The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-08
PETERSBURG.

,,,pr ny TaE SCHOOL,. BOARDS CON
kNNtAi. Hrr TIE SCHooLS-iNTEREsTISG MA
DlTleN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IN PRINCE
soSie LIVELY TINE ANTIclrATEp-~D1N-
GEoS".pp nr.Irlcs; DR.. &. Il. SMITH RESoMi-
WIPE rnp THE HopSE--DEATH OF LADY
N'hrr,,1--THs FIRST NEW PEANUTS, sc. I,
PhH'. .sr,n,ence of the Richmond Dispatch.l
lCoF's's OCTOBER I, 1879.
.cnth annual report OF the School
Ts ~ Petersburg, for the session OF
FosiSs- ia has iust been published, in which
R'Gn 'tn,ruent OF the condition OF the pub
i"'' n ,' Is u;yen. The Board maintained
nc $" The year four large schools, showing
nut,"s 100 attendance Of ], 494 pupils, ut an
sn ave. ave., cns, Of S9.15 per pupil for the ses-
>Ne"I .;.,ht months. The total cNpendi-
sou :" dnr;nr the year were $4,000 less than
tuiI ;,r .hr prcccding twelve months, and
a"' 80 GO cost per pupil also little less.
Ine .,,,al amount received from the State
i" Ia, DURING the year was 81 ,s54 -,
%, rianfs ,,cr head on school population
" W. smallest amount received since the syS-
~, hs,ran. 4 similar amount has been re-
" Sd since The schools closed. The cX-
r,n,rS Of the schools for the year were
al4.j67.+" - 49, p.,
r,.godist Episcopal church will be laid to.
'.lrrow afternoon with imposing Masonic
"n5 religious ceremonies. The work will
AZ nn6er The immediate charge OF Bland
.>-S Lnacc, No. 5. but they VIII be assisted
~, me other lodges OF the city, ami num-
So- Of Masonic dign;taries vii! represent,
;nculinc several OF the grand officers OF the
S,,,S Judge Beverly Il. Wexford, Grand
N.s,cr Of MasonS in Virginia, will oiicinte,
I'D deliver the address after the stone has
h1rn laid. The occasion viii be one OF
rrrz, interest from Masonic point.
lively and interesting time is antici-
r,;rd At Prince George Courthouse on
Tbrr<day. Governor kemper and Colonel
Berkeley are expected To speak in behalf OF
~. debt settlement, and General Malone
and Colonel Cameron viii speak in opposi-
.;nn n the McCullocn bill. y large crowd
~ Conservatives and Readiusters will
Sanr,iIrss be present. The Conservative
Conyrotion. which adjourned from Surry
Courthouse, will also meet TO make Z nGmi-
nq,ion for the House Of Delegates. Peters
hrrc will have numerous representatives
rrrSrnt on The occasion. s
Tne County Conservative Committee Of
n;nviddie met at the Courthouse yesterday
and decided that meetings should be called
raic, 10 County Convention to be held on
The 2Ih instant 10 nominate candidate Tor
the House Of Delegates.
And here I desire 10 correct an uninten-
tinnai error in my letter Of yesterday as to
thc date oi the RtadjnSterS' Convention at
chesterfield Courthouse. Ii meets on Thurs
dqy the 9th instant instead Of the 10th, as
reported.
Nothing oI interest was done IN the Cir
emit Cont Of DmwiGdie yesterday, and the
attendance on the green was rather slim.
DR., l.. II. Smitb. member Of the last
Geurral Assembly, has been rcneminated
br the Republicans OF Dlnwiddie county
for The House Of Delegates. He is strong
msa with The Republicans, and will poll the
iui vote OF his party.
Mrs. Bette Thwcalt, widow OF the late
Noble Ihweatt, OF Memphis, died this
morning at the residence OF her motheT-ln'
law, in DinwidGic county. 3-..l.-
Mr. L. /. Jones, Conservative candidate
for the Legislature, and Mr.. W. ". Arnold,
Y Sdili.ter. OF Sussex county. addressed
the people of Chesterfield county in the
"Ycllow jacket" neighborhood to- day.
The venerable Rev. George W. Motley
one Of til" five surviving members OF the
Virginia Conference which met in Peters
burg in 1927. is in the city to-day.
The sheriff has commenced summonina
tbe grand and petit Jurors and veniremer
for the quarterly term Of the Rustino:
Court, winch begins on the 10th OF thl;
mouth. The criminal docket will embrace
several felony and misdemeanor cases.
The first new peanuts ri the season were
brought into market to-day. They were
raised on the land Of Mr.. Robert E. Bland
Of Prince George. The arrival is scvera
DAYS in advance or the crop of last year.
The contract for repairing and renewin!
TIE timbcrs OF CampbcIi's bridge has beer
awarded to Mr.. D. NJ. Dunlop.
ROBIN ADA1R,