The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-10-10
Virginia News.

The Virginia State sunday School Con-
ventiOn meets in Petersburg this morning.
Saturday night Mr.. Z. Il. Smith, bake
~, at Newport News, was entered and $50
stolen.
Colonel L. ;. Marye, OF LynchbWe, /,
said to have "pOured hot shot into Paul
and his Radical followers last week at
Rocky Mount.
Mr.. Z. =. Latane, OF Essex county, while
shooting sora on Piscataway creek last
Tuesday, was accidentally shot 10y another
sportsman. Two shot penetrated the eye.
4 spondent at HerdOn, Fairfax
county, writes that out oil thirteen Read
iusters whom ne has met in that place he
finds but one who will support john ).
Wise fer Congress.
\ colorcd woman named Wiley is suing
the Seabord railroad in the Hastings Court
OF Portsmouth for $1,000 damages for the
death OF her husband, caused by being run
over by locomotive OF said road.
We hear especially good news from The
counties OF Franklin aud Floyd. The
friends OF Scott are sorely disHuntled at
his treatment by the Boss, and Cabcll and
Massey will carry both counties 10y sweep
ing maiorities. -BedtOrd Democrat.
The body OF Richard Langslow, an Eng
| lishmn living near Prospect station, Va,
on the Norfolk and Western railroad. was
found Sunday some miles from his home
horribly mutilated. He left his home on
Saturday night in a buggy. Nothing is
known OF the cause OF his death.
Mr.. Holmes. the contractor for the new
hotel at Roanoke, and for the railroad
depot at the same point, has made an as
signment for the benefit of his creditors.
among whom are several businessmen of
Lynchburg, to whom the assignor is in
debted to the extent of $4,000 or s12. 900
for materials, elc.-NeicS.
a female jawbone. said to have been
picked up on the beach at Ocean View some
time last summer, is now on exhibit
ton in Norfolk. one naturally inauires
is there such dearth OF female law in the
city by the sea that they needs must Skin
mish around the coast to get defunct
one to exhibit as a curiosity?
The Norfolk Vrginiqn SAYS: 1t is re-.
ported that Dezendorf was 30 much inter-
| rupted at sussex Courthouse on Thursday.
where he had an appointment to deliver
an address, that he was able to speak only
for few minutes. In his remarks he de.
MED the statement that had been published
that his recent visit to the North was TO
obtain funds from the National Democratic
Committee to help him in hi. canvass.
Ii is expected that passenger trains ON
the Mecklenburg railroad viii be run from
Chase City before NOvemberl. The people |
OF Mecklenburg are delighted with the OBJ
portunity which will thus be offered them |
Of direct travel to Richmond. and the |
Clarksyille Democrat saws that 4 LARGE |
crowd OF cXcusionists will 90 from that
county to Richmond when the State Fair
begins.
An employee Of the W. and W. r. r.
says that the engineer corps has succeeded
N getting route over the Blue RIDGE
With grade OF only IS feet TO the mile.
That is certainly very much better than
my one expected. The:treight trains now
N this road are very long and heavy, and
lac road is taxed TO its utmost capacity in
lovlng The large quantities of freight
,hich are now being shipped over it.
lew engines and ears have been ordered
ON the North, which are expected to ar
We here soon. The company are en-
rging The express office at Hamilton
iexandria Gazette. I
An old gentleman named George Baer. .
no had gone TO Roanoke with carload |
sheep which he bought In Wythe coun- {
, came very near becoming the victim Of
% iascals last week. They inyeigled him II
10 house known as the Farmers Hotel, L