The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-14
S0UlHSIDE VIRGINIA
A Varied Collection of News Items From
The Land Of the Bright Leaf.
CONFIRMATION SERVICES IN PETERSBURG
hy bishop Randolph Next sunday
An Official Gives Up His Position
Ihe Drought I'm DinwIddic nnd
Surround Ing Counties Continues
M"ny wells Going Dry.

Petersburg: Va, Jan. 1a.-(SpcclaD-
bishop Randolph will administer the
rte OF confirmation at St Paul's E.pi;co-
PAL church on Sunday morning March
'th. That night there will be n union
Ineeiing OF the congregations of st.
iaui ana Grace Episcopal churches at
The latter church
On next Friday night Rev. John AM
pier, missionary 10 Japan, will deliver
lecture at the hall of the Young Mems
christian Association. His subject will
pe foreisn Missions" Mr.. Amber will
preach at st. Paul's Episcopal church on
next Sunday morning.
pr. John T. Chambers, Il prominent
physician of D'nwiddie county, is criti-
caily Ill with fever.
RESIGNED HIS OFFICE.
Mr; James h. Gates has resigned as n
member of the Board of Ovcrscers of
ltoads of Dinwiddie county. The vacan-
cS VIII be filed by the Judge OF tho
County Court next Monday. at which
line the January term or the County
Court begins
In the Mayors Court this morning
I.hll Morgan. colored, was sent on to the
felony.
-, KEY. j. w. Rosebro. d. D.. pastor of
Jahb Street Presbyterian church. will
deliver the annual sermon before A. u.
I'M Camp nf Confederate Veterans on
next Sunday night. Dr. Rosebro is the
chaplain of the camp. His subject VIII
he Lessons from the Christian Charac-
Ter of General Robert L. Lee" on
tuesday, the 10Th inst, General Lees
birthday. the camp viii have a parade
ana at night banquet at Masonic
hail.
The County Court of Prince George
VIII open tomorrow. There Is not n
single case on the criminal docket.
Prof. Johnson. OF the Virginia Nor
MAJ and Collegiate institute. will de-
Young Mems Christian Association on
next Friday night His subject Will be
American Home"
WELLS GOING DRY.
The wells iii the neighborinE counties
are all becoming dry. A gentleman
from Sussex county told The Vrginian
correspondent to-day that his we'll
ago, ana which has never before failed
To give plenty of water. is now nearly
dry. My informant stated that he
killed hogs n few days ago and had to
haul water from neighboring spring
to use in washing them. as he was
unable to get sufficient supply from
his well.
Mr.. John Garland Pollard. of Rich
mond president of the State Baptist
Young Peoples Union. will deliver the
nhhuaI huhresS before The Baptist
Young Peoples Union OF West END
Baptist church on tomorrow night.
new electric storage and switch
battery is being placed to-day I'm the
hook and ladder truck house of the Fire
Department. 1t was purchased by the
city of the Gnmewell Fire Alarm Trust
company, Of New York, at n cost of 5000
There are sixty storage battery lars
1t is said that this now storage and
switch battery will be u saving of $3.50
per annum to the city, as compared with
the cost of the present system.
A MARRIAGE TO-DAY.
Mr.. James Dunn Mason and Miss
Martha Willie Leigh. daughter of Dr.
| II. 6. Leigh, will be married tomorrow
afternoon at 3 o'clock at WASHINGTON
Street NJ. l.. church. Mr.. Mason is n
! bookkcepcr for the Petersburg Savings
and Insurance company. The couple
have been the recipients of large num-
Der of useful and valuable presents, in
cluding much solid silver ware.
George Blake and John Davis, the
two negroes who were recently convict
ed in the County Court of Nottoway of
breaking into and robbing cars of the
Norfolk and Western Railroad company
at Crewe, and their punishment fixed
at Imprisonment in the penitentiary,
| Blake for nineteen years and Davis for
nine years. escaped from the county Jail
of Nottoway yesterday. They were sub
| sequently recaptured
Mr.. James II. Ashby, assistant mail
| ing clerk OF the postoitice here, is quite
| sick.
! At the annual meeting of the Peters
! burg Club tonight J. s. Northington
was elected president. w. X. McRae,
! vice president: T. l.. Shipper. secretary.
and a. B. Wood treasurer. y board
| of directors was also elected. The cleo
| tion of officers was followed by ban
| quet.
THE PETERSBURG CLUB.
| Rev. II. W. Battle tonight accepted
an invitation to deliver special SER
| mon before the knights Of Pythias of
| Petersburg Sunday night, the 24th.
sNOwIS THE WEST,
| Kcnorls From Nnmx StnicS Inlicnie