The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-02-21
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-. ay. -. FEBRUARY 81, 1879.
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nS~yEssuRGER IN THE souTla--ToBA'cco
IN STEAMER AGROUND, &cs.a Y seis:t
sss....ssor,.eGce OF the Richmond Dispatch,}
-Se0t'e''% = ~ TgsatasY 20, 1879. 4
u,stines Court was IN session to-
iw THE business Of the term is confined
day, % evil and chancary cases. Sincetae
Socif snr,n' o; the court fifty deeds have
dsR" aSp,;,ted TO record in the clerks ONCE,
brst nsiSrity Of them trustdeeas:
t as ~. nNhplc awoke' tins nofhshS 70 hna
o ""rrnannd covered with snow 70 tae denth
igt oso,,t one inch. a matter OF generai sue
s Q, after the mild temperature q 'yes'eiF
DAY. .,,r,, ~ FIRE was rung by the
,.n.,SS.ssy about - O'clock. cau . " ,, :
t ns.'S volume OF smoke which se.usa HtSh
sac lower portion OF sycamore SUI as ss;,n.
ca. sn found to proceed from putnn'hIs '"t
neI' very sad death Is reported in the sa q
,rr Of MIR. Y hon1as Aidridge, OF t,n"iu wv
nornty. A daughter OF MT. Alatiuss' &c. ass,.
ahou, sixteen years, a very prighs ahu 80 -
It'll rirl. attempted TWO or trIee aass -" ~,
~ s,aincr some SCOT from the cnIhlhey, WIZ
,rh;ch 90 clean her teeth. he , o,o.usS
ro',sht FIRE, Which soon envelopes pc. pa,
snn' In her fright she ran ous nj Sas sns
ard. screaming for aid, Whicn We ;aS
- Quickly as possible. pat .lna ehns",tos
we,s s"o, az which soon resulted, was q re-
tha' us Sha wos buried yesterday afternoon,
!N.. meeting of some OF the leading re.
,; -. a; tins city, held last night, IL was
Su!:SaS - emil a public meeting to elect
ae,'ue .S ~ IN. Richmond convention. Thi:
wNs@sohob,y be done on Monday night
VIII ppss,Iv. however, very little interest
ncAa. .oHr is expressed as regards the con-
Yention. :. ,,,rhcr of citizens oi
.;Ji;c corntc was held ut the Court
tn,,sn several DAYS ago and dclegatcs-one
inm, nocb marlster;al district were ap-
' ''j the read;usterS' convention wElcu
I.4.rrhIes in Richmond next Tuesday. Inc
1,Tn,ro,os arpointed were DR.. ". +. Ihomp-
~ Colonel T. y. Coleman, Colonet j. Is.
1 Tan,,in,, sud Roger 2. Atkinson. The meet
49, adopted q preamble setting forth teell
avs on the matter Of the public dcot aaq
.axqt,on. II says. among other things, tnai
I'll we desire, I'll that weaSk. Is such IAN
ord eGuitable compromise as will bring the
Jah, within the certain and reasonable Gil
,,-nity al our people to pay, and not require
,u.h cvcessiye taxation as will drive Inen
n the foul diSh0nor of reputation. 1t l:
mi believed that a majority OF the people o.
Dinwicdie county are in accord with the
regdiustmeat movement.
In Prince George county no steps nave
been taken to appoint delegates to the colt
yertion. and it is thought that the move
ment has so little sympathy among the PEG
nile there that no delegates will be sent Il
Richmond. --..... 49,. :,
Rev. DR.. z. y. S!edd, Of Richmond, vii
nreqch 1t The WaShiugton-Street church, IL
ibj, city. on Sunday. At night he will dc
liver sprcjal sermon 10 Young men.
The Philadelphia Weekiy Times OF thi:
week contains very interesting contribu
ton 10 the annals Of the war, from the per
OF Mr.. E. 5. Gregory, OF this city, on The
Confederate Signal Corps" ....
Tho death is announced Of DR.. Robert
4. Gholson, former citizen OF Petersburg
which occurred at Griffin, Ga, on the .lGtl
instant. aiteri long illness. The deceased
was brother OF the late Judge Thomas 5
.GDolSon. ..' 81 '"..
The sales OF loose tobacco average from
fifty TO sixty thousand pounds daily ut oul
warehouses. The prices obtained to-day
ranged from $3.50 to $3.50 Cor leaf, accord
ing to quality. .sa. ;.
The freight-Sieamer Seaboard, with load
OF horses for this city, ran aground this
morning about l O'Clock some forty miles
below City Point, and remained aground
until the tide lifted her of, about 8 O'Clock
Spe ,yas mt damaged. and after discharg
ing her freight at City Point returned Il
Norfolk
Colonel f. \. Wyatt, venerable and re
spected citizen Of Dinwiddle county, and ar
officer of cur Tobacco Exchange, who ba:
been sick for some weeks, is reported to b
in a sinking condition. ROBIN ADAIR.