Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-27
THE C0CKADE CITY.
NEWS NOTES FROM FETERSh,H'
AND THE VICINITY.
Death Of Vci'-known Citirch-N
Serious Cutting Cnsc-DeicGa'cs I"
~. c,,l-Unnds Conycption--1hc
characterization" Party.

clal1-Another old a1l respected c'iizfh
passed away to-day after long ana nom
ored and useful ne In the community
Mr. jerome Sommers. for nearly or qu''e
a half century a prominent merchant
died at his residence on south Sycai'oie
street. ut O'Clock This morning AFTER q"
illness Of about two months. aged ABOUT
% wears. He leaves three children. Mr'
soumers led a biameless life in the COM
muniiy. and was respected and beloved py
all who knew him. He was a prominent
Mason and Odd-Fellow, and was also
member az other secret orders.
WORK COMMENCED
The work Of Improvement OF tho custom
house building was commenced today py
Mr. W y Tucker. to whom the contract
was awarded.
SERIOUS CUTTING NFFRAY.
John y. Avery. a colore1 employee ~
the Atlantic-Ccast Line railroad, was very
eorioiislv cut and stabbed at late hour
on saturday night IN P0cahontas. His
,roii-Hs ar. IN the siie. 10 the arm. ana
IN the back. on his complaint a white
man ramel Lewis Sheffield was arrest 4
On IN. charge e doirs the cutting. Ihe
aceus.d remained IN Jail until this morn
Ing. when. on icing brought before the
Na-cr, he waived examination and was
iqiirI FOR his appearance for trial BEFORE
tho IIustincs Court. II IS said that a hai
will play an important part as q witness
in this trial as Avery has IN his = ses-
sion the hat of the man who s'afp % hi'l'.
DELEGATES APPOINTED.
Mayor Collier this morning appointed
Major i. i. LcovenwCrth and Mr. -. a.
FlttZ the tao delegates 10 represent 'n'
city OF Petersburg in the G9oi-Hoaas
Convention. which IS 10 b. held IN Ken
monj on October 10Th AMI lth.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL NEWS
Master John Laurie. the 7-ycar-olI son
n Nr John T. I.-asanis. oi me mex
Appeal staff. slipped upon q J. elhb oi,
Market street this morning 1ni i.il anu
fractured The bones az bis rsht ann
near tho elt SO. u
The premises Of Mrs. James "'Hdsh,
on east 1abb street. were VISITED ~
thieves last night and some hit-.h OF
twenty CHECKER stolen.
Nr. John i. Harris. Treasurer - Din
v.f7lfa county. was IN the city today.
Two new drugstor~s are 10 BE- opened In
..,fs rit,. both IN Sycamore street, on the
is- u september.
some sensational reports nave been sent
ont from this city % tie terrible ELECTS
II the drought in this section. The truth
is that only H. small areas Us there any
serious detriment 20 the crops By reason
Of Gry weather. An abundance of corn
VII Be- made. and this l. tae only crop
d be affected hy the drought.
Speaking OF dry Slndavs' IN Rich
mond. New YORK. and other large COM
o. . 80 ~. ID
temperance reyiyalists and the most radi-
cal refolmers good o. visit the Cockaie
CITY on the sabbath. The best the
s,rictest r-forner. or the most "a Heal
opponent az ll0uor could get ia Sunday
o. satisfy his thirst womb D. a glass or
two OF the Indifferent water the city
furnishes 10 the people who pay cool
price for it. and in this connection It
may b. SAID that only those citizens who
ly force Of circumstances are compelled
o. Do SO drink the water that the city
furnishes them. Hundreds. an! perhaps
thousands. send T. the'sprines ana wells
for drinking water. This is 90 So! state
m.nt % MAKE, bat il IS nevertheless
true.
General Malone ana his political
methods may Dee very popular among the
Republicans in this state. but il is not
believed that his leadership Of the new
"Hoasst-Eleciiors" party wil take very
widely among Democrats Everybody in
the state i5 familiar with his plan ~
campaign. and nobody outside - the Re-
pu1licans. the negroes, ana the Populists
wll follow him now.
-frs. George ". CardWell died Mt her
home. in Blandford. last nizht ~ cancer.
from which she has been suffering f,r
many months.
\ meeting % the ladies' of the city will
be held Tomorrow afternoon for the pur-
pose OF srcaniz.ng chapter Of the
Daughters 81 the Confe1eracy.
Information has been received that n
large number Of farm r. from Ohio win
visit our section early next month for
tie purpose - buying lan1s in this
vicinity. should they find a favorable loca-
ten.