The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-23

Jesse Hudgins, of Norfolk, died sud.
denly at the Hotel Portsmouth, in that
city. He was a prominent cigar manu-
facturer.
The State board OF pharmacy hope to
conclude their examinations, which they
have been conducting in Richmond to-
day. Forty two drug clerks have been
examined.
The stable of R. w. Collier, in Peters
burg, was destroyed by fire Wednesday
and with it large quantity Of hay and
provender. Loss, So, 500; insurance, S3,-
100, principally in Northern companies.
The cornerstone of Major Lewis
Ginter's new hotel at Richmond will
be laid to day. Work on the building is
progressing rapidly. 1t has already
reached one story in height, and when
completed will be one of the hand
soonest hotel structures in the South.
The Democrats of Danville at their
primary held last night placed in
For mayor, Harry Wooding; for clerk
of the courts, William Rison; for COM
monwealth attorney, N. H. Massie; for
commissioner OF revenue, William E.
Boisseau.
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A large excursion will be run to New
port News from Washington, d. c.,
the middle of next month which will
bring down many prominent and wealthy
Northern capitalists. They will be
there for several days, and arrange
ments have already begun to give them
a royal reception.
lively fight occurred in one of the
corridors of the chamber Of commerce
building in Richmond the other day be-
tween John b. Tillar, manager of the
Equity Building and Loan Association,
and j. P. Mullen, who is connected
with the Fidelity Loan and Investment
Company. Tillar, who got the worst Of
the fight, had Mullen arrested.
verdict for $4,000 has been rendered
in the United States court in Lynch
burg against the Lynchburg Street
Railway Company in favor OF Minnie
Ewers' administrator. Minnie Ewers,
little girl of 10 years, was run over
about two years ago and killed by car
of tho company in that city, and her
father sued for $4,000, with the above
result.
Norfolk Virginian: There was an
amusing scene on Main street yester-
day. A woman, who had three sheets
in the wind, hired a buggy and went
down East Main street with a cigarette
in her mouth at break-neck speed. She
did not get far, however, before one of
the finest. officer Williams, invited
himself to take a ride with her, and
drove her to Mordica's hotel in very
gallant manner.
Mrs. Catherine Blakemore, a we'll
known lady, who lived near Stuart's
Draft, died some time during Monday
night. A little five-year-old niece was
sleeping with her and when relative
came to inquire the old lady's condition
the child coolly told him she thought
her aunt was dead. She had slept part
OF tho night with the corpse and had
arisen and calmly dressed, alone in
the room with the dead.
The trouble that has been brewing in
the Alexandria Light Infantry for some
days over the fact that the members OF
the company arc to receive but so cents
per day for their services in guarding
White and Robinson in Manassas has
culminated in five members of the com.
pany refusing to sign the pay roll They
were put under arrest and will be court
martialed for characterization. The
trouble grows out Of the fact that Gov
ernor O'Ferrall ordered forty men to
Manassas. The officers of the company,
however, took the entire company
eighty-four men-without telling them
that $40 was all that the State would
allow them.
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