Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-30
STANTON.
Personal and General Nofes-Ihe
smaII.Pox Experience.

PerAOn0l auu othtfus
smaiI.Pox Experience.
STAIINTON. VA, June 29.-tspecial)-
| Messrs. Catlett, Hotchkiss, Bell N Co.. or
this city, have put 10 work large force
OF hands on their mineral lands at the
base of the Blue Ridge mountains. near
Shendun. Mr.. Jacob Pirkey has charge
OF the work. The enterprise Is meeting
with great success, and several banks oi
| iron-ore have been opened. and the out
| look Is promising.
The Rev. J. II. Boyd. d. D., has re-
turned from a trip to Baltimore. Whilst
| in the Monumental city he sold WV
worth Of the bonds proposed to be issued
| TO nav off the Indebtedness OF ana I'm
prove the Wesleyan Female Institute, OF
Atlanta so far 81 900 OF these bonds nave
been sold. and DR.. Boyd is quite san
guine OF his ability to place the balance
of the proposed issue
Mr.. John G.. Child. Of Raymond. W.
Va. is here with his bride. visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert q. Chlid'
on Beverley Terrace
Albert Uoge. n son OF City Treasurer
Arista Hoge, has been appointed to a
cadetshIp at the Virginia Military lnst-
tute.
Misses Helen aud noulie Smith, IF
Springfield, ILL.,, arrived Thursday, and
are the guests of DR.. and Mrs. u. Nj.
Atkinson.
The Stanton lodge OF Odd Fellows
have awarded the contract for building
their new hall on Beverly street to Con-
tractor James Wilson at $4,000.
Roundsman John G. Fretwell has been
made District Deputy Grand Master Of
ODD Fellows by the Grand Master, Mr..
Fretwers district being lodges Nos. Is
and 10 in this city, and No. %. at CO.
shen.
United States Deputy Collector Clifford
Bargamin. an old Richmond boy, now
resident at Buena Vista, and Deputy
Marshalls Lee and Cunningham. passed
here a few days ago en- route for Ship
let's hollow. in the East Rockingham
Blue Ridge range. to look for moon
sinners I'm that region.
These officers had quite successful
raid in Nelson and Amherst. where. out
of A dozen reported Illicit stills, they Gap
tured ten. They are armed with high
grade repeating rifles. and are well
equipped for battle should the moon
sinners show fight.
The Chamber Of Commerce this week
passed the following resolution:
Moved by the costly experience Stanton
! has had in being so vigorously quaran-
State. and the further fact that the law
touching quarantine in Virginia is crude
| and needs amendment.
Whereas, the experience OF Stanton
with reference TO the recent smallpox
| outbreak has drawn attention to the
| crudeness OF the law as to quarantine
! regulations. and show the positive harm
| that may be done to a. community by the
| adoption and enforcement against 1t OF
| restrictions that are not based on ra-
tional and scientific grounds. therefore
Resolved, That a committee OF three
| be appointed by the Chair to prepare and
| submit to the next regular. meeting OF
| this Chamber an address to the various
| commercial bodies of the State. calling
| their attention to the defects Of the law
| in this behalf. and asking them to co.
| operate with this Chamber to secure the
enactment of such legislation as may be
| necessary TO establish a State Board OF
| Health. with appropriate powers touch
| ing quarantine and general sanitary su-
| porvision and regulations"
| Hon. a. c. Gordon, II. II. Henkel. NJ.
| D.. and r. d. Haislp, were appointed
the committee as contemplated by the
resolution
Rev. Henry p Hamill. president Of the
Wesleyan Female Institute, has gone 10
| Chattanooga TO attend the National Con-
vention of Epworth League Clubs.
Mr.. j. +. Tannehill, who has served
several terms in the City Council. and
who was handsomely reelected at the
May election, II is said, has announced his
purpose to resign.
a number of Mr.. TannehiIrs friends
protest against his resignation, and 1t Is
hoped the Councilman will reconsider his
| earlier determination.
Miss Guss.e Bumgardner has returned
| from visit TO friends in Martinsburg,
w. Va
Miss Elsie ID. O'Niel, of Washington, Is
| I'm the city the guest OF Miss Susie Perry.
The contract for metaling the National
| Cemetery road. leading from this city.
| 10 the cemetery. has been awarded 10
| Messrs Croghan Brothers, OF Staunton.
| Mrs. Ashby W. Woodward is in Wash
| ington visiting her mother. Mrs. c. NJ.
| keblinger.
The City Council will meet July LIST to
| elect all municipal officers of the city,
| not directly elected by the people.