The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-03-01
virginia News.

n. Tucker to ne his efforts In this direc'
ton.
The store and Office Of the Bertha Zine
Works at Martins station wa all that was
burned in the recent fire at that place. The
rest Of the works were not destroyed, as
reported.
Peter Jones (coloredl from Prince George
county, a lunatic who was to have been ex'
amined by a commission, died suddenly In
the Petersburg Jail on Monday afternoon
The Petersburg Inde1-Appedt says
Z" Ensign James =. Parker, who accident
ally shot and killed Cadet Midshipman
Charles Cabaniss, OF this city, while drilling
at Kabe, Japan, on the 10th OF January, Is
from Enfield, n. c., and Is the son OF Colo
mel +. NJ. Parker, m Of the most esteemed
citizens Of Halifax county"
The Baltimore Conference OF the Metho-
dist Church, South, with Bishop McTyeire
presiding, will meet in Fredericksburg to-
day week. The NerS OF that place says:
about 225 ministers and laymen are eX-
pected to be present, and we are glad TO
learn that our citizens have responded
most literally to the committee, and thai
I ample accommodation has been made for
all who may attend.'
ON Sunday morning a den OF youthful
gamblers wa unearthed in what Is known
as Stewards building, on King street, in
Alexandria. There were about a dozen
boys. ranging from twelve to eighteen years
Of age, and all engaged in 4 game OF poker.
A large pile Of pennies, the stakes OF The
| game. together with several kinds OF gam
bling apparatus, were captured, and the
bows taken before his Honor the Mayor.
Daffney Grady (colored) is the rune OF
the games, and WAS captured with a full
hand.
We learn that from Tazewell county.
Southwest Virginia, there were shipped
during the last year over 1900 fat cattle
and 10000 sheep, thus bringing into the
Golfers Of the farmers about the sum OF
/ $3.50, OO0.-NorfoM Landmark.
4 dispatch has been received here from
! CAPTAIN +. NJ. Stoddard, OF the Baker Sal
wage Company. stating that cables have
been laid TO the schooner Pearl Nelson. be-
fore reported ashore near False Cape, n.
C.. but that the sea was too rough to handle
the cargo Norfolk T~irginian.
Sunday night about IL O'Clock Miss Re-
becca Fortune, OF Madison, aged twenty
wears, died from the effects Of typhoid
pneumonia, and her death was followed
several hours thereafter by that Of her
mother, aged about iorty-five years, and
afflicted with the same disease. Owing 10
the death a few months before OF Mr.. Win
ston Fortune the family was very much re-
duced In circumstances, and the several
I 80 ~ L., tI..u aprtnnn1 ~ 4hrAxI-n
upon the charity OF the community in
which they reside. -Lychbarg Ne'rS.
The sale Of PAGES warehouse and other
property belonging TO Pace Brothers d
Co., in L%ynchburg, took place Monday af-
%ternoon. Messrs. Pace, Talbot Il Co., OF
Danville, became purchasers OF all right.
title, and interest Of PAGES warehouse and
lot (sale subject to an annual rental to the
I Lynch estate of $500 for 10000.
The property on Main and Twelfth
streets was bought by Mr.. Joseph Petty
John for $500 cash. The store-house and
lot corner Of Twelfth and Church streets
| sold for $3.50, Mr.. John Il. Pace, of Dan
vile, becoming the purchaser; while the
frame building adjoining was bought by
Mr.. W. II. PerrOw for 1925.
A dispatch from Estillyille, Scott coun-
", dated the 9th instant, says: "Whilc
a Mrs. Nickers and her three children, the
eldest not ten and the youngest an infant,
were attempting TO cross Bear creek on
horseback, near here, yesterday, they were
thrown into the water. John Tugate and
two other men stood on the bank and
watched their struggles. One OF the men
manifested q disposition to save the mother
and children, but Tugate would not lei
him. The cries Of the woman finally
reached the ears of a mar at work IN a field
near bv, and he rescued her and two OF the
children. The infant had been swept down
the stream and drowned. The explanation
Of Tugate's heartless conduct is that Mrs.
| Vicker's husband murdered his brother a
few years ago, and subsequently suffered
for his crime on the gallOws."
PrNGY SUNK.-A collision occurred yes
| terday morning between the steamer Key
port, OF the Potomac Steamboat Company
(which formerly ran on the old Aqua
creek route. and the pungy Alfred :. Day,
| OF Tilghman's Island, while the keyporl
was on hertrip to landings on the Choptanb
river. The steamer struck the pungy for.
ward Of the main chains, on the starboard
sue, SlIlhlnE utI Ill rNfNH lHluutN0' 'H'
crcw-cOnsisting Of fourmen, three coloreC
and one Whitehall took to the yawl-bOat
and were picked up by the KeypOrt. The
pmgy was owned and commanded by
Charles w. Lewis. Her cargo consisted OF
800 bushels OF oysters, and was bound fol
Baltimore. The steamers bow was consid
crably damaged, but there was no leak
Alexandria Gazette.
THE DUPLICATED C~OUPONs.-In taking il
coupons OF the new corporation bonds o
the issue Of 1879 a few days ago there wer'
surrendered two coupons of Sl5 each du'
January /, 1882. which appeared on thel
face to be duplicates, the numbers on then
being the same. 1t being absolutely i'm
possible for an error TO occur In the issu'
Of these coupons, the explanation is tina
there has been a misprint. Auditor Brock
ct has sent the coupons referred to TO tn
photographer in Baltimore for examination
and it is supposed this examination vii
reveal the fact hat an error In printing Tn
numbers on the coupons has occurred
The bonds have to pass through the press
good many times, and such a mistake q
the one supposed in this case is very pre-
bable, and frequently happens. There
no doubt about the genuineness OF both th
coupons, as the private mark OF the col
poration appears upon both OF them, tn
same being affixed after their receipt fror
the printer in Baltimore Alexandria Ga
zette.
We kill our rules when we remove fror