The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-06-29

r,,--vysprno Va. June 2s-lSpeciai. Dir
70 = pooie secretary OF the chamber OK com
n,erce has received q letter ito,l ~. ~.
Rroune vice-presdent and Rehssi.a. "ns.tr..
Of the Old Dominion Ste1hshle 49, -, discnn-
forth tho reason Of the company lVi u.sJon.
iortn .no po,nt as one OF their landing
~lints ar browne SAYS: "Our soie oo5ee'
T. no zinc this change was 70 pace ene M
chants III Petersburg on an equhii1y ". ~ u,
merchants of Norfolk. Suffolk ana oinl'Hl lt,si
hv giving them the opportunity W
aud receive freight I'VE ua' o,t "a q
the week to and rom ~" cav ,.fbe
Wr browne then goes on 70 say 80
49,, ,bine We can do - TO give you the same
toc;iities az Norfolk now enjoys. ana We eau
40 that only by tho Norfolk ana n eSsei =
road and a special Old DOMINION i"se 100 - -
line leaving Norfolk as soon as b."h,,r,,
on the arrival of the ship WIN -
Srsigbt and leaving Petersburg nNe hiE,',s -
- aeelr 10 connect with our steamers ht NOT
folk Inv the Norfolk aud Western roAu, -,
Gta meeting Of Petersburg nltel noyai
- cbsnter of Nasons held last nlght the
folloxing officers were elected: Hlgh 1IlesI'
Tr GEORGE Potts. KING. Thomas ;. MOCK
scribe. j. W. Hawthorne; treasurer n D.
Clements: Secretary. joan l.; L az az unuI. ord
This morning Mr. James /. HarGfaEe anu
Nfiss Fstelle Winfree took the sOuth-oouhd
train for Weldon. y. G., where lucy we're
,nsrried Mr. Hargrave Is about twenty-four
yeers of ace and is son OF Dir. ". l. mar
crave. an ex-member oi the cry eoai1eii.
Miss Winfree is twenty years or age. me
eIonemeut was a surprise TO the friends Oh tho
couple. -, H., ~.
&c deaths occurred in Petersburg tor the
month ending June IS. 1892; white. q; COLOR
ed g2 The rate of mortality Of whole popu-
lation was 20. IS per loo per annum; rate OF
mortality of white population, 24.OO per Lulu
per annum. rate OF mortality OF coiorea popu.
iation. %. 50 per 1000 per anuum. present.
estimated pOpulatiOn--w white. lZ,OOD coiored,
1900. Total. % 900.
MIR. D. W. Slaughter md Miss Lucy Faison
were married last night.
Rev r. b. CUM. heretofore the professor OF
languages IN Drs Platts school. has been re-
ouested by the citizens If Disputanta ana
others 70 interest himself in starting German
settlements in and around Petersburg. lie
has so far succeeded in inducing five famiiles'
now In South Dakota. 70 locate Ia thus city,
and others he thinks will DO sure 10 follow.
Rev. CUM is very anxious b. give the colony
religious type and organlze s. So1'%eF@
church. ,-,,
The third annual session Of the Booksellers
Association of Virginia opened IA the p9I,ior9
Of che Southern Hotel this evening Il - -
Beckwith. of Petersburg. IN the char ana IL.
VI. Starke. OF Richmond, secretary.
The following firms reported. west. John-
ston * Co., II. NJ Star6e and y. W; nan
dolph. Richmond; Yickery d. Co. and Hume
q Bilisoly. of Norfolk: X. +. Hume q 90.
and ". L. Crump X Co.. OF Portsmouth;
Mitchell Manufacturing Company and !. ,.
Beckwith d. Co.. of Petersburg. Mr. A. Ora
well. editor Publishers Weekly, New York,
addressed the Association. She reports OF
the different officers Wero next read and
there was a general discussion on the work
of the Association.
The following officers were elected: P'resi-
dent. I. s. Beckwith. If Petersburg vice
President. J. j. Sanuels, OF Norfolk; Secre-
tarv. II. VI. Stsrke. Of Richmond. Executive
Committee Montgomery West. of Rich
mond: W. d. Oliver, Of stanton; j; H.:
Hume. Of Portsmouth, and j. j. English, OF
Richmond.
The Association partook Of banquet to
night at the Southern Hotel and then ad-
iourned until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.
The aim of this Association is to unite the
booksellers Of this State for mutual protec-
ton. assistance and encouragement, 10 pre-
vent unnecessary competition and . estaD-
lish uniform prices and discounts and TO OBJ
tain from manufacturers the most favorable
prices.