Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-05-12
HIS GOLDEN YEAR.
JUBILEE SERVICES IN HONOR or a
LIfe's HOLY WORK.
p,.hous vhittle and Randolph TO Deliver
Addresse.-Important Railroad suits
Two Narrow Escapes from Death

fCofTcepondence OF the Mcnthono Disfos"I
prrrRsBuRa. Va, May lit has been
decided TO have the Jubilee seryice IN nonof
of the golden year of the Rev. DIR. y. D.
Gibson's pastoral charge OF Grace Eplsco-
pal church in this city on Monday MAY
25th. The services will of course be heia
in Grace church. to the building up OF
which DIR. Gibson has deyotedhis life. The
work he began in modest little house on
tho banks Of the Appomattox. with lew
earnest workers to support him, All OIL Wnons
have long ago passed from the scenes on
their earthly labors, was blessed Dy the
Mater and the humble chapel with
sca-celv a score of members is now repre-
sented bv one of the largest congregations
and finest church edifices in the diocese,
az well as by many mission posts III the
adjacent section. IL is IN appreclatloh Vi
this noble and self-sacrinclng Worh oi q
lie IA pastor of one hock thst thls lID lisb
service was designed, TO be crowned Will
the loye-offering of purse OF gold.
DISTINGUISHED MINISTERS TO BE PRESENT.
Bishops White and Randolph Will BOTH
take mart in the service, and number OF
distingnished clergymen and laymen from
different portions OF the State will remain
over after the adjournment. OF the .Eplsco-
pal Council TO attend and participate IN
the ceremonies of the occasion.
RAILROAD SUITS.
In the Circuit Court Of Surry county to-
morrow the suit Of Hills administrator a..
the Atlantic and Danville Railroad Com
many for $4,000 damages will come up on
a motion for a new trial. Hill was kliled
IN 1898. and at the last term OF the court
verdict was rendered for.the railroad COM
pany. ...,.oo
company for damage for the loss Oh wood
burned on the railroad will also come up
for trial at this term of the court.
The suit of the administrator OF John
Dawson (colore1) for $4,000 damages
against the Norfolk and Western Railroad
Company IS in progress before Judge Han
cock in Prince George county. Dawson
was killed by the caving-ln OF sand-bank,
and today the jury and counsel were ex-
pected to visit the scene of the accident.
NEARLY DROWNED IN BOAT.
An old colored man named AdOlDhus
Munroe. well known along the Appomat-
fox for the past forty or fifty years. mar
rowlv escaped drowning in q boat this
morning. He was drunk and was sitting
in canoe. the Prov of which rested on
the river bank while the rear half was SUBJ
merged. He fell asleep and pitched tor-
ward into the stern of the boat, and by
some accident became wedged, with his
head and shoulders under the water. his
condition was seen by some gentlemen on
the opposite shore, who rushed TO his as
sistance and dragged him out of the boat.
He. was apparently dead, but by active
rolling and shaklngi was finally resuscl-
tated.
Erw REGISTRATION IN PRINCE GEORGE.
new registration of the voters in two
or more of the districts in Prince George
county was commenced to-day. The old
hooks had become so worn and illegible by
long use as to render q new registration
necessary.
The forty-hours' devotion will be com
menced at st. Joseph's Catholic church
next Sunday.
AN OLD CITIZEN I'LL.
Mr.. Robert A. Martin, one of our Oldest
and most honored merchants, has been III
since Saturday, and his condition to-day IS
but slightly improved. He was taken sick
while fishing in the West End Park lake.
GONE TO LAKE DRUMMoND.
The schooner Mary White, IN command
of CAPTAIN Frank X. Clements and com
pany of friends, left here this morning fol
Lake Drummond, where the party viii
SDe0u bOlilt ltl my VI Aiblt III hoA4iA. =
They 90 completely equipped for the trip,
The work of building the scaffold or
which Walter johnson is to be executed
on the 22d of this month was commenced
to-day.
The Diocese Committee on Widows and
Orphans Fund Will meet Bishop WhittlC
in Richmond tomorrow and prepare the
report of the distribution of the fund, tC
be presented to the Episcopal Council
next week
The Board of Excise Commissioners ha'
granted sixty-three hquor-licenses up e
to-day, about four less than were granted
last year.
The regular meeting of the Baptist Sun
day-School Association was held yesterday
afternoon. The reports of the organIza
ton were highly encouraging.
Mr.. w. Tucker, an express company''
employe at the Union depot, narrowly
escaped death to-day. He was watching
the approach of an incoming train wher
he was struck and knocked aside by the
shifting-en which was passing on an
other track. His injuries fortunately
proved not to be dangerous.
Everything i'll the nature of vegetable
growth in this section is suffering greatly
for the want of rain. The ground is dry
and baked and the roads are inches deer
in dust