The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-11
AFTERMATH.

An enthusiastic railroad meeting was
held at the county seat OF Grayson sew
eral days ago. at which Mr.. w. J. Payne
Of Richmond, one Of the incorporators OF
the Atlantic and Western Railroad Com
pany. made a speech asking That tho
county subscribe $4,000 TO the stock OF
the road. the money not to be paid until
the road is completed. il is proposed
that an election to determine the ques-
zion he held some time in August next.
The terminal points are NorlolA anu
Bristol.
Tho Letter Hospital, formerly the
Chickamauga Park Hotel, was formally
opened day before yesterday for the re-
ception Of patients. 1t is the gift Of Mrs.
Letter.
David p. Hill has been elected dele
gate TO head the Democratic delegation
from Third Assembly District Of Albany
county to the forthcoming Democratic
State Convention.
Il Is current rumor that another mem
Der OF the Vanderbilt family is soon to
marry. Aired, the second son Of C5r-
nelius Vanderbilt who IS still n student
M Yale College. is said to be engaged TO
Miss French. youngest daughter OF Mrs.
Francis Ormond French
There IS a prisoner at Fort Mcpherson
who was so anxious TO leave the army
that he shot one Of his fingers of with
the hope that q discharge might he
granted him. Private Mapes is the name
Of the man. and be was a memHr Of
Company \, Eleventh Infantry.
He was taken to Fort Mcpherson Sum
day from Mobile. Ala, having been sem
fenced to serve O term Of two years for
mutilating his own body for the purpose
of deserving the army. Mapes was in
camp az Mobile when he shot his finger
OF. lie was rricd by q court martial
for the offense, was convicted and SEN
fenced 10 two years imprisonment
The seventh annual meeting OF the
Georgia Bankers Association will be
held Wednesday and Thursday, june 18th
and 10th, at Tybee Island.
The postal business at Tampa is still
paralyzed. The help is totally inadequate
10 handle the business. The room and
force are really TOO small for a city OF
5000, and now they have TO handle the
mail for over 5000 soldiers, in addition
to the 1900 other people who have flock
ed into the city. Tile authorities give lit
tie heed 10 calls for help. A few days
ago they authorized the postmaster 90
employ one additional clerk at salary
of 500 q year to relieve the crush.
Comptroller Coler. OF New York. has
made q report to the Municipal Assembly
stating that the amount 10 be raised by
taxes this year in the boroughs Of Man
haitian and the Bronx is SiJ.ig2t5LC.
Some boys playing in the cellar Of the
Opera House at Honidaysburg, Pa, on
Thursday discovered a box filed with
old money and currency TO the value Of
several thousand dollars. The money is
believed TO have belonged 10 the Gardner
Morrow Bank, which failed nearly two
years ago.
Among the graduates Of the University
Law School. New York. was Miss Janet
b. Haggerty daughter of the late
George a. Haggerty. who made . large
fortune in the hardware trade. Miss
Haggerty is now j Bachelor Of Laws,
but intends to apply her legal learning
in the management of her fathers estate.
She has an elder sister who is a member
Of the Bar aud connected with the law
firm of eX-District Attorney Delaney