The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-01-04
aitl,mond pispatth.
,rrnSEsDAY. JANUARY 4, 1882.
PETERSBURG.

,,.,...rondencc Of the Richmond Dispatch.l
JANUARY 9, 1882.
t,f,rmaiion has been received OF the
,.,'rnino 10 death, al the family residence,
- sussex Courthouse, the early part OF
i - ,yccL. of the only child Of Mr.. Melville
Thornton. a wcll-known citizen oil the
',,r,C. The child was between two ana
i ,brcc years Of age, and being left Tor a Few
,,ir,,tc. alone in room, ycntured 100 near
,hc Grc.place and It's clothes became ignited'
#NybcD ihc mother returned she found thc
g cbild IN The agonies Of death, The body De-
&;ng badly burned all over. =.
snow fell here yesterday to depih OF
hciwecn two and three inches. Inc grouhu
being hard frozen, the snow remaIh'u ~ II
fell. and during the afternoon the merry
ripgipc Of the sleigh-bells were heard
8 throughout the city. BY this time last year
q large quantity Of good ice had been gain,
k.rcd. Thus far this season not pouhd
Ill., been housed.
81 Icv. George c. sutton, late OF II. james
q church. Richmond, was in the city yeSter-
3 dan. and TO-DAY he leaves 20 assume pas
siioral charge Of Trinity church, in owens
.aoro'. Ky.
& Our coasiwise trade during the year
shows q gratifying increase. The business
oi the several steamship lines IN the ireighis
brought 10 this city was fully 80 per cent
larycr in the last six months than for the
same period OF 1880. The number OF YES
sci, arriving at our port was not so large Is
during the previous year, but they sho"
greatly increased tonnage.
The six cotton factories OF TINS GU!
work D. 900 spindles, give employment 10
9O0 hands. and their capacity for producing
cloth aggregates II, 100000 yards per an
mum.
The real estate value OF orr tobaccO-fac-
foric. has been largely increased by addi-
lions and improvements during the past
year. and may now be estimated at 100000.
Tbere are l. factories i'm the city, employ
In about 3. 800 hands. whose annual wages
amount 10 about 100000. The gross an
nual products amount 20 about S3,2O0,O0O.
While the Improvement OF our river and
barhor i, al present matter Of great IN
rest with our citizens, il may be OF inter-
est to note that the amounts expended for
5fbat purpose AZ various times by both the
.Tcdcr1l and municipal governments have
hccn very largr-SuiIiciently large, indeed,
..oul the whole sum have been at com
pqnd M one time. 10 have built perma-
mont ,hiu-eanal or 10 have made the river
pqyiga1lc for vessels Of the largest draught.
Sine 1852 the Government has expended
a.. $40 ON the river, and the city SJ3S, 400.
On greatest drawback 10 decided improve
prni has been the small sums in which this
noncy has been given. ROBIN ADAIR.
JsyIGpArIoN FROM NORTH CARoLISA-ORDI-
NATION 10 TIE MINISTKY-STATE PHARNA-
cFruCAL CoSyENTION-CITY's PROXY N
TIE NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILROAD
Ors ELIMINATED CLOCK-IMPOETANT IN
PE0y RNENgs N PEOsPECT-TlIE SOUTHLAND
Ton WUEDFELR--ESTIMATES OF BUSINESS
INCREASE, &C..
lCorc.l ondcncc Of The Richmond Dispatch.l
JANUARY 3, 1882.
II is stated that within the last month or
siN weeks many farmers from North Caro-
hna have purchased land in Sussex county,
and will this year make Virginia their
hone.
GcY. u. -. Brown. late the general score
tary Il the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton % this city. will be ordained 10 the
full work Oi the Gospel ministry at the
High-Hill> Baptist church, in Sussex cOun-
", next Tuesday. The prcsbytcry Will
COM, Of Rev. Mcsyrs. 4. Il. Owen, L. c.
Dargan. G.. II. Nash, and Hugh c. Smith.
Mr. Brown will have charge Of several inn
portsat churches in that neighborhOod.
IL obedience 10 a circular invitation sent
out lly the Petersburg Pharmaceutical A.
ISOLATION, convention Of the druggists Of
the State will he held here tomorrow. The
BODY will meet 1T O'Clock y. NJ. la the
paFlor Of the Young Mems Christian As
sociaiiou. Delegates are expected from
Richmond. Norfolk, Lynchbmg, AleXan-
dria, and other cities i'm the State. The main
business Of the Convention will be 10 or
ganiZc q State Pharmaceutical Association,
and ,o frame bin 10 be presented TO the
General Assembly for enactment into law
for the better regulation of the practice OF
pharmacy in the State. The Convention
will probably he In session two days. To
morrow night thcyisiting delegates will be
entertained at Masonic Hall nj banquet to
BE- given ly the local Association.
The Common Council last evening ap-
pointed Mes.rs. X. T.. Hill, 5. w. Nenabic,
jaime :. Gillian, :. i. Arlington, and W.
b. NcIlWaine q Committee Of Proxy to re-
prc,cnt Che city i'm the annual meeting OF
the stockholders Of the Norfolk and West
ern railroad. TO DE held in Norfolk on the
It'll instant. The common stock held by
tn city in The old Atlantic, Mississippi and
Ohio railroad was some time ago exchanged,
share for share, Tor like stock in the Nor
folk and Western railroad.
The city is no l0ngcr-at least for the
pfcscut-to have the benefit OF an illumi-
mated clock in the courthouse stecplc. The
illumination proved a failure. and an order
W, today issued 10 the CHIEF Of Police TO
thst eject. When the new clock was or
dcrcd IL was believed that the illumination
would De sufficient 10 tell the hour nj rs
great distance by night as by day. En-
pcricEcc proved this 10 be an error, and the
Illumination 10 De an almost useless waste
OF ga.
The matter OF building a new hotel IN
onr city is again being agitated, and the
probability j. that the present year will
witness this much-needed Improvement in
our midst.
The people Of Grccnsville and sur
Founding counties are talking of organizing
al Agricultural Society, with the object of
holding an annual exhibition at llicksiord.
Some Of the enterprise < citizens OF that
VILLAGE, ] hear, are a o moving TO erect
and operate a cOtton-iactory at that place
for the manufacture Of cOttOn-yarns and
Pope. An excellent location for such an
indus.ry-in the very centre Of the cotton
growing REGION OF Virginia.
The treasurer is paying out conSidera-
Die amount OF interest on bonds Of the city
which fell due on The 1T Of the month.
Emmett Claud who is charged with the
murder o. John Murrel and Thomas, at
Green Plains, is confined in the jai Of
southampton. II is very generally believed
IN ihe ncighborhood OF the tragedy that he
W, participant in that terrible deed, if
not in fact the sole perpetratOr He ex-
presses fears Of being lynched, and has
asked that guard be placed about the Jail
Tor li, protection.
One u the most gratifying evidences %