Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-02
A MARRYING MONTH
IA TIE TWIN CITIES AND NORFOLK
COUNTY.
s.v.u,v.ar,t Anniversary Of Odd-Feiiows
CeIebrated-Portsmout
New Union Depot.
r,.c,., telegram to the pispstcn.l

NoryorK. Nav EARLY yesterday morn
inc a colored brakeman named Reed WINE
on the top of an incoming freight train OF
ths NoyfoIk and Western railroad was
strrct Inv the iron beam of the bridge
across the Dismal Swamp canal ana
rnockcd of the train and into the canal
and drowned. It is supposed that ne
was 60 badly stunned OF hurt when ne
reached the water that he was ,heiPless'
When the train reached Norfolk the oraAe-
man was missed andt engineer prompt
ly pushed back down the roau 10 IoYh r roi
him and found tho IN the cu hia ~. ~,
George Wallace. county coroner. held the
inquest. 49,, pad ,ooL
nlace This afternoon from Trinity church,
Portsmouth, and was attended oy an in-
Tn row az Deep Creek. in the county,
last night ANTHONY johnson (coloreu) was
badlv cut in the stomach by another negro
with a knife. DR.. II. I. Butt was calico
and sewed up the wound. Inc conuiIion
of the man is serious. ,,.:l
Some few green peas are being shipped
from the adjacent truck-farins. Next "eeA
shipping peas will be active.
opD-rELLows' ASNIvEEsARY.
Last night the Odd-Fellows OF Norfolk
had an imposing celebration. OF the seventy
first Anniversary of the order in America,
all the lodges Of the two cities ana pSrkI,Iy
taking part. Rev. w. G.. Starr, ID. d., de-
liyerod an eloquent address and the gene
raj exercises were enjoyed by an immense
throng.
During the month Of April there were
twenty-seven marriages IN Noriolk-tWen-
ty-one in the county and thirteen III
Portsmouth.
Several carloads of metal sent by the
contractors from the Pennsylyania steel
Works arrived at the hayward yesterday
for the new ships bGilding, but, as usual
the most of the material sent VIII not DO
needed for twelve months. What an alb
surd wav of doing business. The work
men almost despair of ever getting mate
rial for the Amphitrite.
MARRIED..
Mr.. J. c. Steptoe, of Lynchburg, and
Miss Irene ID. Lanier, Of this CITY. were
united in marriage last night at Mch n en- re-
Methodist Episcopal church by Rev. W.
II. Edwards. The bridal couple left for
Washington and will then 90 to Lynch
burg, their future residence.
Work on the Union depot in Portsmouth
will commence rs soon as the title OF some
of the property which the roads propose
10 occupy is cleared mp. The cost OF the
depot and appurtenances Will be SlOO,OOU
and will be COMPLETED in time for the open
ing OF the Airline road to Atlanta.
RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR.
It has bean determined that the fire that
destroyed the Christian church in BerEley
was incendiary.
The hustling Baptist culporteur, Mr..
Jesse Il. Morris, having finished his Work
in Gloucester and Mathews counties, Will
now take down the coast through Princess
Anne TO KnOtt's Island.
Supreme-Archon Joseph Pyle, of the
Order Of Heptasophs in the United States,
will pay an official visit TO the jurisdiction
here tomorrow and institute a grand
conclave for the State.
THE BALTIMORE.
The new cruiser Baltimore arrived at the
navy-yard this afternoon from Hampton
Roads and Immediately commenced taking
on six hundred tons of coal. Tomorrow 2
lot OF provisions sent from New York viii
be placed on board and she will leave or
Monday. Workmen are engaged rehtting
her boat davits.