The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-03-30
PETERSBURG.

or,t,rIpD As MISUNDERSTANDING MATCH
posrroNrp-FINE RESIDENCE BURNED-THE
rRuIT CRoP-MoRTUAR REC0BD FOR THE
voxTu-uJNRss OF An OLD CITIZEN
WORK ON THE MISREPRESENTATION OF
PASTOR, &C.
| fcorrcsropdencc of the Richmond DiSpa'ch.l
MARCH 80, 1881.
Tn the Hastings Court to-day Captain
T,.vis r.. Epcs, treasurer OF Nottoway
connty. qualified as inspector OF tobacco at
Centre warehouse in nIace OF Mr.. SIDNEY
N. Green. resigned. The required bond OF
sIO. 600 was furnished, and Mr.. Epes VIII
enter upon his duties on the lst OF April.
The pgeon-shootipg match which had
! been arranged to take place to-moirow al
the FAIRGROUNDS between gentlemen OF
Richmond and Petersburg-three on
side-has for satisfactory reasons Deen post
poned until some fu ure day.
Information was received here last night
NJ the destruction by fire on sunday OF the
fine residence of Mi. john K. Edmonds, IN
| Dinwiddie county, near the BRUNSWICK
line, The fire occurred during the day ana
was accidental, the bigh wind prevailing
battling all efforts to subdue the flames.
Nearly all OF the furniture was also burned.
There was no insurance on the property.
Some twenty or more men OF this city,
all OF them whites except three, left yesler-
day afternoon for Huntington, W. Va,
where they have coutracle for work. Many
OF the colortd people Of both sexes have
during the past year sought employment at
the North and other places distant from
home.
The peach-trecs in this section show no
signs Of blooming, aud II Is believed that
tue buds were Killed during the severe cold
spell Of last winter. Other fruits are APP
parently unhurt.
The total number of deaths reported by
| the health officer as having occurred IN the
CITY for the month ending the 10Th instant
was G6. OF those who died, 81 were males
and 80 iemalcs; 30 were whites and 40 col
ored 10 deaths occurred under one year
of age, and 10 between the ages OF one and
| FIVE years. The rate OF mortality Of the
whole population Was 5000 per 1000 rer
annum; Of the white population. A.0O;
and OF the cOoYcd 46. 90 per 1000 Ler an
nun. 1t is thus seen that while the white
population il 10000 and the cOlOred $1,000,
the rate of mortality among the latter j.
nearly double That OF the former.
Major n. M. Tannor, one OF our oldest
merchants, has been again paraly zed, and it
is thought can 1--we but short while. He
has been in mel camille life here. As partner
in different firms, for many years, and l.
we'll known in Southside Virginia and
North Carolina.
The work Of removing the shoals and
bars in the Appomattox river by Mr. George
II, Ferris, the contractor, VIII begin this
week. There are about $4,000 cubic yards
OF sand to be removed, and the work is
done under last years appropriation by
Congress.
Rev. Alfred Jones, who for the past four
years has faithfully served as pastor Of the
Old.Stroet Presbyterian church, has resign
ed that position, and his resignation has
been reluctantly accepted by the session OF
the Tabb-Street church, by which the mis-
sion is supported.
The treasurer OF the Fish and Game AS
socation Is paying out money nearly every
day for the icslps OF foxes and heads OF
hawks, under authority OF the Association.
ROBIN ADAIR.