The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-08-02
PETERSBURG.

PETERSBURG.
or TIRE LATE CAPTAIN DoDSoN-suD- |
f.S..~ nr,ru OF A PETERSBURGER AT OLD |
,n,xr--NoETrARY RECORD FOR JULf-CoS- |
n,rrox OF The PUBLIC HEALTEi-clTY EN-
.rvn1TURES-SAp DEATH OF fooN'
,nY-EvASGELISrIC LABoRS-sEF TX
SToRx-nEvGNUE COLLECTIONS AND ToRAc-
20 EXPORTS.
correspondence Of the Richmond pispa,ch.l
AUGUST l, 1879.
Tho funeral of the late Captain Daniel
nodson took place this morning at lo
n.c,ock from st. PaurS Episcopal church,
pryS George {. Sutton and Giles Is. COOK
nIre;at,pa. 4 very large aSsembiase OF pco-
,,in embracing all classes and creedS, was
resent TO show their respect 10 the memory
If The deceased. than whom no person IN inc
OF ''S ", WIS more generally beloved
.u% I resnrc,cd. A sad feature OF the occa.
''"u ,v.s the fact that but one or two men,
hors ~ his immediate family were aoie TO
a,tn,d the funeral. Among those present
,,.nrn Ncssrs. N. ". Warrington ana ~.
"kaU. treasurer and superintendent OF tue
Ti"hn,ond and Petersburg railroad. me
nr,. containing The remains was iteFaiiy
covered with flowers framed INTO bcau'liui
>o''',, and wrcaihs. the tributes OF loving
,,a,,a. The surviving members OF the re-
,"r,hrro Rilrmcn, OF which the deceased
WAS CAPTAIN during tue early part OF the
war. we're present in body ut Inc iuperai.
, TELEGRAM was received from Old ieiuI
this mornin. announcing the deatn OIL WI
Frank FITZGERALD Jones. OF inns chs. Il. IVA,
place. Deceased was one OF Tie Iuits "a
,.i,;zrus of Petersburg who Joined the Pill
[rr;marc OF Richmond Commandcry OF
i;n;"hfs Templar al City Point last TUESDAY
morning. anticipating pleasant weeks So
iourn at Ola Point. He was III perIect heauh
when he left here. lie was taken suddenly
III with congestion Of the bowels last nlght,
and died this morning AT y O'Clock, his
disease it supposed 10 have been caused Dy
imprudent eatin. and too free bathlns.
Mr. Jones was about twenly-one years OF
age, son OF Mr.. George Jones, OF Motto
way Courthouse, ard grandson OF Rev.
Or. Thcoderlck Pryor, the venerable Pres
hy.crian divine. His body VIII DE brousht
mn tomorrow morning, and. it is thought,
viii be carried directly on to Nottoway
Courthouse for iutcrmcnt.
'rbc mor,uary report for July shows that
fi,v-three deaths occurred IN the city during
tlIut month"; decrease OF fourteen rs couI-
nored with The corresponding month OF laSt
wear. or those who d:ed % were males and
&c females: - were whites and rs colored;
- married, 30 single: widows. widow
crs. and 6 unknown; 26 died under the age
OF five wears. and 10 over the age OF slNty
wears. The lcath officer in making his re-
mort saws: 81 can safely report that the
rnnn;,inn Of the c.ty is very good for this
season OF the year. No deaths have occurred
from Scarlatina, diphthcria, OF any other
contagious or infectious disease, and re
tcrsburg to-day is rs healthy rs any other
CITY Of lis size in the SOUTH
The total expenditures OF the city for the
month OF July, IL reported by the Auallor,
was $l2,28t.22. OF this amount some 80
0O1 or more was on account OF interest.
The total yearly interest account OF the city
OF Petersburg is about $4,000.
A ,ad death occurred this morning in the
family Of Mrs. Mary +. Anthony, widow
&C the late +. :. Anthony. Her only
datl.htcr-tliss Salle. aged about nineteen
vcar,- died OF consumption, after long
illness, She was the lust one OF large
family Of children, most of whom fell VIC
fins TO that terrible disease consumption.
The deceased was a Young lady OF bcantl-
full ncrson and remarkably sweet DISPOSE
ton.
Willie most OF the sufferers from the late
icc-crcam poisoning are considered out OF
danger. several OF them are still very Ill.
Rev. J. T.. IIu;son. the Virginia Baptist
evangelist, has recently been lab0rlnS to
good effect in MecklCnburg county. He
preached for about ten days under an im-
mensc tent, capable OF seating about one
thousand persons, and nearly one hundred
persons made profession OF faith. At
the close OF the meeting some iorty-odd
persons were baptized, anda Baptist church
was organized, consisting OF tfty-seYen
members. 1t was decided to erect meet
ing-houSe on the spot, TO be called the Ia
lcrnacle Baptist church. Mr.. Hutson also
preached week 1T Oliret, new church
located in the same county, where forty
persons protested conversion.
The rains have been so frequent in this
section during the past few days that the
farmers report the ground TO be more wet
than ut any time since last February. The
storm last night was quite severe, and ac-
companicd with some bail. The high wind
did considerable damage to the frut-trceS
in Chesterfield county.
The commissioner OF the revenue in this
city issued licenses last mouth amounting
to $l29.S6 for the city and $12I59 for the
State.
The Methodist camp-mceting at the Ia
bcrnacle, fourteen miles from Petersburg,
is continued daily with increasing interest.
4 number OF persons have thus far been
converted.
The police OF this city report having made
nincty.siN arrests during the month OF July.
The intcrEal-revenue collections in the
Petersburg district last month amounted to
500, 1856: and the exports OF manufactured
tobacco amounted to 225,416 pounds. The
taxable values in the city for 1879 are re.
ported by the commissioner Of the revenue
as follows:
Personal estate. 3.2o5,322
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