The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-14
PETERSBURG.

.s r,RE IL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
pEsIk..,rn porI.Rs IN MONEY BURNED
TRe'sn &c wEJJ-HN0wN cfTszEN--ACti- !
pEAi" ~ ,eSp MAN-G0RED BY MAD
ptN' ~ns PETERSBURG CREW N THE STATE
co" ,-ryrIT,oN FOR PAEpoN--TnE not
EE0AI r.1 oN1ors AssAULT-MYsTERI-
oys AFFAIR. n,.r.,.,,
to'''''' July u. 1879.
r.S;d>ncc and Kitchen OF Mr.. Samuet
t"S IN chesterfield county, were destroy
N"o,s yesterday afternoon. with all their
Ell !" Mir. Wood and his hands were
eon,."G cold NJ the time threshing and hau'-
10 ~. ,,.o; and no one was at the house eS-
NIX wrS Wood. AS soon rs she di*c2f'
ccps me dwelling to be on fire she blew the
e," Err assistance, hut il was not answer
h"' ;" ,;p,c 10 do any good. The fire, 1t is
,",: ~ caught from tie stovc-pipc. There
W. small kgg Of powder in the. house,
,r,ich ryplcicd when the flames reached II
AVA flew !Mc house 10 pieces. Several Ola
'roj,. also in the house exploded. MI.
wood los: all. or nearly all, or his 1uThi-
tuyc and family clothing and v;tiuahrS, ana,
Il : stated. about three thousand dniia'S III
money. lie was in the habit oil Keeping
,n,,; oi his money about the house. lie
had no insurance on his property.
NJ. Blake Pittman, an old and we'll
lnhwn citizen, died this morning OF ihham.
n,q,inn q the bowels, after an illness CT less
than week. He was between fifty and
s;>,y wears Of age. and was tie proprietor
OF q large bakery.
Mr.. Reuben Clements. the only survivor
q, The war oi 1872 Twin" in this city, i
now nearly ninety years OF age. Yesterday
evening he was quite severely Injured 10y :
iofl II his home, on Halifax street, from thu
effects Of whlch he VIII probably be confined
for some time. Otherwise he has beer
=. hale and aciiTc rs man OF fifty years.
Mr.. Andrew Belchcr, 4 citizen of Fourth
ward, WAS attacked and considerably in
;rrad hv an infuriatcd COW last evening
:rhn probability is that he would have beer
,cr,i 10 death had not parties near b,
com, 10 his assistance and shot the COW
while she had him down.
Trc following gentlemen compose tn,
crew Of the AppomattoN Boat Club, OF TIN:
r>y who will take part in the State rcSatt;
., Fredericksburg next Tuesday: j. W
p.aram, ". Il. (utnbert, ]. Heath Caha
MIS-. For;c>que Whiitlc, and Carter K
EjSno?. !hcy leave here with their hoa'
"Jpsi,.' on Monday afternoon, and Tho
ha,,nrr Of the boat club viii go on 70 Fred
rrirksburg on Tuesday morning. These
Gentlemen arc MI good and p!acticcd row
crs. and il will take very fine crew to bea!
them.
!. ". 3. Matthew'S (co!ored), deputy col
Ircior OF customs Al this port, very wor
thy ana lcsrcc!ed man, died Yesterday OF
paralysis. after IL" days ilnc>s.
The friends of Thomas ua'Stead. OF thi;
city. WHO WAS lately convicted III the County
Court OF Prince George OF icloniouS assault
upon Nike Murphy and sentenced 10 two
wears imprisonment in the peuitcntiary
are actively moving to get him pardoncd
They have procured 4 petition, nu:ner
ously and inlluenialiy signed by c;ti
z"rs both OF Petersburg and Prince George
to be- presented 10 tue Governor. Anon.
the signers. It is stated, are the officers o
the County Court and the jurors who tr'ct
him. 1t is also stated tilat facts are sc
forth In the petition which tend greatly t.
mitigate the offence OF which Halsiead Wa
convicted.
Yesterday was The hottest day experienced
in this section for 4 long while. The mer
curry ranged from 1909 TO 1919 in the shade
according a. eXpoSed or not 10 the Graught
The reflection 81 the suns heat from tn
payemer Is was almost unbearable. But TO
The stiff hrccZ"s blowing to-day there w0Hlt
be but little Improvement on the tempera
turc 0! Yesterday.
The police This morning arrested on
kaIc Dickinson (coInredl for assault, will
intent to Kill, on Amanda Malone (colored)
The weapon If assault Was large rock
which WAS thrown square against the heat
OF Malone. intlic,in- IN ugly wound-uot
however, believed to be dangerous.
Ii is learned from farmers in Chesterfield
county that while the drought in that sec
ton is beginning to be severely felt. no mia
teria injury has vet been sustained by th'
corn crop. The melon crop in this section
however, it is thought, will be considerable.
shortened.
4 mysterious case OF assault occurred las
night about - o'clock, Of which 4 colorct
woman named Mary Riyes WAS the victim
in her own house. She was awakened by
noise. and discovering some one in he
room, a>kcG what he wanted. The question
was answered by blow on the head with
wooden pail, which iniicteda severe wouut
and lelloQ the woman 10 the floor. Tue as
saiiaNt, whom She recognized to be Il col
orcd man, made his escape.
ROBIN ADAIR.