The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-12
HARD ON THE FARMERS.
Prayers for Rain-The Execution OF waiter
Johnson-PetersburgN Notes.


PETERSBURG. VA. May 11.-ISpecial.l-
PRAYERS were offered at both the morning and
night services Yesterday in the different
churches of the city for rain to refresh the
growing crops, which are burning up under
the scorching rays of the sun. gentleman
who arrived here this morning from Nottoway
county told The TINES correspondent that
the tobacco plants had been greatly injured
by the protracted drought. and that if rain
did not fall within the next few days three
fourths Of the corn crop would be destroyed;
NV informant stated further that the ground
is SO hard and dry that the farmers are unable
TO plough their lands, and that on the whole
the outlook for the farmers IN Nottoway
county is very discouraging- A prominent
and well-informed farmer of Chesterfield
county told the writer to-day that all OF the
early oats are ruined. and that not one-fitth OF
the corn that ought to have been ploughed
has been ploughed, and that not one
half of the peanut crop that has been
planted is coming up and must be replanted
This gentleman also said that large emount
of trucking has been damaged by the cold
weather and dry spells. and that the vegeta-
bles which have been destroyed by the cold
weather it is now too late to replant because
they would not grow. Another gentleman
who resides in Chesterfield, near the county
courthouse. told THE TIMES correspondent
this morning TINT all of the fruit IN his section
had been killed by the recent heavy frost
The leaves of the trees in the woods have been
80 badly bitten by the frost that they look as
they do in the fall of the year.
The delegates from Petersburg and those
from the upper counties 10 the Grand Lodge
/. O. r. NJ. of Virginia which meets IN an
nual session in Richmond on Wednesday Will
leave here tomorrow afternoon: The dele
gates from Petersburg are as follows: From
Trih IN kTuSP
from Wyanoke Tribe, No. 63, E. A. BAN and
#. NJ Gillian: Powhatan Tribe, No. Is. Roger
Atkinson now resident of Richmond; from
Kecotan Tribe, No. 81. of Matorea, Chesterfield
county, W. I. Vaughan; from Wacula Iri6e NO
u, of Crewe. Nottoway county, j. g. HANNA
from Nottoway Tribe, No. 6S, of Blackstone,
S. s. Baker: from Delaware Tribe, No. g. of
Burkeville. NJ. A. Rideout. GreatSachem-oi-
the-State w. r. Taylor. of Petersburg, will
accompany the delegates from here. 1t IS
learned from Great-SacEem Taylor that IN
addition TO the election of great officers much
other important business Will be transacted
at this session of the Great Council.
An aged colOred man named Adolphus
Monroe fell from boat at the wharf into
the river this morning and narrowly escaped
being drowned He was taken out IN an I'M
conscious condition and a large quantity OF
water was gotten out Of him before he re-
vived
II. a.
for building the scafold on which Walter
johnson (colored) is 10 be hanged. expects 10
commence the erection of the same tomorrow
or next day The scahold Is 10 be erected IN
the northeast corner of the jail-yard. johnson
is TO be hanged on the 22d instant for com
hitting criminal assault on LADY IN Not
toway county. The rope with which he If to
be hanged has been ordered from Cincinnati,
Ohio, and will cost $l2
Mr.. Buck Tucker, and aged citizen Of this
place, narrowly escaped being killed or Sc
rously injured at the Union depot tins after
noon about | o'clock. He was standing be-
tween the tracks of the Norfolk and Western
railroad looking at the east-bound passenger
train pulling into the depot. when he was
struck from behind by shifting locomotive
and knocked fiat Of his back. Those who wit
messed the accident thought that MIR. Tucker
had certainly been killed.
The Index-Appeal came out this morning
| in new type and as a siX-page paper.
Mr. X. A. Martin, one OF Petersburg's most
prominent merchants, is very sick, but his
condition to-day IS thought somewhat I'M
proved.
A cold blooded murder was committed this
morning about three miles from Windsor
station, on the Norfolk and Western rail
| road The murderer is a colored man, who
Drained his wife by striking her blow on
the head with heavy pole. The man
was whipping his child numerically
| for some trivial ofense when the
mother interfered and told her husband that
| he had whipped the child enough. The hus.
band then became angry with his wife, and
struck her blow which caused instant death
The murderer made his escape, but efforts
are being made TO capture him. The names
of the parties could not he learned
The County Court of Surry county, Judge
| Timothy Rives presiding, will open TO-
morrow. At this term the suit Of Hill ad
ministrator, against the Atlantic and DanvillC
Railroad Company, will be called. This suit
is for $4,000 damages. Hill was killed by
one of the trains on the defendants road
The case was heard at the last term of the
court, when the jury returned o verdict IL
favor of the railroad company. The cast
now comes up on a motion for a new trial. or
the ground that the verdict was contrary tC
| the law and the evidence