Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-17
LEXINGTON.
Personal Notcs--A Negro hoy killed.
The Revival.
Correspondence Of the Dispatch)

LEXINGTON, VA. November 10
Mrs. Gertrude r. Logan has returned
home. after an absence Of some weeks
visiting friends in Salem and Winches-
ter. M
Mrs. D. Il. Morton. of GAINESVILLE,
Va, has been the guest Of Mrs ). T.
Spencer.
Miss Leila Mcclure. Of Winchester. is
the guest of Mrs. J. Randolph Tucker
Mr.. Sandy Z. Fggat has secured a
position in the mercantile establishment
OF Charles Broadway Rouss, in New
York.
DR.. c. Graham Dold. of Collierstown.
has removed from Collierstown TO Lex
ington and opened an office here.
Mrs. Mary j. Jackson. Of West Vir-
ginia, is the guest Of Colonel and Mrs.
William T. Poague.
Mr. Il. j. Vaughan. cashier OF the
First National Bank. is attending the At
lanta Exposition.
Mrs. Rebecca J. Snidcr of Carroll
county, Nd. with her daughter. Mrs.
Laura Tabor. of Butte city, Mont, is
visiting Mrs. Elizabeth Snider, Of the
Rockbridge Baths.
Colonel John w. Patton, OF Gains
vile. Fla. is visiting his relatives, on
Timber Ridge on his return he viii
take with him his mother. Mrs. Patton,
who Will spend the winter there.
Mr.. II. y. PondeXter. class Of 1895. or
the Virginia Military Institute, il taking
the postgraduate course in civil en-
cheering at that institution.
Hutton Brothers, electrical engineers,
OF Lexington. have moved the Buena
Vista electric-light plant from within
the city to "A dam above the city on
North river, where water-power can be
used The new motive-powcr ana plant
are giving entire satisfaction.
THE UNLOADED PISTOL
Two negro boys-Willlam Taylor and
John Long, OF Collierstown neighbor-
hood-were at an apple-butter boiling.
when a sham duel was proposed. Each
had a pistol. and thought the cartridges
had been removed. They began swapping
the pistols at each other. when the pis-
toll in the nand of William Taylor was
discharged. The ball entered the brain
OF Long and killed him instantly. The
shooting was purely accidental A hne
was imposed on Taylor for carrying con-
cealed weapons.
The first OF the public lectures at Wash
! ington and Lee University this ses-
sion was delivered in the university
chapel on Friday evening by DR.. Edward
Nj. Schener formerly physical director
at the institution. His subject was
"Physcical Education" and was Illus
trated. The chapel was comfortably
filed. and the lecture was enjoyed by all
The wheat sown during the drought
Is coming up nicely. and the farmers are
! very much encouraged. But not large
/ crop was sOwn. the ground was too
dry. and would not permit OF being
| ploughed.
/ As an evidence Of the credit Of Rock
| bridge county, the entire issue OF the
new = per cent. bonds was taken before
/ last Saturday night. and there was an
/ eager demand for more Offers have been
made 20 take a good many more thou
/ sands, but there are no more 20 be issued.
The great revival services at the Bap-
/ fist church still continues.
Baptismal services were held at the
church on Monday. Tuesday. and We'd
| nesday evenings, and eyangelstic SER
| vices afterwards. So gred't is the interest
/ that the meetings are continued from
/ night TO night, conducted by Rev. h. II.
( Dement,, assisted by the pastors OF the
! various churches I'm the town.
| Additions have. already been made 10
! the several churches As the fruits Of the
meetings. Forty-hve have Joined the
/ Baptist church. twenty-seven the Pres
/ byterian. and three the Methodist. Many
more have announced Il purpose 10 join
! each Of these churches, and 4 number
! the Episcopal church.
! ESSENTIALLY UNION
The meetings are essentially union in
| their character. All denominations min
| gle freely, and lay Members Of the church
| are showing remarkable activity in work.
! ing among the unconverted. The converts
| include all classes. ages and conditions
| of people. 1t is stated that this revival
equals, and probably surpasses, in inter
| est and results. any ever held in the
| town. A great revival at the Presbyterian
! church. in lS4S. during the pastorate or
| Dir. Skinner Is recalled when over 100
| joined that church. Later. notable re-
! vival was the one held at the Presby-
terrain church in 1871. conducted as
union meeting, by all the pastors OF the
| town. Drs. Mutually. Pendleton and Boyle
| and Rev. Mr.. Eager. A notable one in
single church by a single man was that
| conducted I'm Trinity Methodist church.
| in 1891. by Rev. +. J. Prettyman.
The Buena Vista furnace is now run
ming with fun force. The furnaces out
put until January, l, 1886, has been sold al
remunerative prices.
| The Virginia Military Institute football
| team Is now hard AT work training for
| the coming game. 10 be played In Lynch
| burg on Thanksgiving-Day with the team
| from the Virginia Agricultural and Me-
| chanical College. at Blacksburg. The
cadets make excellent subjects for train
| ing. for the discipline of the school fits
them for IL, and 10 this can be attributed
| their success on the gridiron. Regular
| hours, temperate diet, total abstinence,
! from spirits and tobacco. and regular
exercise under the immediate supervision
| of Captain Dickinson constitute another
| great factor OF their success.