The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-24
YOUNG FARMER
SHOT BY NEGRO.
Ball Entered Under Right Eye and
Man Still Lives.
SHOOTING FOLLOWED FIST FIGHT
an Innate Of Soldiers Home at Hampton
Stranded IN Petersburg Canal
Barges Frozen Up and
Fuel Scarce.
SHOOTING FOLLOWED FIST FIGHT
PETERSBURG, VA, Dec. 2s.-Jame
Especial Dispatch TO The Times,

PETERSBURG, VA, Dec 23-James
winfrec, a young farmer of Chesterfield
county, was shct in the lace and serious
~ wounded Saturday afternoon by a
negro, Edward Mason, just beyond Eft
trick, near this city The negro was
driving home in the wagon OF his en-
ployer, William Andrews, and WInfree
got in to ride. He insisted that Mason
drive faster and the negro refused. Blows
followed q. quarrel, and the negro struck
the farmer with his whip The two
men during a scuffie ;rippcd and fell from
the wagon. When they were on the
ground Mason fired a pistol in Wln!rees
face. the bali entering just under the
right eye The negro left Winfree in the
road. drove his wagon home, and after
attending to his team packed up and left
The county.
After Wfnfree had recovered somewhat
from the shock he walked to the Office
of physician and was treated. An eff
fort will Is, made tonight or Tomorrow
to rem I'VE he bullet. Mason is eighteen
years of ccc and his home is in Bruins
wick county.
Mr. Albert /. Baker, who has given
several cI tras in Petersburg with local
talent for charitable purposes, is ar
ranging fc: magnificent production OF
sham, the Great a comic opera TO be
given by local talent about the 18th of
January Cor TIC benefit of A. p. Hill
Camp 2!
Tho Offices Of Hamilton & Mann were
damagei to-day Icy the bursting OF
water pire OF, the floor above
The quarterly conference OF Market
::treet Ch.rch ->.as held tonight.
OLD SOLDIER ROBBED.
James Harris, an aged inmate of the
Soldiers Homo, at Hampton, Va, Is IN
Petersburg without any money, Harris
SAYS he was robbed of twenty-siN dollars
By stranger. who occupied the room
with lin al the Washington House. he
met n man whose name he did not learn.
and. after taking several drinks together,
the two went to Harris room to sleep.
When nc awoke this morning his friend
had disappeared and since he has not
found his money.
The prices of wood have been adj
ranced on account of The extremely cold
weather. N@-ff
There is a scarcity of coal. Some of
the dealers have no hard coal at all on
hand Two or three barges consigned
10 coal merchants in the city are frozen
M in the river several miles below Pe-
tcrsburg.
Appomattox river is frozen over. There
is skating on all The ponds AROUND te-
tersburg.
RIVER FROZEN OVER.
Mr.. William Edward Talbot, Jr., and
Miss Sue Cathrine Fields We're married
AT the residence of the bride. on High
Street, Saturday. The Rev. George l..
Booker of1iciated.
Captain ], L. Birdsong. who suffered
n stroke Of apopleSy- several days ago,
is Sapidly improving.
The Wednesday Music Club will give
its Christmas musicale at the home Oh
Miss Laura v. Jones. on Marshall Street,
Saturday evening, the cSth.
Darcy w. Roper arrived in New York
to-day from London on the Atlantic
transport Minnehaha. Mr.. Roper will be
married in Cleveland December 3lst TO
Miss Elizabeth Holmes Powell. of that
city.
Miss Matte Fitzgerald, daughter of Mr..
A. J. Fitzgerald. died at the Home for
the Sick at O'Clock Saturday. She
had been i'll for several weeks. Miss
Fitzgerald was nineteen years of age
and a sister of Mr.. Robert Fitzgerald,
of this city,