Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-16
TAKE THE LADIES IN.
THE JOSEPH JOHNSTON CAMP TO
HAVE An AUXILIARY.
STUCK A NAIL IN HIS EYE.
Painful Accident To MIR. waisaISer-
4 Little Child Under the N-RnsS-
shops 90 Work Fall Time-RcsuIt
of the Tirc-Othcr Items.


object OF the gathering was to intro
duce formally into the camp the ladies
Auxiliary" and to get these powerful
aeents in an good work interested I'm
me objects and wcll-bcing OF the sons OF
The Confederacy.
I'd. meeting was called 90 order by
Ieuteuant-Commander G. V. walthan.
I'D whose request Colonel A. C. Evans
stated tho objects for which so many
90 ihe wives and daughters of the old
comrades were assembled. and before ne
resumed his seat introduced Judge II.
rs. Flournoy. the first orator OF the
evening" Judge F1ournoy made ring
.r- address and for more than an hour
hold the closest attention of his audi
..r, When this admirable speech was
closed amid fun and sympathetic APP
rIausc. Colonel EvanS presented Mr.. y.
d. FoIkcs. Of Richmond. who also made
.r excellent address.
10 is d Kind of little secret bus the
camp is going TO give an entertainment
OIL tho 2od and the boys" haven't lost
...ht of the fact that an entertainment
I'M which ladies have no HAND is at best
Hlt a poor and inspid affair, and so
Obi. ladies are elected honorary mem
lars." .o lend their helping and willing
NAIL IN HIS EYE.
most unfortunate and distressing ac-
.torr hefeu Mr. L. Whitaker OF this
.tv Yesterday evening. Mr. Whitaker
. employed at the Dunlop Mills, AID I'm
missing I'm a darkened apartment ran a
LID into his eye. The young man was
....r 10 his home on McDonough street,
~r. injury is exceedingly painful. and it
most O. miracle that the sight was
. destroyed iu moments time. but
Dbl. physician thinks it viii be possible TO
gus tore TO-.
n. said last night. however. that it
would bee several days before his patient
could hope 20 be out.
rlr David Mccarthy, the father. and
Ir William J.. Mathews, the family ply
-..u took a little girl. only "a months
.t over 20 Dr. William III. Taylor's labo-
r-ory last night and Roentgen's rays
ware turned upon the chfds arm. This
Itte arm has only one bone where MAJ
ture has given most people two, and the
musicians wanted 10 examine the forma-
ton The experiment was most success
.I and permitted Of q very minute and
..muIate DIAGNOSIS of the defOrmity.
The RAYS were also turned upon the
huge. black neck Of William Graham,
Who O. short while ago was shot Icy sam.
Hail. but the wonderful light failed to
t.urrate TO the bah. Later. photo
graph Will be taken, which VIII tell u
very successful and complete story.
FELL FROM THE FENCE.
Little willis Mills son Of Mr. A. p.
lIfs. suffered O. very severe accident
Yesterday evening I'm falling from thei
20 IA THE child
was irving TO climb upon tho fence,
vixen the little hands slipped and sent
ID 10 the hard bricks The childs body,
especially the thigh, wss much bruised.
s warrant was issued late last night
L Phoebe Young (colored), charging her
husband TOney Young, with threatening
Oh lill her. The wife tried to set into
tt. house but her husband locked the
door. and when he had also driven their
daughter out told them they had 10
rlo-t elsewhere. II turned out, however
tr9t he was the chicken through the i'm
strumentality of officer Wright, who oc-
cup.ed the foreign roost
FULL TINE TO-DAY.
The Southern shops WI start up this
morning on full time. This fact carries
"a newness of life into % thousand Of
hearts in Manchester This glad news
came over the wires yesterday from
Washington, and means that 400 Of Man
chestel's stalwart men viii work now
nine hours every day. instead of five.
SHOT IN THE SHOULDER.
James Mccullough was shot i'm the
rieht shoulder late Saturday night by a
Waterman % the Standard oil Company
while making q raid on the cOmpanys
place. for the purpose, it is alleged, of
stealing chickens. The watchmHn. whose
name IS IT. j.. Wingo. was attracted to-
wards the place where the chickens. be-
longing 10 am employee Of the OIL peo-
Die. are Kept. boy a very vociierous eX-
Iroeslon of terror on the part Of the
fowls. on coming near the hennerY ne
found "a man. unknown 10 him. lie called
t1 the fellow but received no answer.
There was another way 10 CAL, ana ne
.lorted that Several shots were hred,
.n. one was effective. The bullet en-
tered the right shoulder and ranged to-
wards tle spinal column. The WOUND
T.. NOT considered dangerous. Dus is eN-
c.. I.nrly painful. and has caused the IN
I.r.l man untold suffering. The watch
u.. placed the man under arrest when
o. bad shot him. but presently released
HIM NcCulough went home. but the
story goes that he came back, though
tl badly wounded. and sitting down IN
scotia. chat begged the Waterman not
Goo report him TO the police. This Ningo
UI not DO until late Sunday morning
when bee 'phoned 10 the police station
Chat ho haI shot a chicken-thief- Then
O..er WRIGHT caused "a Warrant to be is
.I.I against Mccullough, whom ne
learned to bc the fowler. and made his
arrest and brought him 70 the station
house. Yesterday morning ne was De
f.r. MAYOR Maurice, and was sent 10 /
.I for thirty days Mccullough is the /
u.n who has been before this court on /
Two occasions for bad treatment TO MS |
young daughters. He said he was drunk /
.rH did not know how he got INTO the /
rsrl. that he was not after the chickens. /
IF. had 10 climb an eight-fOot fence 10 /
..t at them. The leaden missile mas not /
$40 been taken out. The officer took the I
prisoner 10 DR. Ingram's Office Sunday |
evening but the woand had caused the /
a.-1 about the shoulder 10 swell SO /
much that probing was out OF the cues
frn. He was taken 10 jail yesterday |
morning. and until he RECEIVERS VIII re- 4
c..re the most careful medical attention
AFTERMATH OF SWANSBORO'S
FIRE.
Tho FIRE iu swansboro' at an early
hour sunday morning left an entire
SQUARE finn utter desolatiOn. Nine black
crel chimneys stand now alone, brlck-
.nl-m0rtar monuments Of the ashes
which on Saturday We're happy homes.
The fire was discovered about o'clock
Sunday morning tn the woodshed IN rear
o. the first house of the Nine ROW.
o. Burfoors Addition. on Hull street
extension. This house was occupied by
tae family Of Mr. Samuel Russell This
e.luemau's efforts 10 eXtinguish The
flames which. when first discovered
were raging fercoly. were futile His