The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-04-30
PETERSBURG
wora and Results of EevivaIs- Gases in
thc Hustings Court.

thc Nuatings Court.
PETERSBURG, VA. April DO Special
Judge ID. 81. Bernard heard argument
this morning m % motion made by
Messrs. Davis @ MciiNsine, representing
the plaintiff in the ease OF David Bailey S..
the Life Insurance Company of Virginia. to
reject -iN certain tpocl1. pleas Iilld hy Mr.
E. Mchcnney. counsel i1r tAa company. ilc
plaintiffs counsel c1ntendin- That the dee
ieudaut company is entitled tO prove ihe
facts alleged in the special pleas in another
way. This J. purely % technical question.
and JOS decision one way Or the other VIII
not effect lhe merits of the case. which is
set for trial On Tuesday next.
BAPTIST State Convention lcOl0rgdl Oi y lr-
eiuia Will meet iu annual session 900 Bei-
ford city on ihe llth of Nay next The rep
re.entaiiycs from the ilarri.0u-s Church
in this cifN t0 lho convention Hre ID. Butts.
spencer Green. i. s. llamlm and William
d. Smith.
The Prince George Cavalry. Captain A..
r.. Hobbs. win haYe a dag presented iO them
hy the ladies ol the county. $40 the County
Courthouse on Thursday of nest W0DN.
Colonel Thomas k. Marshall, of Richmond.
d. expected 90 present the nae 90 the CONE
ulny. The nag ha- been purchased n hlch-
mOud at a. cost of al0O.
The committee ou invitation of the Peters
burg Musical Association forwarded hY
mail last night tOOoVcrn0r Gordon. of Deor-
eia. and Governor lOWic, of North tar0.ina.
Invitations to attend the music festival i0
Doe held ai the Academy of Music the lnitcr
part OF next month. The invitation io Cove
cmor Mckinney. of Virginia. viii Doe taken
over t0 Richmond and delivered i0 tuc Cove
ofnor hl ID committee from tle Musical A--
.OciatlOn sometime boz May. week or Two,
perhaps. before ihe festival opens.
The ordinance of baptism was admIni--
tered ai the Fir-i Baptist Church hy ihe
pastor. Eoy. R. l. Acree 20 dozen or more
persons lasi night. who. during ihe past
week. had made profession oi iuith a' tIe
meeting heil here Oy Rev. IL. NJ. Wharton,
the evangelist. Tonight Mr.. Acree nal-
tied several other candidates.
The revival services OF ihe Ui4h-sifcei
Methodist Episcopal Church stil continue
90 draw large congregations. Last might
there were eleven conversions. making
ei4hty-cight mp to date.
There were ten conversions at the B'and-
ford Methodist Church last night. Rev. h.
T.. WILSON, pastor O.. the Wesley VI. j..
Church, preached for epasior, Rev. Porter
Hardy.
a revival is in progress at the Ltirck
Methodist Church. Ninety on more persons
this church on sunday.
a revival is in progress 40 the Neihodisi
church ia tresc The pastor. Rev. -. J..
Mastn. has been assisted Toy Rev. 4. D.
Gaglo. There have been twenty c0nNei-
sions nine last night and the meeting
continues.
The parties who were convicted at dis
term of the Hastings Court and sentenced
t0 imprisonment in the pcnitenuaiy. VIII De
taken over 90 that institution next week to
serve out their sentences. There are siN Of
them.
The residents Of Halifax street have oi-
ganil0d joint stock company for tne pur-
pose of purchasing eight acres Of lanc on
that street 90 Dee laid out into park. The
company plan il 20 raise $1,000 (Si,2'O Of
which has already been subscrncdl and %
make such park as Viii be credit io tne
the ciiv. The park is o. have "a race track
and track for h.cycice. Only ihe stock
holders AND such persons as they may IN
Niie viii te entitled 20 the privileges OF the
park.
IL IS understood that difficulty occurred
in Chesterfield "a day or two ago between
,hree young men Of ihe county, dufing
which two Of them were slightly cut. NO
arrests were made.
President II. G. Hardy. Of the Chamber Of
Ommorcc, has appointed the following
standing committees of the Chamber:
Arblualiou-R. n. Arlington. W. T.. Dea- /
ton. X. NJ. Dohic, John G.. Dunn and -tlth /
Boiling.
River and IIarbor-6. X. Bishop. +. Witt /
ile, Homer atkinson, X. &. Scott and &. &. /
Alley.
Manufacturing Interests Simon Seward. |
Charles Watson. Aug. Wright ". J. /
Jarroti and David Calender.
Inland Trade and Transportation =. 4. |
ID. Alton. J.. a. Hartley, j.. l.. Marks, B. 4
Roper and A. G.. N. Marlin.
Immigration Robert Gillian. Y. X. Las /
sitter, William Jones, George :. Bernard !
and 4. ". Jones.
Mr Herb II Carter, OF lsichmond, who has