The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-05-16
PETERSBURG.


,cr,nrxT-rAlL OF AN ELEVATOR
,,n,-oR-pEAL ERS' PROTECTIVE AsS"''A' i"H'-
Ho,,r from THE STATE CONVENTION
,r,ox NY oYFlCERS--SAIE OF PRINTING
,,,rvrI,1-CoNvALES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF
lRDEREE--fhNSoHAh-
MATRIMONIAL, &c
,<.-.c>nordsncc OF tho Richmond pspatchJ
MAY Is, 1877.
AZ tones 4. Farthing, superintendent
-, Wc.srs :. W. Eenable & Co.'S tobacco
., r,- mot with a very painful accident
"a Ia attnrnoon. hy which he narrowly
'''.s fatal injuries. Mr.. Farthing was
W., a;,cr in the elevator from one OF the
,,,>,r nonr> al the building, when the chain
"il,. Emo, the elevator broke, causing the
S"i! t,1Ito IN, bottom floor, distance OF
'%' , -" forty feet. While he had no bones
$50, Mr.. Far!hinC was stunned by the
,rr,.rlc lar, and sustained injuries whch
~, r,rtainlv disable him for some time.
rnr ijouor-DcalcrS' Association held a
,...',,,,,e, las, night. and contributed liberal
,,,,, for the benefit OF the tund 10 DC nScd
- roo;cstinc the conStitutionallty OF the
W,t,,rt.,uuch law. \ report was sub
,,,,.tr1 Nv the executive committee stating
49,, action oi the convention OF liquor
%,o,,r, Of the State recently held in Rich
rand. which they had attcndcd as delegates
a.; mi, Association. 1t vas stated IN the
rrrnyt that MIR. II. J. Myers, OF Richmond.
lad been elected permanent president OF
I'm. convention: Lewis Kruger. treasurer:
and ". \. Buttcrworth, Of Petersburg,
secretary.
After 4 full discussion OF the merits and
dement's OF the law, it was agreed by the
rcnycution that the whole Subiect-nlattcr Of
,n,, interests Of the lquor-deaers OF the
safe should lie referred 10 an executive
committee OF three, 10 consist OF MesSrs. IL.
!. MYERS. -. O. Davis. and George ". Ro-
bcrt>on, Of Rchmond. TO report to gem
,ral convention OF the liquor-dealers OF the
SAFE 10 DC held in the city OF Richmond on
me >ih day OF August next. The above re-
port Of the action OF the convention was
heard with interest, and approved.
Ii was then agreed on the part OF our
dealers 10 resolve themselves into the
,ullor-pcalers' Protective Association OF
Petersburg. and i constitution, bylaws,
and rules OF order were adopted. The fol-
lowing officers were then elected: Prcsi-
d,ni. Il. +. Hobbs: Nicc-PreSident. james
n'AIton: Secretary, W. \. Butterwofth;
Treasurer. DAME! Rahily; Scrscant-at-
Arms. Julius Sicbcrt. An executive COM
,uit;cc was also elected.
The printing material OF the atlantic
Homestead. recently removed from Rlch-
,anrd here. was sold at auction this morn
in. FOR Sl20, and was purchased by MeSsrs.
Eye K Rogers.
CAPTAIN Calvin Hill. of the Atlantic. Mis-
>i>>ippi and Ohio road. who VAS taken sud-
denly i'll several days ago, Is slowly improv-
ju-,. Commodore Hill, OF Baltimore. his
brother. i here, attcndlngat his bedside.
The irdc--.iypcnl will tomorrow pub
T>l The confession oil the negro John lay
Tor. who was last week convicted III Isle or
Whit county vi the murder OF James
Eppc> tcolorcdI. and sentenced to DE hung
on the 18th Of June. Victoria Eppes, the
wife al the murdered man, who was con-
,c,cd II the saline time IS IN accomplicc in
the crime. i now in the pcnltentlarv for II
term oi eighteen years. Taylor makes Il
full breast oi his part III the atrocolls deed.
which was committed on the 26Il Of April,
and duplicates brother Of Eppes'S wife
IS rriyy TO and instigating It. Two
attempts were made to poison Etpcs
with >trychninc, purchased by Taylor
and administered by the wife In the
food. The first dose was too large, and
only made him Very sick. The second in
stallncnt was still larger. but made his food
- bitter that nc could not swallow it. and
thu> the poison failed. Finally, on the 10th
oi Apr;!. strengthened Tor the deed by a
heavy dose OF brandy, he went to Eppcs's
house. and killed him while lying in bed
with ans axe. the blows from which nearly
severed his head from the body. The wife
knew that the murder was to be then and
there committed, and approved OF it. The
woman and the murderer were paramours.
TIL" details are simply horrible.
Hon. \. j. Bere>forj-Ilope, member OF
Parliament. has courteouslv acknowledged
the invitation addressed him to attend the
British celebration, and greatly regrets his
inability 10 be present.
The tug Craighill, while going down the
river this morning at low tide, ran against
rock nearly opposite the powder masa-
zine, on the Chesterfield side OF the river,
and was partially sunk. Efforts will he made
AZ once to get her OFT, and 20 repair such
damages as she may have sustained.
Mr. Willis Robinson, OF Concord, y. G.,
and Miss Jennie Dalton, daughter OF Mr..
James Dalton. were married this morning,
Rev. Father Wilson, Of the Catholic Church,
officiating.
Fea>ts and fairs arc to be held for the
benefit OF three OF our churches during this
week and the next. ROBIN ADAlR.