Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-04
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-r,rr.OrTEsVILIE. VA. September
....,,r,-The annual meeting Of the
,.,.s,bool convention for the county
..,,..rarle has been called FOR Septem-
-.t and Sth nj Mt. Zion church. near
.t captain c. +. Vawter. OF Miller
, ts county superintendent. He has
S5 "a programme. assigning sub
and speakers AS follows:
p..,rfs of the Sunday-School Work
,f,hl county.
paws Memorial Fund
SD Taa.es for Discussion
~t. Value and Importance OF the sun
s.r5al Work. Professor Ormond
,. Mission Work OF the Sunday
er... i'm the County. Samuel b. Woods.
-... rfhlc i'm the Sunday Schools, Dr.
r.,A.y Blods0c.
m. Relation Of the Sunday School TO
.. church. DIT II. w. Tribble.
-.. Smday-School Teacher-Qualihca-
.,.. and work. George Perkins.
r... Relations Of the Christian Life to
.r citizenship. Professor +. II. Smith.
General Discussion Of the Sunday
er.r Work Of the State
Is s4rnostIv urged that every Sunday
,.t,. fin thc county be represented at the
.--,lrion by at least one or two dele
rI. members Of the Committee OF Ar
,,-e.uonts are: John H. Lane. Rev. O. y.
~ Vsrefeld Thomas H. Childress. p. p.
-.-r.r O.. VI. Jones. w +. Hammer, John
~ ramsey. James :. Mayo.
oh rf ri
r.ras.-LD 4. King. n. T. Wlngheld,
v T Wincdeld. f. NJ. Wills. Mr.. and
MIS- D. T. Haines. Miss Ola Payne, Rosa
Wood and Rosa Vandegrift.
Rose Hul-Nr. and Mrs. George a. Bur
p-.snyterian-George Perkins.
Ft..lle-Mrs. r. II. Fife, l.. n. King,
vs, Noveue Davis. Mr.. Rittenhouse,
sin authority TO appoint others.
N.hodist-H. 81. Gleason, w. T. Mar
t. d.. ID. carter. Mr. and Mrs. r. s. Case,
p r. Carroll. Miss Birdie Thomasson,
Sis. Emma Wingfeld, Miss ora Brown,
y-, O. II. Smithers.
Wurueu-MiHs' ChaDel-E. d. Lawman,
W vs.. H. Mays Miss Nellie Arandale,
N-s Bette Baltil- y. G. Harlow.
This morning al loo O'Clock the funeral
of tr- Seasons. wife of the Rev. j. o.
s..ums took place from her late home.
BITS SESSIONS. whose death Of consumption
occurred yesterday was a daughter Of the
M.. rs. r.. Kent. of this city.
GENERAL RCSsER IMPROVING.
There IS no longer any uneasiness as TO
General Rosser's condition. His improve
rent is steady. and il is hoped 1t viii not
Dr. long before ne can so cut driving.
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,ha, General Rosser has had typhoid
fever. but DIR. Magruder, his physician,
-.ys he has not had a symptom of that
disease Capillary bronchitis, following
malaria. contracted at Chickamauga
P-rk has been the trouble.
The drays are piled high with trunks
these DAVIS. which shows that in spite Of
the great heat those who have been able
90 get away find it necessary to return.
Mrs. Humphreys has returned TO the
University. accompanied by Misses Louise
and Mamie. Miss Mamie leaves next
week for Waynesboro'. to attend the Win
stou Seminary
Mr.. and Mrs. Bagby returned to-day
from a delightful visit to Atlantic City.
Miss Fannie Berkely is among the re-
turned. She has been sojourning at Vir-
glnia Beach.
MIS- W. -. Harris is on a visit to
friends in Berryville. Clarke county.
SUPPOSED INTERNAL MACHINE"
What is supposed 20 be an Internal
machine has reached Mr.. S. Avonhime
through the post-ofiice. I'm transmission
some OF the wrapping was torn off. show
ing enough of the contents to make Mr..
Ayouhime suspicious. so he turned the
package over TO Chief-of-Police Parish.
The machine is a cylinder with brass rim,
inside of which is a casing OF some white
substance and this casting is fitted with
al inner casing of glass. Running TO the
bottom of the cylinder (Which is two
ma.s long. through two glass tubes,
ore .Urds attached to a match lying
aeros, the bottom Of the cylinder. An
end of the cord was dangling outside Of
tta wrapper. where il was placed with
tUa hope likely, that IL would be pulled
ty fh. recipient. There are other APP
planes in the cylinder.
There is no clue as yet as to who is the
sender or from what place ii was mailed
lt was addressed TO s. Avonhime, Char
Vile Va. and bore a 1-cent stamp. The
matter will be brought to the attention
%. the postal authorities. Mr.. Avonhlme
is proprietor Of the opera bar man
OF Quiet and inoffensiye habits, and rs
fr as Doe or his friends know, is without
OH enemy.
s. MARINE FROM THE TEXAS.
1,r r. l. Leckie. son Of the late r. j.
L.ekic. a prominent citizen Of this coun-s
ty is I'm this city. on his way TO his
home. az Glendower. He is attached as
o. marine to the battleship Texas, having
tI.-ted six months ago. He describes
with much pride the record of this vessel.
and explains that the immunity Of that
l.ttleshp when il entered the Bay OF
Glutanamo, through a nest Of Spanish
mines. was due to the fact that the
mines. which were contact ones, were
irusted with barnacles, which prevent
al theIr explosion. The propeller of this
ship cut the wires OF two Of these engines
% destruction and they floated astern
and were picked up. These, with others
tat were recovered by dragging, are
now ON exhibition in the navy-yard at
Sow York Mr. Lecke was among the
marines who FIRST planted the American
flag on Cuban soil. The Texas was he
says. the first I'm the famous naval battle
which ended I'm the destruction Of Ger