The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-05
GRANITE CONTRACTS.


Mr.. A. d. Cook. owner of the Wake
field" farm. in Chesterfield county, about
two miles from Petersburg, has two large
Government contracts. one is FOR FUR
nishing granite from the quarrles on his
farm FOR raising the Potomac River ram
at Great Falls, Nd, and the other IS TOT
granite for the improvement OF the forth
acations at Fort Washington, Nd. The
first contract calls for twenty-seven nun
bred tons OF granite. Both contracts
amount in the neighborhOod Of twenty
five thousand dollars.
Mr.. Cook has one hundred men al work
AT his quarries getting out this granite,
the first shipment Of whioh will De made
in a few days. This granite will be sent
from here by schooner 20 Georgetown
ID. c.. and transferred by the Chesapeake
and Ohio canal 10 Great Falls. II Will
be brought TO Petersburg from Mr.. Cook s
quarries in wagons.
The mud machine has been at work for
some days digging ont the harbor, so
that schooners Of sufficient draught can
come here to load with this granite. The
first shipment will be made by schooner
j. b. Anderson, Captain Bohanon.
THE SECOND BAPTIST.
a movement is on foot 10 complete the
Second Baptist church at once, with
hopes of defeating it next fall. Rev.
A. j. FristCe is the pastor IL was in
tended TO have baptzng at this church
last night, but the immersion had TO be
postponed on account OF the electric
lights being extnguished just about the
time the baptzing was 20 take place.
The Executive Committee OF the State
Central Hospital will hold it, regular
monthly meeting at that institution on
next Thursday.
This city was visited yesterday after
noon by a very heavy rain. accompanied
bv thunder and lightning. The rain flood
ed the streets I'm the lower part Of the
city, and the lightning burned out the
coils in many of the hre-alarm boxes.
BISHOP RANDOLPH.
Right Rev. A. NJ. Randolph, Bishop Of
the Southern diocese of Virginia. visited
Grace Episcopal church yesterday morn
ing and preached a very able sermon. lie
selected for his text the Fourth Com
mandment. After the sermon he CON
firmed a class of twenty persons At
night the Bishop preached at st. Paurs
church His text was the 2Gth chapter OF
ST. Matthew and the fist verse. The ser
mon was one Of the Bishops ablest ef-
forts At the close of the sermon the
Bishop administered the rite of cohhrma-
tion TO a class of five males and six fe-
males.
Ex-Governor William e. Cameron is in
the city.
Rev. j. W. Rosebro. d. D.. pastor OF
Tabb-Street Presbyterian church, expects
TO leave here on the 18th instant for
Glasgow. Scotland, 10 attend the Pan
Presbyterian Council. He will be gone
three months.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
This morning about 10 o'clock Mary
Louise McKenney, aged about three years
daughter OF Selena McKenney, residing
on Shore street. was fatally shot by an
other colored girl named Maggie Webb.
A coroner's inquest was held this after
noon and the testimony Of some three or
four witnesses was heard. The child.
Maggie Webb testified that she went 20
put something in a bureau drawer. and
that in the drawer she found a pistol,
which she thinks must have been cooked.
She did not point the pistol at any one,
and the shooting. she said. was purely
accidental The testimony all went to
show that the shooting was not inten-
tonally done. The jury returned YER
diet that the deceased came 10 her death
by n pistol ball accidentally fired.
The Petersburg Grays have accepted an
invitation 10 visit Norfolk on the goth in
slant. Memorial-Day. During their stay
IN the "City by the Sea" the Grays will
b the guests Of tia Lee Rifles, The