The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-26
NEBUlIDINGS
In PET E:RSBURG
Plans Completed for Atlantic!
Cast Line Passenger Station.
EAST HANOVER pr EsBYTERY'
Viii Hold an djourned Meeting in
Richmond in MaY-Hurricane Branch
Hunting Robbers at Long Dis
lance With Bloodohunds.

Especial Dispatch to The Times.)
e PETERSBURG, Va, April 25.-Arr.
Simon Seward win build large brick.
building along Lieutenant Run between.
Bollingbrook and Lombard Streets, in
this city. The building Will be for The
purpose Of making boxes to be made
into trunks at his large mandatory on
High Street.
The building for Williams Brothers.
peanut dealers, is now in course of erec-
tion near the gas house, on the Atlantis
Coast line.
Plans for the new station to be built
near the site of the Albenarle Hotel by
the Atlantic Coast Line Company have
been completed. According to the plans,
the passenger station will be about 100
feet long and as feet wide, and will be
two stories high. Work on this will be-
gin as soon as the old hotel has been
torn down. The new freight depot on
the opposite corner, at Washington ana
Union Streets, will be gradually built as
the old ore is removed
EAST HANOVER PRESBYTF:RY.
East Hanover Presbytery, after five,
days session, adjourned about 1 o'clock
today and will hold an adjourned meet
ing of this session at the First Pres
byterian Church In Richmond. May 9Th.
The Pryor Memorial Church., at CreWe,.
was unanimously selected as the cllurch
in which the fall meeting OF the Pres
#bytery will be held. On Sunday, May
4tf, Rev. William Nee. White, will De
installed as pastor of the Second res
byterian Church, in Petersburg. Ref.
&c. Stewart will preside and PROFOUND
tho constitutional questions and deliver
the charge to the people. Rev. II. q.
5Egslestofl will preach the sermon and
Rev. D. K Walthall will deliver the
charge. Rev. JIG. Stewart presided over
the Presbytery to-day. the moderator
Rev. Russell Cecil, being called to ms
home in Richmond on account OF the
illness of one of his members. accord
ing to the resolution offered by HeV.
n 3. Esgleston and adopted by the
preshvtery the BODY will hereafter nom.
mate commissioners to the general as
sembly at the fail meeting of the Pres
btyery. and their nomination Will De
confirmed by election at the regular spring
meeting of the Presbytery-
REPORT ON EDUCATION.
The Committee on Education presented
this report, which was adopted:
i. That the Committee on Educaeeloii
be required to read the reports Of all can
didates from the seminary ana coliesess
in open meeting ofrthe Presbytery.
3. That the Presbytery urges all It's
ministers in charge of churches to preach
20 their people at an early day on the
need OF the church for more ministers,
and that they be directed also to read
TO their congregations the General AS
semblv letters on this subject
The Presbytery selected Rev.. i. L.
Jones to preach the opening sermon a
the fall meeting, and Rev. J. z. stewart
as alternate The Presbytery unanimous
" adopted the motion of Rev. r. Z. Kerr
To make an overture from the Presby terry
10 the General Assembly that the second
Sunday in September of each year be a
day of special prayer for the public and
nriyate schools of the United States Inc
question of written as well as oral eXam1-.
nations of candidates for the ministry
will come nm for final settlement at the
fall meeting.
Rev. r. r. Howisons resolution ten
dering the pastor and members OF Old-
street Church. the citizens of Peters
burg, and the press the thanks of the
Presbytery for their kindness and hos
pitality, was adopted by rising vote
Of the .Presbytery. The Presbytery ad-
iourned with devotional exercises led by
Rev. J. c. Stewart.
BRANCH's #BLOODHOUNDs.
Hurricane Branch, with his blood
hounds. was in Petersburg to-day. A
store was broken open at Suffolk last
night, and at o'clock this morning the
hounds took up the trail and followed it
to the camp of five tramps, then back to
the Norfolk and Western Railroad. Mr..
Branch believes that the tramps jumped
freight train and came to Petersburg
but they have not thus far been seen in
Petersburg. He said that he had stand
ing offer of $4,000 for 'Tiger," the hound
used in the Nellie Cronsey case.
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