The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-04-08

I BRIEF LOCAL ITEMS.-The ULSpGsch re
porters are never so much ut loss for items
as to originate or invent dreadful accidents
Its readers may be sure that IL its columns
are not always full that they are reliable.
Remember the attractive festival OF tht
ladies at the Grace-Street Presbyterian
church. Meals, confectioneries, and fancy
articles every day this week. Open from 1:
O'Clock M. Give them a helping band ant
aid good cause.
The highest price paid for tobacco Satur.
day on Change was s22.5o, by Colone
| Barksdale.
| The March term of Henrico County Court
commences to-day at IL O'Clock A. III.
The work OF guttering the north side OF
Gary street between Twelfth and Thirteenth
has been completed, and work commenced
on the south side.
Ariel to Norfolk takes place to-day. Fare
cheap and attractions great.
There were no sales OF loose tobacco Sat
urday, and there will be none to-day.
The Board OF Aldermen hold their regu-
lar monthly meeting this evening.
Campbells circus Qate O'Brien's) will ex-
hibit in Richmond one week, commencing
April 10Th.
The Grand Lodge Of the Independent Or
der Of Odd-Fellows Of Virginia meets at
Odd Fellows Hail tomorrow.
The fencing around the vacant lot at the
corner OF fourteenth and Dock streets i'm:
proves the looks Of that locality.
Judge Farrar lectures at the Seventh
Street Christian church tomorrow night,
with an attractive programme.
The annual meeting OF the stockholders OF
the City Fire-Insurance Company will be
held to-day at O'Clock.
The only meeting held Saturday night
was that OF St. Andrews Commandery
knights Templar.
There are plenty Of good horses and mules
on the market, but dealers report business
as dull.
Oysters were scarcer Saturday than on
any since the months began which contain
an Hr."
The ladies of the Christian Mission are
still supplying the needy with soup and
coffee at panic prices.
Workmen were engaged Saturday on the
last story OF the Licbtenstein building. II
presents q striking contrast TO its ancient
and unpretentious neighbors.
The funeral OF Mrs. Elizabeth Hill, one
OF the oldest residents OF Union Hill, took
place Saturday evening from Trinity church
divorce from her husband, Richard c.
| Walker. in the Chancery Court.
The Young Guard Association will cele'
brate their twenty-eighth anniversary Apri
! 18th.
OF 9O3 vessels cleared from Richmond las
year SIG left the Chesapeake and Ohio
wharves with camel, gas, splint, and steam
Goals for northern and eastern markets.
Most Of the lamps in Monroe Park are
out of order, the glass being either broken
or the burners bad.
No intimation has yet been given as tc
when Bishop j. J. keane will assume charge
of the diocese OF Richmond.
The culvert at the corner OF Brook ave-
nue. and Moore street is choked up with
debris.
The fire occasioned by lime in the hold
of the schooner D. II. Ingraham had moi
been extinguished Saturday evening.
| There are in the CITY jail at this time g.
colored males, 20 white males, % colorec
| females, and white females-total, 108.
1t is reported that there were 400 mourn
ers at the Old African church Friday night
and proportionate number at all the other
colored churches.