The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-08

A GAME OF base bail in Roanoke Mon
dav between the married and single
mines was won by the Benedicks.
Roanoke Times. 9Th: Hon. "A. Pile
ear. of Christiansburg. was IN the city
Yesterday. lie Informed a Times reDorter
that there was tremendous hail ana
rain storm in and near that town last
SUNDAY i'm which quite number su--
tained heavy losses. George Cowell'
living ON FlliOtt's creek. had his saw o
mill and stable washed away. Nr. Asa
Cannaday lost ms kitchen, smokehouse.
one side Of his dwelling and a number
of calve-. Many other losses he ana not
give an account Of.
TUESDAY. a car loaded with Tennessee
granite got loose from the yardmen I'D
the west end yards at Roanoke. and
dashed wildly down the track. 1t was
brought To standstill, or rather wreck.
by being switched of. The bed Of the
car was pretty well demolished.
Highldnd Recorder: Through intelli-
gence of a correspondent. We learn that
SIR. George Echard. of P0cahontas
county. W. Va. encountered very
large bear on Allegheny Mt, which
pursupd him some distance 10 neigh
hor house A party OF men from near
Green Hill. organized tor the purpose
of capturing the bear. but it could not
be found and is still at large doing
considerable damage to the ilccks OF
sheep 10 the vicinity.
THE Warrent0n Hdcc learns that
few mornings ago. a Mrs. Poets, living
i'm the head of Poor Valley, while kind
ling fire i'm the fire place OF her house
was bitten two or three times on the
right hand by rattlesnake which had
q awied into the ashes and imbedded
itself during the night She died IN
about thirty-siX hours. after suffering
most excruclating pains.
a SAD case of drowning is reported
from Lous,ille in Campbell county as
follows.
Mr.. Dennis after assisting IN moving
wheat 90 an upper story OF his mill at
Leesville. undertook with two or three
others to SWIM to land. the rapidly ris-
j * water having completely submerged
the lower portion OF the mill. sweeping
past il with am iHpetous current Ben
an expert swimmer he confidently
plunged IN with heavy boots on and
was soon dragged under and drowned
in full sight of his wife. who was
auxiously watching from the back.
UNDERthe caption "A mother seeking
"A son. SAYS Amanda Deyers. a white I
woman OF Fairfax county. claims as her /
child. white boy about SIX years old. |
who lives with Mary f Fisher, colored- I
in Washington. and Is known as Eide /
Fisher. la March. lss2. Miss Devers .
had "A son born al Columbia Lying In .
HOslital. The child. when about .
month old, was taken by George L Hill .
ton and entrusted 20 the cOlored woman.
Mary Fisher. and lis board paid for
several months. Soon afterwards Hill
ton told Miss Devers that the child VAS
dead. aud she was for some time under
the belief. Later she became convinced
that She had been deceived in the mat
Ter. and Hilton acknOw edged to her
that he had no knowledge OF the child 5
death ThereupOn. finding Eddie Fisher .
at the house where her child had been I
left. she claimed him as her son. but his /
c0lOred foster mother refused 10 give /
him up. ThefeupOn Hiss Devers pro-
cured q writ OF hdb,as corpus. and the
child with Mary Fisher, its cOlored
mo her. and Amanda Devers It's white
mother. appeared at the City Hall IN
Washington on Saturday with lawyers
ETC.. before Judge Montgomery. Judge
Montgomery Adjourned the case and
viii take further testimony this week.
TIE Henry Bulletin reports the oat
crop IN that county almost a total loss.
ON last Saturday an old lady. Mrs.
KITE Fawley. aged fifty years. from
Rockingham county. ana an inmate Of
the Marion lunatic asylum was missed
from that institution. Several days
afterwards her BODY was found in the
river, and it is supposed that she com
mitted suicide.