The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-05
BRUTAL lAFANTIclDE|
Body OF a Child Found Hidden ID shs'
Leaves, Its Skull Crushed In.
BRAINS DASHED OUT AGAINST 4 TREE
inc community in Dinw Id dfs CONF
Si" Which tho Crime Occurred IL
fe"'iy Wrought Up west RfcssI
mon" District Conferences meeft
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"S-P"storS Exchange Flctda4
petersburg, Va. August 4.--speciaI
iSehce was received here thfa
''oih,hH OF what is believed to be
'e'N brutal case of infanticide. which
Sus Sruulrco ~ Dinviddie county on Iasss
S1uh9aN morning in the yicinitv 49,
rords sapot II is said that fhs y,.,,,.-s
ueIca child was found In the ,v,oIsa
,,,.T euled under n lot of leaves SvlthSitE
un ii,.i crushed. It is believed that the
Ii,tie one was killed by its henri sheinss
struck against a tree. OF, which binnsS
Wss round. The affair has created con =!
Siuerapie talk In the ncishborhood.5 a,sE
:. ~ very likely that some legal cosnir
:. NJ nIli re taken OF the matter, siSsf
me West Richmond District Confer
enec OF the NJ. f. Church. South, win
c"lVene at Chester. on the Richmond
hne petersburg railroad, to1morroyvs
pn,. ana WI WI be & in session for three days
rev, raul Whitehead. d. D., who Is the
presiding elder of the district. will Snrs.
Side. There are twenty charges In frsa
district. and there are nearly one hnT,
ared members of the conference. The
torGt;a te.Gpa,es 10 the conference from Ches-
teriieid county are NJ. A. Cogbill. CLERK
Of the County Court; w. s. ISey s,t,fi r a
E. Butler. - 'e.s,-a-.'s
feV. Mr.. White. of Lambert's Point.
mas w exchanged pastoral fields with Rev.
q. w. Cox, pastor ef the Etterick arA
Matoaca Baptist churches in Chester..
held county. Mr.. White will hava
charge OF the Etterick and Matoacn
churches and the Old Street Baptiss
Mission In Petersburg. This changes
was made by mutua! consent. ass Nh
Cox wanted to attend Richmond COL
ieGe. while he was in charge OF ti1a
churches named. 'r7Gs
Chief Engineer e. v. Farley, of the
InFt ,, "a,
salt Lake City, Utah, to attend the Ma.
tional Firemen's Convention, which as
sembies there on the 10th Instant.
lanes c.. Bannister. appointed by
Major W. III. Johnson, quartermaster5
of the Second Battalion Colored InfansSS
try OF the State, with the rank of Firss
Lieutenant. has passed q, satisfnctorys
examination before the Board of Mill.
tarV examiners and has received his
commission. 80.
Mr.. Walter Stewart, of Dinwiddie,
county. accompanied by Misses MagEie
and Carrie Stewart. will leave for New
York on next Thursday afternoon.
from which place they will sail on F,ri-s
day on the steamer California for Scott
land. They expect to be gone abroad
two or three months
Mr.. Jasper Wells, road foreman OF en-
Eincs of the Norfolk and Western raiisss:
road company, fell from a locomotive ut
Waverly this morning and fractured his
arm in two places He was sent to-
Crewe for treatment. isaSgS
Mr.. Fred Heineman and Mrs Heine-
man. of Baltimore are in the city vinit-
ing the family of Mr.. Henry Heinenaah.ss
on Old street.
Rev. DR.. English. of Hampden- Sidney
College, who has been preaching at Tabb
Street PRESBYTERIAN Church during ssls
month OF July, has left for hsme. Rev.
Charles c. Hersman. d. D.. will preach
at this church on next Sunday. ThS,
pastor. Rev, j. w. Rosebro. D. D., III
now in Scotland.
The Hastings Court has been engaged
to-day hearing the suit of Frank Parks
VS.. the Pocahontas Cotton Mills Corr
Dany for alleged injuries sustained by
falling down the elevator at the factory
in February last. This suit Is for $40, 900
damages. The elevator fell dewn thS
shaft and the boy fell with 1t, but there
seems to have been no apparent cause
for the accident. Messrs. w. B. McIi-
waine and Richard Hamilton represant
the plaintiff. and Mr. r. B. Davis the
defendant. i
Mrs Charles F. Collier and Mrs 3.
Edwin Noteworthy left this morning efs
the steamer Mccall to visit friends IN
Norfolk and spend little season on tha.
sea coast. Ss
Mr.. w. l.. Thompson, Of tihe firm OF
Thompson Bros. plumbers, OF this city,
died very suddenly tonight about z
O'Clock. He was IN his store up 20 s.
o'clock in the afternoon, when he began
10 teel unWell anu went nome, He SOON
became unconscious and medical aid was
summoned, but II proved Of no ayaSl.
Mr.. Thompson leaves a widow with one;
child. THE decea sed was sen OF Mr.
A. D. Thompson, of WashingtoR, HiE
mother resides here. s'a ssS'
Crockett. of Roanoke. and Taft aa6'
Rathermel, of the Pennsylvania State
League. arrived here to-day and played
in the afternoon game. Rathermel hes
been made captain OF the team, vice
Breen, resigned. s.
Mrs. George Balm is critically III artlH
is not expected to survive through tfse;;
night. " ~