The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-11-13
Rithntolld llspattll,
.-rnyEspAY NOVEMBER 70, 1878.
PETERSBURG.

r,rersrA OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
To- ,,,c,Toas ExPECTED--cASDiDaTks FeR okot-
,m,oS--cAss OF THs PETERSBURG ELEC-
.n,: yf,pGE--ARREsT FOR STEALING MO.
I...r..yS1GuTs TEMPgsaR EN- RoUTE--ELEC-
tnx or oFFIcERS---DEATH OF A WORTHY
CITIZEN, &C.
correspondence OF the Richmond Daspa'ca.l
NOVEMBER -, 1878.
,,,,,hers of the Virginia Conference,
nm meets in annual session 10 the Wash
VIZ. .nn.Street Methodist Episcopal church,
inSn;s r;ty. tomorrow, are arriving IN con-
10 , 'n.% numbers. aud the indications are
S s.. Contcrence will be opened with good
'u", ,S,nce. Homes have been providedfor
az ,,;nisters and sc lay delegates, who have
I5v ~ notice OF their intention TO bel pre-
CIV" HiShop Pierce arrived this afternoon,
sc",. Ill, Dresidc. assisted by Bishop Dog
"h" .. Among the distinguished members
Ee' t;,nr conferences expected to be in at
"i I. are Rev. DR.. John Z. Granbery.
, nt,' Dr 4. ". Wilson, Rev. DR.. j. b. Nc
Iorr;n. Rev. DR.. Wiley. Rev. DR.. ;. o.
1c', Rev. Dr.. J. s. Martin, Rev. W. w.
n - Rev. Or. Nelson Head. and others.
rhnrn are a number Of applicants for adj
,,i.S;on into Conference, and NUMBER
-. candidates also for ordination.
- q,Sr case OF Alexander Vaughan. one OF
,,r conservative judges of election at the
rourth Ward precinct in THIS city, VINO
,ras arrested by the United States authorl.
t,rs On the charge OF attempted 1raua on
thn 9Th OF November, will come up lot
cyamInaiion before Commissioner NaleI-
man tomorrow at the cuStom-boliSe. Dis-
frci Attorney Lewis will appear icT tue
Government. and Major Charles >. string
follow and Captain ID. A. Hinton LOT the
accused. The examination will be very
interesting one, aud II IS ntimateo may ih-
vnIye one Of the Republican officials.
Tbis morning a young man named +. L..
s,cnhenS was arrested on the charge OF
s,ca,ine fifty dollars in specie from the store
~ Jamrs Z. Parkinson, in the western part
~ the city. The circumstances were so
strnnr acains: The accused that he finally
confessed 10 the crime, and told where the
stolen money WAS buried.
snrom9ttox Commandery carried down
n Norfolk last night forty officers and
members in uniform. A special train with
.hou, ore hundred Knights from Lynch
hnrr and points beyond arrived here about
q o'rjock. The engine WAS gaily decorated
with Tcmpar flags. The Knights from
richmond and Fredericksburg went down
on thlS train.
Al The annual meeting OF the Tobacco
Txchau-c he'd Yesterday Mr.. Joseph r..
Vtrabc was elected president for.the next
wear. and Nr. John McGill vicc-president.
McS.r;. Robert \. Martin, George Cam
cyon, :. =. Arlington, and SIilh Boiling
were elected 4 Board OF Managers; Mr..
Clinton Cones secretary and treasurer, and
Colonel +. \. Wyatt auctioncer.
Mr., JuniuS Butts. wcll-known and re-
srrctcd citizen. died yesterday afternoon;
seed iortv-eieht wears. He was formerly
and for many years the agent of the Rich
mond and Petersburg Railroad Company IN
this CITY. He was the victim OF very Sc
we're attack OF iaundice. from which be SUI
fcrcd for many months, and which finally
terminated in apoplcXy, causing sudden
death.
Nr. Joseph T. Mason, United States Con-
sui at Dresden. has arrived IN petersburg
on 4 leave OF absence TO visit his family and
friends.
The meetings OF the Young Mems Chris
tiar Association. held in observance OF the
week OF PRAYER. have been largely attended,
and have proved a decided success. DR..
Curry addressed the first one on Sunday
afternoon, and Rev. Mr.. Boggs. Of the Me-
thollst Church, followed him in the same
line Of argument. The meeting last night
was addressed BY Rev. Thomas Spencer, OF
the Episcopal Church. and Rev. Dr.. Eaton,
OF the Baptist Church. Tonight there Will
be an address by Rev. DR.. Withcrspoon,
and probably by one or more ministers OF
the Virginia Conference. ROBIN ADAIR.