
Di>putanta.
The trunk. containing 5000 worth Of pro-
perry. recently stolen from the residence OF
Mr.. Walden in Prince George county.
near town. WAS found floating i'm the river a
Gav or two ago. some distance down. The
clothing in il had not been touched. but 4
GOLD watch. some iewelry, and nearly 500
in money had been taken out. The thief
has not been caught.
The managers OF Eorepaugu'S circus re-
ported the gross receipts OF their two eXhl-
billions in this city on Saturday at S1,114.
The ministers here were made the re-
cipicnts Of complimentary tickets to the
circus. None CT them, however, attended,
and one or more rather severely condemned
the show from the pulpit. ROBIN ADAIR.