The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-02
ARE LENIENI WITH
YOUTH !. OIL ROBBERS.
Blackstone is Soon to Have.
Electric Lights.
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Comes From New York 10 See Him In
Affection Whom He Had Not Seen for
Thirty Years = Blackstone 9
Large Horse Market,
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Special Dispatch to The Times. )

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| BLACKSTONE. VA, Marcn 1.-The
youthful robbers. Frank and na,oiI Par.
quctt, an account OF whose deprcdations
| in the pcstofficc and other business houses
| here on Sunday last have been previously
reported in The Times, have bean released
under bond of $500. .'ostoft.cc InsIec
| tor Buila came in from Washington We'd
| ncsday. and on account Of the youth OF
| the prisoners. decidedJ on the above COURSE
| For this reason it is doubted now if any
further steps will be taken in their case.
Most of the things stolen have been re-
| covered.
| There is a strong probability that Black
| stone will. in the near future. have an
| electric light and ice plant installed as
f! one Of its new enterprises. General Man
| ager c. NJ. Uber. Of the Blackstone Tele-
| phone Exchange, which has recently
| been in operation here. has just returned
| from a trip TO Cincinnati, where he went
to look into the question of electric lights.
In conversation with your correspondent,
! Mr. Ubcr stated that his company would
| begin at once TO solicit subscribers Tor
electric lights, and, as soon as all ar
| ransements could be made, work in the
| plant wouldi begin.
TELEPHONE EXTENSION.
It is also the intention of the Telephone
Exchange TO begin at once the extension
of its TELEPHONE lines out into the coun-
try tributary to this place. This is one
of the conditions to the exclusive charter
granted them by the town, but one which
will undoubtedly prove a sourse Of far
Their revenue 10 the exchange.
There seems no bottom left to the roads
in this section since the recent thaw set
in, accompanied as it was by the heavy
rains. AS q result there are many re-
ports of mircd wagons.
Right Reverend a. NJ Randolph, bishop
of the Diocese Of Southern Virginia, Wis
tied ST. Lul1es Church here on Friday
night. where he confirmed class OF
several.
The Bishop was preceded by Rev.
Frank Stringfcllow, who has been con-
| Quoting mission services during the past
week having come to temporarily relieve
the rector Rev. c. r. Kuyk, whose poor
! health has forced him to take a needed
rest
The outlook for building here this spring
| is very good. Already plans have been
made and some of the material gotten III
| place fer several new residences. Among
| these will be one for Mr.. S. l.. Bradshaw.
a prominent and successful merchant,
who was married in November last.
| The question of a sufficient number OF
| residences has been quite a. problem here
| for the past several years, it often being
| the case that not one in the town IS va
can't This is believed to be the case at
this time.
THE GRIP PREVAILS.
There have been quite a number Of
| cases of grip reported during the past
week or ten days, and the doctors have
| been quito busy.
Mrs T. f Grove. the wife Of the depot
| agent here. 7ho has been extremely i'll
for the past two weeks, is reported to be
slightly improving. Her condition at one
| time was regarded with apprehension.
| The brother of Mr.. a. Faust of Lunen-
| burg county. whose wife was recently
murdered at his home there. arrived a
| few days ago from New York on a visit
| to his brother. This is the first time they
| had met for about thirty years, 1T being
| about the period since their landing in
| this country from Germany.
| The number of horses and mules sold on
this market and in this section is aston
| ishing The shipments here from points
west. where they are purchased. III"
doubtless averaged a car load Il ~r"k
| since the middle Of November. One con-
Germ here the Blackstone Horse Ex-
change, is supposed to have handled near
~ three hundred during the above period.