Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-12-18
THE SOUTH SIDE.
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DIET.
Another Accidental Penitentiary Convict
Wanted for Forgery-Murderer at
Large-Other News.
Of the Richmond Dispatch

PETERSBURG, Va, Dec. IL, 1856.
The mayor this morning sentenced one
~ the prisoners arraigned before him u
ten DAYS imprisonment In Jail. and to be
led only on bread and water. The charge
against the accused was Drunkenness
habitual case. This is the first sentence OF
the Kind passed upon prisoner III TINS
city.
IL is reported here to-day that the pas
senger train which left for the West on the
Norfolk and Western railroad at $50 last
night ran into the rear portion OF freight
train at James.Rlver sliding, near Lynch
burg, between 10 and II O'Clock this morn.
ing. The passenger train sustained no
damage OF consequence, but the cabooSe OF
the freight train was wrecked. Engineer
Alfred Gates is reported TO have been
painfully injured by scalds and cuts, but
not seriously so. Mr.. Gates is q resident
Of Petersburg.
John Baker, the negro hOrse-thief who
was recently sentenced to ten years i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary by the
County Court Of Chesterfield, i wanted IN
Surrv county for forgery. The sheriff OF
that dHlnty arrived in the city yesterday
with a cdpi0S for Baker, supposing him to
be confined in the jail here. When he
learned that the man he wanted was safely
housed in the penitentiary under sem
fence Of ten years, he, OF course, TOOK no
further steps. Baker j. charged with
forging the name Of mercantile firm OF
Surry county for money.
II was learned from the Surry sheriff that
the negro Boston Reed, who i charged
with the murder of Albert Hines (coIored),
during difficulty which occurred between
them in that County some weeks ago, has
never been arrested, though the most dill.
gent search has been made for him. Reed
fed after the murder, aud is supposed to
have left that section for parts unknown.
Mr.. Everett Il. Wells, an old and we'll
known citizen, aged about sixty years, died
at hi, homo, IN the southern part OF the
city. last night of pneumonia. He leaves
a widow, hut no children. Mr.. Wells was
a man OF cultivated mind and high Chris
tiau character.
The sales of loose tobacco at the ware
bouses today were very large. TIE Dis
appearance Of the snow has enabled the
planters TO come 10 town. and they are
rushing in their crops 10 get the advantage
II the advance in prices. All the ware
houses were crowded with receipts to-day.
The ladies OF the Episcopal churches have
been bu,ily engaged for some DAYS in deco.
rating their churches here with cvcrgreens
Tor The Christmas season. The decorations
Ibis year promise to be somewhat more
elaborate than usual.
The Blttcrsea Methodist chapel in the
western part Of the city. has been for the
first time a,signeds pastor thi, year in the
person OF the Rev. Roaue Riddick. TINS
has been mission field for many years,
and the MethOdists have worked il well.
With an active young minister like Mr..
Riddick the Battcr,ea chapel, whose name
has been changed 10 WCst-End Methodist
church," will become scli-supporling.
The statistics for tbi. year. though people
have generally complained Of hard times
md ti.htnc-> Of money. will show graft
Iug increase in taxable value, in the city.
ROBIN tDAIR.