The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-21
PETERSBURG GIRLS
NEAR |l|.I DROWNING | L ! [:
Jump from . Boat in ter Over.
Their Heads Il q :'
.ELKsy pU /. &c HAsE A HOME.
Pythians Coming To- Richmond BY the
Electric Tine to Visit Damon Lodge.
MrWilkins Coming Home from
Australia After 25 Years.
.ELKs PURCHASE A HOME.
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Especial Dispatch to The Times!)
PETERSBURG. VA, May 2o.-Two
young ladies narrowly escaped drowning
at Swift Creek yesterday afternoon. A
party Of eight young ladies went out on
an electric car for an afternoon Of recre-f
alton. The party got into boat near the
turnpike bridge, and one of them. to have
some fun, showed, the boat from the shore.
They were without oars or paddle, and
being near the dam all became fright
ened and leaped into the water. Six OF
them jumped into water slightly over
.heir waists, while two less fortunate
found themselves in water beyond their
depth. Messrs. z. ". Farley and F. L.
De Jarnette were near by, and ieap1ng
into the creek saved the girls.
The Petersburg Lodge Of Elks has pur-
chased the three-story building at Syca-
more and Bank Streets, now occupied by
.llu Boston Clothing Company and the
Petersburg Furniture Company. The
price paid was $4,000. The Ells will at
once improve this property, and will then
have one of the finest Elks' homes IN
Virginia.
ODD-FELLOws AND PYTHIANs.
Many Odd-Fellows from Petersburg
went over to Richmond tonight, by in
vitation of the Abou Ben Adhem Lodge.
The Pythians of Petersburg will visit
ramon Lodge Of Pythians in Richmond
Friday night. The trip will be made over
the electric line in special cars.
A cablegram has been received stating
that Mr.. r. II. Wilkins, with his family,
had sailed from Australia to America.
They are expected to reach Petersburg in
about one month. Mr.. Wilkins left Pc
te, sburg twenty-five years ago for Aus
tralia and has been engaged in the to-
lacco business there. George Wilkins,
his fifteen-year-old son, has been visit
ing relatives in Petersburg for about @
year.
IS A DEsERTER
McCannon. the young white man who
was arrested in this city as a suspicious
character, is found to be a deserter from
the receiving ship Franklin. The COM
l:,s nder of the Franklin telegraphed au-
,horities in this city that the reward will
be paid for his delivery to that ship.
The John A. Dix Industrial School,
near Dinwiddie Courthouse, will close Its
sec ond session next Friday.
The body of Mrs. Mary S. Bagley arrived
in Petersburg this morning from Rich
1nond, and was buried in Blandford Gem
e1ery. Mrs. Bagley was the widow of
the late William B. Bagley and grand
daughter of the late President Davies, of
Princeton University. She was eighty
!edTS OF age, 2Hd 1oi Silly Seoi0 iiehu
he en- member of Tabb-Street Presbyte-
rian Church.. in this city.
MISSING MANCHESTER BOY.
William Reams. the boy thirteen years
Of age, who ran away from his home in
Manchester last Sunday, came over to
Petersburg yesterday to witness the game
eli ball between the Petersburg and Man
chester teams. He was taken in charge
at the ball park by Police Officer Peyton
Stewart, and as his mother, who was look
ing for him, had returned to Manchester,
the boy was held for the chief Of police
Of that town.