The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-11-26
LYNCHBURG.

LYNCHBURG.
FALSE REPORT AFFECTING TIE PUBLIC
HEM1H-PORTgAIT OF TIE LATE SAMUEL
MILLER - RAILROAD MATTERs-POsTPONE-
MENU DERANGED ETHIOPIAN, 81.
Correspondence of the Richmond Disp,tch.l
NOVEMBER -. 1881.
a mischicvous report having gotten
abroad I'M the community that case Of
smallpox existed at house corner OF Main
and Twelfth streets, Or. Walker, health
officer Of the city, made @ careful inycsti-
CATION on thcprcmiscs and reports that the
rumor IS entirely without foundation.
The l.fC-,izc portrait % the late Samuel
Miller, which was executed by Fisher the
artist while on his recent trip 20 Europe,
has been enclosed in o costly frame and put
in position at the Lynchburg Female Or
plan Asylum, Of which institution the de-
ceased was the founder. The Board Of
Managers VIII formally accept tine portrait
tomorrow.
The headquarters OF Mr.. Charles =.
Hatch, who has lust been made general
freight and passenger agent OF the Norfolk
End Western railroad, will be locctcd at
Lynchburg Mr.. Hatch holds the same
position ON the Shenandoah Valley road,
but ! understand his relation, with that
company will not be disturbed by bis new
appointment.
There has been no appointment. rs yet,
70 lill the vacancy i'm The local agency q the
Norfolk and Western here, occasioncd by
The death Of the lutc Thomas y. Jellis.
Mr.. James l.. Beck. chief clerk in the
freight department. is now acting agent.
The only change made in the pastors Of
this city at the recent session Of the Mctho-
dist Conference was the transfer OF Rev.
A. c. Bergman, who had charge OF the
Daniel Hill chapel, 10 the church at Scots
vile, Albcmarle county.
a prominent disciple OF Wesley here,
who is a delegate TO the General Confer
once. predicts that the four bishops TO be
elected will he Drs. Granbery Of Virginia,
Wilson Of Baltimore, Hagood Of Georgi1,
and Young Of Tennessee. The Aforesaid
disciple himself favors DR.. j. ID. Blackwell
first. his second choice being Rev. r. y.
Sledd, ID. d., presiding elder OF the Rich
mOnd district.
j.. +. Penn, the California negro who
makes prctensions OF immense wealth, but
whose swindling operations in this city
earned him thirty-nine stripes one day last
week, has been arrested at Liberty and
lodged i'm Jail there on the charge OF buying
900 head OF cattle and giving in payment
therefor bogus check on one Of the banks
OF this city. The negro is beyond doubt
derangcd. lRIARTE.
A sQUABBLE FOR OFFICE AMONGST THE COALI-
TIONIsTs-POLITICAL MATTERS-CHANGE IN
THE RAILwAY-MIILER PORTRAIT ACCEPT
ED--wOOD FAMINE, ETC.
Matters within the ranks OF the Reid
juster party Of this city are not pro-
crossing with that degree Of harmony
indicative Of patriotic desire 10 serve
other than individual interests. The seve-
raj factions, in their wranCle and scramble
for office, arc as bitter and determined in
their opposition to each other rs ever they
were to the "Bourhon Democracy"
GrigSby's friends aver that he was put on
the lately defeated legislative ticket simply
to give it responsibility, and that il the Re
adjuStcr leaders ever expect TO advance the
palty's interest here he must be recognized
TO the extent OF the corporation iudgeship.
Latham's friends are the faithful allies and
white Radicals.
Everything is not lovely and serene at
the Lynchburg poSt-oflice either, the trou-
besome question being as TO who shall he
made assistant postmaster. Mr.. William
Statham, brother Of the postmaster, Is ut
present discharging the duties appertain-
ing to this position, but his appointment,
have reason TO know, is merely a tempe
raly arrangement. The friends Of Mr.. b.
w. Bocock are pushing him for the place,
but Postmaster Statham is said TO be
more fayorably inclined to the appointment
OF BocOck's brother. Mr.. j. b. DOcOck, who
has long held clerk,hip in the office. AS
a reward for party services young negro
named Royal Perry is to be given a clerk
ship i'm the Office, which is new departure
here, but requirement, l learn, OF the
Department at Washington.
At the regular meeting OF the Common
Council next Thursday the Lynchburg
Street-Railway Company will ask permits
sion 10 enter Main street from Fifth by an
Other route-running the track the length
of one block on Church street, thence
down Sixth TO Main. The present route Is
extremely unsafe, and nearly every qcci-
dent that has been recorded occurred on
the heavy Grade at the intersection Of Main
and Fifth streets.
A meeting Of the Board Of Directors of
the Miller Orphan Asylum held yesterday
afternoon formally received the portrait OF
the founder Of that great charity, the late
Miller. The painting, frame andall,
cost the Asylum about $4,000. Its regarded
rs an excellent likeness Of the deceased, and
the work is made all the more wonderful
and creditable rs an exploit Of art, as Mr..
Fisher never saw his subject but once,
and then casually and many years before
his dcccase. As 10 photograph or other
picture of him existed, Mr.. Fisher had TO
RELY on this vague recollection and on the
OF personal friends. The
body was eXhumed privately for him 10
take certain measurements, but from this
source little was obtained in the way OF
as to the expression OF the face.
The artists OF Europe 0he picture was fin
shed in Munich and Paris all considered
he portrail a wonder Of skill and art.
A somewhat dangerous wood-famine Is
to exist in the city, the dealers
finding II impossible 10 execute orders.
Tbis scarcity is alleged TO be due to the
deficiencies Of transportation by the rail-
roads. To the credit OF the dealers, there
mas been no rise in the price.
Rev. Mr.. Norwood, evangelist, was
lere Wednesday and yesterday, and
preached on the "Tcn Commandments " at
trace church last night. lie leaves to-day
or Richmond. bEAuAoAi'
burned by Molten Metal.
UARRlspuRG, PA, November 24.-An iron
,ar sustaining the doors OF the cupola OF the