Today the preparedness rush dwindled perceptibly and 500 gallons were received during the morning. Liquor dealers in towns of Virginia now have stopped accepting orders, fearing that the intoxicants cannot be shipped here before the law becomes effective. The largest consignment to any one mail is thirty-two quarts, which arrived on Saturday.

Judge Peatross, of the Corporation Court, today changed the date of the meeting of the Corporation Court to next Wednesday in order that applicants for soft drink permits may continue business without interruption. The regular term of court begins at the first Monday of every month and had the judge failed to change the date. Danville would have been without soft drinks for several days, since no permits could have been issued until November 6.

BURNED TO DEATH IN JAIL
A man, named John W. Klsimew, was found dead in the jail at Spray, N.Y., yesterday morning. The jail was burned down and the citizens desperately strove to batter their way into the house. Ogleman, charged with selling whisky, was arrested on Saturday night and taken to the lock-up to await trial.  Morning, yesterday a little boy handed him a box of matches through the bars, the prisoner saying he wanted to smoke. 