The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-10-23
LYNCHBURG.

LYNCHBURG.
quIgp DAY OF THE FAIR-AN INCREASING At
TENDANCE PROGRAMME or EXERCISES
HANCOCK AND ENGLISH MEETING DEATH
az A CHILD THROUGH CRIMINAL IGNORANCE
OF NURsE-TBE CITY COUNCIL AND THE
ENGLISH BONDHOLDERs or THE ATL ANTIC,
MISSISSIPPI AND ONO RA1LROAD-1HE LONG
pROUGHT-STOREs CLOSED.
fCorrespondenee Of the Richmond Dspatchl
OCTOBER 81. 1880.
This is the great day Of the agricultural
exhibition, and the crowd on the streets
and on the Fair-GrOundS is much larger
than IL was Oh yesterday, but II may still be
questioned whether The success OF the 0cca-
sion Is up to the average. There are not
The same attractions Of outside Shows, and
not so many privileges were disposed Of.
The public mind is doubtless occupied by
The political situation TO an extent That eX-
cludCs, 10 some extent, the claims OF ocea-
siOns OF Ibis Character.
But for the novelty OF the street'clrs the
attendance would doubtless have been even
Tess; but these are uniailing objects OF Gu
Fi0sity and delight" thing OF beauty and
a!oy forever"
This morning the main exhibition build
ings were closed to enable the committees
Of Judges TO hold their sessions and decide
who were eutitled to the prizes.
The system Of entries here Is such that the
Judges cannot tell from the tickets on the
articles by whom they are entered. The
articles are numbered, and after the prizes
are bestowed, reference TO the books, which
had been previously Selred up, discloses the
corresponding name.
TIE running fOOtrace yesterday was won
bS All Englishman named +. Easter.
Tie Hancock aud English rally at Moor
mans warehouse last night brought ont q
erea. crowd, but none OF the invited orators
were present. Messrs. Thomas Whitehead
and 4. n. Williams, and General Ii. Ii.
Hurt. Of Halifax, delivered stirring
ssseches, which were received with great
Enthusiasm by TIE crowd.
A lille ekiid died in the city yeSterdy un-
do. circumstances calculated TO prove a
warning 10 parents everywhere. The mo-
sher OF tbe sbld was engaged in house
Keeping duties and entrusted the little one
20 tbe Gaze Of negro nurse. When the
nurse went 10 her dinner she took the child
syi{a her. and shared her meal with the
baby. The little ones dinner began with
cabbage and ended with cocoa-nut, which
ierminated, OF course. in a few hours IN
death from nfimmaijop Of the stomach and
congestion OF the brail. The girl was
go0d-natuTed servant, and Is believed TO
have intended the child no harm.
4 meeting of the City Council will be
bela tbis afternoon for the purpose of con-
serrln9 with representatives OF The British
DondDoldeFs Of the Atlantic, Mississippi
and Ohio Railroad Company with respect
10 the approaching advertised sale OF that
road. The public sentiment Of the COM
plnnity is uBquestiOnabiy an favor OF pre-
genttng q sale of the line even az sacrifice,
although there is some apprehension es-
pressed that the movement has been made
Da the interest 81 General Malone, and Will
result, II successful, in his restoration to
the presidency aud control OF the company.
Tomorrow win be ten weeks since rain
a any account has fallen in this neigh5or-
hood.
Most OF the stores and public offices OF
the eity are closed to-day. TELEPHONE.
AURDER OF A DgsPERADo; CLOSE OF A CA
KEEB of cRINE--ATTEMPTRD SUICIDE OF
Y0gE0 MANURE eJARTED BY RATS
THE CITY COUNCIL AND fHE SALE OF THE
ATLANTIC, MISSISSIPPI AID OHIO RAILROAD
POLITICAL ACTyfTY--A PREACHER CHANGED
WITH AN INFAMOUS OFFENCE.
correspondence Of the Richmond DispatshI
OCTOBER %, 1880.
Dne Of the most notorious aud eccentric
eyii-liyers Of the city came TO his death late
last night la drunken brawl on Jefferson
street at the hands Of a former friend OF the
same character and class. SpotswoOd Rider,
The Individual first named, began his career
as q desperate sOt. from which he de-
geloped into iuil-grown criminal. He
had been In the penitentiary several
sssses, aud was SAID TO have killed sepe-
Tal men. The hrst man whom he murdered
was Knocked In the head by Rider while the
former ives asleep; and II is a singular in
cident OF retributlon long deferred that
twenty years afterwards Rider met bis own
APath In the same way. After he received
lte fatal blow he walked 10 the police Office
and there lay down on bench. The police
fbougk he was drunk, and did not disturb
him, but soon discovered that he had died,
William Sprouts, by whom the murder
was committed, was arrested aud Jailed,
but the Mayor has not yet made an exami-
nation. II Is stated that no one was pres
ent al the reneoDtre but the two men, and
that very little is known OF the particulars,
rs both were heavily In liquor.
A young man named John Adams, son OF
John Quincy Adams, Esq, Of this city. at
tempted 10 commit suicide on the Fair
grounds yesterday by shooting himself
through the breast with revolver. He
succeeded In infiieting serious wound
upon bimseIf. Adams Is said to have been
dItnkiDg at the tine.
There Il . tremendous crowd on the
sfree;s this morning along the whole length
~ the bslsinss part OF The city. There are
sesenB poyet fest,res ia to-dsy's closing
IyOgFammc q the Fair. Among these are
ne beb, sbep md the Iadies' rIding.natcb.