The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-12-25
PETERSBURG.

erxouIAR AND ALMOST FATAL ACCIDENT
MARROW ESCAPE PROM DEATB-LrTrGATIoN
! p>nyp ny pRATR-REPORTED PASTORAL
/ ca,SGr-TuR PETERSBURG P0sT-OfFiCE-
REVENUE RECEIPTS, EXPORTS, &C.
4 fcorrespondcncc OF the Richmond Dispatch.l
DECEMBER "a, 1881.
| Mr. William A. Gresham, formerly OF
this citv. hut now resident OF Dinwiddie
county. met with an accident TINS morning
which narrowly missed terminating IN IN
slant death. He came to the CITY tnls
morning and got very much under the m
! fueuce OF liquor. While in that condi-
| tion. about III O'Clock, he entered the store
az Mr.. William II. Harrison, on Bank street,
inouiring after friend. Hchad his pocket
knife open in his hand, and was very demon
1 stra;iye in talking. In turning around ne
sIipped and fell 10 the floor, ana the point
OF the blade was forced into the right SIDE
OF the neck, in close proximity 10 the
carotjd artery. The wound inflicted was
neither very wide nor deep, but one OF the
small branches OF the large artery was
severed. and the blood flowed very copl-
ouslv until physicians could be summoned,
who stopped it. The loss OF blood was
Great and Mr.. Gresham was very much
weakened by it. II is believed that with
care nc may recover. Mr.. Gresham Is
about fortv-iiye years Of age and man OF
family. Much excitement was caused IN
the neighborhood by the occurrence, the
first REPORTS being that the case was one OF
suicide.
II not infrequently happens that death
nuts an end to litigation by removing the
| iitigants. In the case OF Oliver, town SER
peant of Franklin, in southampton county,
charged with shooting a negro whom he
was about to arrest, death has removed the
only two witnesses for the Commonwealth.
Oliver. il will he remembered, was dis
charging his duty rs an officer, and while
thus engaged was struck twice upon the
head with " black jack" in the hands OF
the negro whom he was endeayoring TO ar
rest. Oliver, after being struck, shot and
mortally wounded his aSsalant. The only
/ two witnesses OF the affray have since
died-one violent death, the other from
malaria. and the Commonwealth is thus LETT
without any evidence.
The report OF the death OF Captain W..
III. Pretlow. OF Southampton county, is UNI
founded. Captain Pretiow has been i'll for
| several weeks, but is now convalescent.
! 1t is stated that Rev. Father Wilson, OF
st. Joseph's Catholic church, will leave for
Lynchburg next week to take charge OF the
| Catholic church in that city during Rev.
Father McGurk's disability. Father Kelly
will take Father Wilson's place here during
the lattcr's absence.
A recent examination OF the affairs OF
the Petersburg post-office by Government
agent resulted in a report 10 the authorities
at Washington that ii is one of the best
managed and conducted post-ofhccs in the
country, and It's rank is placed very high
on the roll of well-managed offices. This
| is a high compliment to the postmaster,
/ Colonel u. G.. Potts, and efficient corps OF
assistants.
The handsome brick residence on Frank
/ lin street owned by Mr.. James NJ. Donnan,
and for several years past occupied by Gov
ernor-elcct Cameron. was sold privately a
day or two ago to MIR. Thomas Atkinson,
Jr., for $4,000.
our bricIllayers and contractors OF all
kinds report the present year aS having
been more satisfactory in their line OF bust
ness than any year for some time past. The
building improvements in Petersburg this
year were unusually large.
The internal revenue receipts in the Pc
tersburg district during the week ending
Saturday amounted TO Sl4,156. The eX-
ports of manufactured tobacco for the week
amounted to 1920 pounds.