The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-04-19

prsTPrcTlON OF BUILDINGS AT THE PIEDMONT
SPRINGS AND Loss OF RICHMOND INSURANCE
CoNPANILs TOBACCO 100 DRY TO HANDLE
xAIOR sU1HtRLIN on THE STUMP-DEM0-
Cratic COUNTY MgETING-YOUNG MURRIE's
CONDITION SERIOUS.
Correspondence Of the Richmo"d Disps'ch.l
APRIL II. 1880.
Several buildings at the Piedmont
Springs, Stokes county, n. c., were
burned down on the 18th instant, aRd with
them nearly all tue furniture in them. One
OF these buildings was the hotel, which W. s
about $50 feet long and three stories higf,
With iul-length porcb for each story !;
another was an adjoining house OF ten
rooms: apotbera house Offour rooms. This
property belonged to Colonel W. l.. Will
hams and Mr.. G. NJ. Finn, Of this city, and
Mr.. Y. G.. Pace. OF Lynchburg. Mr. Finn
saws that hi- firm bad expended in pur-
chasing and improving the property about
$4,000. The actual loss. however, he does
not think can be measured by the value OF
the property destroyed, since the property
Law on the hnp 4 the proposed extern
sion Of the Midland railroad, and was
nearly on the line ii two railroads
which are now being built in North
proDerty for only S6,500-on the Richmond
Banking and Insurance Company. $1,000;
Virginia Fire and Marine, S2,250; and
Manhattan. $3.50. The cause OF the fire
has not been asccrtalned. The mattresses
Of the hotel had all been packed IN the ball
room, some OF the other furniture IN an
other, and the plate and other tableware,
which were very valuable. III another; ana
Ills suggested by citizen OF Danbury, tue
county.seat OF Stokes, tDat the house, under
the circumstances. could easily have been
robbed and then let on fire.
The dryDes. of the weather is auectlng
TIE tobacco business 10 some extent. The
tobacco in some OF the houses has been too
dry 10 handle. and the hands have had holt
day. The receipts have been hight, and the
prices have been rather above what Is the
average for the first half OF this month.
Here are the figures Common bright Tugs,
Hds3; good, SGGSS: fine, Sl0@Sl5; CON-
mon BRIGHT leaf. s7Qt9; good bright, S9@
sl?; common bright wrappers, Sl0@sl3;
good, Sl5@s2o; fine, S25Qs40; fancy, $40
GSS0.
Major Sutberliu is now stumping Henry
county IN favor OF the subscription for the
Danyille and New River railroad OF the
$4,000 which the county recently received
from the sale OF It's sock in the Richmond
aud DanyiIle railroad, aud Mr.. Burton, Of
the Post, is going the rounds with him.
The publication OF another newspaper
Was commenced this week-1he Tobacco
Nqt, "a weekly Journal devoted 10 the in
ltrtsls Of The tobacco-growers." The edi'
tors aud owners are Messrs. Verser a. Cor
lie.
A meeting OF the Democrats OF the
county is 10 be held at Chatham on the 49, h
ln,lsnt, In response 10 o call from Captain
". NJ. Tredway, chairman Of the EXecu-
live Committee. Dr.. w. B. Boyd, "counfy
Chairman Of the r. adjus party" advises
The Readius,ers to jave nothing TO do with
tlis trump convention" So we are TO
have three parties in this cOunty-that Il. II
Dr. BOyd's advice be followed and the Re-
poblelns hold on to the course they have
taken.
Fletcher Murrie. son OF Mr.. j. NJ. Muir
ne aged about nine years, who was acct
oFhlaiiy shot with pistol by one OF his
yAlmates about ten DAYS ago, has ben de-
hnous from time TO tine for several days,
sod there are but slight hops that he Will
recover. Very great ienscity OF life is
s0own 10 the ease OF this little boy. The
guHel penetrated the skull ana went so far
ioio II that the physicians have not been
a''e 10 extract II. But am told by one OF
,se ciiy physicians who was educa'ed IN
Isfis That be has known persons 10 recover
motn wounds apparently like This, even
'sousb The ball was not extracted.
ALrHA.