Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-12
PETERSBURG AND FrINIm.
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Another fatal hurnieg sccidsai sS-
curred NJ this city yesterday. MIS-
Maggie Sermons. srua nineteen vszrs,
dsRehisr 81 sir, tsesrge ScrsneBs, re-
sia55g AZ the ccrnrT Of Southland Wash
inctoD streets, Was tAe victim The
youux iady wa attending sofae eosk-
mr. tor dinner when hes spscn esacnt
ire fFen sne ktsvc. Losing her pres
ence Of minc, she ran fEOn the hoasa
ont info the yard and Aer clothes were
soon tanned in;o names, aud ser
srhoie body became ezseioped NJ ire
Her screams attracted staentlon
AMI qninkly bronshs her assistance,
bus she Wa 30 badly burned
thai death resulted n a. short
tiiae. IL rnxy be- remarked IN khis cos
nsetion thss the death Of thss yougE
iasv Is the sixth O. ssvraah shas hss
occurred from similar accidents ~ the
Same neishbornood within eonpsys
tsvely a few months. Ths tw0sisisr----
khr Misses Cisy--perishad from accs-
dental burning last s7rsag snbss-
quentiy Mrs. Uoske and two childseE,
n the ncsr vicinity, were bnrase 81
death m Oh mar was i2tally aurnet,
End nov occRss thss distressing sccs
deaf. Mr. Sermons Is worthy snd
respectable cisEep. and WAS fcrmcriy
nnd Tor some year ~ sftcient naernbef
Of the police corps
The tesnpsxztnre cary thss morning
Is reported from v1r10Hs loeAisass e.
have been IRON { g. IA degrees s00ve
zere--uuBsaAliy cold for thss section.
During tn past rvs or t5rse dxys ICE
hss fcrrnod O. the Thickness o. three
inches. AL Haisss there b . sudden
wxrm change the lee-hoasss throughout
this secnOn wili be 6lisd thu weck.
The iaissE at weSt-knd Fark. tins p0nds
around the city, and IN rIverInes-
dews OF the Onssierhah SIDE furnish
cxcelisns skAtizS and s"-day hundreds
OF la3les and gentlemen anu Children Ere
enjoying themselves Il thal heaithial
sxesciee.
Tsere are sorty-hve coupon SUITS o2
tins docket Of tn ligstrngs Uolri ter
tina next wess--same Of which wlll
uadoubioisy o. disposed o.. Inc
amount E1voiye,. is considerable &s.
J.. /. AHgry, o. Richmond, l. tn
plaintiffs c0aAsti N taree Of shsse
eases. ans MT. " Il Sands o. Rich
monG. D. c0aRss ~ the other iOVty-twO
eases.
Il goOd dsa o. rnterss. D. bsing
manifested b. tae improvement Of cur
river and harder snG by = nnnbcr the
oil scheme nss beer rgyIyel 3 the
bsstSystcm Of improvement, OF dSfaraiag
the river ab9yc foc&hnriss crilgg AM
turniug the cOurse o. the stream
through the Resin IDesaaEs Il Ones
terheld county THIS pisn weahl
empty th volume OF wsisr iron above
INTO the nam chsnDtl Of the river s0me
distance below III eity sud al OR
hzrbor with bacs-wkier iree O. a. Dc
Dosit. A survey o. Tia routo wa
made yeEr CT Two ago b. Lnitoi
State engineers bns ir wa i9nai . Dc
Ga expensive thai al nope o. saf,-
cent appropriation from Congress wa
4 practically absndonel a. lsSs' To- the
prssen,.
Some feeling hSs Oean eEBsed amone
thosc interested r. the Norma and o.
leEiate Institute, nsEr tins city 5y the
deposition Of ono Of tae proissscr---I
f T. Ss0yeF--o tae attempted 8isEaiSsa
o. I'm IRON toe college prefnises D.
WIT 0 uDiawiai otisineg and the ap-
pointmeat n hIs steal o. another pro.
lesser. UouBsG nave been engages O.
prosecute Snd defend tn ease Slower
ciAIms thai. s. b. dIsIniss1 wa mol
mace 1y 3 majority q tn board, nc 5
Stl al instructor Rnd entitled 60 rooia
I o. the premise The matter Of the
/ uni1wfc oetxiDef Wa brought g. %
/ COrrt o. Chesterfield eoa1ty te-aHy
I b1t VIVA action wa tAken ms no yet
been learned. Il ;. understood tina
( Governor Lee has requested TIA. action
II the matter D postponed anti the
nsw Board O Edncaton eEn aave ti,ae
O make investigation mt To- circan
stance o. Slower reIngTa.
The receipts q cotton a. thI por.
las wesk were IS bslss--aAking a
tolSl Of I-.3s2 oaiss since September
!. 1885, a. sgaiBs; SIS bale icr tbs
corresponding periOj oi Isl. year. To
rectipss Or wagons snow q i1rre ~
rTeAse over tho prsy0as ys1g. Tn
stoCs Or NAM a. prssent h ~.l3l bGlss
s. compared witt thst o. tn hTSl o.
las year.
= iette- va received ts-aAy from
phiiGdtlphis, stanug tSai there = m iu-
proyeIncnt u the condll0n Of the nsAlti
ofthe venef1bis br. Bosth lie Il Zrsis-
ally declining and suffer great debility
Ia va ssventy-slZ year oil te-dsy
lie hSs Ia1Hy rtiAtgves an friend -
thu section Of the State
HOGFOLE AND P0RTSAO UTH.