The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13
PETERSBURG. .

cksE, SENTENCES OF
RS p.e-pyArH or v WIDOW OF A
fsf Cc. a,SroRIAN-DEATn or TWO AGED
vfdlS'A sSTr1gE FROM 1He NoRTn-PAIN-
- ACCIDENT. n
fCrrTp SEPTEMBER ~, 1891.
u,vor's Court this morning the
lnl 49, II. Saal, charged with assault
ceeoe ISvi With = cowhide on "Wednesday
sf }. LSS was called for trial. The ac-
q bst rcnreSenled by Messrs. Collier &
sssed oannsel, and the complainant by
$500 S,on and Bernard. Both parties
yr'SGs, ,.merts in court, aud ia addition
psae stSseS were examined. Ia brief.
p'H' W. so,d that he conceived that his
" So chersc,er bad beer outraged by
booos ne, ned reached his ear, that Mr..
NpoIs ,n,fmsicd inst be was the suthor
IfU aao 5slop. letter said TO have been
Of waning some months ago push
kpsoA Ar The door OF Mr. Lewis store, ard
60 "s,,er n satisfaction ne purchased a
81 ss5e and assailed MT. Lew, striking
@Nu"Nnary blows. Mr.. Levt stated that be
i~ ssd no intercourse Win Mr.. SAL Tor
bao s,r ,6,, he had found an obscene let
ro',.i b, door, and had shown II 10
ta ~ n'r,ies. and bad expressed TO one
S'eS, a ,bem that the letter correspond.
o. wVa' 40 writing Of some other letters he
e. WIZ from Mr.. Sasl, and thst he be.
DaV 49, ~, II was written by Mr.. Sasl. He
htleU sDre,ec never directly made the
b'u, authorship against Ssal, aud
c1sAs .boWu the letter to any one
"" months past. Mr.. Saal stated that
i' 49,, he heard Of the letter wss a week
las S,,urdsy: that he consulted coun-
20 ADVISED him the case was 40 &C.
~, he one. bot that as Mr.. Levi was
IN but little property, 1t was probable
- d,msges given might not Justify tue
m -, II was then that he made the pur-
49, 49, n The cowbide, and subsequently, APP
vr3n. He positively denied having struck
rom behind. The court rendered a
iS~t,mept against Mr.. Saai OF SIS fine and
80. one honr's Imprisonment in Jail, and
nd Of $3.50 10 keep the peace.
mo rmsins OF Mrs. Annie Campbell,
.s1,v Of the tate Charles Campbell, the
,.,,rian Of Virginia. who died Of con-
.-rn'ion 10 Fredericksburg on Sunday
ming. were brought here this afternoon
"a Inferred iu Blandiord cemetery by the
I,sg ~ her late husband. The deceased
b,8 lived for many years in Petersburg,
, nd bad many warm friends here, who met
fs body al the depot and accompanied it TO
tbe rrsye.
Nh. Zeliene Johnston, Ielict OF the late
Arthur Johnston, and mother OF Msior J.
Arthur Johnston. u city sergeant, died
seprday evening at the advanced age OF
drhiv.threp wears. She WAS born in Phila-
5tphia Of French parents, who were reiu-
ge, from Slu Domingo. A few months ago
De zen aud fractured one OF her thighs,
Which sccident FASTENED her death.
Ms. Mary Pdrrach, mother OF SIR. T. C..
Psrracb, Of this city, died at her home, in
Buckingham county, several days ago;
sgtd eigbty.siX years.
A number Of settlers from the North,
nbo have recently purchased lands in this
inmediate vicinity, arrived here to-day.
They CANT by road, bringing their teams
sd household effects with them, already to
nke possession Of their farms and 60 TO
work.
We had another fine rain last night, eX-
ietdIng throughout this section.
Lazarus Jones (colored) fell from one OF
.he windows Of a warehouse on the wharf,
where be was at work this morning, and
sustained very severe injuries.
ROBIN ADAIR.