Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-08
MET ON THE BRIDGE.
AN INTERESTING MARRIAGE IN Pc
TeRssURG YESTERDAY.
Religious sfeeting-A Brick VII"
Figures on It-Personsi ana
General.

,corrcspondeucc Of tho Richmond Dispa'cn'I
Pxrxssnrno, Va. August IAN inter
est;nc marriage ceremony took place ias'
night at the residence OF Rev. IL. II. Acrue
pastor of the First Baptist church' M
parties of principal interest were MI. W. -.
Cardwell. an emp!oye of the satisfactory IN
this city. and Miss Hudgins. q charming
Young lady OF Et,rick. 1t Is SAID ,naI op-
nos;tion 20 the marriage on the part Oh 'he
rouno ladvs parents resulted in q coup anu
,bo un,on OF the couple in this CITY. me
license Ice was daily obtained at sthcs.clerks
Office IN Chesterfield, and the COUP, apes
bv annoiptment az or near Caihpocn
by;dasr and frouthence drove TO the clergy
,,an,s ,esidancc. where they were maze
happy ~ Nevis formerly of Manches-
ter and Mrs. u. p. Perkinson :were mar
ried yesterday.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
Nrs Thomas Onsby. OF Henderson, y.
G.. and Mrs. Thomas Davidson, OF WASH
ington. u. c., are visiting relatives ID thlS
city preparatory to trip to Old foint,
the Greenbrier White. and other popular
Judge ID. NJ. Bernard. of our. Hastings
Court, returned to the city TO-DAY from
two weeks business trip to Florida.
Colonel james ID. Brady has returned
from Washington. where he attended the
soss;on of the Catholic Total Abstinence
Convention. While not total abstainer
himself. the Colonel expresses great IN
terest in the proceedings of the conven-
ton.
RELIGIOUS.
Aninterestinc religious revival is in pro-
gress at the Ivey-Memorial (Methodist
EuscopaN church, in Chesterfield county.
The services are conducted by Rev. MIR.
Stiff. This is the new edifice recently
erected near the site of the historic old Ar
rowfeld church, which was riddled by
shot and shell during the late war. 81,
Mr.. Hugh Cousins. secretary OF the
Younp Mems Christian Association, who
has been iii for several weeks, has suffered
a relapse and his condition is critical.
PULLING FIGURES.
In pulling down the residence of Mr..
Robertson Tucker. on Old street-a very
old building-a BRICK was found IN the
chimney bearing the figures 1886. 1t Is
little puzzing TO know whether these
figures represent the date of the manufac-
ture Of the brick or not. The bricks are
supposed to have been brought from Ing
land. :,
II is said that greet deal of cotton and
peanuts are being held in the country, by
the producers, who are unwilling TO sell AT
the present market prices.
Mis-, Mamie Adams left to-day for North
Carolina to spend the summer at oxford
and Asheville.
ALLEGED MURDERER CAPTURED.
Mr.. J.. S. Mayo, an officer of Pitt county,
N. c.. arrived here to-day from Richmond,
having in charge NEGRO named George
Dudley. who is charged with having muir,
dered another negro named Redmond
Blow at or near Wilson, n. c.. about two
months ago. Officer Mayo says he hGa been
tracing Dudley ever since the commission
of the crime and finally traced HIM to
Richmond, where he was employed IN a
liyery-stable and where one OF his friends
caye him away. The killing is said to have
been the result of q quarrel over game OF
cards. when Blow was stabbed and beaten
to death. Immediately after the murder
Dudley fed and has since been at large;
While here to-day Dudley made no denial
of the killing. but candidly said that he
did kill Blow. From Officer Mayo's state
ment it is learned that the arrest was made
wi thout the assistance of the Richmond
police.
ALLIANCE NOTES.
ARRANGEMENTS for large Alliance excur-
sion to Richmond on the day OF the meet
inc of the State body have been made
here, and the party will doubtless be CON-
posed OF hundreds.
Among the important resolutions
adopted BY the legislative council OF the
Alliance recently. in session III Staunton,
were the following;
THAT the county lecturers be urged to
convene their councils at as early day AS
practicable TO agree upon the wisest and
best plan for securing the nomination and
election Of Alliance men TO the next Gene
raj Assembly of Virginia, and that in case
| of two or more counties comprising one
electoral district. then shall the county
lecturers of such counties confer together
and call n Joint meeting of their county
councils for the purpose as above stated.
THAT we will not support for the State
Legislature any attorney or official of q
raj road or cnrnnrafIOu."