The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-07-16

,fa,ai 10 children. Captain n. =. BERKELEY
cashjer Of the Augusta National Bank, los
: I,ftle Girl wear old. Mr. John >. Lips
ca,ab has lost little child OF the sane age
sud Mr.. Joseph Asst another child egec
about six months.
"A meeting OF the stockholders OF The Val.
| lev railroad is called for the 18th Of August
m this Mace TO get authority for the addi'
| tIonal mortgage Of 100000 which has been
Iasked for. making the whole amount
Al .0O0. 900, The work, however, VIII. u Il
understood, be recommended before that time.
Captain II. X. Rice, popular passenger
conductor on the Chesapeake aBd oDio
railroad, has purchased the farm OF Mr.
Hugh stewart, near this city. There are
about one hundred acres, for which captain
Rice paid s2,5O0. The residence had been
DESTROYED by fire few months ago, out tne
new owner will commence 70. Duild AZ once
The county Board OF Supervisors has ap,
pointed Mr.. William A. Burnett, clerk o.
the county court, commissioner OF puohc
buildings and grounds. John Paris, ESD,
late member OF the Board, held TINS position
for the last eleven years.
The City Council, at its last meeting
adopted a resolution renting the Opera,
House to Messrs. Robert HUI, Jr,, iate VI
Richmond, and w. L. Oliver, an old refers
burg citizen, for $500 year, with the prlVi'
lege OF two years.
The following officers were also reeiecteo
for the ensuing year: superintendent ~
Water. Works, +. w, Hartman; Assistant
SUPERINTENDENT. j. II. Loving; CHIEF oil
Police. 7. II. Waters; City Physician, Dr.
IN n Fdltz: Oyerseer OF the Poor, John
lR. Kurtz. Board of Health: DR.. J. M
Hanger. Ward No. 9, and DR.. A. NJ. Faunt'
leroy, Ward No. 1.
The following are the newly-elecied ON
ceos OF Lee Lodge OF Masons at Waynes'
boro': II. II. Shackelford, w. NJ; L. -
FRY. S, W.: r. q. Wright, j. W.; ). w
Jones. Secretary; G. w. Dudley, S. d.; +.
Moore. J. D.; W.D. Wood, Treasurer, ano
John Huff, S.
The commissioned officers OF the second
virginia regiment meet in Harrisonburg to-
day TO determine the style OF UNIFORM,
leo1ipments, &c. There are twenty-elghl
officers, and duriDg the meeting they VIII
lbe the guests OF the Harrisonburg GUARDS
The new Presbyterian church at WI
Iliamson's is almost completed. IL VIII COS,
abou: 81 200, and an organization VIII
shortly be effected there with about twenty
members. There is good sunday scn Isy
of 6fiv or sixty scholars, and Rev. IL W.
lMcCorkle is supplying the pulpit.
six million pounds OF coal are dumped
by the Chesapeake and Ohio cars at tnt
coal-bins at WiIliamson's per month, anG
Ifour huadred passenger cars are arranged
and made up into trains every day at thal
point. The population Of the place Is about
$50, all of the available buildings belng
occupied, and as many more teneme1I ~
would be taken at once II they cou'u VI
had. C,.,,-
There was meeting at Goshen on Satur,
dav OF some OF the stockholders ana the
SUPERINTENDENT OF the new English com
pany who are about erecting the furnaces Sc',
near the Rockbridse Alum Springs to con-
Ter with the parties through whose property
the branch road will run from Goshen to
the furnaces. The contractor has com,
menced working in the middle OF the road
of eight miles, and will wolE towards ooIn
ends. and will not in the entire line en-
counter anything heavier than twenty'foo'
ont PENN.