Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-11-02
LYNCHBURG.
aaIvuw OF rRH HILL.crrY TOBACCO
MARKET.
Yunsrsl Of Young Babsr; an Immense
Gathering suddsn Death
Chasing q Burglar.
--.....a.n.a of,he R,chmond pispA,ch

,correspondenc Of the Richmond Disp~schl
NOVEMBER I, 1886.
The sales az tobacco for the past week
amounted 10 only 3o,io0 pounds DC.
crease from the preceding week OF 2o,eVo
rounds. when the sales were 66,6Oo pounus.
The sales from October 1, 1885, 10 tbe Soso
az the same month were 1O6,4oo POUNDS
for the corresponding period OF TINS year
,hsy were only 159,500 pounds, mus ex c
bihitips the amazing decrease OF oiv,vvV
rnunds IN the single month OF October. IL
ran only be accounted Tor on the bypothe-
sis thai The low prices kept out oil the mar
tet All that planters were not compelled 10
selI. and the indisposition Of both manu-
frcturers and shippers 10 add TO their
already large stocks OF inienor'graae TO-
tacco. ,.
Through the carelessuess or inattention
N semebody al Central depot the body OF
charles Baber, winch reached that point
ever The New.Riyer road on time, was mol
Transferred 10 the early train on the Nor
fem and Western; hence did not reach mere
until 4P. NJ. College-Hill Baptist cnuISu
was packed 30 repletion at III O'Clock 10 lne
morning, while all the houses IN the 'il'ne-
date neirhborhood and the streets N9u'ns
fher,to were throngcd with interested per-
sons. who had come In expectation OF par
ticinatinp in the fHneral obscquies, when
had been advertised for that hour. Al
A o'clock in the afternoon, on the arrival
Of The remains, they were taken dtreetiy
10 sprIpg.Uill cemetery. attended by long
line of carriages containing many OF the
friends Of the deceased. There could mol
have BEEN less than a thousand persons
waiting in this " city Of the dead " for the
arrival OF the funeral corte9e. and, aiter
services appropslate 10 the occasion, con-
Quoted by his pastor. Rev. X. II. Acree'
This exceIi,.nt and beloved young man was
committed 10 the grave, amid The regrets
and tears Of the largest assemoIlse ever
witbin the precincts OF Spring HUI on any
simllsr oc ,asion. regret 10 add rho. as
mother and one oil iis sisters are ill-the
latter serious.
Mrs. Ella r. Gregory, very lovely and
attractive lady, wife OF Captain james H.
Gregory, OF Gregory Brothers, DOCK
sellers ard statiouers, died very suddenly
Yesterday morning. she was IN tie prline
OF life, being only twenty-nioe years oiu;
Ferdinand Rorer, Esq, one OF the enter.
prisjnp founders Of Roanoke City, ana OF
he Rorer Iron Mines, near that city.
During a funeral service that was bein &
held YESTERDAY in q colored Baptist church,
Of which Rev. Gordon Is pastor, the 1901
i,y.n 10 give way, and panic very nearly
ensue d I'm the effort OF The crowd to escape.
Fortunately. however, al sueceedei IN
re,ting out uniniured. The services were
concluded at JACK son.Street Coloreu he'h-
odist Episcopal church.
one OF the burglars With which tnis GUY
now being afflicted made avery narro" Is,
cape from capture on saturday night, ne
was discovered on the roof ofthe house oil q
citizen with evident purpose TO enter II
through a trapdoor. The police were
called. when be made a basty exit INTO a
large building adjoining through win
dow-Dickerson & TbompsOn's furniture
establishment-and while the police were
looking for him upstairs he went into tue
cellar, and. unlocking a back door from
the inside, escaped. He was spotted, how
ever, by the officer, and II he remains IN
the city can hardly escape capture. lie is
supposed 10 he connected with the gang
that robbed the residences OF James o..
Williams end Captain j. I. Lee.
White-Top mountain, in the neighbor-
hood OF Atkins Tank, on the Norfolk and
Western road, was covered with snow yes
to-day. KEN