The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-10-31
4itFmond 1ispatth.
WEDNESDAY. -. OCTOBER 81, 1885.
PETERSBURG.

MORTALITY DURING oCToBER-TlE RESULT
OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES COTTON RE-
cptpTs--li,i.NEss OF An OLD CITlZEN--A
vrvoIIAI TO DIR. EDwARDS-ciiEsTERFfE
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. MEETING, &C.
fcnrnespcndcnce Of The Richmond Dispatch.l
OcroBER 30, 1888.
The health officer reports that 20 deaths
occnrred in this city during the month
cndiny October 26th. OF those who died
os were males and q females; 10 were
whites and "a colorcd. Twcnty-Six deaths
occurred among children under the age OF
five years.
The result OF registration in this city Is
The addition OF large number OF new
names TO the list, both white and colorod.
n Is generally believed that the vote on
the 9Th OF November will be the largest
ever polled in Petersburg. II is claimed
by some that Il win exceed 1000; Others
think IL will not run over 5000. IL Is
Dretty certain that efforts will be made by
both parties to get every voter.
The receipts OF cotton since the lst OF
September are more than loco bales in eX'
cess Of the receipts for the corresponding
period OF last year. The staple IS coming
in very freely.
MFR. G. o. Sanford, one OF our Oldest and
most respected citizens, and one OF the
most accomplished engineers in the state,
is seriously IN at the Bollingbrook Hotel.
MIR. Sanford was Zee engineer who con-
structed the Soutl side railroad. and was
for many years 81 lerintendert and at one
time president OF the Petersburg and Wet
don railroad.
Bishop Wilson. OF the Methodist Epis'
copal Church south, who has been spend
ing several days in our city, leftthls morn
ing for his home, in Baltimore. lie
preached twice at Market-Sueet church on
SUNDAY. This church has just been open
ed. after being closed for nearly fouI
months. during which very handsome i'm
prOycments and alterations were made 70
its interior. These improvements cost over
5000. and the whole amount has been
collected. Rev. Dr. John L. Edwards
was the first pastor OF this chureh, nearly
a quarter Of a century ago, and assisted
very greatly in building the edltice. lie Is
now its pastor again, and to his efforts Is
due the very handsome improvements just
made. II is DIR. Edwards wish that this
church shall be a memorial Of his work
after he shall have passed to his grave, ana
most assuredly il will be.
The work on the Central Lunatic Asylum
near this city is progressing rs rapidly as
possible. The third story OF the bulldlne
is nearly competed, and il Is expected that
the roof will be flushed in December. III
will contain 227 rooms for patients.
A gentleman from Mechanicsyllie, In
Chesterfield county. says that village Is
solid for Democracy. While there were
formerly good many Rcadiusters there,
every one Of them had changed and re-
turned TO the Democratic fold.
a special meeting Of the directors OF the
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company
will be held in Philadelphia tomorrow,
the object OF which, it is believed. is to
sign the papers Of transfer OF the CONSOLE
dated Railway Express and its franchises
To the Adams Express Company. Negotla-
tons have long been pending for the pur'
chase by the Adams Company OF the Rail
way Express, and the parties have only
been divided by few thousand dollars
The Norfolk and Western Company have
for years been doing all the express busl
y ness along their entire line.
The old Arrowhead Methodist church, IL
Chesterfield county, which was very nearly
DESTROYED during Buffers advance from
~ Bermuda Hundred, has recently been re
paired and re0ccupied. Ii has now sun
} day school OF one hundred children.
RouIN ADATR