The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-17
Yitl,n,ond 1ispatth,
n,-rspAY.. FEBRUARY II, 1880.
PETERSBURG.

..,,r,v of rms NEW GILfIEtD CHURCH
1nrRAL coLLEcTIoN-TUE CoLosED
scurs OF TnE CITY NARROW ESCAPE
w, -wo CrTIzsSs--coRDiM WELCOME TO
,sroR--BRIDGE COUNTS
80 ~ ptxwippIE; 40 BUSINESS TRANS
I'LL ,xp THE COURT OF APfEALS TO DE-
ems tbs JUDGkshif'
.,',-...,endence Of the Richmond D'spatehJ
io0'''' FEBRUARY 10, 1880.
90, nev Gilield (colorcd) Baptist
a 10 ~ which gave description IN my
eou' '.,,sr was dedicated yesterday. There
Ss' ,hree seryices-morning, afternoon,
We. ,,n,--and on each occasion the edhce
anu dSs.scly crowded, @nd hundreds were
wa J 10 90, inside the doors. The three
ueS ae addresses OF the day, one at each SER
mSI" ,xere delivered by Rev. William
n'cc - Richmond; Rev. L. Is. Cor
WY - Portsmouth, and Rev. Richard
weww' ~ Richmond. Rev. DR.. Eaton, OF
Ws",, ,r and Rev. william NJ. Robinson, Of
lu's ..o';';elA ex.past0r OF the church, also
- A good many 81 our white people
si'd.J The Different services. The c0llec-
80 teken M during the day towards the
''st,.ent Of the debt amounted TO nearly
se6e This is the fourth church editice
Srec,ed bv the Gifted congregation on tins
-, The first one was completed IN 1878,
-, the membership was less than fifty,
ond The house was about thirty feet square.
within the past few years The congrega-
,,on q the First lcolOred) BAPTIST church
have erected an imposing brick edihce WIN
a talI spre: and the Oak-Street a. NJ. h..
Zion congregation have nearly completed a
enc brick church. which will be dedicated
- tho snrinp. In SIC and finish the
churcl.es Of the coloTed people in this city
are but lille inferior 10 those OF the whites.
Rev. W. A. Pearson, the new pastor OF
the Ryrne- street Baptist church, received a
very cordial welcome at the hands OF his
congregation YESTERDAY. Tomorrow night,
I, * understood, he is to receive a still more
substantial welcome at his house in the way
~ a presentaiion party, IN which the Bap-
,s,s generally oi the city will take part.
and the probability is that the family larder
viii be very Literally pr0vsioned.
Two citizens James Daniel and John
Bowers-whie rowing in small boat
across the river just above the dam yoster-
dgy afternoon, cot caught in the swift cur
rent and were carried over the dam. The
descent was some ten or twelve feet. Both
were thrown out. but were fortunately res
cued without having received any injury.
Al The First Baptist church last night the
pastor administered the ordinance Of bap-
fism TO two lady candidates.
The temporary ue-tle bridge over the
Neberrin river at UickSlord, erected in
place Of the large structure burned a week
AGO. viii be competed in time for the regu-
lar resumption OF Tue schedule tomorrow
morning. As the new bridge is some two
hundred feet in length, II Will be seen that
the company has exercised the most COM
menGable activity in building it.
4 large number OF people assembled at
Dpwiddc court to-day-atiracied thither
by the interest iClt il the matter OF the
county iudgeship. Everything, however,
passed on quietly and decorouSIy. and with
out excitement. Judge Il. II. Jones, Jr.,
opened his court. and then announced that
ina>mucb Is DOUBT existed a. to who is the
legal Judge OF the county, and u case is
now before he Court OF Appeals which
would satisfactorily decide this important
question he would adjourn his court for the
term. The court was thercupOn adjourned
without The transaction OF any business.
T.. {. Shell, Esq, Tie ncwly-appointed
and qualified judge. then took the beach,
opened court and for The same reason that
Influenced Judge Jones adjourned his court
for the term without transacting any BUSH
ness. This course was agreed 10 between
the two gentlemen. ROBIN ADAIR.