The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-12-03
BOTETOURT.

covyIc1's RETURN TO TIE COUN1Y-PER-
soNAt-NAII. FACILITIES RELIGIOUS AND
NEWS ITEMS.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch
FtVc,srIF. Va, November 80. 1882.
Last week the presence of Pat. Ncster
on our streets was the occasion Of much
commcni-the same whose name became
familiar throughout the county lew
year. ago in connection with the stealing.
of GEORGE Alfin's horse. II l. still a mat
ter OF conjecture with uS how the said Fat.
happcus 10 be enjoying ms liberty. ~ some
five wears AGO a Jury Of his c0unlrymen
6ccided that he was entitled 10 fifteen
wears board nj the expense OF the Com
lnonwealth, and the UiSpGfch failed to no.
tify II. that the Liberal " Governor had
exercised his ibcrality to this man. Now
the said Pat. had three opportunities To
assert his innocence before impartial Boz
tctouri jurics. and yet at the June term
0S7G of the County Court lac was found
guilty Of demonstrating and sentenced to
fourteen wears confinement in Tie penltcn-
tiary. He was tried again at the Septeln-
her term OF said court and the Jury hNcd
hi, term at sixteen years, and on hls thlrd
trial, April, 1871. he was sentenced 10 NJ
teen years confinement. which sentence he
was undergoing when Governor Cameron
I, alleged to have intcrfcTcd. Now, II may
be, a. Is sometimes said, that Virginia
jurl is inclined 20 excess IN the punl-l-
mcnt oil horse-,tcaling. but the danger l.
that when honest men find that the ycrd ct
OF juric, j. rendered Ineffective 10y ENccu-
tive clcmcncy they may take the law in
their own hands and dispose OF such Of
fender, Texas fashion. There were NUT
tcrings OF such action in this ease. though
nothing OF the kind is apl pretended.
W. W. lIadcn. Esq, one oi the younger
member, OF the Bolci0urt bar, lett yestcr-
day for Nick,burg. whore he contemplate
settIing. \ companionable fun-loyinS fc!-
low is VIII, and he will be missed. sue
cess 10 him. His departure break, the
dozen Of lawyer, located in this little town
OF six or seven hundred inhabitants. Boz
tctourt is blessed with about twenty MEM
Der, oi the legal profession. ana besides is
able 10 tend assistance TO a number Of out
side... I'm fact. The criminal Practice Of
thi. county i largely in the bands OF Colo
mel G. ". marlborough, OF Salem.
After January I, 1883, we viii get the
benefit OF two daily mail routes. The
muoh-nccdcd route from Jackson, al the
Richmond and Allegheny railroad. will
thcn hc established, leaving finca>lle ut
\. VI. and returning evening OF same day.
We ought then to get the Dispatch the day
il is printed. ~ at present arranged It i
received at 10 \. VI. oil following day from
Clover Dale. on the ShcHandoah-Nallc
railroad.
The Hines OF DR.. G. Tyrcc, OF Liberty,
who has been confined 20 his bed for soyc-
raj weeks, has caused po>tponemcnt OF
the meeting puTpO~cd 10 have been held at
the Baptist church here during thi, week.
Rev. G.. Gray has just returned from
Fort Lewis. Roanoke county. where hc has
been assisting Rev. ". !. Shipman in re-
yiyal that resulted in ~ conversions and 80
additions 10 the Baptist Church.
IN The snoW->torm Of Tuesday on The
mountains not far from this place was
party OF gentlemen dccr-huntng. I'm this
party were The presiding elder OF The FIN
castle district and the Methodist preacher
in charge here. Even bcrgh himself could
take no exceptions 10 the harmless sport OF
these reverend gentlemen; for beyond the
burning Of a little gunpoWder md quick
ching the Gait OF the deer that passed near
the muzzlcS Of their guns 40 harm was
done. Ii The preachers could stand the
snow the deer might afford 90 stand the
noise.
Captain J. II. n. Figcatt has sold TO VIII
liam y. Baker Tor the sum Of $500 his
fine farm located two miles east Of Fin
castle, formerly the homestead Of the late
Judge Robert Hudson.
Mr,. Doggott, the wife Of Rev. Cyru,
Doegctt and mother Of Dr.. Cyrus and
John L. Doggeu, OF this place, ha- been
quite i'll for several days.
For two days past we have been slightly
"snoWcd in" and now The ponds are
freezing over.
Now grind -au,asc and cat .parc-rib-.
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