The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-20
clipped. cuIled and Condensed.

THE Meckienburg DemOcrdf states
that during the late freshet i'm the
Roanoake. Mr.. Evans Tanner who re-
sides with his father. Mr.. W. NJ. Tan
ner. at ST. Leon, went down to the
river 20 look at it. While there he
climbed a tree in order to get bette :
view of the raging flood of waters, ana
soon after doing so. limb gave way
urder his weight. and the young man
fell 10 the ground. a distance OF some
twenty-five feet. falling on his back.
sustaining such injuries to the spinal
column. that it is thought he will be
cfipple for life. AZ last accounts, III
was feared that he would not survive
WILLIE AND HARRY, five and seven
vear-old children Of Rev. j. X. Gilbert
OF Cow pasture river. Highland coun-
ty. were using very dangerous tottn
powder a few days ago. The Highland
Recorder saws they were cleaning their
teeth with Rough on Rats. Trey would
din their brushes in the box containing
the poison and rub their teeth with
them. II is supposed that they didn
swallow any of the poison. consequent
Is they did not get sick.
INTERESTING services were held On
| FRIDAY around the grave. at Nlnches-
ter. of General Daniel Morgan, of reyo-
| luti0nary fame. by three hundred teach
ers from different parts Of the State
who are attending the Peabody Normal
| Institute. Addresses on the life and
exploits Of General Morgan were made
/ by George b. Stottlemeyer, a member
Of the Maryland Legislature. and Pro
/ fessOrs Roy and HOenshell, Of Virginia.
/ The procession of teachers carried
United States flags and was preceded
by thirteen young ladies representing
the colonies.
Lmchbwg Virginidn: As the little
child of Dir. ID. W. Myers was sitting
ON the steps Of their house, No. ga
Clay street. yesterday morning, with
her mothers pOcket-book. containing
eight or ten dollars. a white boy some
fifteen years of age was seen to slip az
and snatch the pocket book from the
little girl 3 hand and off with 1t. Tn
scapegrace is a candidate for the pent
Tertiary. and is likely to be elected un
less he mends his ways.
THE DanrWe Register is on the crow
10 declares exultantly: And still the
tobacco business booms. There is 10
trouble about Danyille's success wher
once she determines TO get there. IL Ii
the best tobacco market IN the Stste
and it must soon become the greatest
manufacturing centre.
TIE Heating Company. Of Reading
Pa. closed contract Saturday Will
the Stanton and West Augusta Rail
road Company to build twenty-five
miles of railroad from stanton, Va.
To tine anthracite coal fields. The worl
is to commence in thirty days.
NJ ID. ARNOLD. Of Loudoun county
raised and thrashed this season thirty
bushels of wheat per acre produced
from forty acres, and forty bushels pei
acre from twenty acres, Fultz wheat
The wheat is Of fine guilty.
THE Alexandria Progress thinks there
Is only only one issue before the people
f Virginia i'm this campaign, and that
is Malone. The Progress is right
lt is Malone with all that word implies
/ GENERAL RCsR. United States Score
tary Of ihe Department OF Agriculture
is expected to att, nd the coming Lynch
burg FAIR
THE Roanoke critic says the Sunday
saloon Is an open question IN that city
n more senses than ono.
THE TIMES fayors bucket factory in
Roanoke.