The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-27
VIRGINJ4 NEWS NOTES.
Items Gathered Here and There and
Everywhere throughout the State.

Mrs. w. T.. Sutherliu fell over a step
ping-st0ne in Danville yesterday, injur-
ing herself quite badly.
TIE meeting Of the Ciinch Valley Agri-
cultural and Breeders association will
take place on September 9Th to 18th in
elusive.
Drs. John W. Bowdoin. John w. KEEL
lam and G. Fred. Floyd, of Accomac,
have beer commissioned examining sur
geons for the Pension Bureau.
The captain Of the steamer Helen Smith,
Of Norfolk, was shot At Sunday by VIII
liam Poyner, the agent Of the line. at
Pungo Ferry. and a negro was struck in
the shoulder by the bullet.
Colonel William Baskerville died in
Mecklenburg county last Friday. aged
eighty years. He represented this county
in the State legislature for six yeas,
and at one time made a speech occupying
three days.
The Virginia Populists expect several
of their prominent national leaders TO be
present at the Lyn,nburg Conv sntion.
which meets on August Sd. General Wea-
yer and Hon. /. T.. Dean, Of New Yock,
are expected to attend.
The Eastern Shore District Conference
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
South, convened at Belle Haven yester-
day. Bishop John 9. Granbery, Of Ash
land, presided. The opening sermon Will
be delivered by the Rev. II. c. Cheatham,
Of Hampton. 1t Will be in session three
days. and some very important questions
will be dealt with.
on Friday evening a construction and
passenger train collided near Bluestone
Junction, near Cooper, on the Norfolk
and Western, splitting Wild open a first
Glaze ,,a.l H. .sts.l .-
and children were travelling. one child
was injured, and w. r.. Collins, OF Ora
ham, Tazewell county, a fireman on the
construction train, was thrown down an
e~mbankment and badly injured about the
face and shoulders.
Mr.. Walter Burns, a ward-attendant
at the Eastern Insane Asylum. was cut
on the arm with a knife at the railway
station in Williamsburg. Saturday morn
ing by a lunatic named Darker, from
Caroline county. as he attempted to board
a train. The patient was afterwards
taken TO the institution and locked 10.
The wound bled very freely. but It is
nothing serious. 1t required several Of Tire
attendants of the asylum to subdue the
lunatic. He had to be knocked down
before he could be taken.
Richard Hall. who lived near Osborn's
Nf1hf ~ NA1 10A D "A2 ktAhtA d ttR
or twor since. Hall and one Marshal
Beicher, a Kentuckian. and one of mis-
friends. met by agreement just beyond
the limits Of the State line on the Ken
lucky side, and Hall and Belcher engaged
in a game OF cards. For awhile the game
went on smoothly enough, but at length
a dispute arose, and, after some hot
words. Belcher drew a pistol and fired at
Hall, the ball crashing through his brain,
when he instantly dropped. But Belcher,
not being yet satisfied, fired two more
shots, one ball passing through Halls
arm and the other taking effect IL his
shoulder.
While Mr.. Edward Keiiam, OF East
Vile, Northampton county, was going
home from Only, he was stopped at War
rington's Branch, half a mile from here.
by two negroes. One seized his horses
bride and drew his revolver; the other.
a mulatto. made for Mr.. Kellam In the
carriage. Kellam had no pistol, but struck
the negro with a cane and knocked him
off. The negro holding the bride fired at
Kellam, and put a bullet through HIS
right sleeve. drawing the blood slightly.
The horse made a lunge and Kellam es-
capped without further damage. Monday
night MIR. James Bailey and Edward
Drummond were assaulted about half a
mile from the same place, and Mr.. Bailey
says one of the parties was a mulatto.