The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-01-07
PETERSBURG.

,v AGED CTTIgRN---EARRoW EsCAPE
pSAih - csNTf.EAaS AND LAZY FROM pg ss,''.
OF ,,,,n, 10 INSTALLATION OF oFFi'Eft s..
ISa--r,xc rcs--fHs SKATERS CARNIVAL.
>o,s SUNK, &C.; 7s;sfs ~ II
S''oo' ,,aenee or the RieAaiofd Dfspatch.i
lcorres'0'"'' JANUARY 6, 1874 7.
,n, Foster, one Of our Oldest ana
Mr. pI .",ed citizens, died Sunday morn
mos . ite pro:ractcd sickness ,sao m an,wss
ing. % on The Sd Of September, low a az ,gap
born ln,ca,,cntly eights-esht years on u s ss,r
E con- Hg. Reuben Clements, tns J n,'rr vol.
irnr in this section OF tue rs.e, ,ont5s his
',n,Srrs Of 1912; who Is i rev ~ peiers-
S ""'S Mr. Foster was the oiass, ~ nearly
SCI S''r~ citizens. lie had tNea hs s;ss " and
~. 1"'7 whole OF his iong IN me, r,owth
' ,~S thoroughly familiar win Tue s. ,bree.
o m nrocrcss OF our city for the ss AZ ON.
az" Of a century. When NC , a.Ss tho
,nrd business, and for some years ,atet, @
s,l ,rode norton OF the CITY was ,os' Az.
~ 'U,anafnri;. For great many !e''s ~. ;
In.,nr ,ros Intimately and actively cohTee
~ 49, 49,, ,ha tobacco trade OF the Guy. nu.
ca N 40 ,a,i few years, owing to, tue IN
nroo,Sinr imf;rnities or age' ne nau
49,; from business. The deceased WAS lnc
s s% Of Mrs. John Enders, OF hic!n.u. n,,,
Ia. tnnerai took place this afternoon lioli
~ 'I Eaoyge II. Pritchard, ayoung man OF
.,;D city. willie skating on shc cam III .s'e
tn,. .,orr mari Of the city late Saturday eve
w., hrose through the ice aho maS
n n,%Thy his companions with great osHSu..;;
NJ struggles were seen and ms ftlcs ne" ~ y
- ,t :, moro man IN 4 house nea, W, 10 ue
a,,,,,s+ n the ice and was carried ps the cur
o,,n i've iniis. who refused 10 rehaer an y
asN,.to,ce or to lend rope OF po!es' oo'a oi
,rhirh he had in the house, 10 neip See ~;
Trtcbard out OF the water. ne. sss.. M
Mr.. P7itchard was aimosl unconSo'o"''
has since been very SICK. -,
ia youns lady, Miss Newman. Wh'ie SKA
,;nr IN the lake in the City Park to-aav'
h-ntr through the Ice and came near crown,
mo Bat ior the presence OF m!nu anu
,;i,eIy assistance OF gentlemen near py sue
wn,,Id have io-t her life.
Tho ncw!y-clecled officers OF PETERSBURG
cnnrciI. No. |. Friends Of Temperance, WI
he rubliclv installed tonight az elnpera'ce
IJ,! Addresses will be delivered on 1he
occasion by Rev. Dr.. Eaton, OF tue pap
t;st, and Rev Or. WithcrSpoon, OF the frc:'
hy;prian churches. II Is hoped, oy TINS
rutl.c demonstration, to revive somewhat
The interest in the cause OF temperance,
which. il cannot wen be sainsaid, has been
waning for some time past.
owners o! ice-AcuScS in this vicinity arc
hn>y to-day cutting and housing ice. 1t Is
jIIly five inches thick, and Of finer quality
Than is usually obtained in this section
The river is hard fcczen over, and hun
drcds OF persons. including many ladies,
are skatin" upon the ice. Navigation. o.
course. is entirely closed, and all vessels in
the river are hartl-bound in the ice.
II is reported that two or three small
oy>ter-sloops which left this port last week
alter di<chargine their carSocS, were Gu
through by tic ice and sunk near Jordan;
Point lighthouse, in James river. Th
crews cscancd 10 land. ROBIN ADAIR.