The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-25
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PETERSBURG. o
r,u 1cc1pEST--A CITIZEN sHoT--sAi.E OF
fisf,~r-MR. suIToS's pECLtNATtoN--THiE
EhSrsyTIoN TO MAKE ANOTHER NoMiNA.
cp"@srcoSp TRIAL FOR FELoNY--BlRTHs
3tU nEaTHs -READJusTERse MEETING -
NM -os,cco cRor--BlG DEER.HpST--oFFi'
fh ', yIsIT-PEEsoSALA AND OTHER MATTERS
W. -,.sponscnce of tile Faicsmend Dispateh.i
OCTOBER "a, 1879.
.,..s;n John c. Griffin, a wel-knoWn
cent o, this city, met With an accident
p.g,rSay afternoon, at bis farm near III
;E.t which, while not regarded as serious.
Fr s"rr osiniul. While out walking IN ms
s sis marty who was hunting near by urea
ie!" ,Tar,ridge which was flying In direct
~ ~" With Captain Griffin, ana part OF tnc
huI ~ shot took effect in his face. one
}ese W on,ered the right eye, producing q
spe :a,,i wound and iniuring the sight. An
}M ,"r s,rnck over she left eye, aud four or
o'n', ,.hers penetrated the skin o! the face.
NV nv, shnntinc was, OF course, entirely acct
l"S ,sI and is much regretted. Another
~%, OF similar nature occurred else
se SCI. ncsr the city yesterday, though the
tr;ury was not So ps'nfat.
m3m hrick residence and store at the
- ., Halifax and Long Market streets,
T So,onsinp to the estate OF the late George
mn.nt was sold at auction this afternoon
80, aiv;sion among the heirs. It was pur-
l 'n,sed hy Miss Mary +. Boiling For SO, 725.
s Tue nrice paid Is some $500 more than the
'l,-assed value OF the property. AS far as
ns,nrsbure is concerned, it is believed that
~ next assessment will not begin to show
-. ~ decrease claimed by the Readiusters.
AZ Charles W. Sutton has written let
...hs!ning the Conservative nomination
t,rrIe House OF Delegates from the coun-
,~> 0, Prince George and Surry. He re-
rret, Ias, he is compelled to decline, but
s.,s his health is so delicate that he would
~ unable to make 4 canvass OF the district,
or 10 attend TO his duties in the Legislature
= r,ected. The chairman OF the Conven-
20, has called n meeting Of the delegates
., 80 held at Surry Courthouse on Tuesday
The 18Th OF October, to nominate can
G;G,,e in place OF sir. Sutton. It is
tsn,,m.,t probable the choice will fall upon
Crn.sip K. E. Bland, Of Prince George.
n ihr Hastings Court tomorrow the Sec
ond trial of Robert 4. Belcher for felony
VIII take place. At the first trial last week
.be iurv failed to agree on verdict
sanding eight for conviction and four for
sceuttal.
The commissioner Of the revenue has Just
c,mnleted his register of the deaths and
l;-.us in Peters burg fer the year 1878. The
rnnner Of deaths was 627-classi6ed as fol-
hw,. Whites. POS; colored, 4l9. Males,
Ana. females, 323. The number Of births
was s7-cassl:ed AS follows: Whites, 255
co,orcd. SO2. Males, 2S2; females, 215.
Still.blrtbs, &c.
The Richmond papers fuiled to reach
Petersburg TO- day. and OF course they were
missed By their subscribers. The mails, it
Is thought, went South.
Z The ReaGjusters held a masS-meeting last
night In front OF Jarratt'S Hotel. They
had two small cannon on the ground, burn
ed numerous r-barrels, and made 4 good
display OF Chinese lanterns, &c, in order
10 swell the crowd, and succeeded in draw
in large assemblage. But the wind was
50 peryerSe that Ii blew the lights out and
covered the people with smoke from the
bonfrcs 10 such an extent that many were
forced TO withdraw. \ great many Debt
P.rers were present. They attend the Re-
2Oiu>ters' meetings, while the latter gene
rally make il point TO keep away from the
Dcbt-Payers' meetings. Mr. Boiling Will
cox candidate for the Senate), Captain Fl.
II. Riddeberger, General Malone, and
General Stith Boiling made speeches.
The tobacco crop in this section has been
pretty we'll all secured. The leaf is gene
rally OF good body, and in some instances
unusually fine both IN volume and charac-
, ter. The frost OF the Goth OF September
did some damage 10 the crop in the low
lands.
About one hundred OF our people wen
gu; 10 the Weldon Fair yesterday. The eS
hhi,ors from this city were fewer this year
than usual.
number OF our snortsmen went out tc
Cireensyie county last night TO take fall
days desr-bunt to-day. They were Joined
in the sport by citizens Of Sussex ano
GrerasvIe. l have not yet heard the re-
sui Of tue hunt.
Grand Master K. ?. Button will make an
flcial visit 10 the two Odd-Fellows' lodges
in this city Monday night. Arrangement
Ire being made TO give him cordial wei.
come.
Rev. Father Wilson, pastor OF st. 10
Scph's church, has been in Baltimore all
this week attending at the bedside OF very
i'll mother.
1t s.. Joseph's church on Sunday col.
lection will be taken up for the benefit oil
archbishop Purcell, OF Cincinnati. 1t is
expected that handsome sum will be real.
lzed.
The weather to-day has been the coolest
Of the season, with 4 sharp wind blowing
from the northwest. ROBIN ADAIR.