Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-24
PETERSBURG.
/. pxrraspuRoEn KILLED IN WASH
,rcroN-wHEAT BADLY DAMAGED.
stoys Robbed-rhs Proposed Confederate
monument The Puryear case-The
Prisoner Hopeful.
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fcorre.pondence ofthe Richmond Dispatch'l
PETERSBURG, July %, 1886.
Mr.. Charles A. Grigg, the young
man who was killed in Washington last
night by q fall from the sixth.story
window Of the Evans building, on New
York avenue, was . native, and until
very recently resident Of Petersburg.
His father, Mr.. Robert d. Grigg, is an
honored and respected citizen Of Dim
widdie county, residing just west OF the
CITY. His grandparents, Rev. A. l..
Archer and wife, live in this city. Inc
deceased was about twenty.eight years
OF age, and married. His remains were
brought to Petersburg to-day for In
terment. lie had been in business in
Washington for several months, and
WAS here on visit two or three weeks
ago. He was subject to hemorrhages,
and it is thought while suffering from
one of these attacks he fell from the
window and met instant death.
It is learned from the farmers in the
adjacent counties that their wheat crop
has been much damaged in the stacks
by the continued wet weather. Much
Of it has sprouted and all Of it so
dampened as hardly to be in condition
to thresh and bring to market. AS a
consequence very little new wheat has
yet been brought to market.
The front window of Mr.. G. c, Alleys
confectionery-store, on Sycamore street.
was broken into by burglars last
night and number Of boxes Of cigars,
which were in easy reach, were carried
OF. This is the second or third rob-
berry OF the kind that has been COM
mitted recently in the same neighbor-
hood. on the main business street OF
the city. The plate-glass window paues
were broken by the burglars, whose
only object seems to have been to steal
tobacco and cigars.
The Middle District Baptist Associa'
ton. Of which Judge y. a. Hancock is
moderator, will assemble at Bethel
church. In Chesterfield county, on the
Sd of August, and the people of the
neiehborhood are making preparations
to give the delegates hospitable recep'
ton.
The Petersburg District Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, has
been in session at Mt. Pisgah church.
in Chesterfield county, since Wednesday,
with full clerical and lay representa-
tion.
The Ladies' Memorial Association is
gradually collecting funds for the cree
lion of the proposed monument over the
Confederate dead buried in Blandford
cemetery. They are encouraged to be-
lieve that the monument will be in
place and ready for dedication By next
neutrality-suspicious. 9, 1887. A de-
scription Of the monument, as selected
by the Association, has already been
published in this correspondence. The
design is a very handsome one. The
shaft is Of bronze, rests upon granite
base, and is surmounted with the full
size figure of a Confederate soldier.
The cost will be between $4,000 and
$4,000.
Counsel for Holmes r. Puryear, the
convicted wife-murderer, who is con-
fined in one Of the dupgeon-cells of the
Jail in this city under sentence to be
hanged on the 9th OF October next,
are making up the voluminOus records
in the case, with a view to carrying it
10 the Supreme Court and asking for a
new trial. Puryear keeps himself very
quiet, sees no one but his immediate
relations, reads sacred literature almost
entirely. and is hopeful that the Court
of Appeals will grant him new trial.
ROBIN ADAIR.