The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-04-13
sitl,mond 1ispatth.
To- 1851
CHARLOTTESVILLE

CHARLOTTESVILLE
usyrISas-sNAsH ur--THE LAIR
foLiIl., AT THE vNIvERsiry-DEATps--
soFhss,, -rrosT--FIRE IL 1HE MOUNTAINS.
bH ...oseuce OF the Richmond DispAtch,i
lo@r'''' ArRu. IL, 1880.
psnu, l,csns held primaries at the
TIE me- and al Zion Hall on Friday Night
tou l,a, delegates TO the County Convention,
Ne 'S wa. to be held on saturday to nomi-
VIVA elecatcs 10 the Staunton convention.
n oa.-s were opposing fartions--enc consist
lHVt the Debl-Payers and the otner OF tue
l9 S,us,crs--or at least composed OF men
srsreused one or the other cause In The
Noo .,s,tion. The Resdinsters got posses
ss :, tic meeting, however, and bitter
son% .eung up which resulted In severe re-
Nc ',i,,ion. and several fights, In which
f''Sa,,man was actively engaged. The
hs "r finally settled down and elected
pes.'SS e,ecaics, As follows; A. VI. Lawson,
tee s.rS Terry, and q. W. Fisher. The meet.
ks''' yion Hall selected l.. w. Early, John
ioe , - and Foster. The County Con-
pE ..,,, mel on Saturday. and the election Of
WIS was a complete victory for the
o.. 49, psvcrs. the delegates being T.. Early,
parker. and G. W. Fisher.
,tout l o'clock on saturday morning a.
=, No. < was coming into Charlottesville
!. ,,n of az the junction, making COM
~ wreck OF about taIf the train, and
Ting ND the road for ten hours or more.
y ms That the switch had been left open
=, ,be operator at this point. who is also
scbmsn. The engine ran into the ditch,
ZINC fhc tender upside down. where
ION the car Immediately mounted over the
,,,6sr and beaded up on bank fifteen or
,reoIy feet above The track. On the top OF
,his car brakeman rode until IL stopped,
men ne escaped with mashed hand.
.,sl.car empiled IFS load on the side OF the
,r,ck very conveniently, and several other
.,rs were completely demolished. The en-
ice was gotten back on the track without
sn.,sining material injury. The cause OF
tho accident lies with the operator who left
the switch open.
wrote you last week an account OF the
,tempied robbery OF student at the Uni
versify named Towle. The affair created
ouite a sensation at collage aud in town.
the students, in tie excess OF their hberali-
~ contributed funds TO employ detective.
Mr.. John Wren was sent up during the
reek. and be went 10 work actively TO dis
cover the guilty party. You Will please re-
member that tins correspondent gave bi>
statement as riimOr. There was such an air
al oanard about II that he did not take the
responsibility OF stating II a. fact, although
r,snv good people believed The young man
told the whole truth. Mr.. Wren, however,
worked up the affair. and without great
deal Of trouble succeeded in placing the re-
sn,nslbllity OF the matter upon young
T, vie himself. who for his own reasons
had adopted this device 10 escape. or at
least 10 palliate, the consequences OF some
@, bis crooked actions. Ii stems that the
young man had been A" living" too fast.
lie had OverTun his allowance, and the
f,msnds upon him were greater than
be could supply. lie ran in deht. Several
merchants in Charlottesville are sufferers
ly him. His room mate was robbed OF
money, all Of which seems 10 have gore in
The same way and been attributed to the
same bnllet.prOof burglar VINO invaded his
room on ibc night Of The SIN instant. But
there were circumstances which let per, OnS
70 doubt the young mans statement, and
the whole Affair was clothed in so much
mystery that II became q community inter-
al 10 SIT The matter TO the bottom. As
stated above. Mr.. Wren worked up the case
and succeeded in making tue young man
confess that the whole thing was sham 10
cover VI his little populations. When The
matter became known at the University an
Indignation meeting was Immediately held,
in which all the facts were rehearsed. and
Mr. Towle was given 10 understand that
hs presence in college was no longer de-
sirahle; in fact, that it would not be con-
duciye 10 his welfare TO remain longer than
the arrival OF the next train. Mr.. ToWle
LEFT on SATURDAY, night. Justice to all others
perhaps requires that 1t shall not go unex-
posed.
Mr.. John r. Bib, an old citizen OF this
town, died suddenly yesterday. He had
been complaining for several days OF whit
he supposed TO be rheumatism, and at 10
o'clock on Sunday the physician was with
bin, but could detect nothing that seemed
Unusual, snd be complained OF no pam
whatever. At half-paSt O'Clock be was
dead. He leaves a large family.
Miss Mary Jane Davis, daughter oil Rev.
Richard T. Davis, died AZ the residence OF
Captain Eugene DAVIS yesterday.
The ordinance Of baptism was admins
tered to two candidates at the Baptist
church last night.
We have had frosts every morning for the
past week. and there il little doubt that the
early fruit in exposed places is killed.
There Is snow on the mountains north
Of Us.
The forests in the Blue Ridge on our west
sde are a6re. and Is plainly dIstinguisbable
al night. Fires were also raging last week
10 the Fiat WOODS, 10 the neigbborhood OF
B. NJ. church, and were with difficulty sup
pressed, in consequence Of the high and
dry winds. QUIP.