Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-15
PETERSBURG TEAM.
MIR. FENDER TO DE MANAGER AND
ARTHUR THOMAS PITCHER.
The CIub VIII he Organised On .
Pennant-Winui Basis-Destruc.
ton Of Small Game by the Coso
Wcathrr-Fccding the birds.

PETERSBURG, VA, February H.
special.)-Eyidently the adage that one
must go away from home to learn inc
news applies risidly and truly to the
! baseball situation in this city.
The Petersburg public first learned
through the Richmond papers OF the om-
cial release OF Mr. Pender and his ac-
cep,ance OF the management Of the Pc
tersburg club. Captain Pender Is a great
favorite here, and our people were anxi-
Gus to obtain his services as the captain
OF our team.
And I'm this respect II may also be SAID
that the Washington Post OF to-day was
the first paper to announce the signing
Of Mr.. Arthur Thomas. a well-known ana
scientific left-handed pitcher OF WASH
ington, by the Petersburg club. The en-
Cagement of MIR. Thomas by the Peters
burg club IL a fact. made known to-day
after Its publication nearly 700 miles
away II Is said there Is no doubt OF
Mr. Thomas's cleverness In the pitcher
position and that he promises great
things.
AT the proper time, when the Peters
the personnel of the club Will be given
TO the public That the club will be a hrst-
class one organized 10 win the pennant.
there can be no doubt. 1t is probable That
Quarles and Foreman may return as
pitchers, but otherwise few of last years
players will be engaged.
REPORTED HEINOUS OUTRAGE.
Reliable reports were received here to-
day OF an assault upon a young lady, the
daughter Of a Bohemian settler in Din
widdie county. a few miles west OF the
city, by negro whose name Is not
known.
a posse Is In search Of the assailant.
and 1t may be that II his identity Is
proved he will. If caught. meet with
prompt justice. No definite particulars
OF the occurrence are obtainable.
The deep snow which has covered the
ground in this section during the past ten
days, coupled with extreme cold tenn
perature, has caused the destruction OF
a great deal OF small game. Reports from
Chesterfield. Dinwiddie. and Prince
George counties represent that partridges
in cOveys, larks. and other birds. and
rabbits have been found frozen In large
quantities. In reference TO partidges.
many OF the birds have been picked up
by hand and housed and fed, and will
safely turned loose in the fields. A num-
Der Of gentlemen in this city have in
vested largely in grain to feed the birds
in the hunting-g grounds of the adjacent
counties and have made daily trips TO
scatter the food.
LARGELY ATTENDED,
The mission services held twice a day
at Grace Episcopal church are very
largely attended. Rev. DR.. NJ. T. Logan,
of Wytheville. conducts these services
and breaches regularly. He Is fine
preacher and is arousing great interest
among the people.
Miss Bessie Gilpin. a charming and
cultivated young lady Of Baltimore. who
has been spending several weeks with
friends in this city. left for her home
this morning
Hundreds Of ladies and gentlemen have
been skating during the day on the APP
pomattox river, which is hard frozen
over and which affords excellent sport.
II the congressional Committee on Elec-
tions ever undertake TO read through the
evidence in the contested-election case in
this, district it will be a task they will
hardly accomplish before the close of the
next session of Congress
SAD INTELLIGENCE.
a telegram was received this afternoon
from Norfolk announcing the death OF
Mr. James b. Robertson, a well-known
former citizen and merchant of this city.
who a few months ago removed to Nor
folk. He was an honored and popular
citizen. and his death will be regretted by
a host of friends in Petersburg.
James Jones (colored) was arrested this
afternoon on the charge Of stealing money
and goods from j. w. Allen. with whom
he boarded.