The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-10-07

100 rur yEIIow-FEvER SUFFER-
MORE Aiv ~. ,r,c,r N.TTsRs--AfsRESTED FOR
-1ScESpIAR1ES AT WoRK--hiFE IN"
A"oo, ,SNrAL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
I'M TOBACCO RECEIPTS.
AN .-o.ro,aencs Of the Richmond Dispatch.j
te''ef' OCTOBER S, 1878.
chairman OF the Relief Association
I.,.iadors the receipt OF S12335 as the
a".'uy"cseds 0! the sacred concert given the
het ,,;,nt for the benefit OF the yeilow-fe-
Wne S,,arrcrs: 1854 as the proceeds OF an
Fe. ,..a;nment at the Academy Of Music
CIV, before last for the same purpose. and
ne rom other sources. Ren1ttances OF
sIon zach have recently been made TO sicks-
S lvy and Holly Springs, and others VIII De
,,,ade early mex: week.
in" ~"n}onrl Samuel f. Coleman, OF Cumber-
- county, and Colonel William h. Cam
IAN az this city. will speak ut Powhatan
t;o,r,hou>e on Monday in behalf OF ;ne
Conservative nominee for Congress. AT
,,o,,,en.s have been made Tor thorough
'n,aSs of the district during the present
month, and for speaking at every aVaiiaoie
,oint in the counties.
The Republicans have also made up their
.>rnoramme for the canvass. which takes III
~ the counties. Their principal speakers
vii; he Judge Thomas Russell, OF Boston !;
w. Iosenh JorccnSen, Marshal G. Z. Rams
sa,, and Mr.. J. Fl. Van Aukeu. They
Mi, have meetings in Powhatan and Green's
vile on Monday.
4 colored man named Richard Dcerhart
1,as arrested and lodged in Jail this morning
nm the charge OF setting fire TO the house IN
which his family live, IN Blandford. The
arrns, WAS made on the statement o! the
rr;,a q, the accused that he had recently
made certain threats against her. Inc IRE
was discovered by some one VINO was pass
ing in the vicinity, and the building was
s"ycd lamp flled with Kerosene oil and
p n, ~ cotton saturated with the fluid were
Fonnd where the fire was kindled.
This is the third attempt made by incen
d;qrIes 10 burn houses in the city within the
mast two uighlS--onc OF which proved sue
rcssiul. The house of John Jones (colorcd)
on south street. was buried to the ground
yesterday morning, and he and his family
jarcI, escaped. They were awakened &c
find their house in full blaze. An attempt
was also made TO fire the tobacco factory
owned hv MI Leroy Roper, on Byrne street
Yesterday morning, but II was frustrated
bya policeman, who discovered the parties
in the act. In attempting 10 arrest them nc
was overpowered, and though he used his
ni,tol aud called for help, they managed 10
cscape. II is hoped some OF these inccndla-
ries will be caught before long.
NJ. J. W. Paddon, late treasurer OF Sns-
sex county. whose death was announced in
one OF my letters. had an insurance Of $1,000
on his life in the New York Mutual Com
pany.
The annual collection for the bishop o.
the diocese will be taken up in st. Joseph:
Catholic church tomorrow. This is the first
collection OF the kind since the consecratiol
OF Bishop keanc.
The receipts Of new cotton at this por
ria The Petersburg railroad are now aver
aging over one hundred bales per day.
The new Republican campaign paper, The
Virginia Citizen, made its appearance to
dav. 1t is a weekly, aud is strictly devoted
10 campaign purposes.
New tobacco has been coming in Thu
week. being considerably earlier than usual
The inspections and sales this week have
been Lighter than for many months past.
ROBIN ADAlR.