The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-03-13
PETERSBURG.

ANNUAL CONFERENCES OF THE COLORED METH0-
DIST CHURCH THE LATE SUICIDE IN DAVID
DIE; FURTHER PARTICULARS-AF lyE-H0URS'
SNOW VISIT OF MAsONS TO CHEsTER-
PRINCE GEORGE RS-KNIGHTS OF
HONOR AND TIE YELLOw-FEyER SUFFERERS.
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.l
MARCH IL, 1880.
The Virginia Annual Conference Of the
Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in
America is announced 10 meet in the Union
street church in this city on Wednesday The
oath instant. Bishop W. Ii. Miles, of Ken
lucky, will preside, and the Introductory
sermon will be preached by Rev. w. H..
Young. Of Washington. The Conference is
composed OF about tbirty-hve or forty min
listers.
Mr.. William ID. Connally, whose suicide
at bis home, ia Dinwiddie county, has
been announced, was the victim OF i'll
health and depressed spirits to an extent
that made him q hyp0ch0ndriac. His at
tending physician gave him some morphine
powders to put him TO sleep at night. He
was advised that II be took too many Of
these powders ut once he would be put
into sleep from which he would never
awake. IL was only by the striciest vigi-
lance that the powders could be kept out
OF his reach. II was evident that for several
DAYS, though surrounded by comforts Of
every kind. he bad contem plated taking his
life. He wrote his will, dividing his
property between his mother and his young
wife, aud left In the care OF friend Tor
safe-keeping. he left bis family at the
bres kiast-table, went to the house OF one OF
his negro servants, borrowed a gun, put a
double charge OF powder in il. and then ran
10 IA 10 NH 4
was found. The muzzle OF the gun was
placed in bis mouth and the trigger pushed
back with the ramrOd. His head was lite
rally blown wide open and the brain was
lifted entirely from the skull. One Of his
eyes has Dever yet been found.
Snow fell here this morning from until
IL o'clock-at times very rapidly. 1t melted,
however, as fast as it fell, the temperature
being too warm for the fakes to stick.
Many OF the Masons OF this city will go to
Chester tomorrow TO take part in the cere-
MONIES attending the laying Of the corner
stone OF the new Episcopal church at that
place. II the weather Is fair there WILL
doubtless be number OF other visitors from
this city.
Captain M. l.. Lawrence, OF thef>teamtug
Grace Meade, who died two or three DAYS
ago at Bidir's wharf, was a member of City
Point Lodge OF Knights OF Honor. He was
a widower, and leaves one daughter, who
lives at the North, who will realize the ben
EFT Of his policy ia That order.
Among the cases disposed OF in the County
Court Of Prince George yesterday was that
OF negro who was sentenced to the whip
ping-post for obtaining coffin under false
pretences.
Judge Bate yesterday appointed regis
trars for The different maeisterial districts.
All save one, who was appointed to dill a
vacancy. are present incUmbenis.
Petersburg Lodge. Knights Of Honor, to-
day received IA remittance Of $39. 20 from
Memphis, being 90 per cent. OF the amount
sent last summer 10 that city for the benefit
of the sick and suffering members Of the
order. IL seems that of the S21.743.60 con-
tributed for this purpose by the Knights OF
H0uor'of the country, only $9,567 WAS eX-
pended. The remainder has been returned
to the lodges which contributed the money.
ROBIN ADAIR.