The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-10-16
gitI,nloati nisaatih.
nyrspAY OCTOBER 1e, 1878.
DANv1LLE.

...,.nondcsce Of The Richmond pfrtalcn.t
fcof't'p' OCTOBER IL, 1878. u.
-. NIGHT Rev. Mr.. Peterson discussed
Las ,sharonchly, at the Baptist church, the
very ,;.ct Involved In the text, 9 How can ye
su ;prc which receive honor one or another,
p sa seek not the honor that cometh from
God only" ..,,,,,, 49, ho, , -,
l III week ago at the Lgnn.Street
yySSs,bodi,t church will be continued during
! MS'" week. Three persons have progressed
. a,, Mr. Peterson will assist Mr.
p,sdsoc, the pastor.
bi Sr Tnomas A. Cunningham. United states
~ whose post Is at Fort Stevens, Daeo-
a'm' !. now on visit to his father, ar. Al
tau, :, cunningham, who lives near Dam
s,,a Dr. Cunningham is graduate OF the
1.,s Military Institute and an N. d. OIL
~" 1-niyersity OF Virginia. He received
.nr IN the army about the year 1870,
anS WAS at first assigned to duty al New
Tnrl citr, and afterwards with the troops
amongst the Indians.
'" srnonrs; the buildings which have been
rocrn,ly erected or are now beins COM
n,e,ed are these: One large brick TOBACCO
f;ac,orv by Captain W. t. Clark, one OF the
same sort by Captain Daniel Coleman, two
~ The same sort by Mr.. W. \. shelton, ana
TWO large houses OF worship (brlek build
incs> for the colorcd people. Arrangements
hayn been made for the erection OF man.
Moth brick tobacco warehouse ON the sire
now occupied by portion OF Ho'lano ;
warehouse. Mr.. c. G. Holland has Just naa
= new front put to the Pannlll buildipgi
Mr.. +. Y. Burton is having large aauitioh
m, TO his factory, and 1t Is certain mat aS
soon rs the Legislature can grant 4 charter
work will be begun on the o,her o[iasc u
niteen-thouSand. dollar BRIDGE pfhe'eJ
IT which | have written. THIS writer
,h;rrS II nrc,tv certain that the working
,n, who get pay for all the work above
spoken OF want and Will want tnelr doltars
~ he such dollars as General Johnston pro-
Noses 70 have paid to the workirgmen CT
Richmond.
Rny. N. W. Read, who was in the city to-
low rcnorts that he recently held a pro-
tracted meeting at Galveston church, In
,b;S cn;,n,v. at which about TWEEN ty persons
profcssed conversion.
Mr. Joel D. Ferguson has within the last
Tow DAYS sold to Mr.. James y. HoGnett
ninety. eight acres of land, lying near Rice
vile. in this county, for $500 cash. Mrs.
= : Moses has sold to Mr.. j. w. Ferguson
two hundred and fourteen acres OF land, IN
Ihe same section, for Sl,115-SSO0 OF when
was maid iii cash. and the balance Is 10 be
paid within twelve months.
Parties arc now prospecting for coal near
Drr Fork. in this county, at the beaa OF
whom is Mr. Job Atkins. who was lot long
prriod Superintendent OF the Midlothian
mines. and is now engineer in charge OF the
manganese mines in SHENANDOAH county.
They have had some Of the earth removed,
and report, am informed. that The pros
pcct is 1latterin@. 1t is said that the same
parties find that there is large bed OF coal
OF good quality near Ftzgeralds mill, which
is ahou, six miles from Chatham, but they
wish to open mine-if they work at all
nearer 10 the Midland road. 1t is also SAID
that the same stratum OF coal runs along
Barister river 10 the northern part OF the
county, and can be reached on the ianos o.
Mrs. Z. NJ. Stone, near Ricevile.
Tomato-vincs unhurt. Weather delight
ful ALPHA.