Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-19
CITY OF PETERSBURG
MARRIAGE OF MIR. ,r,CALEB AND
MISS SARAH FITTZ.
SILK DYE FACTORY RUNNING.
L. E. Tucker the Inventor of n Smoke
Stack That Will Do Away With
Smoke and Gnses-o. L. n"*ti"e'-
Position Mt Annapolis

PETERSBURG, VA. November IS
(SpeciaL)-In Old ST. Paurs Church. In
Norfolk, at II o'clock to-day, Mr.. John W.
McCaIeb and Miss Sarah Fittz, both OF
this city, were united in marriage Rev
w. A. r. Goodwin, rector Of ST. Johns
EPISCOPAL Church. Petersburg, performed
the ceremony in the presence of a number
OF friends.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Laura
l.. Fittz. and the groom is popular
young citizen, holding the responsible Pc
sition of individual bookkeeper at the
Petersburg Savings Bank.
SILK FACTORY IN OPERATION.
The large silk-dye factory of Messrs.
Werres & Hinton. in Dinwiddie county, is
now in full operation, and the first ship
ment of dyed silks was made to-day. Mr..
Werres, the senior partner in the firm,
was for years at the head of the dyeing
department of the Stearns Silk Mills. in
this city, and is a man OF great expert
ence in the business.
A VALUABLE INVENTION.
Mr. L. E. Tucker, a well-known young
citizen, is the inventor Of a smokestack
which he claims will do away with smoke
and noxous gases. He has applied for a
patent. Mr.. Tucker claims that his inven-
ton will be of great value to gold-smelt-
ers, and that it can be used with great
benefit on steamboats, and in various
manufactures.
GONE TO ANNAPOLIS.
Mr. O.. L. Bastine for many years the
foreman at the foundry, of the Petersburg
Iron Works Company, and a skilled and
valuable man, has been appointed to the
position Of instructor at the Naval Acad-
envy at Annapolis. His duties are to in
struct the cadets in the art of mixing
metals for projectiles, and of making the
same. MI. Bastine had great experience
in this work during the years that the
iron works company had large contracts
for the manufacture Of projectiles for the
Government. He recently stood first
class civil service examination for fore
man in the navy, but no vacancy occur
ring there. he was offered this position.
HIS SECOND TRIAL.
David Palmer, coored who was re-
Gently convicted in the County Court of
Dinwiddie of a felonious assault upon the
superintendent Of the Brunswick Lumber
Company, is now undergoing his second
trial. The jury rendered a verdict of five
years in the penitentiary. The case was
carried up before Judge B. A. Hancock. of
the Circuit Court. on petition for a new
trial, which was granted All of the evil
dence was heard at the session Of Din
widdie Court yesterday, and the argument
was concluded with the exception of the
closing speech of Commemorative At
torney Powell, which will be delivered on
Thursday. Messrs E. P. Buford, OF
brunswick, and S. B. Southall, of En-
poria, are counsel for Palmer.
ACCIDENTAL KILLING.
Intelligence of a fatal shooting as the
result, of the careless handling Of fire.
arms comes from the neiGhborhood of
De Witt. in Dinwiddie county, where
Charles Turner, colored boy. was shot
and killed by white youth named Fay
cite Bishop. The unfortunate affair is re-
ported to have occurred at the home of
the Turner boy. The full facts in the case
are not known, but young Bishop claims
that the discharge of the gun was acct
dental
The preparatory work toward the con-
solidation Of the two telephone exchanges
in this city, under the terms Of the recent
merger of the Bell and Mutual Companies
has been begun. The new exchange will
be in the Mutual Building, on Tabb street.
into which all the Bell wires will be run.
The work of transferring the wires will
require some days.
AN ALARM AT THE JAIL.
Some alarm was caused at the jail last
night by the discovery OF smoke filling uu
several OF tho upper rooms. AS a precau-.
tionary measure the Fire Department was
called out and the prisoners removed to
the yard. Investigation as to the cause Of
the smoke developed the fact that It YVES
due ITO burning rags In one OF the fues
Where her they had beeny xhrcwn by prisoners.
No DANA sc resulted 5s.
The. dne rains OF last night and to-day
Viii aford splendid ssason for the HANG
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