The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-02-08
IYNCHRURG.

THE SALE or THE RAILROAD; POPULAR kN-
CITEMENT: MEETINGS OF TIE Council
THE oPERA-HOUSE AND THE LEASE or TIE
ASSOCIATION SEVENTY FIVE STRIPES FOR
4 BOY-1HE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
SUBMISSIVE CHCGCHES-MOEE WEATHER.
[Corr, spoud,ncc OF the Richmond Di'patchl
FEBRUARY :. 1881.
The sensation OF the city at thi, writing
i thc forthcoming sale OF the Atlantic, Mi,-
>i>>ippi and OhiO railroad and the effect OF
the sale uron local interests. The proposed
purchase Of the stock OF The city IN thit
company i another immediate occasion
Of lively discussion and Of vide diff
fcrences OF opinion. So far q can be
Judged from test question 10 adjourn, the
Council j.. about equally divided. There Is
unanimous opposition TO the return OF
General Malone to the control OF the line,
and the opposition 10 the sale OF the city
stock (which costs The people $4,000 in
taxation annually : based on that ground.
Mr.. \. VI. Davies, president OF the Virginia
Savings Bank, has gone 10 New York to
obtain information. He is opposed 10 the
transfer OF the stock of the city. Major
Daniel has been IN New York, and sander
stood to be acting in the matter. An al.
iOurned session Of the Council j. TO be held
tbi, afternoon. when some decision Will
probably be arrived att i impossible 10
say WhGt.
The call for a meeting at Richmond OF
the Board OF Directors OF the company,
signed by William Malone, president, has
excited remark here. Saturday the street,
were filled with all sorts OF rumOrS and re-.
ports. Transactions in stock are reported
t. have taken place. the shares selling a
SO. The city is offered $50 for her lilo
shares. Hon. Thomas :. Bocock Is in the
city to-day. He had not received his noti-
cltion as a director Of the company, though
he j. a member OF the Il ard.
The lease OF the Opcra.lIou-c by the
Lynchburg Opera.liou,c Association. winch
expired saturday, was not paying invest
mcnt 10 the members q that organization.
The house was dcdicitcd two years ago,
but has never paid. The loss sustained by
each stakeholder, however, Is about re-
imbur,ed to him by the free admission 10
the entertainments prOyldedfor by the con-
ditiouS of the lease.
\ boy named Charles harris, thirteen
years Old, was found guilty OF hou>c-break-
ing. in The Corporation Court, SATURDAY.
ana sentenced 10 receive seventy i've >tripc>.
He WIS defended by Captain Ihoma, White
bead ana MI. KObclt anctYs
The Lyucbburg Benevolent Association
has done noble work during the winter IN
the hands of it, energetic 0tlicialS-MrS.
Judge d. T.. Spence PRECEDENT, and Mrs. j.
II. jenkins secretary. lis work has been
done in the quietc>t manner, and has en-
braced the relief Of many PERSONS OF a de-
serving character not known to BE- IN need
of relief except to the officers OF the organ
izatiOr. During Dccembcr and January The
amount received was S3OS, OF which bal
aucc Of SOL i, still on hand. There could
be no better proof than these low figures OF
the general Wcll.being Of the city, which
reduce, to such Insignificant numbers the
families and individual, dependent on be-
neyOlcncc for support.
Mrs. Robert Gl>h, daughter Of Judge
Spence, i, reported 10 be- quite sick from
rheumatism. Captain Phil. WithcrS, though
conyaesccnt. j. sill confined. He has been
in his room and IN bed for several months.
The collections Of internal revenue for
this (t1c second district for the past week
amounted 10 Sil SIS 0G. For The month Of
January they reached the sum OF Sl2,,-
S25.43.
Two clergymen of the city were forced
to abbreyiate their sermons somewhat yes
lerday In consequence of severe colds. III
one case the N, ct Of the affection was the
almost total temporary loss Of the speaker
voice.
A prominent young tobaccOnist OF Liber-
" lead, To the matrimonial altar tomorrow
morning one OF the fair daughters OF that
mountainous town.
Last night the pastors OF the Presbyte-
rian churches, Rev. DR.. Hall and Rev. Mr..
Rawlings, exchanged pulpits. At several
OF the churches the holy communion was
administered.
The weather has changed again and got
ten cold and cloudy. There are signs OF
snow. TELEPHONE.