The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-09
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CITIZEN OF PRINCE GEORGE;
GfcipS W IN ~ ms STARTLING SUD
FouNp ~" OF An OLD cITIzEN--DELE-
pSN 10 rHg IioUoE-pEALEks VoA,ns-
GWh OPERATIONS OF TnE RsLief AsSoOIa-
TON THg RELIEF fFoRphp-T N'N',1 Nv
'ioN' ,e,rNsT DIsGAsE-oOtN'i '''""
i"N LADY PARALYZEp' A.
SHis .,o,ce Of ,he Richmond Dispa'eh,i
Verfe>p'"'''> January $, 1880.
..,,Nyas received in this city last
ln'olwi, I'VE ac,th by suicide. at bis resi-
rign' Q, pdnce George county, OF MI
dcnce, , ~ wcll.known citizen. lie
Tr'nS h1 1o,d in his room yesterday
VS. iou"", In having been caused by
morning ,bIoucb The head. The weapon
p.,,oFsnyy, ~ me fatal ball was nred was
ron ,,,ng nesr the BODY al, ,o mmatSo@
io"O"h 3n, dl,y years OF age anu u",,'",, .oui
NJ and phy.ica! suffering - su ,3e Sa.
MEMS, 5 hoe, he cause OF the ACT ne was
to h'N .,a yoe Of dae intelligence ana en-
2 S,.' : jarse family connection IN 'o'S
y..n'HS' ,o,ge r. Cain. an old aud we'll
NJ O' ',,;,cn' dled very suddenly t1ls
loo"n IS"ccrp 10 aud II O'Clock. While
pcfn'tnt. walk be was seized with cramp-
on VN's- tau in ihe street in great agony
cole s'u n;rllg conveyed to his home on
He Wa VI Ut not far distant from where
puu"F 49,, A.cd in q few minutes alter
De it,' ~ ,ho house. Mr.. Cain was subject
Teae'.s" ',,ocls. He was about hity-nVe
!. ~. od. and leaves tamlly. ,o.,, .sso
yea, r,eeiins Of the Liquoi-pe"lers Ass "S
tan u fb:, city was hc'd last night "n"
t 60 'ytlowing.named gentlemen were al-
q" Ia delegates . the state convention
i,.onor Dealers, which assemblies III hlcn,
O l. neyt Tuesday; Il. +. Hobbs, Daniel
py"I Alex. Wilson. Julius Llebert' I'd
h-.l,, wI ,, =. II. Curtis, David Bailey, X.
W ', .,.rcn. T 4. Palmer, and George w.
hi...S, land II expected that all or near
S'.i n',,brm will attend the convention.
T r,' ,onual meeting Of the Petersburg
- ,s.ocjatlon was held lat night at
e. Wash,ngton.Stree Methodist Eplsco-
,l church. TIE presidents report show,
~, ,no spm u $3.50 was received ana
ryr,need Tor the relief oil Inc WollhS poor oa
(,itc civ during the pas, year-aoont S9Vo
- me amount having been gwen Dy me
|...won council. With this money 3,24i
S,.I.o n wood. 1000 bushels Of coal, and
,rnti.,on, and clothing were given TO the
,+or The railroads brought in most OF TIE
,y.od free Of freight charges, and the 10
,,r.lIill Coal Company presented the A>>o.
(i.,i0o with $40 bushels of coal, and sold
considerable more at reduced rates. Inc
m Dr. Blackwell delivered the annual adj
rr..,. Mr.. John u. Kelley was reelected
n-,.ident Of the association, with tuil
t,,orlepcpt of officers and assistants. The
ASSOCIATION works in very quiet but etiec'
tiy, manner. accomplishes vast deal OF
good. and keeps many people from TIT
alm-aouSe.
THE Board Of Health is taking active
measures 70 prevent any spread OF The
.msll.poX should il reach this city from th'
North. Vaccine matter has been obtained
and placed in the hands of the several cit!
physicians. and the people are offered tn
ort0rtmity Il having themselves aud theil
children yaccinatcd, and are urged to do sC
promptly a. precauilOn.
The public schools of the city, which wer,
closed on the 18Th OF December for the win
ter vacation. will be re0pened for the re
M4inder Of The session next Tuesday. Tn,
matter OF establishing white primary
school in Sixth Ward for the accOmmOda
ton Of the children in that section OF tn
cts has been referred to a committee OF tn
School Board for report and estimates.
j, believed the school will be established.
Some few lots Of tobacco are beginning
20 come into market, but the sales as We
are light.
The barn on The farm Of Mr.. John II
Grammer, in Dinwiddie county, was fire.
by an incendiary several nights ago. ant
entirely destroyed. with the entire crop o
pT0yendcr. No insurance.
Judge William Ii. Mann, of NOttoway
has been cordially endorsed and recon-
monded 10y the bar OF that county for re
election As Judge. He has made gOot
and acceptable officer, and his reeiecti0i
would be agreeable 10 all classes OF citizen
IN the county. In Dinwiddie much interes
j. expressed as to the county iudgesbiI
though Mr.. X. G. Shell has been nominate,
Is The successor Of Judge Jones. Mr.. II
". Arnold, il is understood, will qualify a
Judge OF Greensvlle and Sussex counties
t'cf judge Goodwin, in time TO hold tn
February terms Of these courts.
The Jewish young ladies OF the city Civ
q leap-year ball tonight in the hall Of th
library building.
The race between Taylor's "Filbert
and llaryey's "TOp" for purse OF S45(
announced to take place at the FairGround
this afternoon, was postponed on account {
the inclement weather and the heavy tract
II viii probably come off some time nel
week.
Mrs. NJ. L. Prentice, Of Chesterfield
county, who has been visiting her daughte
the wife Of Mr.. Joseph Robinson, OF tn
city, for several days, was stricken wit
Paralysis night before last. and her cond
ton Is 30 critical that her children in Che!
tcrheld and Richmond have been apprise
OF The fact by telegraph. ROBIN ADAIR.