The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-02-20
ALL OVER THE STATE.
prTrR,sBURG.


AID FOR THE FLOOD srFPERERs-DEcIsIoN Is
ALoTTERY cAsE--srSGULAR COINCIDENCE
THE CENTRAL ASYLUM BoARD--DEATH of
HUSBAND AND WIFE WITHIN FEW HOURS
correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatcl.I
FEBRUARY 10, 1884.
Tn pursuance OF call issued by the
MAYER. n welLaftended meeting OF citizens
vas held in the courthouse last evening
70 iuaugurate measures locking to the re-
lief az the suffers by the western floods. a
central committee OF five, with the Mayor
as chairman, with subcommittee for each
ward. were appointed TO solicit contribu-
lions in behalf of the cause. These COM
nitfees will go to work ut once, and It Is
honed and believed that a handsome sum
will be realized. IN
.Iudye Mann. of the Hastings Court, will
deliver his opinion on the legality OF the
0ismal-swamp CompaDy's charter on
Thursday OF this week, the first day OF the
FebrT,ary term Of the court. 1t will be
LENGTHY. and will cover all the points In
VOWED in the case, as well as all the au-
thorities on the subject.
Miss Lucy Davis, venerable CHRISTIAN
lady. died last night at the residence Oh her
nephew, Dir. ii. G. Davis, in the seventy
first year OF her age.
IL may be remarked in connection WIN
the death Of Mrs. Mary Anna Floyd, Oh
which mention has been made IN this cor
resDondence, that she would have Deen
seyenty-one years old yesterday. the day OF
her funeral. She was apparently In ner
usual health a half hour before her death,
and her demise was very sudden. She bad
often prayed that the weather on the DAY
Of her funeral might be clear and pleasant,
that those who attended might not be SUD-
iected. to exposure. As II in answer 10
her PRAYERS, the heavy clouds which had
for many DAYS obscured the heavens, broke
away during the funeral services, ana the
sun shone out brightly and warmly.
A committee of our citizens went over
TO Richmond this morning to advise with
the Legislature in reference to the appoint
ment OF the Board OF Directors OF the Gen.
trail LuAatic Asylum. 1t Is suggested thai
the Board be composed exclusively OF citi-
zens Of the Fourth district.
II is believed that the damage done TO
Baitersea cotton-factOry by the recent cy-
clone will be repaired in about two weeks,
when operations will be resumed.
Two deaths occurred in cOlored family
i'm the western portion OF the city day or
two ago under somewhat remarkable cir
cumstances. A woman named Fanny
Scott. the mother OF six children, had been
sick for some time with pneumonia. On
Saturday morning she arose. cooked break
fast. and invited her children to eat with
her, telling them il would be the last time
they would do so. After eating she re-
turned to her bed, and in few minutes
was corpse. Her death occurred about
s O'Clock. Her husband was much affect
ed, and on Sunday morning, apparently in
his grief he threw himself upon his bed.
When friend approached to speak to him
| it was found that he was dead. 1t was at
| first thought that he had taken poison, but
this was ascertained to be untrue. His
death occurred about the same hour as that
Of his wife.
The weather has been so wet and so
unfavOrable since the advent OF the new
year that the farmers and planters in
this section have Eeen unable to do any
work as yet, and they are much behind
hand in their operations. ROBIN ADAlR.