Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-06-01
A FIENDISH FATHER
STRIPS HIS SON TEN YEARS OLD AND
WHIPS HIN TO DEATH.
A Prominent Mason and Two Ladies' Pass
Away-Fell from Bridge and Was
Drowned-Tin-Mines Opened.
Especial telegram to tho Dispatch

LYycHBuRa. Va, May 31.-W. L. Page,
one of the most prominent Masons of this
city. and one of the thirty-third degree
members Of the Scottish Rite. died here
early this morning; aged sixty-fve.. de IS
q brother of Charles II. Page, of Rich
mond. His funeral will occur tomorrow
afternoon, and he will be buried with Ma
sonic honors.
Mrs. II. G. Early, wife of the late Samuel
ID: Early, died here this morning.
The ladies Of the Memorial Association
have determined to decorate the soldiers
graves next week.
The splendid tribute TO General Lee this
week awakened the greatest enthusiasm
among our people, and is the theme OF
conversation everywhere.
In regard to the articles Of the New York
Maj and Express our people treat them
with contempt "a being too base to. utter
in the same breath with the name OF Lee.
GOT DIZZY AND WAS DROWNED.
Charles Wimbush, q young man nine
teen years of age. fell from the Stanton
river bridge. on the Lynchburg and Dur
ham railroad, this morning, and was
drowned. He endeavored TO walk across
the bridge, but the great height made him
dizzy and he fell into the water. and al
though he was good swimmer he was so
badly dazed and frightened that he made
no effort to help himself and immediately
sank and never came to the surface. His
body has not been recovered.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Williams. one of the most
prominent and also oldest ladies of Bed
ford county, died yesterday morning; aged
eighty-two.
Three parties named Stallard. father.
son, and daughter. in Wise county, were
arrested yesterday for tampering with the
mails by Post-Office Inspector Statnenbo-
rough, Stallard was postmaster at one
OF the crossroads.
BIC EXTENSION.
Five thousand men are at work on the
western extension of the Norfolk and
Western railroad at this time. The extern
sion will be 1870 miles from the fork of the
Elk Horn TO the Ohio river ut Ironton.
Bishop Van de Vyver. of the Catholic
Church. will administer the rite OF con-
frmstion to a large class here tomorrow.
WRAPPED IN DEATH.
A terrible affair is reported from Frank
lin county. A farmer named BENJAMIN
Russell. living twelve miles west of Rocky
Mount. Yesterday morning became in
censed at his son, ten years of age, for some
trivial offence, and took him to the barn,
stripped him, and whipped BIN until the
blood flowed from the cuts on his person.
He then released the boy, who tottered to
the house, and on gaining the door fell at
the feet of his mother and Immediately ex-
PRED. On being informed of the boys
death the fiendish father fled to the noun
tains. The neighborhood is greatly ex-
cited. and a posse of men has been formed
who will 60 on the hunt for the man, and
they swear that il they catch him they will
hang him to the first tree.
TIN-NINES.
The work of opening up the tin-mines on
Irish creek, in Amherst county. has COM
menced, and il is reported here to-day that
one lump of tin ore was found yesterday
which weighed twenty pounds. and is q
very fire specimen of the metal.