The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-12-15
Yitl,mond nispstrh.
WEDNESDAY. ..DEcEMBER 10, 1880
pETER.SBuR4.

,.<sv,cE. COUNTY JAIL BURNED, THREE
nr,soxrRs EScAPE--CoNsEcRATioN OF
,rscu-nxATB OF AN OLD CITIZEN Ex'
Iva, of rrLpITs-r LATE fiRE-TiiE
rs srppIy-IAII. IMPROVEMENT, &C.
,oo,rs. pcndesee Of the Richmond D'spa'ch'I
DgcgNBER IA, 1880.
information was received here to-day that
.aisil Of Brunswick county was destroyed
~ sre on Saturday night, and tnat the 'hree
,~,ors confined tberein--ali colored--
pa,,c their escape during the progress OF
me asmes. The origin OF the hre is not
-, hnt The impression Us that II was
~ az an ncendary-prObably OF
tuo :, tho friends of the prisoners, and
s"u'o ,,,,h a view 10 enable them TO escape.
~ hnud,nc was log structure, and this
=, ,so 0sconn time the county jail OF Bruins
wv - hem destroyed by fire since the
war. ,,,,,u rn,.oonal chprch
IL erected M Chester viii bc conSecrafed
~ Et.b hon white on Thursday the 23I day
81 december, and at the same time class
Mil lac presented by the rector for confirm.
',;oY This chuie b IS under the pastoral
.baycc OF the Rev. Thomas Spencer, OF this
Ne. William T. McCEndliSh,sn old and
resnecied citizen. died quite suddenly yes
,c,dav. He was in the SINiy-ninth year OF
his age. and was formerly a prominent
merchant OF our city. He had been suffer-
nc several years from the effects OF a
p9rslync stroke. but The immediate cause
81 his death Is believed 10 have been ned.
raloja OF the heart. Tie was as well as usuai
oaiy Eve minutes before his death.
Mr.. John Nineiree, Sr., aged eighty years,
wos taken suddenly and aarmlugly III yes
teIdsy, but Is somewhat better to-day.
Within The last day or two number OF
The nroprietors Of bar-rOoms IN TINS city
have been fined $50 escb for violating city
ordinance in selling liquor on the SaDOatb.
Rev. DIR. Wuberspoon and Rev. DIR.
Hoee will exchange pulpns on sunday
morning and evening next.
Though an almost constant stream OF WAFER
has been kept playing upon the great banks
az sumac-leaves In the ruins OF the burned
building on Old street, IL has been f0und
impO>sible TO cXtinguish the smoulderlng
fires. A. a consequence the lower porllon
OF the city rests under cloud OF smoke,
which is rendered very unpleasant by The
disacreeable odor OF the burning leaves.
The thing has come to be an lnloiera0ie
nuisance and j. the cause Of loud complaint
among lUt ptbIliC iNib~ 'b"N 'iNihhs'
ItIs learned that tine supply OF ice has
been gathered in this neigbDorhOod-the
thickness being three inches and over. II
i, believed that nearly every ice-house in
this section has been filled.
Very decided improvements have been
made TO our Jail during the last few days
much OF the old woodwork having been
removed, old floors replaced, and walls
strengthened TIE old building has long
been IN need OF substantial repairs.
Dir. George V. Sioai, chief engineer OF
the O!d Dominion Steamship Company
Mr. Garrett Roach and sou, ship-5ulldeTs
Mr.. Van Wagner, and Master Harry
Bourne Of New York, arrived in the city
Yesterday. and left IN the afternoon for SuS
sex county. under charge Il Captain Jobr
{. Griffin, to spend a week in decr-hunt
Ing. ROBIN ADAlR'