The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-05-28
PETERSBURG

orAp IN THs ROAD; SUDDEN AND SAD
f0oN,-a OF A KNIGHT TEMrLAR-REsULT OF
ph s cot,xry EIsCTIoNS-rETERsBuRG MAN
it1 -r,,prs AT TIE STATE fAiR--rRRsoNAL--
tlA' ,,,rroR srRyEY-REyIsgD TESTAMENT
,or ygT RECEIVED
W. r.,,ou,.uce Of the Richmond Dispatch.l
lO"'' MAY 81, 1881.
1obn =. Williams. most estimable
VI, ,vIxr citizen. met with sad death
spa ~, while on tue road 10 bis home, in
~ ,ts,o county about two miles from
hh" tto went over 10 Richmond yester-
tow. ,.e excursion train which carried so
DAY on onr people 10 your city TO witness
mAns - Templsr display, and returned
th' ns'Sh nre about s O'Clock in good
to ~ anJ appareu;ly IN usual health.
spii az j stated that he hsd
lhOus" Enchanting OF feeling unwell
been ', ,Se dsv in Richmond. Soon
dnf."S s,r,vs, here he started TO his home,
sii,l n' s, ~ on hor.ehacS, and that was
~ ''' -, - 80 ~ him alive. About midnight
iee 49, Johnsou, brotherin-law OF
NJ WYIti,p>. while going home from this
NJ '.w me body of man lying in the
S'.i and suppoSing u to be that OF some
wv, tramp passed on without eXamin.
lus \, came 20 horse grazing near the
sS..Sode. which he recognized as one that
10 WlliamS was IN the habit Of riding,
N,:.b fact aroused fears in his mind that
',..rer>on lying in the road might be Mir.
,,, ~ He hurried back to the spot to
va HI. fears only too sadly realized. and
A. ~" WiuismS dead. Obtaining assistance
- .,on a, possible, the body was removed
,hs residence OF neighbor near by.
:. g.. believed that death had occurred an
~ ar tNo before the body WAS found, and
-, il Wa, the result OF neart-disease. TO
-1,,b The deceased had for some time been
-, no external signs Of violence or ac-
-, being discovered. Ii Is supposed
80, Inc fa;sl attack came suddenly upon
-, and that he fell dead from his horse.
a. Willsms Was about thirty-eight years
e - VAS 4 useful and beloved citizen,
"a prominent aud active Mason and
roicht Tc,nplar. He held the position OF
,'s-9tsry II Blandiord Lodge, No. s, and
= The R0yai A'ch Chapter Of MaSons, and
"a. = member 81 AppomattoX Command
,.r No. o. II Knights TempIar. IL was as
= KNIGHT Templar that he visited Richmond
Te.terdsy 70 meet and mingle with his fra
;crs from the North and his friends in the
Richmond Communicates. His sad death
ev.,fes much sympathy. Before starting
n Richmond Yesterday morning Mr.. vii.
lam, took 0ut an accident policy for s., 900
f,r one day 10 the Travellers Company, OF
Hartford. which expired at O'Clock this
naming. 4 medical examination Of the
l.,9g Will be made his afternoon 10 ascer-
tam heSQnl doubt whether accident had
,oyibinc 10 DO with the death.
The elections in the counties and Peters
Avrs rs,sed of quietly. Mr.. \. NJ. organ
was re .ecled clerk in Dinwiddie. and Mr..
T /. Turner clerk in Greeuyile counties,
without opposition. In Sussex county Mr..
Walter J. Jarratt is believed to have been
elected clerk over McCbesncy, Republican.
and J. N. Dcbie. Democrat. In Prince
George the contest for clerk was very ami
mated, resulting in the election of Charles
Conner over John Lane, Republic
sock Of ;he Petersburg SAVINGS and lnsu-
lance Company, which is quoted in the
Hspqct st 70 bid, sold yesterday in this
ciiy for 800 - for quite large batch.
lis hoped and believed that the various
industries in Petersburg will be well rep
resented in their manufactures al the State
Far next fall. Ii Will be an excellent OPP
pofiunity 20 display them, when so many
thousands OF people from all sections OF the
country. attracted TO our State by the York
town Centennial celebration, will be in at
tendance 1t the Fair. The cotton factories,
tobacco factories. iron foundries, butter
di.h factories, -four mills, and other Impor-
Bni industries can make very creditable
display OF their manufactures. and, with
proper persons to represent them, might be
stle to do much good for the city. Oar
QQ4rries. which yield some OF the finest
grinile in the country, and which lack de-
yelopmeRt for want OF capital, and the
mines Of this section, should also have speci-
mens OF their products displayed. II is be-
leyed tina; this will be done.
senator Malone is expected home this
aiternoon-his fr>t visit to Petersburg
since The beginning OF the special session
o. the SeUate.
The survey made with view TO the en-
laTgemeu, Of our hsrb0r has been com.
pleleC, and the report Of the engineer Is
being prepared for submission to the
Council.
So far our people have DOT been afforded
The opportunity 10 read The revised New
Testament. Our bookstores have failed TO
receive the copies shipped to them.
Rev DR.. Gibson, OF this city, and Rev.
Or. Weddell. of Richmond, will exchange
pulplt> on Sunday. ROBIN ADAIR.