The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-16

man came boiling out OF tue s'o'o 80
ran of through the alleyway INTO
Washington street. Before the va en-.
ers could recover their presence OF m'hu
the man had made good bis escape
! How be cot into the store, or wnat us
object ives, 10 Of course not KNOWN
A THIEF entered room sf the posri-
ing house of Mr.. A. NJ. Jones, OF Roam
oke city. Tuesday night and sole t.o
overcoats from J. Wrtbers, the cook.
an osercoat belonging TO Mr.. Jones,
two hats and a warh, 81 in money.
coat and vest belonging to Mr.. Josh .
Goode. q boardsr. Before he Wa
| augbt he made his escape. A quick
| I'D careful search was made for him
a. soon % the alarm was given. but ,
last account no clue TO his identity and
no traces of the stolen articles have
been discovered.
J. W. COLBERT. of Fredericksburg.
offers a reward Of $50 for the arrest an
delivery Of George F.. Ward, alive. IN
Fr.derickAburg. Ward will be remem'
hered 80 the ascending contractor Tor
the work by the government on the
Rsppahaunock river Improvements IL
very evident, says the Free Lance
that Ward il great tcoundrel, and
| knowing thai no one but himself uid
collect about 1850 for work already
lone. he skipped The town. leaving a
oumber OF creditors with the bog 10
hold.
RoPyyT G.. HOUsDEN. respected
Young man. near Koontz. Page county.
,h,ls loading revolver last Thursday
nisht. was seriously wounded in the
nand and wrist by Its accidental dis
charge. Two OF his brothers standing
near him we're struck by the same
ball -oue on the wrist and the other on
he breast with such force as to knock
rim down. causing painful bruise.
Dir Ksyser rend sred medical ard ara
thinks with proper care young Hous-
jeb's hand can be save Boys should
take warning from the fr'queut accl-
donis of his kind, and let guns and
pistols alone.
SERGEANT PERRY arrested last Sunday
evening Ia Luray Edward Hlggs. a
voung NAV from the upper end OF the
county. charged with abducliDg mar
ried woman named Emma Weston.
who for some time hsn been employed
in Luray as housekseper. When az
rested they vere both SEATED in buggy.
urs paring 10 leave town. The woman
le1pres.ed supreme disgust at Higg-.
We learn. when s.s found that he had
been foiled in his effort TO get away
with h.r They had a hearing before
Justice John 3. Grsyson. who required
OF Hisss a $50 bond 10 be Of good be-
havior for one year.
Mr.. s. NJ. ROSE died at his home. cor
npr Johnson aud + streets. Dfniei .
Hill. Lynchburg. last night. aged about
seventy vears. Mr.. Rose was batiVe
~ Massachnsetis. but came 10 Virginia
when quite young man and settled 81
Amherst Courthouse. where he enesg' d
IN the tanning business About fifteen
vars ago he moved to this city. since
which time be has been engaged IN va
rious Calling He wssa good man az d
a Consistent Christian Hi g'nIai face
and bout figure was familiar To almost
every one in L-nchburg. and his death
fills many hearts with sorsst grief. lie
Ieaves n wife ard s"verat children Z.
three OF his sons beng residents 81
4 kansas. Peace. blessed peace. be with
hin.
THERE arrived in Petersburg Thurs
dav. fiom Baltimore Mr. and Ms
Leach. Of Vernon. Florida The couple
had been on visit 10 Baltimore and
while there had ell their money-foriy
dollars - stolen from them. Their
lends in Baltimore made M purse
fIiciept 10 pay their expenses 20 Nor
{ TX and on their arrival there the 20
/ lice force raid their eYpensss 10 P"ter'-
burg. On their arrival here thew ap-
d led 20 Mr. Freeman w. Jones city
SERGEANT. for assistance. Mr.. Jones
kindly gave them contribution ard
atition. which the unfortunate couple
circulated among our people. and
T through " hich they ercceed IN get
ting enough funds 10 rsv their wav TO
Wilmington, North Carolina. Mr. Jores
also gqve Mr. each letter 10 friend
/ in Weldon. North Carolina The couple
are working their way back home in
/ this manner.
THURSDAY afternoon about 4 O'Clock
an explosion which resembled the dis
charge 81 cannon. was heard IN
Byndford. neighh0rhood ofPetershurg.
Il was soon nscerfained that the ex-
plosion had occurred in the loading
room Of the fireworks factory Of Messrs
Mamie & Romano. whore three
Italians. A Domichello. Felix Ga
dogma and Felix Spongado were AZ
work loading tnbes for whistle bombs
The explosion. IL il thought Was
cau-ed b. friction Of the steel Degs {
tho machine u.ed in rammirg tho pow
der into the tubes. The men made n
average 81 . 600 whistles uer dav. AMI
after these are loaded they are rfsu'r' d
TO be carried into the finishir Y foctoTy
Il is rho strict orders ~ the firm that not
over 300 whistles are TO be kept in
tho loading room az time. but ~ the
time of the explosion there were about
fiftv-four hundred 81 them IN the
room. all Of which were DESTROYED.
The building in which the explosion
occurred took fire. but the flames were
exiinguished b fore much damage Vas
done to it, II is q small frame struc-
ture located a few wards of from the
finishing factory in which several
Young ladies' were At work az the tlme
Of the EXPLOSION. and who were natu- !
rally much frightened by the occur
renee. The three men. who were at
tended by DR.. Hinton. are terribly /
burned bout the face. arms and BODY. /
Thursday night il VAS reported that /
DonlichellO was in a critical condition.
aud thst be was not expected 10 live. /
Spopgado. - soon rs the fxplosio &C /
Cured. losped ont Of a widow 9th /
his clothing n f1mss.