The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-05-22
gitl'mond 1ispatth.
suNDAY......."..-....MAY %. 1881.
PETERSBURG.

| ,,>vrL kCClnENTS; NARROW ESCAPE OF TWO
soYs--EEvGNrE RECEIPTS AND TOBACCO TX.
poRrS-&N INTERESTING RkMINIsCENCE-
rosNATlON OF LITERARY SoCiETY-s SMALL.
rrrlT SHtpNGNTS-vIStr or MILITARY TO
rIcgM0ND--COrToN AND TOBACCO.
correspondence ofthe Richmond Dispa,ch.l
MAY 81. 1881.
Two cOl0tCd boys-lsasc Graves and
yo,c, Peterson, from Prince George
,ountv--werc thrown from cart in this
,ny this morning and boIh Of them con-
gdersbly injure d-Graves very painfully,
The, were gesurning from one Of the mills
N the western portion of the city. when
,heir morse took fright at passing vehicle
end ran awaY, colliding with lamp-poSt
N Old street. by which both boys were
hroWn Ou:. Graves, who was driving, had
,br gcns wrapped around his right wrist,
ghch in being pulled of by the fall cut
me KIN and f,Sh from nearly the whole Of
ri, hand. Both 81 them were much bruised
ana otherwise hurt.
youth named James Turner. while ex.
eri,ing az The gymnasium OF the Young
MEN, Christian Association last night, had
orc % MS toes caught IN crack in the
snurC,rC aboard and torn entirely of.
TIE iu,ernairevonue collections in the
ps,e,,ba.g district for the week ending TO-
dec amounted 10 Sl7,Sl6. The exports OF
,,s.ufac'uyca tobacco from The city for the
~.rk amounted 10 -, 600 pounds.
the conviction day or two ago in Phila.
,.-oeia Il one W. W. Fisher alias Little
U,,.cc" Tor an attempted safe robbery re-
81. ~ mind the excitement caused IN this
I., IN March, 1878. by the arrest at jar
- No,C! Of Little Horace" Rufe Mi
- alias Little Rufe." George Carson
aims Little George and Charlotte
y scrly. who represented herself TO be
60 wife 4 "Li'lle Horace" They
w,rc BID four arrested in room
81, J.r-t't',. With some 5000, 900 OF
Sen bonds and securities in their DOS
.s..on belonging to Mr.. Lord. Of New
York. and some $4,000 in regis cred United
sac, bonds belonging 10 other parties.
T.fv were Kept here several days until
rsoui..',ln papers could be obtained from
,tr Governor oi New York. They were
So, on under guard, bat never convicted.
S.,a. ~ those parties are not unknown to
Gam. ID Redmond. Little Horace" j.
hefyctt, 200 Horace Hoyan, alias Horace
Abrams. t1e name under which he was ar.
rested HoTe
Mr. Wta-u Sedgowick, an aged citizen.
fOrr tr.t - +t~ttNut VI your Guy, ud> Dtcn
cuf. OH. t1- several days.
Tta proposition 10 form a literary and
det5iuc society in connection with our
Youn- N.a', Christian Association is meet
ip- Win much favor among our young
men. and Q number Of names have been
handed u FOR membership.
The Express Company i carving north
through oar city from 20.0O0 TO $4,000
pound, "a strawberries each day. These
.hrmeu. come from North and South Car
c.nL shipments from around Petersburg
wl s',o commence shortly. The cultivation
dismal fruits hi> largely increased IN this
section Gg.Ds The past three or four years.
Tie Petersburg Gray> will visit Richmond
on Thursday 0eNt TO witness the memorial
exgIc>e, Il Hollywood cemetery. 1t is
hkeyi1l, a coodiy number o. our citizens
WIn8.1 "a over CD that day.
TOE receipts Of tobacco this week were
ab1I, 500 o->heads. In cotton 1t is eX-
pec'ed our receipts will exceed those OF last
year by nearly or quite 10000 bales. The
excess over lat year is already about 5000
bale. ROBIN ADAIR.