The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-01-13
CHARLOTTESVILLE.


ACCIDENT - DEATHS - COMMITTED -
CHURCH BUILDING CONTEMPLATED-PAR-
TrcrjLARs OF THE BURNING OF TIE CHAR
Louisville wOOLLEN-MILLs.
ICorrespondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.l
JANUARY II, 1882.
The election for editors of the University
.naqazine for the remaining six months OF
the session resulted as follows: Jefferson
Society-W. s. Lefevre, Maryland; j. Z.
Carson, Virginia; w. =. Trent, Virginia.
Washington Society-A. S. james, Texas;
II. G.. Peters, Virginia; j. b. jenkins,
Virginia, business editor.
Jacob A. Bacharach, charged with pur-
Joining goods from the store OF ;. Letter.
man, where he acted in the capacity OF
clerk for several months, was brought here
Yesterday from Baltimore upon requlsl-
ton from the Governor OF Virginia. lie
had been arrested some ten days ago, but
had sued out a writ OF hGbedS corpus,
which was dismissed upon a hearing.
An old man named Mars, who lived on
Mr.. Cochran's farm, while passing across
trestle on the Charlottesville and Rapidan
railroad, which passes through the farm,
was oyertaken by the fast-mail train on
Monday evening and knocked from the
trestle. breaking both his hips and other
wise iniuring him. He died this morning.
Death has been busy with our aged citi-
zens lately. On Thursday the death OF DR..
A. 5, Hart, a well-known citizen, was an
nounced He was about sixty years OF age.
On Saturday night Mrs. Patterson, mother
Of j. G. Patterson, Esq, died, in her eighty
first year. She was n lady OF most estimable
character, and consistent Christian.
The corpse OF May Turner, Oldest child
OF Mrs. l.. c. Turner was brought here
from Missouri and buried on Monday.
4 negro named Allen was lodged in Jail
here Yesterday charged with having COM
mitted forgery near Scottsylle.
The Jews of Charlottesville purpose
building synagogue. There is a large
Jewish population here, composing some OF
our best citizens and comprising a large
proportion of the business element OF the
place. They will doubtless succeed, a
they should.
The Charlottesville wOOlcn-mills were
burned last night about II O'Clock. The
fire from the mills, which is contiguous 10
the railroad bridge over Moor's creek, on
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, caught
the bridge, which was destroyed entire,
except a few yards OF trestling on each
side. The origin OF the fire is entirely
shrouded in mystery. The operatives had
ceased work at 10 o'clock, and everything
was left safe as usual, which leads to the sup
position OF spontaneous combustion. The
factory proper was totally destroyed, even
TO the brick walls and the forebaY outside,
vet not single clubhouse on the premises
was injured. The wOollen-mills have been
operating rs a corporation about ten years,
having been originally established by Mr.. ii.
Clay Marchant rs private enterprise, and
under his management rs an officer OF the
company they have gone on increasing in
prosperity and the excellence OF their
manufactures until the demand for the
stock and goods was much greater than the
supply. Almost every year new tenementS
for operatives have been built, and all the
modern appliances necessary to produce
fabrics OF the highest order have been
added. The loss Is fully covered by in
surance in several companies. The COM
pany employed about seventy opera
tiycs, who are OF course now sout
OF employment, and without exception,
perhaps, in destitute circumstances, being
for the most part entirely dependent upon
their daily labor for living. The COM
pany will doubtless rebuild immediately !;
but the time that must elapse before it can
again get into operation viii entail serious
loss upon it rs we'll as the operatives.
Messrs. Payne q Thomasson, grOcers OF
this town, who were puveyors for the
woolen-mills' operatives, will necessarily
be heavy losers and indirectly the whole
community loses very considerably by the
catastrophe. In consequence Of the de
struction OF the railroad bridge the trains
will necessarily be somewhat delayed for
ten days or more.
II seems rs ii all our manufacturing es-
Establishments are fated to destruction. Only
a few months ago the wine-celar was de-
stroyed, now the woollen-mills, and we
stand and ask, What next? QUIP.