The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-03
TWO FIRES IN PETERSBURG.
Loss Between $4,000 and $4,000 Mcet-
Ing Oft tho Ronrd of visitors. Etc.

Petersburg, Va, June 2-Special.-Capt.
T. +; Heath has forwarded to Gov. oFtr-
Ger of the Petersburg Greys. He has been
Captain of the Greys COR tho past four
years. and has made most excellent Of
ficer.
This morning about o'clock, when the
clothing store of Mr. Nj. r. Saal, on Syca-
more street. was opened there wns n
Upon investigation 1t was found that a lot
OF the finest overcoats in stock, piled ON
two tables on the second floor, was aflre
Mr.. Morris, the head clerk, by whom the
fire was discovered, with the assistance OF
the clerks, succeeded In extlnguishing the
flames with buckets of water without
were the overcoats were Immediately
under an arch electric light. and the be-
iief ts Is tn. that t the fire was caused by spark
loss at between $1,000 and $4,000, which is
covered by insurance,
Fire broke out this morning about 3
owned by John Warren, colored, and oc,
cupied by. Sarah Woody. colored How
the fire origina,ed is not known. The loss
AT a meeting of Petersburg Lodge of
MasonSs last night, the following officers
we're elected for the ensuing year Jos.
en-; w G. Flippen. Junior warden; p. c.
e. pabney. s. p; T; 7; James. j. d.
of the late Gen. % VIM Mnahoe aa Ssysfwane wns sans
tinued to-day at public auction. The fine
painting of The Battle Of the Crater"
another, fine painting brought $50, and
.Shylock," by Elder, was Knocked out ut
500 These three paintings were pur-
fheSsa SieSmonSY ny ING Wes,norsIand Club Of
Catching the Hare.'S paintings both by
Elder, were both knocked out to Mr.. Geo.
J; J. Seay ssr y, The former brought $50 and the
The quarterly meeting OF Board of Di-
rectors OF the Central State Hospital will
be held tomorrow: ~ this meeting thu
board VIII decide whether or not they will
build hospital for the epileptic insane of
the State.
Mr., starke Armisteal Plummer and
Miss Eliza Pope Bond will be married to-
morrow morning at o'clock at the resi-
dence of the brides father. on Brown
street. The prospective groom Is popu-
lar young man of this city and the bride
elect Is daughter of Capt. Alrofus Bond.
widely-known tobacconist OF this place
The Board of Visitors OF the Virginia
Normal and Collegiate Institute held it's
semi-nnnuGl meeting at the Institute to-
day and elected the following officers.
teachers and employee! President. s. II.
Johnson, of Richmond; secretary G. j,
llueles. of Richmond. Mrs. Cora Il. Jones,
OF southampton county. matron: Mrs. NJ.
c. Johnston. or Petersburg, assistant mat
ron: Mrs, Della Il. Hayden, lady principal
James NJ. Colston. of Petersburg, profes-
scr N,r, OF moral nc, science: Walter Johnson; of
<hipciiihiie ie county professor oil applied
ma tncmattcs: Robert G. Chisseii of
Petersburg, promoted TO he professor of
Latin and Greek; Alexander Dickerson,
Bellies Letters; Miss Lucretia Campbell, of
Petersburg, instructor OF Normal Prepa
ratory; Miss Addie w. Poindexter. of
louisa county, instructor in Normal De-
Petersburg. in Instrumental Music and
Normal Preparatory: w. B. +. Thompson,
or Richmond, instructor in Vocal Music
Normal 4 m mani Ilr
llwaine. of Petersburg, School Physician
a. {. Walker. of King and Queen, rector:
{. b: tiaincs, OF Lynchburg. vice Robert
Mathematics and History: c. f. Sadler.
of Ettrick, Chesterfield county. Engineer
IL cost about 100000 annually TO pay the
expenses of the institute one-half OF
which Is paid by the State and the other
half by the students.