Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-04
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Captain Dan. NJ Lee. brother NJ cor,-,,
FltZ Lee, IL quite s.ck with lpfan,rato,,,
rheumatism az Highland Hors'" 4,
Stafford county.
Or. John Carper, n succossf,l nhvs,.,,n
and farmer Of FRANKLIN county. diod lar
week. aged eighty-two years. Ne was
native Of Bote,ourt county.
The old McNeal place. on Kettle Run.
near BrentsVillc. Price Williams counfv
was sold during the week ~ Valeni,r,
Schaffer. or pennsylvania. Tor &eo
The Americas Democratic Club ~ Now.
port News, has issued invitations 10 ths
opening Of its rooms IN Johnsoa'r Opsre
House. that city, Thursday evening. Anil
4th.
William r. Graves, a prominent Citizen
OF Stafford. died AT his home In Hart.
wood District. on Tuesday nght Sir.
Graves was a widowcr. and leaves seven
children.
Judge Mclaughlin. ~ the Augusta CIR.
cult Court has chartered telephone COM
pany 70 connect Lexington and stanton.
thirty-slx miles apart. J. " Bowman Is
president. Capital stock &c0
Joseph Heath. Of Weems. Lancaster
county Va who was convicted I'm tho
Criminal Court Of Baltimore last week.
and sentenced for three years ior shoot.
ing M his wife and Wogndins her brother
attempted 10 kill himself on sunday by
cutting his throat. The wound IS rot con-
sidered serious
Ex-senator John T. Lewis ~ Rocking.
ham county. IS still suffering from cancer
OF the face, which has encr0aChei con-
siderably upon the upper Jaw, hut other
wise he IL In better health now than he
has been for several months and n well
enough to ride about bis neighhorhood
on horseback.
W. Allen Hayes. g. T. Uzzie. and T.. :.
Mugler. were arrested al Newport News
on Tuesday by United States Marshal
G. G. Crawford. on the bench warrants
issued IN Richmond by Judge Hughes d
the United States Court These men we're
arrested several months ago on The charge
OF smuggling. and were dismissed az the
examination before the United states
Commissioner Additional evidence was
adduced. and the United states grand
Jury. which met at Richm md. took ND
the matter. The grand iurys action re.
suited I'm the arrest of the men Tuesday
night.
n. 4. Darlington Camp. Confederate
Veterans. OF Charlotte. held it, regular
meeting Al the court-hou5e on snlllday.
March 20 1875. The attendants was very
large. Colonel William H. Smp' presided
John b. Fans ediutant. recorded. The
following resolution, offered boy Colonel
=. ". Scott WAS unanimously adopted;
Resolved. That we, the members OF ~. \.
Darlington camp. tonI'heTtlt Ntittdht
dlsapprOve Of the action Of the Grand
Camp OF Confederate Veterans In asking
that Appomattox battlefield be made a
national park. and that our senators and
Representatives be urged 10 use their IN
nlence against the passage Of any BIN
having tais object In view.
There was a notable gathering u trans
rortation men I'm Newport News on Tues
day. Among them we're. J. q. whitney,
Baltimore. traffic manager Merchants aud
Miners Transportation Company; l. =.
Saunders, Newport News. agent, and X.
II. Wight. Norfolk, agent % the same
line; NJ. r. Ingalls,. Cincinnati, president
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company,
W. T. Walker, Cincinnati, neight ana
traffic manager; l.. +. Sullivan. Richmond;
auditor; j. w. Hopkins. Richmond coal
and fuel agent; c. w. Stevens, kichmond.
general manager; G. ~. Doyle, Ken
| mond. superintendent; W. II, fstket.
| Newport News, terminal superintendent.
T.. N. Whitaker, Cincinnati. mstager
| Kanawha Dispatch: a. @. Throup New
| York. eastern agent Kanawha Dispatch;
NJ. Emerson. Richmond. traffic manager
| Atiantic-Coast Line; oscar ~. Murray.
| Cincinnati traffic manager Big -Four S's-
| tenn: w. l.. Guelleandeau. New fofn,
| traffic manager and vice-president On
! Dominion Steamship Company N. H.
| Crowell, Norfolk, agent same ccmpan}'
| The party visited the Chesapeake ana ONO
piers. the ship-yanls, and other points 81
| interest They were entertained AZ iun,h
| on the Chesapeake and Onto htsimsnlp
| Greenbrer. which had all her c9iois w
| ing in honor OF the visit " the hish OH
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