The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-27
PETERS BUR-
WIDOW IMARRlES.
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She Answered an Advertisement and
Col Husband.
PROFESSOR HUGHLETT COMING.
AIncomorivc Jumps the Track In the
Petersburg Yard. This Morning
aud q Woman Tries TO Jump
Out Car Window.

Nfrs. Fannie Harrison. E,ccW, N!io has
been living in Petersburg tor some tine
has gone TO Harrisburg, Pa. to be mar
lied. Mrs Harrison replied to an adves-
f.sement for q wife. Correspondence
wss begun. photographs were exchanged,
and marriage finally agreed upon Mrs
Harrison has several small children, who
were left will, her sister IN Prince George
county.
AN EXCITED WOMAN
A locomotive On the western pfanch Oh
3he Atlantic Coas, Line jumped the track
ct the Norfolk and Western Junction ms
morning. None OF the passengers Were
hurt.
An excited woman tried to jump through
the car window. but was prevented. The
. cpreafl.ng OF the rails caused tho acc!dent.
Ne, John t. Evans, recently elected City
Sergeant, qualified to-day. taking the Ga tn
OF office and giving bond in the sum OF
Sys,G COS
PROFESSOR HUGI1LETT.
Prof. a. NJ. Hughlett. formerly princi-
pal of Rand oiph-Macon Academy at Bed
ford City, who inysteriously disappeared
at the close Of the session. two years aSV,
As now II California; and Is expected In
Petersburg n a few days. Fo: several
months after Professor Hushletts disap-
pearance. nothing was heard from him.
AT length information was received that
he VAS IL SalllOrfl!6- Ids -DeeIi lSdSd-
lng school in Sam Francisco for two years
aIe now has offered him a position in a
school in Tennessee and another in a
school in Mississippi. Professor HGghlett
has not definitely determined which posi-
lion he VIII accept, but viii probably ac-
cept the one IN the Mississippi school. His
wife and child have been here for the
past two years.
JOHN Clifford. a negro. who stole a lot Of
III I'll finy,
Company, was sent 10 Jail this morning
for three months
Nat Allen tcoloredl had been fighting.
He. was given sixty days
LABOR SCARCE.
Crops in Sussex county are in tflriv-
Eng condition. The season has been IA
vorable. and farmers are hindered only by
The scarcity of labor Farm hands are so
scarce that many planters have been COM
PEELED 10 put IN less crop IN order to be
able to secure it.
Bartlett Roper. Jr-. attorney for John
r. Pace, OF Petersburg. fled petition in
Bankruptcy in The United States District
Court in Richmond to-day.
This action Is taken for the purpose of
settling The affairs of -Messrs. Pace &
Pannil. who conducted business in Pc
tersburg under the name of the Peters
burg Cigar Manufacturing Company The
Mrs. DR.. Iudson Wright. of Cturchland.
is the guest of Mrs. James Williams, on
Adams Street
Miss Julia Atbuckle is visiting in the
home of Mr.. Freeman w. Jones
Mr.. T. Jefferson ellis is very ill at his
home on Wyilne Street.
MASONIC INSTALLATION.
The Masonic Orders in Petersburg cele-
srated the Festival of st. john the Bap-
let ~ ,,jr,Bf inst Ja,3
the year;
Elandford LoSge, Nc. 3.-KEorshipfui Mas
Ter, c. E. Williamson; Senior Warden. i.
N. Robinson. Junior Warden. IL. Y. Par
ham: Treasurer. John T. Parham; Sec
rotary. T. j. ellis, Sr.; Senior Deacon.
j. Y. Branch: Junior Deacon, f. 3. Spots
wood. Tier. w T. White; Steward, W.
W Presson.
Petersburg Lodge. No. l5.-Wershipful
Master. George Potts: Senior Warden l.
Reinach: Junior Warden, Ben DabneE:
Treasurer, 2. c, Hoy Secretary, l. f.
Badger: Senior Deacon. j. NJ. Birdsons
Junior Deacon, II. E. Stevenson: Iiler,
W. T White.
Powhatan Starke Lodge, No. 12i.-Wor-
shpful Master, Charles N VAIN; Senior
Warden. John MOWER; Junior Warden, w
r. Turner; Treasurer, r. e GIL; Secre-
tary, L. L. Marks; Senior Deacon. l.. f.
Walsh: Junior Deacon. G- a. Bowman
1'iler. r. 3. Shelbourne.
The census cnumerators have finished
taking the population in Petersburg While
1. is not possible TO obtain :ha figures, they
will probably show an Increase IN popula-
ton over the census taken ten years ago,
when Petersburg had 2,,6So inhabitants
Tent meetings are still being conducted
hr Rev. L. w Guyer. on West High
Street Methodist ministers in Petersburg
are assisting Mr. Guyer.
Dr. James W. Hargraves was painfully,
though not seriously hurt this afternoon
He dropped the reins while driving and IN
an effort to regain them, caused his horse
to jump. He was thrown from his buggy,
the wheels passing over his head and caus-
ing a painful scalp wound.
BONDS SOLD
y Prince George county five per cent.
bonds to the amount OF $4,000 were sold at
the Courthouse yesterday.
Mr.. Thomas Greenhow. a former we'll
known young man of this city, IS critically
Il. a: his homo in Baltimore.