The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-07
pETERSBURG.


.s nrAp-supDES DEATH OF A
i I'D ESPECIAL PRAYER FOX soNpAh
SscS ven, s-MovENENTs OF THE kkADsUsI-
scHo'%orBsn RACING MATcH-AipNiaHr
ns1>Cg GEORGE REPuRLlcANs-Vls'
4 $so's rx,aHTs TEarTAR TO RICHMOND
L " TrNrxRASCE MEETING, &C. .gs
s TtF".,raence Of the Richmond Dispateh.]
IC%'N OCTOBER 6. 1879.
.,r. Mann, an old and respected
NJ. md n his residence, on west High
u tia'r'.; ,t evening about o'clock or pa
81 .t-'n, No 1e was between sixty-tiye and
j7,r',. rnsrs OF age. Last Wednesday
4 st7snT; rs Mann found her husband cling
psa ' .he IRON, door in a speeches. condi-
1s - 49,. "A unable TO indicate what was the
;>a' "r with him. he fell to the floor, and
1s,"' sonn ascertsined that one entire side
va hody was paralyzeS. Mr.. Mann
.~ -" afterwards spoke.
1Hs' rs,r;ck Curtin. another old and re-
W. WA r;tizen. died Yesterday afternoon,
80 illness OF few days. His funeral
N',f' ,,,onn This afternoon from St. Joscph's
,,..h6lic church. ,.-,
'| wi,snn GOODWIN (colored) died very sud-
,,,,r Yesterday afternoon, In SIKH ward,
t" u |.o,rrsfivc chill. He was well during
:. "a. iorenart Of the day, and was taken sick
"a aicd ~ his wife was about leaving
JAW, 10 attend afternoon service at church.
meeting OF The Board OF Managers OF
-. Vfrbodist Sunday-Schooi Union OF Pc
.,,,,,hnrs was held Yesterday afternoon, Mt
th;ch the circular issued by the London
N"."n ,> Union was read. A reSolu-
.t,n was adopted representing to the sew
49,, III srboois composing the Association to
1 ,,,nd the proposal OF the London Union
I anservc the 10Th and Goth days 0! this
nj. -"~ a days of special prayer for the adj
,,.,nrrmen. and prosperity Of the Sunday
'.1n,I cause. as suggested in the circular.
r.sb school will adopt its own order OF
exercises. -
The RcAdiuSterS will hold convention
.. chesterfield Courthouse on the 10th Of
-. month to nominate candidates for the
uor>e ct Delegates for Manchester, Pow
ta,sn and Chesterfield counties, and to or.
",nize ,ov he campaign.
Zerro rrsp, acting as the agents Of some.
,.,fy' presumably Of the Readiusters, are
surviving around petitions in favor Of the
,r.s.McCulloch candidates for the Senate
"a House OF Delegates. and asking sigma
...-s, 10 the same. | saw one CT these peti-
IAN, today with two signatures attached 10
), Twas written in clear. buSiness-iike
.,y,t, and the sicnerS are pledged TO vote for
Mr. Boiling Wilcox for the Senate and DR..
Nav and Dr.. HARDWOOD for the House. The
I.qrpr was armed with bright new pencil,
and was possibly stimulated 10 active duty
Is Z fcw DRINKS.
An Interesting pacing match has been ar
~arrcd Io take place on Thursday afternoon
&. fhn Falr-H-oundS. There are two en-
.rie. for the match-viz., II. a. Taylor'S
~ry horse Eit5ert and T. S. Snyder'S sor-
- horse sunday sam. The purse is S400.
Til. match is exciting good deal OF inter-
III.
Saturday night between II and O'Clock
an officer arrested colored mau for tres
,g,<iu. IN The premises OF the Rev. Joseph
Il. Riddck While bringing the prisoner
down 10 the Stati0n-house the latter pushed
he officer over into the gutter, took to
KIT, and made bis escape. The officer
--rd three shots Mt the fugitive as he was
e2yng, but failed to bring him to halt.
Yesterday the negro surrendered himself,
md this morning paid fine Of 80. The
:a-ce shots sounding out on the still night
ST. aroused the people for squares, and at
s1gSt while.
TIE Republicans OF Prince George and
>urry will meet in convention at the Court
house Of the latter county on the 10th in
slant TO nominate candidate for the lower
house Of he Legislature. Z. .. Bland
.colorcd,. OF City Point, it is thought will
gel the nomination. 1t is not believed that
any Republican candidate for the Senate
viii be put in the field.
Appomat:oy Commandery, knights Tenn
,aar, will visit Richmond on the 18th OF No
Itubcr, on The occasion OF the assembling
G! the Grand Commandery OF the State.
The next OF the series Of public temper
ace meetings under the auspices or Pc
,~.Sburg Council. No. l, will be held to-
morrow night, when addresses will be de-
iNered by Rev. +. J. Boggs and Rev. j. T.
Whitley Many ladies usually attend these
meetings, and in addition to good speaking
The audience is treated to some fine music.
The las; Of the three dredges that have re-
Gently been at work deepening our channel
VA Yesterday towed away to Mount Ver-
ron to be pnt to dredging in the Potomac
fFer. ROBIN ADAIR.