Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-24
DOWN BY THE SEA.
DEATH or REV. G.. N. WRIGHT.

>tTicus oh"ouhs hHrnv at NrGtnfa
B,aeh-Arrra OF Suspected Parties Minis
| teriaI Call.
| Correspondents ofthe Richmond Dispatch. !
NORFOLK, July %. 1885.
The tolling Of funeral bells from the
City Hall, the churches, and Fire-D De-
psrtment buildings this morning pro-
claimed to our people the death Of the
distinguished sufferer ex-President
Grant. Flags were quickly displayed
at half-mast on the shipping in the har-
Dor snd all the public buildings about
the two cities, and in several instances
hung with mourning. Newspaper ex-
trss followed, and the public was
placed in full possession OF all the facts
relating to the last hours of the Gene
raj.
At an early hour this morning Rev.
George NJ. Wright, pastor of Centenary
Methodist Episcopal church, Ports
mouth, expired after three or four
weeks Of suffering from bilious dysen-
terry. lie belonged to the Virginia Con-
ference, and was a man OF remarkable
ability and power as preacher.
During his ministry in Ports
mouth. going on four years, be-
tween three and four hundred persons
were converted under his preaching and
added to the church. In years Mr..
Wright was young man, and bid fair
10 be OF great usefulness in the Church
10 which be was attached. His death
has created a profound grief among the
Methodists OF Portsmouth. The re-
mains will be taken to Essex county
for interment.
At ii o'clock this morning Mr.. J. F.
Coier, a prominent citizen Of Ports
mouth, and engaged for many years in
business in Norfork, died at his resi-
dence, on Court street, after brief i'll
ness. He vas a member Of Monu-
mental Methodist Episcopal church, a
useful citizen. and good man.
Last night, near midnight, John A.
Brimmer, Jr., chairman OF the Demo-
cratic Executive Committee of Norfolk,
was shot in an ARRAY on the veranda of
the hotel at Virginia Beach, and, it is
thought, fatally wounded. A pistol-ball
entered Just above the heart. Black
Hawk Tribe Of Red Men were on an
excursion to the beach, and Brimmer
and a number Of friends participated.
The quarrel was more the result of
drinking than anything else. William
Mitchell, charged with doing the shoot
ing, was arrested here, together with
two others Of the party, and commit
ted TO jail to be taken to Princess
Anne Courthouse for trial. DR.. lily.
Smith, who is attending the wounded
man. says to-day the case is a desperate
one for Brimmer.
Rev. Charles j. Holt, who came to
Portsmouth about a year ago from Bal
timore and took charge Of Trinity EpiS-
copal church. has received a call to an
Episcopal church in New York city at
a salary Of 1000 year and parsonage.
The vestry Of Trinity church last
night voted Mr.. Holt $1,000 a year
salary ard parsonage free, and, as h.
likes Portsmouth. it is probable now
the New York offer will not be &C
cepted. Mr.. Holt is young man, and
was recommended to Portsmouth by
Bishop Randolph. G.
LATEST ABOUT THE SHOOTING.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch.l
NORFOLK, Va, July 23.-Isaac
Stott, the only man arrested in addi-
ten to Mitchell for the Brimmer shoot
ing last night, was taken before Justice
johnson this afternoon. Stott was ar
rested upon the positive assertion that
ne was the man who fired the shot,
and was locked up for examina-
ton. Evidence was adduced to prove
that the man who did tie shooting was
stout and thick-set, but who it was is
not known. Chief-of-Police ROLAND,
not feeling authorized to act in the
case, Stott was released from custody.
Mitchell, the shooting-ga man, who
was arrested last night, is in jail at
Princess Anne Courthouse. Brimmer
is no better tonight.