Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-16
THE STATE AT LARGE.
PETERSBUEG IND VICINITY.
Illness Of PhSsician-Iwo Pirs.-A Spirit
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Illness OF PhSsician-Iwo Pirs.--A Spirit
less Republican Meeting.
fco~repoudencc OF the Richmona n,.,,.rti
SEPTEMBER IS. 1884.
Information was received here this morn.
log that DR.. John Wilson, a prominent
physician and higily-respected citizen,
was stricken with paralysis at Wakefield
Yesterday, and bis condition il regarded AZ
serious. He is brother Of n. 4. Wilson,
ESQ.,. Of this CITY, who left this afternoon
20 attend at his bedside.
About 4 O'Clock Yesterday marninr fire
was discovered on the second floor OF
Messrs. Stutiz & Brothers store, on Halifax
street. But ior The proximity OF the store
10 tie engine-house q serious fire wond
probably hsvereSulted. Thciloor on which
Inc fire occurred was filed with newly
mace mattresses and bedding materials,
which were considerably damaged by Dire
and water. The los3 is much more than
covered by Insurance. The fee was the
WORK Of an incendiary. II is said That Just
before the alarm was given an unknowl
man was seen to Jump from one OF the
windows.
Another fire occurred this afternoon on
the Heights, near the head OF liirdmg
street, which resulted In the destruction Of
| Ct dwelling owned 10y james Smith (col-
orct). The department did not have nose
| enough 10 reach from the neart 81 water
rlug TO the burning building.
Miss Annie Gordon and Mrs. Frances
Willard, the temperance lecturers, had an
immense audience 10 hear them at the
Academy Of Music yesterday AT .ernoon.
Every portion OF the building was crowded
by pecJle. sitting and Standing. and great
many persons bad TO be turned away be-
cause Of inability to get inside the doors.
| A number 81 ministers occupied seats Oh
| the stage. The addresses were pro- Ounced
| 10 be superior to anv of the kind ever de-
| livercd here. and will doubtless be produc-
| tive Of much good.
The Republicans held mass meeting AT
the Academy OF Music saturday night,
| which was not rs largely attended n the
| one held the previous week. and taken alto
| gethcr was n rather splritess affair. The
| main speech Of the evening was that OF 5.
| Brown Allen. lie discussed the tariff at
| great length, and his NAN effort to arouse
| the colored people, who composed the
laIgor part OF his audience, to actiy-
iiy, was his attempt to prove the
hostility of the Democrats TO their in
| ,erosls. In his section, he said, the
| white people spoke Of them rs I'D mig
| gers" too ignorant to he entrusted with
suffrage and responsibility. Senator Ma
| hone sat on the stage during the evening,
but did not speak. when n colored orator
| from Richmond referred TO him as one
whom the people loved because he IS a
"boss,'' and whom the people would follow
| Wherever he would lead, the General bowed
his head behind his hand. and doubtless
blUshed in very modesiy. One OF the ANU
| sing features OF this meeting was the fire.
| qucnt cries for "EvanS.' II seemed That
many Of the friends Of the cOl)red candl-
date were present. and whenever
| anything was said 10 compliment to Brady
they would cry aloud for Evans. and at
| times they made biz noise In the assem-
| lily. One Of the orators declared that this
| was a time when every man was expected
| TO take position in the ranks. "Wnat
| position will you take. my friends, in tn.
canvass Z" "For Evans" came Z loud
| response. which. however, was met by =
| like response from others: For Brady
Rev. DR.. e. J. Gibson has returned from
| his summer vacation in West Virginia.
| Ills health IL better, but not 50 much I'M
| proved as it was hoped 1t would be.
| ROBIN ADAIR.