The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-04-13
Charges OF Fraud In a Supervisors Coa.
test Engenders Auch Bad Blood, 81 81
LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE. WINS.
committee hecidcs TO Report Fnyors.;
bly, Upon Tho Grd.nancs s.ott;,,s..
the Company INTO Richmond -Ise.S
port Of Miss Mny IGn.dy,s Au.5
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Richmond, Va, April 12. 1sq'

Richinond. Va, April l2, 1897 I55s3
There are hot times politically down
III icnrico county. Mr. Charles r. s,rt,r.9'
nSr mas begun TO contest the rfghtSofS
MI. III. Z. Hcchlcr to the nominat ton forEs
Supervisor in the Fairfield district an 3
lhc ground Of alleged fraud. but Mr..
l1ccllcr does not propose TO let him q q 4
an me talking. He has therefore stir.&
red up 4 hornets nest by asserting tf1aiS
inc side that supported Mr.. Turner re .5
sorted 70 all sorts Of uuex,. .iona,bles
methods. Eic asserts that the oppout.s
ZION to him was q party of wh;skey and !
bribery. This matter is attracting a
great deal of attention in Hcnrico and
Is bringing out bad blood The COUNTY
Democratic COMMITTEES soou will fneeti
to consider the case. F5Ia
FOR LONG DISTANCE PHONE. 3S.3
BY vote Of 8 to4 the Street. Commit
tc" recommended that Il franchise be
~ Ertnted me American Telegraph and
Telephone company. Tha committee resg
fused TO fix q maximum us rat aS Is fsSfsis slSfsi
Iherc is some talk of the preachers
ana other church people aboycottineS
baseball here this season for the reason
mat the Richmond team will play.
games on Sunday III the Northerns
States. It is probable that the Minis-s
terial Union will take the subject up
ana treat 1t along with the Sunday ex4-
cursion matter A great many preach;
crs have been in the habit Of going to
baseball games here. 20 ss33 33s.s55
Now that Park Agnew has been re4y
moved from the list OF possible Rep,Ih-5
lican candidates for the Governorshin..5
there Is much talk or bringing Col. 81
brown Allen, of Augusta IL. tit$ SS5.2f.
MISS MAY HANDY'S aNIARRIAGEas
y New York paper yesterday pub
iished u picture Of Miss May Handy, Of
Inns city, in a group OF young ladies'
VINO, IT was stated, are to become brides
at Easter. II Miss Handy, who Is q
celebrated beauty, is to be married
soon, the fact has been kept a. secret :to
who is to be the lucky man, and the
statement that she Is to become a. bride
is not credited here s ss7k
Rev. DR.. w. G. Starr, in his sermon
last night, criticized those people who
WISH newspaper to publish only
GOOD news IIe said the mission of
me press was to publish news of evil
uoiaSs as we'll as OF good works. e
this Is not done the public will be de.
ceiVed into believing that the devil is
not at work. = Ss35
EXTREMELY SAD ACCIDENT. HIS
Miss Mary Hilderbrand, who was SO
badly hurt. by a street car on SATURDAY.
night that one Of her legs had to he
amDutated, is getting along very nice.
" She IS at the Old Dominion hos
pital, and the surgeons think she will
recover. The accident is very sad one
indeed, the victim being a young and
beautiful girl. a3
Or. Charles NJ. Shields the weil-knoWn
specialist here, is critically ill. He has
now been down for over a week with
pneumonia, and grave fears are enter
tanned as to the result Of his illness.
FIRE last night did considerable dam
age TO florsheim's clothing store on
Broad street. .-,s s-5s All 81 ..sTa