Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-04
ON THE APrOMATTOX.
NEWS NOTES GATHERED IN THE
CoCKADE CITY.
STRICKEN DOWN With PARALYSIS.
Young Lady Very BADLY Burned-
The Dinwiddie Assault and Rob-
bcry-Thc New Electric Hallway
Personal and General.

| PETERSBURG, VA, April s.-(Speclal.)
| Mrs. Theodore Glazier. an aged and high
| Unexpected lady, residing near the south
ern end of Halifax street, was stricken
with paralysis Sunday morning, one side
OF her body being affected. She had re-
tired TO bed the night before in her usual
good health. About Z o'clock yesterday
morning. when a member OF the family
entered her room. she complained Of feel
Ing i'll, and asked that a cup Of coffee be
brought to her. Immediately afterwards
she became speeches. from an attack
Of paralysis.
Miss Ida Chance. aged Il years, one of
the three remaining members OF the fami-
ly In which six or seven deaths occurred
so rapidly from pneumonia during the
winter, was badly burned this morning
at her home. on Fleet street. She was
engaged at the time in bathing her chest
with spirits of turpontne. when her
father, who was standing close by, struck
match. The flame from the match i'm
mediately ignited the turpentine, and the
young lady was enveloped In fire. She
was very painfully and severely burned
about the upper portion of the body be-
fore the flames could be smothered The
extent of her injuries cannot yet be as
certainod
Magistrate Chambers and Constable
Fisher, OF Dinwiddie county. came to the
city last evening Tor the purpose of iden-
tifying the negro. James Grandson. who
was arrested and held here on the serious
charge of shooting and robbing Mr.. War
d.,
on Thursday night last. Grandson very
strongly answers the description of the
strange negro who was seen at Church
Road and Ford's Depot on the day of
tho crime, and as given by Mr. Brown
himself. When the two officers first saw
the negro in jail here they were pretty
positive that he is the man who is want
ed, but afterwards when he was made
TO put on his overcoat and hat, both of
which the negro says were borrowed
they were not so certain. They said that
Mr.. Brown. and possibly others. could
positively identify the robber and II was
deemed best that Grandson should be
taken up TO the scene of the crime for
that purpose. and accordingly he was
taken up there this morning. If Grandi-
son proves not to be tho right man he
will at once be released if otherwise he
will be returned to jail.
At meeting of the congregation of St.
Pauls church this morning the following
gentlemen were reelected vestrymen: |
John Mann, S. j. Hurt w. Il. Plummer, |
w II. Cuthhert. II. +. Heath, w. r. Nc |
kenney, II. Noltenius, William Worth. |
f. r. Beckwith. i. c. Hoy, and Judge |
J. NJ. Mullen. The other Episcopal church. |
es will elect their vestrymen tonight.
The contracts for the motors. cars, and |
railway ties for the new electric street |
railway in our city were given out in
Baltimore to-day, The names of the con-
tractors arc not as yet known here. 1t
S expected, as soon as the construction
supplies are received. that the company
will put large force of hands to work
It IS the purpose TO have the road COM
Dleted and in operation by the first of
July.
Rev. ]. d. Hart, pastor of the Second
Baptist church, in this city, has accepted
IN invitation from Rev. Mr.. Hicks, of
to assist the latter in a re-
'ival TO be commenced at Stockton-Street
hurch the latter part of this month.
The Catholic and Episcopal churches In
his city were very beautifully decorated
or Easter Sunday. The services were OF
very interesting character and the
music unusually fine.
The cash receipts in the City Treasury
uring the month of March amounted to
1,26O.H; the disbursements for the month
7ere S12,3lS.5S. The fines collected in the
layers Court amounted to $lO2.
The Lenten contributions Of the Sun
ay-school children Of Grace church,
anded in yesterday. for diocesan mis-
ions. aggregated so.
Mr.. George w. Graves. employed at
he penitentiary, is visiting friends here.