The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-02-25
Y, N. C. A. CONVENTION
initial Session Of the State Body Held In
Petersburg Last Night.
LARGE NUMBER or DELEGATES PRESENT
1rent Interest Manifested by Railroad
ma College AssociRtions- Ar,po.
"'t'N NiVcr In Higher Than Is, I.
Long Feriod-stcnulcrs Tted I'm
zone South for II bride.

mn, retershurg. Va, Feb. 24.--(SpcciaD-
Inc twenty-tlrst annual State Conven-
lion of the Young Mems Christian AZ
ISOLATION opened Tonight at $40 o'clorlr
IN the hall of the Young Mems Chris
.Elh Association, in this city, with n
PRAYER and song service. This service
o'eL' the convention was formally OBJ
ened by Mr.. II. Al. Smith. Of Richmond.
VINO was the chairman OF the last con.
Sention. which was held in Portsmouth,
Mr. w. a. Haight, of Manchester, was
elected secretary.
Committees APPOINTED
The following committees were nm.
pointed: ~
Business Committee-W. S. AIcClanp-
nan, OF Roanokc;C C. c. Kent, Jr., Of Ran
dolph- Macon College.
oinihatlng Committce-C. II. Tow
SON. or Norfolk, y. NJ. Hogan, OF Ieoa
noke; RI. NJ. Fusatc, OF richmond Col
ieSe; O. IL. Morgan. OF Petersburg. and
j. ~. Jones, OF Lynchbuig.
about 100 delegates to the convention
arrived Tonight. The railroad and col
Scntcd
THE APPROXIMATIONS FRDsIIET.
Tie recent heavy rains have caused a
rise in all the streams and tho Apno-
haitoN river here is over the wharvcs,
ana me meadows on the Chesterfield side
OF the stream arc submerged. In con
sequence OF the high water in James
lNcr ~ richmond, the steamer Shan
necock, of the Bay Line, and the Nymph
or the Clyde Line, are tied up at CITY
Pont. Twenty of the Shinnecock's pns
SenSers en- route TO Richmond were
brought here from City Point last night
pS rail-. The steamer Pocahontas got
coal this morning ut City Point
Major Joseph II. Sands, general man
aEer OF the Norfolk and Western rail
ways, and party OF prominent rail
road officials arrived here this afternoon
at 2:2a O'clock on Il special train from
Roanoke. ell route to Uambert's Point,
TO look after the terminarfacilities there.
BISHOP Randolph will visit st. Johns
Episcopal church. in this city, on Sat
urday night, March 9Th, and administer
the rite of confirmation. The follow
ing sunday morning he will confirm n
class nj St. Pauls Episcopal church and
at night he will administer the rite of
confirmation at Grace church The
Bishop will so from here TO Merchant
Hope church. in Prince George county,
TO administer the rite Of contirma ion
there.
GONE FOR HIS BRIDE
Mr.. Hatcher Seward, a son Of Mr..
Simon Seward, of this city, loft here la ST
night for Savannah, Ga, where to-
morrow night he will be united in mar
itbk,G ~ MISC lua IfaluWil, uauRnIef OIL
Mr.. Charles a. Baldwin, OF the firm OF
Peacock, Hunt & Co, Of that city. The
ceremony Will be performed at the Bap.
list church by Rev. DR.. Goodwin Mr.
Harry Seward. OF this city q brother OF
the groom. will be best man
Mr.. Isaac NJ. lIodgkinson, of London
England, who has been the guest OF Mr.
John Fl. Rodgers, a prominent young
cotton merchant here, left for Washing.
ton and Baltimore this afternoon. Mi
llodgkinSon expects to leave for home IN
about week. He will be accompanied
by his niece Miss Georgia Rodgers, OF
Prince George county.
SHIPPING PROJECTILES
The Petersburg Iron Works shipped
tonight to +. H. Emory, the Govern
mcnt contractor at Sandy Hook, Con.
thirty projccti!es, each weighing DOC
pounds. These shells are to be used in
testing 4 gun tia; Mr.. Emory is build
ing for the Government