The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-01-21
CHARLOTTESVILLE.

VFETING or OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF
Y0rNG MEN-ACCIDENT-TdE WEATHER AND
uEALTil-HoRRlBLE ACCIDENT.
ICorrcspondcncc of The Richmond pispatch.]
JANUARY 30, 1879. :
The annual meeting OF the stockholders
al the Charlottesville Woolien Mills was
held on Wednesday Iast-Colonel Nenable
nrcSidin", and Judge John L. Cochran act
inr as secretary The report OF Mr.. Mar
cbaut. president and superintendent, show
ed very prosperous and encouraging con-
dion Of affairs as to last years operations.
The demand for the goods has been greater
than the capacity Of the mths to supply,
and il is not too much TO say that the fabrics
manufactured here are equal to any pro-
duced in the United States. There has
been established q " Sample-room" IN Char
lottesYille, and the polite and gentlemanly
agent, Mr.. Pesram, has instantaneous
communication with the president at the
mills BY telephone.-the only practical use
made OF this instrument that we have any
knowledge OF. Every appliance necessary
TO the perfect adaptation OF the mills to the
productions required has been secured,
without reference to expense, and yet the
finances show profit in the highest degree
encouraging. The directors for the ensuing
wear are W. W. Minor, ST., William Hotopp,
Eugene Davis. {. S. Venable, Alfred Harris,
J. L. Cabell, J. c. Patterson, l.. Il. -Hanckel,
B. Il. Brennan, j. L. Cochran, j. {. Mar
clant
The Monticello Wine Company also held
its annual meeting on the same day. They
found the affairS Of their company in
most excellent condition. and without
doubt congratulated each other over glass
~ thnir nrplliatS If moi hn ~
orally known-but it should be. for the
honor OF old Virginil-that the wine OF this
companys manufacture took silver medal
Al the Paris Exposition, where it was con-
tested for the products OF all nations OF
the world, This makes US feel us If there
was some prospect, from this source at least,
Of the reiuvenation Of Virginia aud the re-
establishment Of better times in the near
future. The raising Of grapes Is becoming
more general every year, and the profit
from their culture is too remuneratiVe to be
looked at indiiierently., Oscar Reiesson is
the president OF the Monticello Company,
and A. RuSsow Is the superintendent
Our young men are leaving us quite ra.
pIdly, the most OF them to seek homes and
fortunes In the new countries Of the West.
Mr.. Robert Il. Prentis has removed to Nor
FOLK; Mr.. Shelton +. Leake, Jr., has gone TO-
Dallas, Texas; aud learn that the follow
lug will leave tomorrow for Omaha Ne
braska: John Prentis, W. C. Patterson,
Egber. Watson, and Walter Budwell. These
young men are clerks and druggists, steady
ana reliable, and carry their recommenda-
lions in their faces.
Mr.. Henry E. Banks, a drug-clerk, living
with {. p. Benson, Esq, while entering the
acor OF The store, one day last week, slipped
upon the ice near the door and fell, break
q Nga large bottle which he was carrying,
Sau cutting his arm in such manner as TO
SSeTHtwo arteries. This is the second acct.
ueht Of this kind that has occurred here
iuehlicalIy Of the same character, both OF
wien endangered the lives OF the persons.
oh Thursday, Friday, and Saturday the
D nea'ner was very mild and the thaw rapid.
nat on sunday TIE wind set FROM the north
h %esl, ana ny S P. NJ. the thermometer was
neloM freezing. The cold has engendered
vast deal Of sickness. In nearly every
laihliy there is call for the doctor, and In
''ihe cases whole families are down.
4 shocking and terrible accident occur
lea near this place on Saturday night. AS
near as can gather them the particulars
s'e Aese: About l O'clock Saturday night
q - extra freight lett the depot for Rich
tbr Thu and after having proceeded about
B atuse quarters OF a mile, Mr.. j. ~. VIII
, IIaus, tne fireman, went out to the front Of
, Mr sng'ne 10 oil the cylinders. About the
N A.e ne reached the pilot, on which he had
S,s S.and to perform his work, sorne OF the,
basaetaen 10 the rear OF the train put down
So Sses suddenly, it being "a very heavy
i,o'. rade, and it Is supposed that the jar
tbs .als Cause threw Williams. Ia front OF
Engine on the track .aThe engineer
4 iESnmGis), stspicioning something from his
. Oh '"'anys) delay Ia returning to- the
g h. as, heid a consultation with the con-
u as"f, and 1T being impossible to
q Ye,;.oon the grade anywhere In. & the
1 10 r,s Of the accident, they resolved
10 , w. TO. KessWiek and telegraph, back
se,, %s yard-master at Charlottesville to
ue ~ y Inc man out This syas ,dons, and
stste p0ay OF Williams was found. al above
Bsi tsa, near what ,is known as tBrenhan's1
hi. si's la horribly mntIlatsd ,eondi fton.5
and t ,I ieg lad been seyessd at the thigh
the s ,ne hssi, and bopes tom away, leaving
(;ssssssna FROM the 1higa dowsnWardsf intact.
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