The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-04
yInGIYI1 NEWS NOTES.
Items Gathered Here and There aut
Fyerywhere Throughout tho state.


Everywhere Throughout tho state.
L. A. Thrush. a mineralogist Of Har-
risburg Pa. died suddenly IN Winchester
Tuesday.
Mr.. Louis c. Helm, a well-known citi-
zen OF Loudoun, died at his home in Ham
ilton on Sunday night.
George w. Showalter has purchased
at seventy-five dollars per acre the farm
Of Judge q. O. Grattan. near Mount
Crawford, Rockingham county. 1t con-
tains l75 acres.
Bishop Whittle confirmed a large class
at ComOra, King George county. last
week. and among them was Major Henry
Byrd Lewis, about seventy years OF age,
ana one Of the most prominent men in
the county.
There is a perfect rush Of bluefsh from
the Norfolk section TO the New York
market \ fleet is just in from Cape
Hatteras and 10000 fish were shipped. one
of the fleet on the last trip Caught 1900
bluehsh I'm two days.
Mr. Clayton Watkins. Of Orange county
while telling a tree 10 capture a squirrel
a few days ago, came near being killed
by the falling tree. He was knocked
senseless. besides breaking his gun i'm two
Mr.. Watkins is getting better, but he has
no recollection of what became Of the
squirrel.
a Cincinnati combine has decided TO
operate the RadfOrd and Admission Works,
and they will start at an early date
Nh r. $. Jones says that he expects
very shortly 10 commence work on the
I'M for the bridge over Connelly's run.
This. with the electric light building
nearing completion. and a shirt factory
I'm sight and a branch Of the X. and $.
Bazaar. certainly does not look bad for
the future Of Radford.
All the artillery troops stationed al the
arsenal barracks passed through AleXan-
dria on a special train over the Richmond
and Danville railroad Tuesday for their
new station in Atlanta, Ga. With them
went two batteries from Fort McHenry,
Baltimore harbor About thousand
men. with horses. baggage. &c, passed
through Alexandria Wednesday evening
en- route from Atlanta TO Washington,
where they take the places Of the troops
which left for Atlanta Tuesday. This
transfer Of troops is said 10 have been
the largest that has taken place since
the war.
A brutal outrage was committed near
Brooklyn, Halifax county on the 23d
unim0. by n negro man named I3obeTt
Edmunds upon a respectable colored girl.
named Nancy Easley. aged about eigh-
teen wears Complaint was made 10 JUS
tice C.. NJ. Waddnl as soon as practicable,
who al once issued a warrant for his
arrest but Edmunds escaped soon after
The matter has been kept as Quiet as
possible SO that Edmund whereabouts
could be ascertained IL was subsequently
ascertained that he went 10 Coeymans,
New York. and the authorities az that
place have been notified.
Mir Robert l. Clemens. who resides near
Tvreeanna. was I'm Lynchburg Tuesday
and stated that SO far ne had nor becH
able 10 find out the whereabouts Of his
daughter who so mysteriously disap-
peared from Tyreeanna church between
Z and s o'clock on the night OF April 18th.
The Young lady attended church with
friends on the night i'm question and
Just before services BEGAN she left The
church. and has never been seen or heard
Of since. II is thought that she was
either enticed away, or was helped by
some one. as she had no money. The
young lady was seventeen years Of age.
medium sized. well formed, and light
complexion. Her name is Rebecca. II
is believed that she went from Lynchburs
to Roanoke.