The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-08-12
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49,. PETERSBllkSI.
ay1nnsy pEATH or Il BELoyED LADY DE TH
" ar. VENERABLE CHRISTIAN woMAS----FIFRE
at,wnAy MoENfyG LOSSES AND INSURANCE
r,Y.rrssroNt, on THE PUBLfC-DEBT QUESTION
t,NoTuEn WHITE NAN WHIPPED -ArPIsIc S
4" T1oS ron PARDON, &C., &C..
f,,orrcs nor douco of the Richmond Dispasch.l
r. l.0'1' ~ AUGUST II, 1879.
AR: Mary Carter Reid, wife Oh MT.
t,hsrlrs Reid OF Baltimore, ana daug ateI
n Mrs. Catherine Page, OF Petersburg 1,ea
| in the former city yesterday morning. t1s'
remains we're brought here tnis aitcln ooa,
and will be buried tomorrow morning Oh
O'Clock from the Tabb-sTeet fresD!telan
church. Mrs. Reid was tnlrty-tnree yeaie
OF age, and was marrled Ia 1ooo. o,e 49, Nv.
Zoo cbiJdren-the eldest OF whom has been
snond ding some weeks in Petersburg. MIS-.
Did vas n lady of very lovable character,
and ,ras. very widely connected In this city,
p;chmond. and Norfolk, and her DEATH,
which was very unexpected, is sincerely re-
| gratted. On Saturday evening she sat up
n her hed and wrote letter to her mother
bore, which was not received until some
hours after her death had been announced
| by telegraph.
esteemed lady, mother OF DR.. David Steel
and Alexander Steel. of this city, died yes
.ardav afternoon after an illness OF only a
few DAYS. caused by paralysis, Her funeral
took place this afternoon from the Second
Presbyterian church.
Yesterday morning about O'Clock fire
occurred In the grocery-store OF Mr.. +. IL.
Stevens: on Bolingbrook street, which
greatly damaged his stock and considerably
injured the building before the flames could
be subdued:~ The fire seems, beyond doubt,
to have been the. work OF an incendlary,
and the impression is that the store was hrst
robbed. There is. however, no suspicion
as to the perpetrator OF the act. Mr.. stevens
| had an insurance OF $4,000 on his stock and
store fixtures in the Phoenix Company, OF
New York. which. it is thought. will not
more than cover one half of the loss. The
building is owned by Mr.. o. B. Morgan,
ar is insured in the Virginia Mutual, OF
Richmond, for $4,000. The damage to the
building is confined to the first floor, and
will not amount TO more than $500 or $1,000.
| A paper is in circulation this afternoon.
which has been very numcrously and in
fuentially signed, asking Charles 5. String
fellow, Esq, to appear at the Academy OF
Music Tomorrow night and discuss with
Senator John Paul the question OF the pub
lie debt. II the Readiusters will consent
to a division of time at the meeting to-mor-
row night the friends Of the McCuiloch
compromise will certainly have an able re-
preventative present. Senator Paul was
tclceraphed to to-day at Suffolk to know If
he would consent to division OF time, but
at this writing an answer has not been re-
ccived.
Mr.. George S. Bernard and DR.. George
Z. Rivcs will address the citizens OF Prince
George on their August County-Court day
on the question OF the public debt and in
support of the McCulioch bill.
In the Mayors Court this morning George
Eickers. a white man from the North, was
ordered thirty-nine lashes for the larceny OF
some goods, the property OF Mr.. J. L.
| Wbitehurst. He obtained possession Of the
goods by falsely Representing" that he had
been sent for them by his employer. Only
a part OF the sentence was executed this
morning. and the prisoner was released
with the understanding that il caught here
on or after the Goth he shall receive the re-
mainder Of the stripes. This is the second
white person who has been whipped here
within the past week for larceny.
Robert Allen (colored), well-known
hCsteI and driver OF this city, died very
suddenly Saturday evening.
Application has been made to the GOV
ernor for the pardon OF Lucy Short Color
ed), who was convicted Of felonious assault
at the July term of the Hastings Court and
sentenced to one years Imprisonment in
the penitentiary. The circumstances at
tending the assault were OF character
greatly to mitigate the offence, and In rem
dering their verdict the jury unanimously
recommended the prisoner to Executive
clemency. The Governor has all the papers
in the case, and if he does not pardon may
commute the sentence to Imprisonment in
our Jail.
Mr.. James Dean was thrown from Il
wagon on Washington street Saturday az
tcrnoou and quite severely injured He re-
ceiyed bad cut on the head, and was taken
| I'D in an unconscious condition. little
son OF Mr.. Atticus Winfree, who was vii
him, was also thrown out, but very slightly
hurt.
The monthly meeting Of the Missionary
Society OF the Washington-Strect Metho-
: dist Episcopal church was held yesterday
afternoon. The organization Of the school
is about 800, and the collections for the
month amounted to about S22.
ROBIN ADAIR.