The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-25
githnlond pispatth.
sn,ym.....sEpTEMBER %, 1881.


~ rus CITY ALA PRISONER
yVNss INJURIES AN EnrLoYEE-nTER.
fafAia sr,rrSTIcs or THE COMMERCE OF
EsIiN" VNusJAL RESPECT TO hi
fa,sy OF THE LATE PRESIDENT.
nNVA.ce, Of the Richmond Dsspatch.l
RNf SKrTExsgR IS. 1881.
m,raerous assault was committed this
M hy John Mason, M OF the prison
roe" ,se iaiL upon Allen Brooks, who for
csmaswe wears pas, has been en-
,SeaV's cook at the Jail. Both men
plNeu lSred. Mason wss tried in the
iT Court on the 10th OF March last
hVs'.reny. and was sentenced TO twelve
M -, Imprisonment and thirty-nine
roatnS This morning about hell. past Z
srSs he was detailed TO assist the isiler
eeo's,iny breakfast TO the prisoners.
D 10 Nfnt 10 the kitchen, inside the
Nhea he was asked by Brooks bow
isi l.s,ss he needed for each cell. lie
nisl ',s,t he didn't know, and on being
co. nv The cook fos his ignorance he
Ie2ues ,nSoleni, aud was pushed outot The
bNl" vs,on then went across The yard
ro3~,s.ted mn a brick, and when Brooks
Sns s,b,ew tue missile ut the latter. The
0at .,r,,ek Brooks on the left SIDE OF the
NNS Greaking into pieces by the force
b.,S, blow. Brooks fell to the ground
a," fncimed skull and severe ncu
W. = the brain. Physlcians say the
So i beyond doubt istsl, and death Is
sySs.fion Of very brief time.
aSs Cbsmber Of Commerce Is progress
get with it, compilation OF the StStis-
pc y the manufactures aud commerce OF
str and bones 10 somplete the work
~ lime during the month OF October.
80 80 J~al,iics thus far complete It 1 ascer.
20 that during The wear ending June so,
,ssf the receipts OF freigbts al Petersburg
an The West 10y the Norfolk sodlWestern
,,,r,,d amounted TO 30, 449,26 pounds;
,,inments eastward over this road, 54,OS5,-
"a rounds; shipments westward over
Ss~s road. 10 S6S,055 pounds; tonnage
N, Pp,er,hHr over same road from the
at 1922 657 pounds receipts OF freight
y, psi,r,hurg railroad about $4,000, coo
,,pnfs: outward freiebts from the city
Ivsr the same road shout 10000, 600
The civ is draped In mourning in honor
n the late President. All business was
,o.penfed Friday afternoon.
Rev. Thomas Spencer, rec'or of st. Johns
yni.eOpsl church, has returned.
rolonel Robert :. Field, a former mer-
N5snt Of Peter, burg, is dead; aged eighty.
1s,cco AND COTTON MISUNDERSTANDING
oy TEE TOBACCO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
POISONING OF DOGs-PUBLlC sCHOOLs-TBB
uu-,SslULT CAsE-BAPTlSHAL SERVICES
FOR CHILDREN.
CORRESPONDENCE Of the Richmond Dispatcb.l
SEPTEMBER "a, 1881.
The iniernal.revenue receipts ia The Pc
,srsbuIg district for the week ending to-
tsy amounted to $50, 900. and The exports
~ Manufactured tobacco TO 81, 152 pounds,
Tie receipts Of cotton at this port for the
week were $50 bales, and the receipts Of
tobacco 22j hogsheads.
Ataspcclal meeting OF the Tobacco Ex-
ebsrge held this morning ii was decided
maj. IN re,pect TO the memory OF the late
President Garheld. the Exchange should be
closed on Monday and draped in mourn
iBg. Business will be generally suspended
IN ibe city on that day, aud the churches
Will be opened for services Of prayer in ac-
With the recommendation OF
President Arthur.
4 good deal Of feeling has been caused ia
tie community By the recent wholesale
poisoning Of valuable dogs about the city.
In most Instances the dogs that have been
killed were wel-traiDed bunting animals
and pointers. On High street last
night within a space Of Thirty yards four
were killed, while the ours OF the
leighbOrhOod were unhsrmed. The rea-
ION for these ou,rages cannot be imagined,
Dor are the authors suspected.
The enrolment in the public schools for
he week was LIPS pupils, OF whom S55
we're whites and $40 cOIored.
Allen Brooks, the cook at the city Jail
Who was so seriously assaulted with a brick
.esterdey by John Mason, one Of the in
mates, is vet alive, but there is no hope OF
lis recovery. The physicians removed a
,iece OF the skull yesterday afternoon by
repanniDg, with the hope Of relieving the
upon the. brain, and this fact has
prolonged life.
Rev. DR.. Edwards will hold q special bap-
ismal service for children at the Market
Methodist Episcopal church to-mOr-
Ow Sunday afternoon, and 1t is expected
will administer the ordinance to a large
luwhfr ROBTN AFFAIR.