The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-13
prTER.sBURG

.rsr op TEACHERS FOR THE vNlvERs
ps. xoRvAI, ScHooL--BLECrIoN OF rRfN-
.,s-Y1,e nor wsATHER-PRAyHRs FOR
.,suop ATYlxSoN--pSATn OF AN OLD FIRE
MISSIONARY CoNTRBUrIoNs-coN
avssS,ox.t. WATERSHEDS WATER SUPPLY,
,,.srs.nouaeoee Of the Richmond Dispatch.l
July IL, 1880.
s,,,e 6fiecp or more Of The teachers I'm the
.r,Rc schools Of this ciiy--ladies and gen.
5emsn-left on the early train this morniny
,or charlottesville 10 attend tho sessions of
,be r,niyers,ty Normal SCHOOL, which begins
an wednesday. They expect 10 attend The
scsool as long as II continues, which will
no about six weeks.
Al the meeting OF the City School Board
held saturday evening Mr.. Duncan NJ.
Brown was elected principal Of the Ander.
SON puSlic school and Mr.. T.. N. Hinton
nrincipSl Of the Peabody (colortd) school.
These are the two largest OF our public
>choolS-haylng accommodations each for
eight or nine hundred pupils. and with the
exception Of TIE High school they are the
highest grades in the city. Both appointecs
are Young gentlemen, but well suited for
their positions.
The weather has been intensely hot for
The pas; three OF four dsys, but as yet no
eases OF SuostToke or pIos,ralion have been
reported. On Saturday the thermometer
showed 1909. Sunday afternoon a fne rain
cooled the atmosphere fully ten degrees
hut to-day the heat seems 10 have recovered
It's intensity.
At Grace church Yesterday prayers were
offered for Right Rev. Thomas Atkinson,
II. D., bishop OF the diocese OF North
Carolina, who has been lying dangerously
i'll In Baltimore for several DAYS. The
Bishop Is well known here, having often
visited and preached in the Episcopal
churches Of Petersburg. His sister is the
wife OF Rev. Dr.. Gibson.
One OF the fines, horses OF the Fire De.
pariment died Saturday night Of pneumo-
MIA. He had reached the great age OF
twenty-seyen yeaIs, and had been in the ac-
tive service OF the department for ten yesrs.
He was the last Of the four horses purchased
with the stesm-engines in Philadelphia IN
1870. He had been so long in the depart
mCnt a. TO learn 10 respond as promptly 10
the alarm rs the iTemen themselves, aud in-
telligent evidences were given OF this fact
when. too feeble to lift himself from the
floor, he would make efforts 10 rise when
the gougs were sounded.
The Missionary Society Of the Washing
tOn-Street Methodist Episcopal church sun
day school contributed 5000. for the
month ending sunday, for missionary pun
poses. A banner is awarded each month 10
the class contributing the largest amount,
and il has been held for months past by the
class Of Mrs. Rev. Z. ii. Hall.
IL seems TO he the impression That lie
nominee Of the Readius ers' party for Con-
gress in This district will b. a Republican
ReaGjusier, but one who will be committed
to the support OF the independent electoral
ticket and Hancock and English. The man
for the nomination, however, has not yer
been centred upon.
The wateJ-scare seems to be over, since
II j. asctrtained that full supply in case OF
actual necessity can be obtsiI ed from the
river through The Upper AppomatloX canal,
with which the mains were connected
several years ago. Mr.. William Z. Hinton,
Jr., the agent Of the Upper AppomattoX
Company, has generously rendered tue city,
free Of charge, the use OF the water liz the
canal. ROBIN ADAIR.