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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-26

MEADOWS. Died. at Frederlckshall, Va
February D. 1891. al l2:q0 p NJ, Mrs. MARY
MEADOWS IN the siXty-hrst year OF her age
Her remains will arrive on the s;2O 4. ". train
-Chesapeke and Ohio depot-DHls MOkNlNn,
February -. 1891. Funeral from 81 Joseph
Catholic church lcOlOredl az A. NJ Friends
and acquaintances are invited 70 attend.
GRANT-Died at his residence IN this cit
No glB west Franklin street. az l2i5 o'clock THIS
Thursday morning Mr. pERClNAL >. GRANT,
in the thirty-tirst year OF his age.
Funeral notice IN the evening papers
ROBFRTS.-Died. al his residence No. eas,
Cary street. Yesterday morning at o'clock.
THOMAS IL. ROBERTS JR., IN the forty first
year of his age. NM,
Funeral from Second Baptist church THIS
(Thursdpy) AFTERNOON 40 $3.50 o'clock.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-26
MR.. PERCIy1L GR-INT.
Death OF Thisl Promising Young Man Early
This Morning,

Mr. Percival S. Grant died at his residence,
No. .9i6 west Franklin street, this morning at
l245, o'clock in the thirtieth year of his age.
Mr. Grant had been in failing health for
some time; but few days ago his condition
became somewhat improved, and his friends
entertained hopes Of his recovery
These hopes proved in vain. for his condi-
ton last night grew gradually worse until
The untimely end Of Mr. Grant will be
source Of profound sorrow for his host of
friends in the city who had become attached
to him with strong ties Of affection for his
genial and upright disposition.
He possessed warm heart, and made
friends of all he met. In his bearing
he was open, frank and noble, and
there are many who found IN him u
friend always loyal and true.
The arrangements for the funeral will be
made to-day.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-26
BOWLING GREEN.
Entertainment by the Phi Alpha Literary So
ciety-A Quiet Wedding.

A very entertaining concert was given at the
Bowling Green Seminary last Monday by the
Phi Alpha Literary Society. The programme
was az follows: Piano duet, Mrs Rowe and Miss
Clara Wright tableau. boating scene vocal
solo. Miss Ethel Evans; pantomme, Love IN
Ambush" Miss Maggie Dennis, Professor
Downing and Mr. Valentine; recitation, Miss
Ethel Palmer Fair. in costume; Miss Pearl
Venable. representing Beauty; Miss huth
Walden. Fame; Miss Lillian Wilson. Love:
instrumental solo. Miss Ruth Walden. Aud
Robin Gray" pantomime- Miss Pearl Vena-
bic: JEANNE, Miss Robbie Davis; Mother
Of JEANNE" Mr.. A. Valentines Father OF
Jeannie;" Mr. 5. Valentine; Robin Gray,
and Professor Downing jamie. Magic
Mirror. tableau. Miss Mamie Segar. Mr. A.
Valentine and Professor Downing; vocal solo,
Miss Lillian Wilson; calisthenics drill, Misses
Moore, Evans West, Sanders, Became, Walden,
Keesee and Bowers.
Mr. Perry Rowe and Miss Sarah Martin
were married by Rev. j. f. Boggs, at the
Methodist parsonage. on February 2jd. Miss
Halle Lands was the attendant. and about
half the pupils at the Bowling Green Semi
nary attended.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-26
Washington's Mother.

The subject of Marion Harand's talk is
Mary the Mother of Washington.
1t will be delivered in the parlors Of the
Executive Mansion at 4.30 Tuesday after
noon, March 10th. The arrangements for this
talk are in the hands of an officer Of the
Association for the Preservation Of Virginia
Antiquities.
The invitations are being engraved, and will
be delivered early next week.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-26
Wanted for SWindlinc.

The Superintendent of Police at New Haven.
Conn, has requested Chief of Police Poe 10
look out for a colored man named Charles
Lewis, or DIR. Way. who pretends to be a doc
tor and a preacher, and who is wanted for
swllndling family in that city out of Slgs. a
gold watch and other goods. The negro was
on bis way South when last heard from.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-26
Julius Caesar"

There will be meeting of the newly formed
Rosemary Literary Association at the rooms
of the Rosemary Free Library, corner Of
Reservoir and Cary streets, this evening at
o'clock. The subject for discussion is
Shakespeare's play Julius Cesar" Ihepub;;
lie are invited 10 attend. and il is expected
that there will be large meeting. DIR.
Thomas Nelson Page will read.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-26
GoIor4d Girls Fight.

Two colored servant girls had difficulty
yesterday afternoon at the corner Of Third
and Jackson streets. and a hot alteration fol-
lowed. Finally they agreed on "A regular set
to, which was carried into effect in neigh
boring alley. For several minutes the hair
was flying, and after considerable scratching.
accompanied by rather abusive language. the
peace had an opportunity to take charge Of
Them
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-26
Thiexe. af Work.

Thieves broke into the factory of White
hurst Il Owens Tuesday night, and stole u
few articles Of minor value. From White
hurst q Owens second story window they
succeeded in getting into A. b. Eddins to-
bacco factory. The lock TO the safe there was
defective, and they secured about els. Val
liable papers were burned by them with
which to make light. They also broke into
|. n. yaughan's. but succeeded in getting
only little No arrests had been made up to
a late hour last night
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-26

ALFRED in pearl colored travelling suit,
Miss Mary Gardner was married to Mr.. Charles
II. Gardner, her cousin, yesterday afternoon
at 3.45 o'clock in All Saints church, by the
rector, Rev. Mr.. bowman.
The bride is pretty daughter of DR.. John
b. Gardner, Of Louisa county, and her hus-
band is a popular attache Of the United States
Express Company Office in this city.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-26
Gone to the Convention.

Professor II. III. Harris. Of Richmond
College. left yesterday to attend the Inter-
national Convention of the Students Volun-
teer Movement for Foreign Missions. The
and will be- in session several days. The Pro-
lessor will represent the Foreign Mission
Board of the Southern Baptist convention, of
which he Is president and Richmond College.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-26
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses were issued to the follow
ing couples Yesterday: Frank Adams and
Emily johnson (colored), Erland MeLauch-
Ian and Manic ). Johnson Eugene d.
Waldrop and Ida May Thomas. Edward Car.
ter and Bette b. Smith (colored). Lucien T..
Green and Annie f. Saunders (colored).
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-26
Entered Yesterday.

The Dutch barkentine Fritz Faber. Benke-
ma. T. III. KOrter master, entered at the Gus
tom-house yesterday in ballast from Rio
Grande, Brazil consigned to James 4. Waugh
an. 10 load -four
The British steamship Bellini. Jesse Tom
ton master entered coastwise from Norfolk.
to load cotton
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-26
Looking for John Green.

Mayor Ellyson received letter Yesterday
from Mrs. Ann s. Green. No. $50 south Third
street. Camden. New Jersey asking informa-
ton of John L. Green, formerly Of Virginia
He left Camden some time ago and has not
been heard from.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-26
Neutrality-suspicious. Company.

There WIS called meeting Of the stock
holders OF the Haxali-C renshaw Company in
the company, $ Office yesterday afternoon at 5
o'clock. No business Of public interest was
transacted.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-26

james Hamilton, workman on the Masonic
third 10 the first floor He was badly bruised
but not seriously hurt. The ambulance was
callsd hut hs uAs latt with friends,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-26

A called meeting of the Young Ladies' So
be held tomorrow afternoon at i:30 o'clock
The contributions promised on the first Of the
month will be collected at that meeting.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-26
Bishop jackson Here.

Bishop II. Melville Jackson. of Alabama. ar
rived in Richmond yesterday, and is the gaest
OF his father-ijl-lsw, Mr.. James b. Pace. The
Bishop comd' to carry back 10 Alabama his
wife and CHI Iron. He will ofioiate at Grace
church next junday.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-26
Temperance Meeting.

There will be a called meeting of the
West-End Woman's Christian Temperance
Union this afternoon at o'clock at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Rogers, No. I'LL Grove ave
nue..
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-26
Every Mother

should that her little ones are protected, and
that a bottle OF Dr. Davids Cough Syrup is at
hand 10 give in case of Group, Coughs or Colds.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-26
MEATnEK TOKECAsT.

WAsHINGroN. y. G. Feb. el.-Forecast FOR Viz
rinia: Clearing THURSDAY; c4ld norih~e'i
For North Carolina: Fair hy Thursday; cold
er; nOftherwcsterlg winds; cold wave.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-26

WITHOUT doubt this medicine will cure You.
II has cured thousands. Take Simmons Liver
Regulator
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-26

DEATHS.

are not left Take Il few shares OF Fredoricks-
burg Development Companys stock
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-26

PORT OF NEWPORT NEWS, FEE. 2s, 1891.
ARRIVED.
Steamship satwin, Boston, 20 load coal
SAILED.
Steamship Old Dominion New York merchan'
disc.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-26
PORT OF RICHMOND. FEH. %, 1891.

PORT OF WEST POINT. TEB. IS, 1891.
ARRIVED
Steamship Danyille. Billups, Baltimore, mer-
chandse and passengers; steamship Chatham
Baltimore. merchandise
SAILED.
Steamship Danville, Billups, Baltimore, mer-
chandlse and passengers.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-26

PORT OF LAMBERTs POINT. FEB. ga
LOADED.
Barge Storm King. Hoh0ken; schOOners T.. l.
Ferris, New Haven; Annie J. Pardee, Boston.
COALED.
British steamships Edenmorc from New Or
leans, 10 Hamburg, via AntW<rl; Glendose,
from New Orleans 30 Hayre.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-12-18
SPECIMEN CASES.

S. II. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis,
was troubled with Neuralgia and
Rheumatism, his stomach was disor-
dered. his liver was affected to an
alarming degree, appetite fell away,
and he was terribly reduced in flesh
and strength. Three bottles of Elec-
trio Bittcrs cured him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, ILL.,,
had running sore on his leg of
eight years standing. Used three
bottles of Electric Bitters and seven
boxes of Arnica Salve, and his leg is
sound and well. John Speaker, Ca
tawba. O., had five large fever sores
on his leg, doctors said he was in
curable. One bottle of Electric Bit
tiers and one box Bucklcn's Arnica
Salve cured him entirely. Sold by
A. e. Hargrave, Druggist.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-12-18
FACTS FOR The MECHANIC.

To pIIvE nails or screws into hard
wood dip tho points i'll oil or grease.
CoNPEEsoED paper is now used as q
substitute for wood in the manufacture
of shuttlcs and their wheels for looms.
A STEAM yacht to carry party of
four is now in course Of construction at
Providence. 1t is made entirely of
aluminium, and is to weigh but sixty
four pounds.
ACCORDING to q German authority, it
has been found that zinc will rapidly
corodc when in contact with brick
work. To prevent this, roofing felt is
placed between the zinc and the brick
work.
cI'irLE method OF preserving bright
metals from rust is to rub over the
surface Il mixture formed by melting
together equal parts OF ozollerit or
parnliine and becswax. -Mec,anical
News.
THE transmission of.powcr by means
of compressed air has worked well as
far as tried and capitalists arc looking
into it for general use in cities, the air
to be carried in pipes as steam now is
below the street surface.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-12-18

TWAS sorry looking horse the old
man drove up to the railroad crossing
and waited for the train to pass.
Say, mister" sung out the crossing
mcn, amt your horse afraid of the To-
comotive?"
"'Fraid?" was the contcmptuous
answer; II shed say he wasn't Do
you know that the last time I driv up
to crossin like this, the locomotive
jumped clean off the track when it hove
IN sight of this hoss, and ran daun
through old Mrs. Smcdlins corn field a
mile minute? 'Fraid? well, Of you
wait to watch treat you jest wait and
see how this hoss don't llecr durn fer
no locomotive that ever run on cold
iron. Wo, Observation-Disclosures Free
Press.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-12-18
ADVERTISE THE STATE

The Lynchburg News thinks that
Chicago would be the only beneficial
ry of a Virginia appropriation for a
State exhibit at the Columbian FIX
position. Our Hill City contempor-
airy cannot believe in the benefits of
advertising, but the Herald thinks
that million dollars spent in max
ing known the resources of Virginia
to the assembled world would in q
decade bring hundred millions of
capital aud hundreds of thousands of
settlers TO our borders. Advertise
the State. Roanoke Herald.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-12-18
ANIMAL WORSHIP.
Peculiar Crstoms and Supcrstltlons of TIN
Ancient Egyptians.

Peculiar Customs and Suporstitlons of tho
Ancient Egyptians.
One of the most singular customs
among the ancient Egyptians was the
worship of animals. In the light of
modern days their devotion to these
sacred animals displays many absurd
tiles. 1t was considered n capital
crime to kill any of them voluntarily,
the offender being duly tried and i'm
mcdiatcly executed. If an ibis or
hawk was accidentally killed. the I'M
fortunate cause Of its dea tn was very
often put to death by the people with
out the fcrnality of trial. Should it
SO happen that man found the carcass
of either of these birds he would fall
upon his knees at its side and loudly
cali ont that he had found it dead.
Cats were also looked upon rs sacred
md ut the death OF n tabby every male
inmate of its owners house cut off his
eyebrows When n dog was buried
each man shaved his head and body.
They CARVED their hawks, cats and
Hogs in all war expeditions, aud those
that died were sailed and prepared for
burial ut their homes with rs much
care us would be taken with n human
being
In addition to these animals and
birds were sacred bulls, crocodiics and
beetles, the latter being especially re-
vcred on account of being considered n
type of the sun. These curious people
also entertained peculiar notions re-
garding its mode of reproduction, in
which they traced analogics to the.
movements of the other heavenly
bodies. One species was dedicated to
the sun, another to the moon and n
third to Thoth or Herlnes
Many plants were also looked upon
rs sacred, the principal as is we'll
known. being the lotus. In this flower
the Egyptians found IN allusion to the
rising of the sun from the ocean. from
the fact that its blossoms are thrown
above the surface of the water.
Peach trees were sacred to the great
Harpocrates, the god of silcncc-a
deity supposed to be the same as uorus.
the son of Isis. I.ccils and onions, the
acacia and the hc!iotropc were wor-
SHIPPED and consccratad u the sun,
and the lanrci was considered the
nohlcat of ell piGnts.-Dctroit Free
Press
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-12-18
THE DoiNGs OF NATURE.

ONE of those rare freaks of nature, n
pure white deer, was seen by party of
sportsmcn in Maine.
IL Lancaster, Pa, there is on cxhibi-
ton II perfectly white catfish, nine
inches long and weighing over IL pound.
THERE are two bearing apple trees in
Indiana county, Pa, that were planted
in l793. One of them is ten feet in cir
cumfcrence.
Ak old graveyard in La Grange coun-
ty, Ind, has been found to be rich in
petriiicd bodies. At last accounts six
teen had been taken out.
Or the summit of Ben Lomond may
be seen the smallest tree that grows in
Great Britain; it is known rs the dwarf
willow, and is, when mature, only about
two inches in height.
GEORGE a. AVERY, of Dover, n. H.,
has c',rrant bush in his garden which,
it is said, stands twenty feet high and is
loaded with large red curlants; they
are picked with the aid of IL ladder.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-12-18

St5llSweS have nothing positaSe.5
EreasSuriDg toinote regarding the
settlement of the State debt. Re-
ports. which may he true, come
from England to the effect that the
l.bondholders will not approve the
terms suggested by the committee.
Today, however, the English COM
mittee will confer with majority
of the foreign bondholters, aud we
will afterward he able to form an
idea as to how tho matter will end.
A man instinctively wants to
take in his arms every pretty and
sweet woman he sees and hug and
kiss her till she is no bigger than
a little old ball of cotton yarn
And yet, no man ever pressed to
his lips those that another man
had slipped without feeling as if he
were eating an apple that some
ono else had bitten and thrown
aside. Willis said that q flirt is
like u dipper attached to a by
drant, everybody wants to drink
from it, but nobody wants to carry
it away. .
1t is a wise father that knows
his cwn child. a young man in
Auburn, Maine, who applied to the
city clerk for marriage license,
gave his ago as twenty years, and
was Informed that on account of
his yOuthlulness he would have to
secure his parents written consent
before certificate could be issued.
He went out and soon returned
with a brief but pointed document:
"This is to certify that my son,
John -, has my consent to mar
ry Ann -, or any other woman.
He is young in years, but old in
devilmcnt."
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-12-18
No Occasion 20 rlnd Out.

small man with his arms full of
glass jar. stopped VI strcot go. 1cr on
the west side yesterday morning tc
rest.
"Hullo, Morcumr' said an aeauain-
lance who happened along. "What are
You going to do with all thosc?'
Put up peaches" replied the small
man. And I'm getting alfred tired
OF it, We've got cellar half full OF
canned peaches already. The jars cost
like thunder, too. Had to pay dollar
and half dozen for these"
What arc peaches worth now?"
And Mr.. Morcum, express messenger
on the Graball Sc Holdfast line. replied
that nc be blamed if he knew, he hadn't
bought peach this summcr.-Ch Chicago
Tribune.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-12-18

~ If a d +. .
The following resolutions were
passed by that part of the Virginia
Press Association lately visiting
Texas
Resolved, That the thanks of this
body of members of the Virginia
Press Association be and are hereby
rendered to the East Tenn, Va. &
Ga. r. r., md Memphis & Charles.
ton Il. r., under supervision and con
troll of b. w. Wrenn, G. p. &c T. A.,
and e. Warren, II. p. a.; TO the
st. Louis, Iron Mountain and South.
ern II. r., II. 9. Townsend, G. z. &
L. A, Brainard Allison, Advertising
Agent; Texas Pacific II. r., r. w.
Mccullough, g. p. Sc Il. A., G. f.
Fegan, L. p. A.; Missouri, Kansas &
Texus r. r., HIP. Hughes, A. G. z.
a., John @. Lewis, L. z. A.; Iuterna-
tional & Great Northern r. r, e..
Galbraith, G. p. s. Il. A., Q. L. Wood,
L. 7. a., and Hot Springs r. r.,
General Superintendent Richardson,
for courtesies extended over their
lines; also to the employees of the diff
ferent roads for uniform kindness
dnring our recent trip.
That our thanks be and are hereby
rendered to the citizens and newspa.
pers of the different cities visited by
the association.
That our thanks arc duo and here.
by rendered to Col. l.. II. Fitzhugh
and MIR. Lafayette Fitzhugh, of Dial
las, for courtesies.
That copy of these resolutions
be published by the various papers
represented on the excursion.
w. Bullitt Fitzhugh,
Il. e. Freeman.
Chas. g. Herbert,
Geo, w. Gary,
j. Il, Lindsay
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-12-18

TIE STATE LINE QUESTION
T4e commissioners Of the re-
spectiye States of Virginia and
Tenhessee have completed the TAX
ing|of dispositions to go before the
Supreme Court of the United
States, where the case is now pend
ing. The Virginia and Tenn. ssee
boundary line has been in dispute
for several years, thought is sub
stantially the same agreed to and
established by the commissioners
in 1902. Within q few years Vir-
GINA has set up claim for slice
of territory along the border line
from Kentucky to North Carolina,
anil is suing to recover it. The
territory in dispute amounts to be
tween 500 and 1000 square miles,
being about 8 miles deep,and some
$50 miles long. Ii Virginia should
win she wi i'll get nearly one half of
six counties, includidg the towns
Of Bristol and Cumberland Gap,
the big Louisville and Nashville
railroad tunnel at the Gap, several
miles of the Knoxville, Cumber-
land Gap and Louisville railroad,
and the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia railroad. The coun-
try involved is rich in minerals,
timber and coal. No wonder that
Virginia is fighting hard to get it,
OF that Tennessee is active in her
efforts to prevent it. 1t is thought
the case will be heard next March
or April. Tennessee resists largely
OH the ground that a line which
has stood undisturbed since 1902
should not be disturbed now. Vir-
glnia claims that she has never ac-
quiesced i'll the line, and that the
matter has always been in dispute.
On the territory i'll dispute it is es-
tinated there are about $4,000 in
habitants. If taken from Tennes-
see it would not affect the State
politically, nor would it. affect Vir-
gina materially, as the votes are
about equally divided between the
Democrats and Republicans.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-12-18
why Kings Love Low con,anv.

Kings have been declared to be .lov-
ers of low company" and this maxim,
besides the reason sometimes assigned
for it, viz, that they meet with less op.
position to their wills from such per-
sons. will, we suspect, DO found to turn
at last on the consideration that they
also there meet with moro sympathy
in their tastes. The most ignorant anc
thoughtless have the greatest admira-
ton of the baublcs, the outward sym
bois of pomp and power. the sound
and show, which arc the habitual de-
light and mighty prerogative of kings.
The stup'dest slave worships the gaud-
lest tyrant.-N. Y. Ledger.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-12-18
A ISLANDER EnpelIed.

as it true, asked the reporter, that
you have promised to vote for the pass
age OF the bill granting n franchise to
the Golden Rule and Fair Profit Gas
Company?"
II have made no such promise, sir"
AS TO that story, then, you author
izc me to say there is nothing in it?"
Not cent, sir! Not blamed
cent" promptly responded the alder.
man from the 'Stccnth Ward, with q
look OF extreme disgust on his face
Chicauo Tribune.