The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-06-07
JUDGE W,H,MANN TO
MOVE TO E1iERSBURG.
Consolidation Of Norfolk and Pc
tersburg Insurance Companies.
POWDER OF CANNON CRACKER
Lacerated the Faces and Hands Of Two
Boys When They Tried to Ex-
tract it-Announcements Of
Weddings in Petersburg.
POWDER OF CANNON CRACKER
Especial Dispatch to The Times. ,

Especial Dispatch to The Times.)
PETERSBURG. VA, June 6.-The Ma
tional Beneficial Association of Virginia,
with its home Office in Petersburg. and
the United States Mutual Protective In
surance Company. with its home Office in
Norfolk, have effected a consolidation of
interests. There will be no change of the
officers in this city, Mr.. S. j. Peeie re-
naming superintendent of the United
States Mutual Protective Company and
Mr. w r Toone superintendent of the
National Beneficial Association.
Judge 4-ann Of Nottoway county, has
recently purchased the handsome resi-
dence Of Mr.. Robert Harrison. on Market
Street, and will soon move to Petersburg
to live.
George Washington. the small negro
boy who was arrested yesterday on the
charge of felonous cutting, has been re-
leased. DR.. L. S. Early, who attended
Parham, whom Washington cut, says
that Parhan is seriously i'll with malarial
fever, and that the wound. which is
trivial one, has norhing to do with his
illness.
THE CANNON CRACKhn.
Paul and Edwin Smith, sons OF Mr.. w.
Irving Smith, of this city, are both suf-
fering from wounds because they tried to
pull the powder from q cannon cracker
while they were on visit to the ire
works factory in this city to-day. Paui
Smith had his right hand badly lacerated,
and his brother, who was near MN at the
time. had the right side Of his face ana
his hand badly burned
The engagement of Miss Mary Page
Dunn, of Petersburg, and DR.. W. Clay
ton Orr, or Hillsboro, Va, has been an
nounced The wedding will take place
August 18th.
Miss Eta Cottrell. Of Richmond, is
visiting DR.. and Mrs. Henderson in this
city.
The annual exercises of the orphans at
Market Street will take place next Sun
day morning.
WEDDING CARDS.
Mr.. and Mrs William Latham Venable
have issued invitations to the marriage
of their daughter. Miss Louise Leiper
Venable, to DR.. John Gordon Rennle.
The ceremony will take place at st.
Paul's Church Wednesday evening, June
18th, at half-past o'clock.
A reception from 10 to Il o'clock will
be given the couple by Mr.. and Mrs.
Venable at their home, on Washington
Street.
One OF the Richmond military com
panies will take part in the memorial
exercises to be held in this city next
Tuesday, the 9th of June. General Stltn
Boiling will be the cnieI marshal on tne
occasion. He has not yet appointed ms
aides. A. P Hill Camp will march In
a body, and the camp last night received
a communication from the PETERSBURG
Company, Uniform Rank knights OF
Pythias, stating that the Pythians Wouio
parade with the camp on that Gay
The handkerchief bazaar at Washing
ton and Sycamore Streets for the oene!le
OF Market Street church will continue TO-
night.
The executive committee of the Cen
trail State Hospital has awarded the con-
tract to the Glamorgan Pipe and Foun-
dry Company, of Lynchburg. for furnish,
ing five thousand feet cast iron pipe and
twenty-five plugs to be used at the hos
pital
The colored Y. NJ C. A. extended
their new secretary reception tonight
Petersburg Academy, Hall and AIRING
ton. principals, closed yesterday the
first scholarship medal was awarded to
Garland James Hopkins and tha second
scholarship medal to William Eldridge
Feed.