The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-12-04
Virginia News.

Il. \. Coghill, Esq, has recovered from
the sudden Illness heretofore noticed, and
left Alexandria yesterday for his home in
Amherst.
Many Of the wells in the neighborhood
Of LynchbuTg which dried up during the
drought are said TO have become foul since,
so that the water cannot be used even by
animals.
A servant-girl was almost suilocated with
gas in Norfolk OH Friday night. The gen.
tleman Of the house heard a body fall in
the upper story in the night, and on inyes-
tigation found the girl lying senscless.
Major Il. W. Hoxsey. who has been quite
i'll at the residence OF ID. Sheffey Lewis,
Esq, in IIarrisOnburg, is much improved.
and is now able to sit up and walk about
his chamber.
The residence of Mr.. Gus. Belcher, IN
Chesterfield county, on the Woodpcckcr
road, about fourteen miles from Peters
burg, was destroyed by fire on Friday.
Mr.. Bclcher was absent at the time. The
dwelling was burned 10 the ground, entail
ing a loss OF about $1,000 or $1,000, there
being no insurance on the property.
On application. Judge Mclaughlin this
week appointed q receiver for the Staunton
Iron-WOrks. Mr.. Hugh f. Lyle, the well
known plow-manuiacturer, was appointed
receiver, but has not rs yet decided to ac-
cept.- ViadicdtOr.
As Thornton Massie, son OF Mr.. Patrick
c. Massie, was trying to draw the charge
from loaded gun, the gun slipped and the
hammer caught on plank. The charge
went off, tearing his left hand 50 badly that
it had to be amputated at the wrist and
taking large portion Of the flesh from the
right hand.
Mr.. Isaac ID. Martin, living on Little
COwpaStme river, in this county, was
found dead in the mountains near his home
on Friday night, November 18th. During
that day he seemed TO be as well as usual.
DR.. Bashaw made an examination Of the
body, and said he died from a disease OF
the heart.-LeringtOn Gazette.
The Norfolk Tirginidn of Saturday says;
The steamer Excelsior, reported aground
on Hampton bar i'm our yesterdays issue,
was gotten off yesterday morning by the
tug Oliver Baker and brought back to the
city. She leaves this evening for Washing
ton. She sustained no injuries.
ARRESTED FOR THEFT.-A young white
man. about eighteen years of age, living
near GIenwood, in ROckbridge county, was
lodged in Jail here yesterday, charged with
breaking into the Office OF the Richmond
and Allegheny railroad, at GilmOre's Mill,
a station about two miles from the Natural
Bridge, and abstracting thercfrom lot OF
tickets. 1t seems that some weeks ago a
number OF tickets and about S4j i'm mo-
ney were missing at the point above men,
toned. and about a week since ticket
book, containing about fifty unused
tickets. was stolen. These thefts were re-
ported by the agent to the officers OF the
railroad at Richmond. who started Detec-
tives Wren and Wilkinson out to catch
the thief; and the detectives were in this
city en- route TO GilmOre's Mill yesterday.
Conductor Dalton, however, spotted the
Young man Robertson on the train which
reached here at 1885 in the afternoon, and
turned him over to the detectives. He
confessed to the theft, and gave up forty
eight unused tickets. Robertson is good
looking, and, to all appearances, an inteli-
gent and respectable young man.-Lynch-
burg NerS.