The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-09
MOTHER AND SON HURT.
MRS. ". AND HER CHILD
WE'RE TOSSED BY An INGRY COW.
The Central State Hospital Nearing Com
pIetion Ridley, the Murderer, Want
to Carry His Case to Supreme Court.


who resides on Halifax street. was milk
ing her Jersey COW. her little son Charlie
came towards her. when the COW became
Infatuated and attacked the little fellow.
tossing him In the air twice. Mrs. Gre
CORY. to save her child. clasped the cow
around the neck. when the animal made
an attack on her, tossing her In the
air to a height. IT is said. of fifteen Feet.
The COW at the time was fastened by
a rope to a post. and but for this fact
Mrs Gregory would have been seriously
and perhaps fatally injured. She fled
from The argry COW and ran over INTO her
pig-pen where her screams for help
brought to her assistance Dr. .John *.
chappeli and some of the neighbors She
was not much injured. but her son CHAR
lie received several dangerous wounds,
the extent Of which. DR.. Chappell says,
cannot be ascertained for forty-eight
hours. He is. however, resting easy now.
CENTRAL STATE HOSPITAL.
The new addition to the Central state
Hospital is approaching completion. Mr..
J. G. howell, the contractor. told me
to-day that next week the roof would
be put on. This addition will have thirty
cells. and will cost between i've ana SIN
thousand dollars.
Robert Ridley. the negro under sen
, fence
county. who Judge Hancock Of the Sii-
cult Court of the county, has refused 10
grant new trial, has written 70 ms
brother, John Ridley, at spot Cash.
Brunswick county, requesting MN ~
raise all the money he can for the EN-
ployment of counsel TO take me case 70
the Supreme Court of Appeals. Ridley Is
confined In the jail OF this cry. ,o
Ex-Postmaster Graves, of Crewe, VINO
is charged with robbing the post,ofilce
Of that MACE OF between four and five
hundred dollars. is still confined IN the
1ail here, having been unable 10 give pan
for his appearance in the United states
Court at Richmond next October.
Hon. William r. Mckinney. who mas
been confined to the house for some days
by a severe case Of poison OAK, IS out
again. r,s,,o
Drury A. Hinton. is visiting friends IN
NJ Air. r' David A. Barnes. foreman of the
construction force OF the Western Union
Telegraph Company for the FIRST dis'rif,
which embraces nine States, Is IN the
city to-day. Mr.. Barnes has been Visi'ins
friends In Dinwiddie county; -,
Miss Mary Roper Is visiting In Lees
burg. -, 49,, quito
Mr. and Mrs W. l.. venable have re-
turned home from Cobb's Island. where
they have been for the past TWO weeks.
Misses Grace Adams. Julia Sandiofn'
and Sadie SANFORD nave gone ~ NM"
mond TO visit friends. -
The members OF the order OF Legion
Of Honor I'm Petersburg are much pleased
that Mr.. James Il. Blanks, OF inns CITY,
was elected supreme repressen,a nu ~ H. H.
Virginia to the Supreme Counch OF lhe
American Legion of Honor, when con-
venes in Detroit on August Uth
Mr. ]. O. Perkins. commissioner OF
revenue Of Dinwiddie county. VINO Was
stricken with paralysis on sunday - i'''-
Mr.. K. II. Jones. money-,order CLERK a.
the post office here. who had deilVase
oneration performed on him sunday Is
getting on nicely.
THE NoTTowAy CONTEST.
Judge J. f. West, of Sussex county
Court who for the past Two weeAs
r Goodwin. of Nottoway County court,
hearing the contested electetion case o.
II. H. Dyson against r. NJ. Jones, go, ,or
sheriff of Nottoway ana VIZ, 49,
the case under Amusement. TO-DAY, az
Nottoy,ay Courthouse. rendered MS
onjnion in the case. The opinion is quite
The Court held that the contestant
had failed TO establish fraud, as charged
in The pttiticn. and that the tee tlnohy oi
the one hundred witnesses examiner NJ
could not read or write as 10 no" the!
voted. was not Sun'i'Ht " -, - 80
the returns of the election, where lhe
ballots had been kept In the man ~.
rrescribe1 by law and were counter
I'm court and agreed with the returns anu
where the officers conducting the eiecuoh
arncarnd and testified that the election
was according to law and here there was
no question raised as 10 the character oI
the men conducting the election 10.
truth and Vcracity. Judge west deciuci
that Mr.. Jones, the contestee, was I'll
titled TO the Office. ,
After Judge West had rendered mis-
oninion ;he contestants counsel moved
the Court for rehearing. on the ground
that the decision was contrary 10 Ia
and evidence which motion was over
ruled. TO which ruling OF the Court the
contessant's counsel excepted.
Notice was then given that the con.
testants desired TO apply TO the circuit
Court for writ of erro' anu s"pel
sedeas. The Court fixed upon next
Thursday to settle the bills or exception
and con plete the record.
Mr. Dyson. the contestant in this case,
was the Independent candidate for
sheriff of Nottoway, at the last May
election. Under the Readtuster admin
istiaton he was Second State Auditor,
and is now one of the leading RepuDll-
cans I'm Nottoway county. Mr.. Jones IS
a prominent Democrat
The grand jury Of the County Court
of Prince George to-day Indicted Golden
Carroll. negro. for murder. He VIII
be arragned for trial at the next term
of the court. The accused halls from
New York.
Camp. from Maryland. who was drowned
while bathing in the river here a few
DAYS ago. was found to-day by the cap
tain OF the steamer Ariel some miles be-
low the city. The body was Badly de-
composed.