The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-15
DIED FROM A CUT
NEAR THE KNEE.
Fatal Ending of a Wound from a
Piece of CrOCkery.
THE PAYNE DIVINITY SCHOOL
Bishop Whlttlc, President, and Bishop
Randolph Vice-President-A Pc
tersburg Boy Wounded in Cuba
Mr.Te ldman's Narrow Escape

PETERSBURG. VA, June li-SpeciaL
Mr.. Hugh Mcfarland fell yesterday on q
niece Of crockery and cut his leg TO the
hone near the knee. 70 was first Thought
mat his leg would have TO be amputated
He was taken to the Home FOR the SICK
for treatment. where me- died this morn
inc of his injury. He was a Scotch
man. but had resided for sometime Al
Petersburg. Ills parents. are IN PAISLEY,
Scotland Some months ago the decedaed
had a very severe attack OF pneumonia
He was a brotner-in-laW OF MI Duh~""
Wright of this city.
The annual meeting Of the Board or
Trustees of the Bishop Payne DIVINITY
School was held at the school to-day.
Those present were Bishop T. NJ. WHIT
ue Rev. r. A. Goodwin, Rev. Preston
Nash and Mr. w. NJ. Clark of Ricn-
mond: Rev. O.. r. Haines. ID. D., Kew.
o. 5. Banting and Messrs. Fortescue
white. j. J.. Moyier and r. o. Eyer
ton. OF Petersburg. The Board trans
acted routine business and reelected
the following officers President, Bish-
ON + NJ. Whutle. Vice President, Bish-
Oh A. NJ. Randolph Of Norfolk; Score
tarv. Fortescue Whittle. of Petersburg:
Treasurer. r. O. Eserton, Of Peters
burg.
REV. MIR. HART.
Rev q ID. Hart. who has accepted a
call 10 the Second Baptist church. will
enter upon his duties tho FIRST Sunday
IN July.
Mr.. Thomas H. B0isseau received n let
ter froh his son. Mr.. Hugh Mercer Bois-
seau. who Is on the United States Gun
boat Yankee. now In Cuban waters The
letter was dated June 9Th. Mr. Boisseau
writes that he was wounded in one or
the recent engagements but that his In
Jury is very slight. Mr. Boisseau says
I'm his letter that a big naval engagement
NAV be looked for az any time.
Mr.. Chas. r. williamson a well-lnown
contractor of this city was taken sud
denly III last night. His condition this
afternoon is thought somewhat improved.
MIR. DEADMAN INJURED.
Mr.. w. II. Deadman and his two chill
dren made a very narrow escape last
night from being killed or seriously In
iured. Mr.. Deadman was driving up
Washington street in his buggy, when
his horse was thrown 10 the ground by
a pile Of sand in the street. which, In
the dark, Mr.. Deadman did not see. Mr..
Deadman was thrown headforemOst
over the spatter board Of the buggy and
both OF his children were also thrown
out The children struck In a pile or
was painfully injured about the breast.
His horse was badly scared up and his
buggy and harness broken.
On one piece OF delinquent property IN
this city owned by q colored man, on
which the taxes had not been paid, the
penalty. interest and costs amounted
10 enough 10 pay the taxes on the prop
erty for seventy-hve years.
BOXES FOR THE SOLDIERS.
Several boxes OF provisions purchased
with funds raised by a committee OF
young ladies' from our citizens, were
shipped by express 20 the Petersburg
Greys and A. p. Hill Rifles this afternoon.
The boxes contained hams, beef tongues,
canned goods Of all kinds. butter, crack
ers, cheese oranges. lemons, prunes, to-
bacco and cigars.
Mr. W. =. McRae a prominent young
lawyer here. will probably be the only
representative Of the Bar Of Petersburg
at the Virginia Bar Association. which
meets on the 9TH, 9th and eth of July next
at Old Point.
NEW TRAIN WANTED.
At n meeting of the Board OF Cover
nors OF the Chamber OF Commerce. held
this afternoon. It was resolved that the
Committee on Inland Trade and Trans
portatlon. Doe requested in the name OF
the chamber 10 give earnest aid In getting
the Norfolk and Western Railroad COM
pany 20 run a train from Farmville or
Rurkeville 10 this city every morning.
returning IN the evening, at a reduced
fare, for the accommodation OF merchants
and farmers trading with the Petersburg
merchants and OF residents OF this city
desiring 10 locate their families up the
road for the summer.
Congressman Jones Of the First Vir-
ginia District. was I'm the city to-day
Contracts have been awarded for the
completion OF the Richmond. Petersburg
and North Carolina railroad from Peters,