The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-12-31
PETERSBURG.

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PkAtH OF AN ACCOMPLISHED LApY-suI7
AoAiNSe TIE RICHMOND AND rYryRsn,pc
sAliRoAp OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Yor
THE YEAR. '"'
icorrcsrcndcncc Of the Richmond Disps,ch.,
AZ, -, DECEMBER 80, 1882.
WIS mary Meade, daughter of the late
Hon. 1ecrgc kidder Meade, who. In. his
da,' represented This district In Congress.
ana "ss subsequently United States Minis
ter 10 Brazil, died suddenly This norn;na
Miss Meade had been I'm delicate health g.,
several! year,, and fell a victim 10 tho nv.
ages OF that dread disease consumn,io,,
She was most accomplished lady. and ,vas
one OF the iaircst ornaments i'm our y, gro.
burg society. She was n delightful eloeu.
iloniSl, skilled musician. and n,in,,d
with great taste and beauty Her death
j. indeed sad loss To the cultivated am,
refined people al our community. and shc
will Nc deeply mourned hy host OF M.
iached friends. who loved her moi only for
the hriiiiancy OF her mind and the variety
of her accomplishments. hut also for the
iovcllneSs cf her disposition and her p,,rc
modest, trrcproachahle life. Mis-, Meade
was q sisteI-,n-!aw az ;hc Rev. DIR. ". II
Pla,t. % san Francisco. About = year
ago she visited California. hopiny 70 hc
benefited Icy liz mild. genial climate. Fri
day night she entertained some o., bcr
friends, and was bright and happy durino
the evening. This morning she wa, seized
with hcmorrhaCe, and died in few min.
ugCs after shc was taken. Miss Meade Nos
= lady OF great Ieauiy-of that bca,lt,
which il rarc>t and o,el;cst-thc delicgtc
ethereal type.
The suit 81 Whitohurst cs. Richmond
and Petersburg Railroad. which is rcnd.
ing in the Circait Court Of The city OF Rich
mond, was compromised yesterday bv the
paymen. 70 counsel for the plaintiff White
hurst OF The sum Of 1000 rs damages for
IN injury g. one of the small bones OF the
>houldCr-ihe injury resulting from col
lision which occurred between two trains
on The defendants road some time in Au-
gust. 1851. near Chester. The counsel for
the plaintiG Nhitehurst were Judge II. \.
Hinton and Mossrs. Collier and Budd. Ma
jOr Benjamin III. Nash appeared for the
Richmond and Petersburg railroad.
Appended Is q statistical abstract Of the
receipts OF the 1nterna-Reyenue Depart
meni in tins city, and also other statistics
III general interest Internal-reycnue re-
ccipts ior the year, SS3G.lS6.1S; exports of
manufactured tobacco, i.716.76S pounds ;
lf-i~tAltN tlAls NiNAtliiAN~ III ttllN T..
IA: registered tobacco-iactorics. II: reg
i>tefcd cigar-,aciorics, 70. This district
embraces - counties.
Puhlic-school enrolment White scholars
enrolled. gS3; colorcd, 1870. All the co.
lorcd public schools in this city are taught
hy cOlorcd teachers.
-Four foreign vessels were entered 1T this
port during the past year, and five were
cleared from this port.
There were LILO police arrests here du-
ring the year. Of which 81, Were whites
and Gj3 colored.
The pOsl-oficc business was as follows
Receipts. S1e.S3l. 20; expenses. $40, 907.i7 :
net profit, SS,923.S2. The money order,
paid NJ this office amounted TO SjS.i21.10;
the orders issued amounted to SIS. 80. -.
The total bonded debt OF the city is
Sl.o3C, 200. There is no floating debt.
The total number of deaths for the year
was 52G-20i Of which were white, 322
cOlored.
Total number Of marriages, l7l-whites,
IS; colorcd, %.
The receipts al the city treasury for the
wear were S1ss,is9.37; the expenditures,
SiT7.2lS.23.
Total receipts OF cotton for the year.
lj.j12 bales, q against 22.0l, bales last
wear. stock Oh hand at this date. l,5S5
halls ROBIN AnAIR.