The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-29
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s.n,y.n..sEprEMBER 20, 1881,


ms MEMORY OP ma LATE PRE-
u9gd iVgr uoNtclps IN TnE JAIL
s9ENl ns,rg OF AN UNKNOWN NAN
s.pphN IN ARSON IN CnESTERFIsLD-
poSblS, SprAKfNG IN CaEsrsRFIELD-
FofnlOA ,rr1cg CARP CULTURE SUC-
nSgrt NAVAL IN NoFroWAf' &c
o".n,od,ace Of the Richmond Dispa'chl
it@'" SEPTEMBER %, 1881
.t,v Yesterday universal respect
10 t.r fc he memory Of the late Prest'
~ sa,"ine,> was everywhere closed du-
6,si, p@otire day. and the sad emblems OF
fas 'o. oe~e hung IN front OF 4 great
rou0" Memorial services were held
rsfy - esurcbcs, and addresses sppro-
IN 81 ~ 10 OCCASION were delivered.
l1se psooks (colOrcd), who was assault
Al,e h,cE in the yard n the city Jail
e. r,'8sy morning last by John Mason,
o. '.,,d,v afternoon from the effects OF
te' %si"res infected. A post morton eX'
tt ~" showed that TIE skull bad been
iE hy The blow entirely across from
i'CS =, femple. and that a general concus-
cay, ne lr,in Wss the result. An in-
SOP '' held. and the jury rendered q
(t, Ia deq,b from The Cfrct OF the blow
ra",'5 Ia John Nilsson. Mason, ~ ] have
H", .fs,td. &, serving out a sentence
lyc months imprisonment Tor lar
end h, term does not expire until
CIT. ,,-cb since BrOoks'S death Mason
messed conversion, aud appears sin
~ ,soicpi. not only for bis last crime,
an his >ius. he Is constantly on his
prsylug, and asks The prsyers OF
far ihe forgiveness OF his sins.
unknown white man, apparently
fry.6ye wears OF age, dark hair and
So r,mp,eXion. plainly but neatly
ditd very suddenly yesterday in
~.r5 ~ oae Of the stores on Old Market
The most diligeut INQUIRY has
N eFcl. biz name, though be bad
sl,ut he city telling fortunes with
ior nearly or quite Two weeks. He
ts,rd 10 sly that he was from New
~ stale. aud that be had travelled all
ihe Iuued States. His arms were
...,rg fsitOocd With indellibie Ink. On
bressi appeared The cOat-Oi-aTms Of
y.g York; on his LETT arm The coat.of.
..r, OF ,he United States. wiki a pair Of
,,~8. ei.sped across the wrist. The sup
.r,n /, TIA, be died Of coHgestiye chill.
p, vss buried 90 the almSbouse.
T.e rs.idence. Office, and kitchen be-
t~.iec ~ Mr.. Edward WARMER, Of Cbes-
,-5.'i counts. situated on the north side
I,sift creek. about hve miles from Peters.
.--- were DESTROYED by tire on Sunday af-
..r5on. NJ. WARMER left home about -
..o,s 10 attend a Sunday-SchOOl meeting,
,-d all the servants were also absent from
ls tl.cs. When the IRE was discovered by
r.-.,p, near by an three OF the buildings
pfre sbaze, and one OF the parties who
catered NE house found the library and
-ryaie secretary o. Mr.. WARMER broken
.rep. These Nr. WARMER had carefully
resed before De went away. IL Is supposed
i5,, lhe residence was first pillaged aud the
,,1..sa On set adre by thieves TO cover up
'f.r deed. Nr. WARMER lost everything
.y,ao, The clothes on his back, and be has
10 insurance on any Of the properly. In
lf Of he buildings was stored shout l 300
rru7ds Of cotton. His loss il several thou
a5j dollars.
The Conservative Democratic club Of
Wiliree's. store precinct, in Chesterfield
county, which now numbers nearly one
hundred members. VIII have a rally at Win
nee, store on saturday night next. AID.
dresses Will De delivered 10y Hon. G.. 4. Be-
llrran, Judge William /. Clopton, and p.
c. Warwick, Esq, one Of the candidates for
.Bc legislature. II al the other precinc's
10 ibe county do Is well on election day rs
OBJ, one. Old Chesterfield may be put down
s. ,aie for a good Democratic majority.
Toe Hu>jiucs Court adjourned for the
term 10 day. Since II met some four or five
felony cases have been sent on from the
Mayors Court for the action OF the grand
ilfy.
Our people are becoming more and more
Interested in The raising Of German carp 10
private ponds. The little fish, two or three
inches long, which were put into the ponds
h,i November baye grown 20 afOot or more
20 length and weighing one and a bail to
two pounds, aud now furnish a dHe dish for
The table. Numbers Of ponds will be stock.
cd with them lhis fall.
4 note from toe Rev. j. ID. Hank, pastor
% ibe NOttoway circuit, received ~ this
states that the revival services al the
Methodist church al Blacks and Whites
continues with undated interest. During
DE past week there were twenty.One con-
v%tT,I0n,, making in an siXty-three since the
commenced. The conversions on
Rey. Nr. Hanks chcuit this year have az
100, and be has been successful IN
: large missionary collection.
ROBIN ADAR.
ANGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT TO A CHILD
ILLNESS or A MISREPRESENTATION NAT
TEBs.
correspondence Of the Richmond Di'patch.l
SEPTEMBER IS. 1881.
A little daughter a Mr.. James Davis, re-
.cl0g IN Eltrics, aged about four years,
11' accidentally killed last evening under
circumstances. She was playing
'rh The family dog in front Of Der fathers
%oldence, when the animal, In running
g1i1st her, knocked her down and her
was broken by the fall. Her death
70, almost instant.
Dr. p. II. LightiOot, a well-kuOwn and
comment young physician OF our city, is
critically ill Of %peritODitis, at the resi-
Of bis father-in-law. DR.. John Her
en- Claiborne. The gravest ap-prebensions
re ielt as TO his condition. DR.. Lightfoot
a native Of Caroline county, and has near
in Richmond.
The young Republicans (straightouts) are
; meet Tonight TO organize a Young
lens Campaign Club" for active work in
canvass. Its proposed within the next
days 20 have a maSs-meetiDg 10 ratify
be nominations OF ID. j. Butts and W. h.
leyens' for the House Of Delegates. Ar
old, Lester, and other cOlOred orators
abroad will address the meeting.
ROBIN ADAIR.