The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-03

THE CITYOF PETERSBURG
UEsTMORELiND err BUis GEN
MIHOSE's FINEST PIfNTIAGs.
A singular Fire in Clothing >torc-lhe
Board of Visitors of the Normal IN
stituto Elect Teachers.

PETERSBURG. VA June 2-Specla''
Captain r. j.. Heath has iorwaiueu 10
Governor O'Fcrrau his resignation az
commanding officer Of the ieteisu"i
Grays Tie has been captain OF tne "I's
Tor TIE past four years and mas H''No
q most excellent officer.
This morning about . o'clock. when tae
clothing store Of Mr.. NJ. X. saai' OH -
cauore street was opened, there was "
etronr smell OF smoke in the building.
Tron Investigation IL was louhd 'n''
81 iot OF the finest overcOats ln STOCK
ullel ON TWO tables on the second moor was
anre. Alr. Morris. the head clerk ~
whom the fire was discovered with lHe
assistance Of some OF the clerks sue
.aodel bon cxunglishng the flames win
buckets of water without turning DO an
alarm. The tables on which The over
coats were WAS Immediately under an
are electric light. and the heiiet is thal
the FIRE WAS caused hy spark or spar KS
from this light Mr.. Saal estimates MS
loss at between three thousand ana I'VE
thousand dollars, which Is covered Dy
INSURANCE
Fire broke out this morning about 3
o'clock in a frame house on gill street.
owned by John Warren (coloreO and oc-
cunieI by Sarah Woody (coloredl. Ho"
the are originated is not known. The
loss is about twenty-five dollars.
At "a meeting OF Petersburg Lodge or
Mas0rs. held last night. the following
officers were elected. JOS. Peyser. Nor-
shlpful Master G.. T.. Borst. Senior ar
den. W. g. Flippen. Junior warden T.
G.. Hoy. Treasurer. J. +. Day. Secretary
r. l.. Dabnsy. Senior Deacon, i. Il.
James. Junior Deacon.
GENL MAHONEs PAINTINGS.
The sale of the paintings and silver
ware Of the late General William Ma
hone was continued to-day al public auc-
ton The fne painting THE Battle OF
the Crater" by Elder. was sold for a,sr.
"The Scout" another fine painting
brought $50. and "ShylOck,' Boy Eidef.
was Knocked out AZ SEQ. These three
paintings were purchased by the West
norelaud Club % Richmond. Southern
Plantation" and Catching the Hare,
paintings both by Elder were KNOCKED OUT
10 Mr.. George !. Seay. The former
brought $50 and the latter E2i.
Tho quarterly meeting Of the Board or
Directors Of the Central state Hospital
will Doe held Tomorrow At this meet
Ing the board will decide whether or not
they will build hospital for the epilep-
tic insane Of the STATE.
Mr.. starko Armlstead plummer and
Miss Eliza Pope Bond viii De married
tomorrow morning M o'clock ar the
residence Of the brides father on Brown
street. The prospective groom is n popn-
lar young man II this city. and tho bride
elect Is a daughter Of Captain Antropus
Bont. q widely known tobacconist or this
place
NORMAL INSTITUTE BOARD
The Board Of Visitors OF the Virginia
Normal and Collegiate Institute held IT'S
seml-annual meeting az tie institute to-
lav and elected the following officers
teachers. and employees. President j. H.
Johnston. Of Richmond. Secretary. &. j.
Daniel. pf Eouisa county; Treasurer
IT D. Huoless. Of Richmond Mrs. cora
H. Jones Of southampton, matron. MIS-.
NJ O. Johnston. OF PETERSBURG assistant
matr0n. Mrs Della u. Hayden lady
principal. James ". Co.sion. Of Peters
burg. professor 81 moral science. Walter
Johnson. OF Alhemarle county. professor
OF applied mathematics Robert ~. CHS
sell. OF Petersburg promoted 90 the proc
fessor Of Latin and Greek. Alexander
pfckers0n. professor OF modern language
anil belle lcttro4. Miss lucrcti1 Camp
bell. OF Petersburg. instructor of normal
preuarafory. Miss Aldie W. POndcNter
of Louisa county. instructor in normal
department. Miss Hattie q. johnson. OF
Petersburg. Instructor in instrumental
music and normal preparatory. W. Il. i.
Thompson. OF Richmond. instructor in
vocal music and normal department; pr.
r.. T.. NlcIlwaine. Of Petersburg. school
physician: a. C.. Walker of King and
Queen. rector. G.. y. Hams. of Lynch
burg. vice. Robert g. Chissell. promoted
instructor go pure mathematics ana his
tory. G.. j. Sadior. of Eiuick. 'nester-
field county engineer. II costs ABOUT
thirty-thousand dollars annually 10 pay
The exnenscs Of the institute. onc-haf or
which Is pail bv the State anl the other
half by the students.