The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-09
SATURDAY. MAY 9. 1891.
THE NEWS SUMMARY.

Forecast for Virginia and North Carolina:
Fair, slightly warmer.
Democratic ward meetings 10 nominate coun-
cilmen will be held next Thursday evening in
Man chester.-James Brown (ooloredJ was ar
rested on charges Of housebreakng--O
wood Memorial Day will be observed Monday.
Tho funeral Of Mrs. Josephine Mitchell, OF
Manchester, took place.
VIRGINIA.
Mr.. John Shelton, Of Danville, sustained
serious injury few days ago by falling into
gully-'The tobacco crop was not injured by
tho recent frosts but il is feared the peach crop
il seriously damaged.-The University team
defeated the Swarthmore College, Of Pennsyl-
vania. in baseball yesterday-yhe saw-mill
Of W. J. Jacobs, in Stafford county, WAS de-
stroyed by fire yesterday.-Mr. S. NJ Roberts,
Of King George county. died yesterday.-Ihe
fruit and vegetable crop Of Stafford county was
seriously injured by the frost
NORTH CAROLINA.
At wedding tin-pan serenade in Burke
county few nights ago a young man tined to
brighten Miss Laura Roper by firing his gun
loaded with powder and a wad. The wad
plowed furrow in her head, exposing the
brain. and her death is but the matter of few
hours.-The North Carolina heirs Of the Rob
ert Edwards estate. valued at s2OO,OOOOOO, have
organized an association to present their
claims-Half Of the railroad to be built from
Kinston to Plymouth, n. c., has already been
graded.
NEW YORK.
Information is received that the dancing craze
has broken out in Japan Mr. and Mrs Cor
nolius Vanderbilt have closed thei- city home.
and will move TO the country--Dr Lloyd be-
lieves that our darkest Africa lies in Tenth and
Eleventh avenues of New York DR. S. f. Up
ham have been invited by the Epworth Pill
grims 10 accompany them to Europe The
Presbyterian Union will hold It's last social for
the season on tn evening of May l1th.-Madi-
son-avenue Baptist church has accepted the
resignation of DR. Brdgman as pastOr.-The
Pifth-ayenue Presbyterian church has pur-
chased a seaside home at Branchport, \. j.
The funeral of Mrs William j. Armstrong
took place al Hampton, Va, yesterday
The representatives of the Virginia Debt Com
mittee held a conference yesterday with George
G. Ellis. who has just returned from London IN
the interest of a settlement Captain Lodowick
II. Fordham is dead-Ihe reported revolution
at Costa RIGA is denied.-About Sl.OOOO00 Of
gold is ordered for export.-lhe reported case
of leprosy is still under observation.
FOREIGN.
Considerable perturbation exi Is in the ing
lish foreign Office over the action of the United
States in seNng vessel of the CHILEAN insur-
gents.-The New Orleans affair has ceased to
excite public interest in Italy,
GENERAL.
The programme for the memorial exercises at
Raleigh, n. c., have been arranged. Arrange
ments are being made for the exhibition OF an
air-ship machine at the Southern Exposition, to
be held at Raleigh The new board of alder
men Of Raleigh elected all of the old city Off
GERS yesterday Southern Baptist Con-
yention convened at Birmingham, Ala, yester-
day-Miss Clara Peng was burned TO death in
Chicago yesterday
TIE movement of the Beers northward to-
wards Mashoneland the country now in dis
pute between Great Britain and Portugal. is
in opposition TO their previous policy, which
has always led them TO retire before the
British rather than seek any dominion where
they were liable to British intrusion If the
Beers shall acknowledge the supremacy OF
the British power in the new territory where
they are making settlement 1t vii have a
tendency TO strengthen rather than weaken
British supremacy. for il viii raise bulwnk
against the permanent entrance of the Por-
tuguese.