The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-07
HORSE ON A WILD TEAR.
Both Occupants Of the Vehicle Thrown
Out and Shaken Up.
RECOUNT OF ELECTION TICKETS
Hciated Party OF nnncers Death or Is
Col0rcR Politician nnd nnrber-
new Summer Resort for ColOrod
Citizens -Tnrhoro Ball 'Tosscrs 10
Piny Thursday una Friday.

suffolk Va, July 6.-(SpeciaD--Abo bout
l:so o'clock this afternoon n frightened
| morse dashed madly down Kilby street,
drawing top buggy. Inside were Mrs.
,. L, ellis, wife OF Nglnsemond'S County
treasurer, and Mt. Eric Gambrel, a
| prominent young Mttorney, OF Macon,
tfa. The driver evidently didn't know
| as much about handling 81 runaway
horse as 1le does about law The horse
ran faster and faster and lunged wildly
! from side to side. The occupants OF
the carriage was scared. Witnesses
held their breath in awe.
IT NIGHT HAVE BEEN WORSE.
AS the horse neared Washington
square 1t swerved into a telegraph pole.
the carriage were scared Witnesses
momentum burst It's Epstenings and 1t
kept on, dragging broken harness and
one Shaft Of the buggy. It jumped
over a dray, ran down Washington to
Riddick and fell. 1t was finally stoppcd
at F'reeney's stables. -l
When the crash came Mrs ELLIS was
| thrown to the stone gutter. She y,u
plcked up IN fninting condition and
taken TO DR.. j. IC. Phillips Office rhc
blood streamed over her face. An ex
animation revealed no serious Injury.
Ine forehead Is cut above the eve tho
| race painfully lacerated and the shoul-
der bruised
DRAGGED THIRTY FEET.
tIambrell was pitched out head first
ana fell beyond Mrs. ELLIS. He was
dragged some distance by the relns He
was picked up and tlal1en into S. S.
| HoSier's store and Dr. r.. E. Parker
was summoned The injured man SUI
iered some bad bruises and contusions,
put no bones are broken. The muscles
or the hip are severely lacerated. He
W1il not walk for a week or so. Both
| victims Of the accident were resting
comfortably tonight at the home OF Dr..
1 tnllllpS, who Is n relative .fz N.
MT. Galnbrell Is q. son Of DR.. j. B
Gambrell.i an eminent divine and educn-
| tor. who isnoW In Texas. He has been
associated'in law with Hon. Hoke Smith,
1t is said.
RECOUNT OF TICKETS.
IN pursuance OF an order from the
County Court the tickets cast at Ycates
Ifeclnct FOR Supervisors last May were
again counted this afternoon. Capt. A.
I. Conner did 1t in the presence OF an
attorney from each side 1t was found
| that the result Tailed at both polling
places with that formerly given--0l at
Rabey's place and 2S at Jordans. Judge
l3aw'les and S. T.. Everett were the at
torneys present. The contestant claims
there are 10 names on Jordan's tickets
! when there should have been six. The
case will be argued next week
GOT HOME BEFORE DAY.
| Anybody who happened TO be awake
about 2:30 this morning could have seen
| n Delated party of young ladies' and
men looking for their homes. There
were thirty-fve OF them-mostly girls.
They had been celebrating The ami
Versary or Thomas Jefferson.S famous
document ait Magnolia, four miles from
here. The motives which prompted
such patriotic action might be taken
as an excuse for the unreasonable hour
IN THE WOODS AT MIDNIGHT.
But there is another excuse. Many OF
the picnic people had to walk home.
| Ihey took II by turns. The two wagons
furnished insufficient facilities for trans
portaltion, and walking was q necessity
The sand was shoe deep.
| The party had a good time at Mag
nolla. They danced to music furnished
Dy AYERS Band. There was a plenty
| OF refreshments, cold and substantial
they left Suffolk at 1880 p. m. and on the
| return started from Magnolia. at II :3O
| Mrs. John G. Smith was chupcrone.
She was assisted by Councilman Smith.
! COLORED POLITICIAN GONE
| .iAnles a. Ayler. one Of the best known
| colorcd men in Suffolk, died at $50
| O'Clock THIS morning, aged SO. He was a
| barber on East Washington street. He
| was well known in local politics and
/ was formerly Republican judge OF cleo
! tion In Suffo.k lie leaves three Chill
| drcn and several grandchildren.
| The funeral will take place to- morrow
from the Pine Street a. NJ. F.. church.
| The Good Samartans, to which order
the deceased belonged. Will conduct the
| interment In Oak Lawn Cemetery.
| CHANGED JAILS
Elias Marshall was to-day given thir-
| ty days by Justice T.. NJ. Arthur because
| he stole $3.50 from Milo Kaufman a
! young son Of w. NJ. Kaufman. Consta-
| BILE a T. Matthews brought him in this
afternoon Marshall grabbed the money
from Kaufman's hand. 1t was in a bag
| Marshall stole the money about the
! first Of Jane. After that he went to
| Norfolk county and got thirty days for
larceny His term was out to-day, and
| the boarding place was changed
NEW SUMMER RESORT.
| There is a new summer resort near
| Suffolk It's called Buzzard Island. and
| is situated In the Nansemond river, q
short distance down. "A short time ago
| It was n jungle OF marsh grass and I'M
dcrgrowth Now the eolorcd people have
leased it for iivc years and fixed It I'D
for having Il good time. Yesterday a
crowd went down and spent Independ-
ance Day in dancing and other alnuse-
ments. They had a band.
BRIEFS AND PERSONALS. s
| DR.. W. w Murray has returned from
Staunton where he went to sec a sick
brother. sE. ~
The Suffolk colored team yesterday had
a game Of ball at Franklin and won
| ~ TO TO- tate and COPELAND Were Suf-
folks battery. a5T
iSETAgent John M. Shepherd, OF the South
ern Express Company, returned to-day
from Oxford, n. c., where he visited
/ dfs.SJ. ]. I', $Boothe, his dau ghter. 81 s
ESsIilcenses we're ITO aYB issued for stha
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