The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-04
HALIFAX COUNTY.
PugiIistic Encounter Between whit
Man and "A Negro Disastrous fire.

HALIFAX COURTHOUsE, January l.
I am almost ashamed TO commence a
new year with an adverse report to the
peace and prosperity of our grand old
county. but facts are facts, and we can
not make them less. In my letter be-
fore Christmas had 20 chronicle shoot
ing. cutting. &c, and had hoped with the
ncw year ! mightwritc upOu themes Of %
more pleasing nature But for fear
some other correspondent of some other
newspaper may give an exaggerated ac-
count of ihe affair az Glover Depot, loo
this county. / hasten 10 get my report.
Yesterday evening the peace Of the
Commonwealth was broken by p white
and colored participant in the scientific
art pracUced by John l.. Sullivan and
Jake Kilrain, in which IL il said lhewhitc
gentleman received a very rough hand
ling at the hands of q notorious negro
bully. The white mans friends rushed
10 his rescue. pistols were drawn and
some shots fired al the one negro de-
perado. who was said 10 be the
ring-l leader in q difficulty which
happened al Clover some time
last summer From information gotten
by your correspondent from a gentleman
from Clover this morning, no shots were
fired at any othcrnegrOes, although there
were a large number of them around the
combatants at the time. The negro
made his escape, and 10 is thought that If
he was hurt at AN it Is not serious
Thi, morning about1 o'clock this town
was awakened hy the cry of fire. The
livery stable of Nr. L. 7. Collins, in rear
of The hardware store occupied by
Mcssrs. Farmer ~ Dickens, hardware
merchants. was discovered to be ON fire,
ami before the good citizens OF the town
could De awakened from their - @nbcrs
the fire had gotten thc mastery, ana lt was
soon seen that the only thing 90 De done
was to- save the contents OF the doomed
buildmes The horses were very hu-
namely attended 10 first and by per
si.tcni effort an were rescued. The store
was soon ON fire, too Nj T. b. Estes,
who occupied the second floor as an un-
dertakcr and furniture dealer, lost bis en-
tire stock, upon which he had am
insurance Of $4,000, which Will
nearly cover his loss Messrs. Farmer
& Dickens had policy ON the
stock of $1,000 in The PhwniX OF
BROOKLYN. They saved also q portion of
their stock. and ii is thought they will
not be- seriously damaged Mr. Collins
owned the building lie did not have a
dollars insurance on il, and had only
5000 ON his stable insured boy the Nir-
cinia Fire and Marine Insurance Com
pany He had just gotten ia about 5000
worth of hay His entire loss will aggre-
gate about $4,000. with only $500 insur-
ance. which makes him % heavy loser.
This is the second disastrous
fire Mr. Farmer. of the iirm of
Farmer & Dickens has sustained
within the past six months, but being q
young man of undauntcd energy, he will
rise from tho @mouldering ashes, and
come again Much sympathy is eN-
pressed on all sides for him and Mr.
Collins. The origin of the fire is un-
known. but is thoughtto be accidental
The treasurer has been busy all day
paving tbc interest ON county bonds to
thc Lvnchburg and Danville Railroad
Company. due January l-t the full
,mornt willbe met to-day ON thc Sl5OOOO
subscription