The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-06-09
CHARLOTTESVILLE.

s-NpiY HOLIDAY, COURT.DAY. AND
4BD CUTTING AFFEAY-DEATd OF A STU-
pEyr-LABOEERS FOR IOwA-TBE READ.
lister IICKET-PERSONAL.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.l
JUNE 6. 1881.
4 general conference OF the Sunday
school workers was held in tue Pres byterian
church at O'Clock on Sunday evening.
Rev. T. 4. Ware. OF the Methodist church,
PRESIDED, and George Perkins, Esq, was
secretary.
After devotional exercises. on motion Of
FM. Willis, Esq, Colonel I. l.. Preston
and Dr. j. L. Chancellor were suggested as
proper persons TO represent Virginia Sun
tav schools in the International Sunday
School Convention, which meets in To-
lon'o, Canada, June 22d.
Colonel Preston offered resolution,
which was adopted, to the effect that COM
Diilee Of five from each evangelical church
in Charlottesville be appointed to consider
the expedieDcy OF forming union OF Sun
dsy schools in Albemarle county.
A LIVELY WHIT MONDAY.
To-day was court day, and being also
Nhl-MOnday, We were honored with a
much larger delegation from the country
than usual. The town was literally swarm.
M with people. Bad whiskey seemed TO
bsve Possession Of large number OF them,
and some quite turbulent scenes were wit
messed during the day. Two white men
Lewis Bibb and Elisha Melton-gOt into a
difficulty. Bibb knocked Melton down two
o. three times, when the latter drew knife
POD stabbed Bib several times-once in the
l-igh, and another time the knife entered
lI,' below the back left shoulder, making a
circular cash extending around on his left
tleaSt TO the breast.bone, and, it is said,
~veTing every muscle IN the mans breast.
Tie wounds are not thought to be danger
o., though bis escape from death Is re-
Hlrkabe. Melton was arrested and lodged
10 iil to await bis examination tomorrow.
COLORED EXODUS.
4 large number OF colored men, and
some women, took the train here to-day for
Iowa. where they are to be employed in
coaimning. These labor agents are rapid
b depicting the force upon which agricu-
iUre mainly depends in this section, as the
best Of the colored men generally 20, leav-
ing the worthless but disturbing element
behind.
THE READJCsTER STATE TICKET.
The R,adjuster State ticket Just an
bounced is regarded here as having no
strength at all outside OF their personal
following. Certainly there il no enthusl'
s'm over il amongst the Republicans here,
sd the Rtsdjusters, OF MahOnetes, are so
W0iuily in the minority that they cannot
hope 10 succeed without them-and 'hey
esDn0t succeed with them.
Auditor Massey was on our streets To-
dly.
VOLUNTEER REGIMENT.
Az Effort is being made, which IS likely
70 prove successful, to organize regiment
OF The companies in this and adjacent sec
uoDs for attendance upon the Yorktown
csebTllOu. IL is expected that Danyille,
LyOcbburg, Fredericksburg, Farmylle,
Ollpeper, and other towns will join the
enterprise; aud there is 10 be a conference
military commanders here in few days
10 consider this OBJECT.
VIOLENT STORM.
Our drought was broken last Tuesday by
an unexpected aud quite violent storm OF
"lhd, rain, and bail, since which time IL ha:
ialned every day, and some days contlnu'
ously all day. The ground is thoroughly
wei, and we are getting right anxious TO see
.oe sun again. In some sections bail bias
isiien IN large quantities, proving guile de-
"fuciiYe 10 the wheat and oat crops.