The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-11
pATRICK COUNTY.


now THE lrrIox or THE LrScmuRo CON-
vRSTIoN IS LOOKED UPON HUNT Arihs
SUSPECTED H0RsE-THIEf-rERRIB
DROUGHT.
tCorrospondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.I
PATRICK COURTHOUSE, VAy
July 30, 1888.
We must have our say about the Lynch.
burg Convention. We read carefully ana
with pleasure our platform. III there Is
" safety In the multidues OF c0unsellors,
II harmony in consultation and wisdom
and craftsmanship in results. augurs sue
cess, surely we will win In our next e,ec-
ton. Our leaders have stripped Tor the
contest, and the yeomanry, the true men OF
Virginia, from the Dan to the Potomac
from the Chesapeake to the Cumberland,
are making ready for the fight ana the
Democracy will make an earnest, STEADY,
and determined effort to rid our good ola
State from the aflliction OF an incompetent
and partisan judiciary, the disgrace OF
mixed school boards, and the domination
OF an unscrupulous and tyrannical boss.
Well may our leader, that sagacious ana
able statesman, Mr.. Barbour, call upoi' tnc
young men in this emergency. III Is iher
fight. Let. then, the newspapers ana our
speakers all over the State call them to the
front and impress upon them the linpor-
lance OF the issues at stake. DO this. en-
list their hearty and active cooperatloh'
and victory will surely be ours, ana the
old men and the women will join In the
annlaudit OF nWell done," and their re-
ward will be the approval OF their own con-
science and the applause OF grateful peo-
pie.
We had quite an excitement in the west
ern mart OF this county last week, when
extended into FLOYD and Carroll counties.
For several months past notorious feiioW
OF this county, named Tinsley, has pro-
duced considerable uneasiness WIN tue
farmers in the neighborhood alluded 10.
Several valuable horses have been stolen,
and Tinsley has been suspected as the
thief. Last week Mr.. Dickens, OF Carroll,
missed q fine horse. Tinsley was ut once
suspected, and pursued 10 his home in tins
county. Failing TO get legal process Tor
his arrest, Major Lawson. United States
marshal, having in his possession writ
against Tinsley, promptly lent his AID, ana
called out posse Of one hundred men from
the three counties and made chase. ms
large company Of hardy mountain men re-
sponded cbeeriully, and in hot pursuit
tracked their victim, rs they supposed, 10
mountain fastness near his fathers house.
They thought they had him sure, and they
surrounded the almost impenetrable IVY,
and made q careful examination, when, 10
their regret and disappointment. they found
that Tinsley, with the cunning OF a 1oX,
had made good his escape. He has not
been heard of to this day. The people OF
that section OF country unite in pralslng
Major Lawson for his ready and valuable
assistance in the time OF need.
The many friends and old comrades OF
Captain Graves w. Cbeeley, late OF this
county. have beard with regret OF his re-
cent death in Colorado. Captain Cheeley
was native of this county, where prior to
the late war he held various positions OF
honor. He was very popular. When the
war commenced he was exempt from mill
tary service by virtue Of the office he then
held-commissioner OF the revenue. That
Office he at once resigned, however, and
volunteered as a private, and served faith
fully till the close Of the war. lie COM
manded company in several OF the most
important battles, and was universally
popular with the soldiers.
We are suffering from the effects OF an
other terrible drought. The recollections
of the drought OF 1881 are still fresh in our
minds, and fills us with alarm. in some
parts of this county and Floyd and Carroll
the tobacco and corn crop have already
been seriously damaged, and the smaller
crops of potatoes, cabbage. &C., are too far
spent TO be benefited by rain. DAN.