The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-15
THEY WERE INSURED.
yoUR or TINE HOUSES OWED BY
GRANITE BUILDING FUND co.
Interesting Events In the Mayors Sour"
He Caught tho Negro-An hrg nun"
Person ale aud o,hsr Notes.
EAscBYsTrR BUREAU RICHMOND IIMEs'
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Tho dwelling houses which were des-
troycd by fire, IN Newtown' on TUESDAY
uisht. were occupied by Nathan baush'
vayerly Suffer anthony Murriil' Rev.
Abram shanks. Rat. Dean, and Hender-
son Taylor
su,tcr owned the house which he oc-
euplcd. and had $50 insurance on H. Inc
other houses were owned by the Granite
Building Fund Company OF Kiehmohu'
md the total insurance upon them was
yco. in the National Insurance Com
pany. Of Baltimore, and the Continental
OF New York. 49,, .o,.,,al
thousand persons. including many 1foi"
rRichmond. witnessed the conflagratloh'
Mayor Maurice had quite number OF
offenders before him yesterday mo'hii'S.
Ahout a dozen men engaged al "orh
on the new coal chute Of the Richmohu
and Danville railroad. near ire aien
under the Petersburg ROAD, were oHai So
with interfering with lady VINO IesiuVS
An that neigbborhoOd Dy mahi"s iei niai, ~"
% she passed by. and throwing nlssies
81 her house. Eight Of them were nned
g N each. Their names are }. w sharpe
r Atkinson, II. Il. Bradshaw, W. -
Tnoch James Ryal, j. A. Manning ~
l.. East, and h. b. Harris.
J. W. Sharpe (misdemeanoT) was iheu
$50.
For some time the police have been
looking for a negro youth named James
Graham, who was wanted FOR engaging
I'm a street fight. He has engaged IN sew
eral foot races with the oihcers' put a.
WAYS came out ahead.
Afrfu "
Tuesday night Graham was on a shed
watching the work of the flames, ana
when the officer started for him ne TOOK
20 his heels. as usual. There was livery
chase around in the crowd for awhile
but the negro was finally captured-not'
however before officer virgins new
suit Of clothes had been christened WIN
Newtown mud.
Graham was fined $50 by the Mayor !
Yesterday morning, and III delault went |
10 iail for thirty days.
me entertainment in Leader Han Tues
dav night for the benefit Of the Balm
bridge-Street Baptist church. was de-
,ided success The audience was quite /
a large one numbering about four hun
dred persons.
DR. Whitfield manipulated the magic |
lantern, and did IL with the art of an
expert As the pictures were thrown
upon the canvas, KEY. H. H. lHOi hiiil
explained them TO the audience. Having |
been abroad. his description of some OF
the buildings OF ancient Rome was par
ticularly interesting.
Dr. j. T. Mum, who was Jay Goulds |
physician and who Is the principal owner |
of the Electric street-raiway lines I'm TINS
city and In Richmond, has been inspect |
ing his property on this side OF the river |
this week.
DR.. Mum is several times a millionaire |
and he makes regular trips down here
to see how his investments are.
on Easter Monday. from TO o'clock
IN the afternoon, the Ladies' Aid Society
will have an egg hunt in the lecture
room OF the Presbyterian church.
An admission fee will be charged and
the proceeds Will 90 10 the church fund.
Mr.. Il. d. Davidson, Of Buckingham
county. is in the city. He brought down
ten hogsheads Of tobacco, for which he
averaged a fair price
The Leader Office has been handsomely
fitted up. Mr.. Owens private sanctum
is certainly a thing Of artistic beauty.