Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-10-06
CONGREGATIONS.
TWO BARNS AND CONTENTS AND ONE
DWELLING CONSUMED.
Io.... and Insurance-The Fourth District
Campaign to BE P~ushed-ist"e Lee
County Convict wantedf

,corro.nondence of the Richmond DlsDatch.I
pyrrRspuna. VA. October 6.-During the
severe storm of yesterday afternoon hight
n;ng struck and set fire to Mr.. w. ID.
Tomple' barn. in Prince George county.
near the courthouse. The building was
burned 10 the ground and its contents
consumed. There was a heavy fall OF hali
With the rain. which did considerable
damage to vegetation. In this CITY iight,
ming struck and damaged one OF the tail
pine trees in West-End Park.
DWELLING AND BARN BURNED.
About 1 o'clock yesterday morning the
harm ON the farm of hr. Joseph Wiiiiams,
i'm Chesterfield county, was discovered on
fire. The. building could not De saFeu.
The residence Of Mr. Williams caught nre
from the sparks and was DESTROYED ,Le
family saved most Of their furniture. Dir.
WiIiiams,s loss is fully $4,000, and his IN
surance is only $1,000, in the Agricultural
Company. The FIRE in the barn was IN
doubtedlv the act of az incendlary. ST;
Williams lost a good many hogs and
| chickens by the fire.
RoYAL-ABcH CHAPTER
The following representatives, from
pe,ersburg will attend the sessions of
tho Grand Royal-Arch Chapter. 10 be held
/ In Richmond on Tuesday next: John L.
| Parham. past grand high priest; James Is.
Blanks, grand master first vail; lr.
George Potts, high priest; L. +. Knock,
king. and J. w. Hawthorne, scribe. After
the adjournment Of the chapter the Grand
C~ommandery of Virginia will assemble,
and AppomattoX C~ommandery viii be
represented by the following delegates {:
Past Grand Commander, JamesB. Blanks:
Grand Senior Warden, }, /. IaTham, and
Messrs. George Nj. Bozel and H.. =. Jones:
A meeting Of prominent Democrats OF
this city was held last night at the office OF
District Chairman Mason and matters per,
tanning 10 the campaign were fully and
freely discussed. The conclusion reached
was that the outlook i'll this section IS
altogether favorable, and the canvass VIII
be pushed with the same vigor that mas
thus tar characterized 1t.
WHAT Is TIE MATTER. sHERIFF wATsoSI
1t is regarded as somewhat strange that
nothing has yet been heard from the Lee
county authorities relative to Dave Mace,
who escaped from the custody OF Sheriff
Weston while coming TO this city last week
on his way to the penitentlary. MaOe was
captured by q citizen of Petersburg and
brought to the lail here last Saturday. and
notice of the fact va promptly sent TO the
Lee county sheriff. Mabed does not appear
to be the desperate he is represented. On
the contrary, he is a very meek-lookIng IN
dIvidual, and really made no resistance u
his capture. lie can neither read nor
write, and denies the charge of forgery, of
which he was convicted. though he says
he innocently passed a fraudulent note.
GOOD APPOINTMENT.
Grand Exalted Ruler Edwin B. Hay, OF
tho Order of Elks, has appointed Mr.. Z:
I. Willis. OF this city. district deputy of
the order for the State OF North Carolina.
A better appointment for establishing
new lodges and revlving interest IN this
benevolent order in our sister state could
not have been made.
MIR. Samuel q. Jones, O ~well-known and
popular citizen, died last night after q I'm
gering illness.
Mr.. j. Thomas Wells, a prominent mer-
chant on Old street. Is Ill.
Miss Martha Ann Bragg, Miss Lena Hin
ton, and Miss Mittie Peasants went over
to Richmond to-day to spend some time
with friends.