The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-27
Il VALUABLE RELIC.
Charles Decker Has still Another Wife.
Lunenburg Courthouse Guaranteed.

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PETERSBURG, VA, June 2s.-Special
Messrs. Plummer & Wheeler Of this city
have In their keeping a most valuable
relic Of the late war. 1t is button cut
from the coat in which General Stone
wall Jackson fell mortally wounded at
the battle Of Chancellorsyilie The but
ton Is silver mounted for use as a breast
pin. 1t was given 10 Miss BockIns. OF
Richmond, Va, by DR.. Hunter Mcclure
who was General JacksOn's medical d.
rector, and who attended him whea he
was wounded Mr. Bockins has placed
the button with Mfr. FIummer to be sold
for her benent. She parts with IL with
great reluctance. and only does so from
the most urgent necessity. The genuine
r ss Of the relic is attested by a letter of
Or. Mcclure, which letter will be given
10 the purchaser of the pir The pin is
10 be sent TO the Worlds Fair, and the
price asked for 1t is $500
Charles v Decker. who Is now con-
fined in the jail of this city on the charge
Of bgamy, appears TO be a much married
man. As before stated ia this CORES
pOndence. two OF his wives have already
been found, ana the third is said TO be in
New York. NOW comes the report that he
is said 20 have been Miss Emily Bells,
OF Gloucester county, Va.
John +. Christian. professor Of mathe-
MATES at BlacksOurg College, who las
been critically III, Is now much improved.
Leslie Blankenship, aged about ten
years, was drowned yesterday I'm what is
known as Willows Hole" Just below
the Ettrick cotton factory In Chester
field county.
Judge d. NJ Bernard. OF the Hastings
Court Of Petersburg. to-day granted
charter Of Incorporation TO the Peters
burg Beneficial. Building, Loan and In
dustrial Association.
Rev r. A. Goodwin, rector OF ST.
Johns Episcopal church. who has ac-
cepted a call 70 ST. Johns Episcopal
church In Richmond. preached his fare
well sermon yesterday morning 70 a very
large CONGREGATION. Mr. Goodwin select
ed hts text from the 9Th chapter Of Gala
tlans and the 18th verse. This is the same
text from which he preached when he
first took charge Of st. Johns church
After the services on wednesday night
next there will be a reception when all
who wish 10 say good bye 70 Mr.. Good
wyn will have an opportunity OF doing
So Mr.. Goodwin will leave the city for
the mountains on Friday next. and Will
enter upon MS duties IN Rl.Vuohu OH thc
- Of September. Rev William Goodwin,
Of Alexandria. has accepted a call to st.
Johns church 10 succeed his uncle, Rev.
r. a. Goodwin. IL IS not known just
about what time he will take charge.
Captain W Gordon McCabe. head mas
ter Of the University School Of Peters
burg. has been invited by Or. Harris,
United States Commissioner of Educa-
ton, to prepare and read a paper on some
Of the problems Of Secondary Educa-
ton" before the Educational Congress at
Chicago, July 9th. / asked Captain Nc
Cabe IL he would accept the invitation.
and he said he had the matter under adj
ysement.
A private letter received here to-day
by one Of our prominent merchants says
that Lunenburg Courthouse IS quaran-
tined In consequence OF smallpox being
in that vicinity. and that there Is no
mail to and from the courthouse on that
account. The disease IS not at the court
house. and no white person has had II.
Intelligence has been received here or
the death OF Mr. John Weaver at his
home. In Brunswick county. The deceased
was a former resident Of Petersburg