The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-04-01

On Wednesday Of last week the Mont
gomery wooller factory, three and a half
miles from Winchester. was burned. The
owner. William f. Hoffman, had an In
surance upon It for S3,2oo 10 inc houuoun
Mutual Insurance Company.
Mr.. r. Mauzy has purchased the interests
Of his former partners, Messrs. Strasburg
and Argenbright, and IL now sole proprie-
tor Of the Staunton Spectator.
In JonesvIlle, Lee county, last week, two
colts belonging to William Sullivan and 8.
III. Minter were struck by lightning. One
died and the other can hardly recover.
A young man named Noah HOTTER, en-
ployed in the boier-shops OF the virginia
IRON Works, In Norfolk, was painfully and
probably seriously injured "Wednesday al.
ternoon by being caught under pile OF
falling material.
A meeting OF ReSajusters, mostly ne
croes. held in Alexandria on wednesday
night, Is described as being gathering OF
drunken whites and blacks, in which the
latter predominated. After noisy attempt
at organization the gas was turned out, and
as the Gazette says, "the rush and noise in
the darkness, the negroes yelling like Wild
cats, and the drunken white men uttering
regular birthstone oaths, made scene
hellish in the extreme" Major S. +. Bay
ly and Mr.. Van Auken, OF Petersburg,
were present for while, but the meeting
became so disorderly that they left.
Front Royal has organized a memorial
association TO take charge OF the soldiers
monument to be erected in the cemetery at
that place to the dead Confederate soldiers,
and which Is being prepared by Messrs.
Albin Brothers, Of Winchester. The cere-
monies Will take place on May oath. Cap
tain Smith Turner Il president OF the As
ISOLATION and Mr.. X. l.. Buck Secretary
| Winchester NerS.
Bruce ID. Spurgin, constable in the Good
son district, Washington county, Va, was
shot and dangerously wounded last week
at Mendoza while making the arrest OF
Alex. Mckinney (colored), formerly OF
johnson City, Tenn, who was charged
with stealing the wife OF Frank Ellis. also
colorcd.
News comes from Abingdon Of an unfor-
tunatc shooting affair near that place on
Monday last, in which, from a friendly
scuflie. Hiram Price, becoming angered at
his athletic opponents success, drew Il re-
volver and shot him in the hip, the ball
taking an upward course and lodging in
the bowels. The wounded man, John
Stroup, il IN critical condition. Price
Immediately took to the woods, and has
not been heard Of since.
REMARKABLE FREAKS or NATURE.-Thc
Blacksburg Ne,cS says: "A gentleman
who lives near town called at our office on
Monday and gave us an interesting account
OF a most wonderful lamb, born on his
farm few days since. The lamb, he says,
has its heart on the outside OF its body,
where it may be seen throbbing and palpi-
tating as normally as II it were in its
proper place. The lambapparentlys wooned
away upon his laying his hand upon its
heart, and when the hand was removed the
lamb recovered again. The gentleman who
tells this is John Brown, Jr., OF Roanoke,
q reliable and truthful farmer. lie says the
monstrosity is still living, and large
crowds Of people call to see the wonder
every day."
The Fincaste Herald tells Of another:
" A few days ago lamb was born on the
premises OF Mr. samuel Young, which
illustrates forcibly the strange freaks In
which nature sometimes INDUCES. The
lamb had, rs OF course is always the case,
two eyes, but they were in the centre OF
the head and were connected one with the
other. 1t had no upper iaw-bone, and the
lower was turned up and deformed in such
n manner rs TO prevent it, eating anything,
which caused its death. Ii was all right in
every other respect"