Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-15
NEWS OF PETERSBURG.
a PRETTY WEDDING THE NupT1ALs
OF MIR. COLE AND MISS BOOKER.
a FIRE AT THE ACADEMY.
flight Damage TO Curtain. OF The
rlny-House-IIon. John Goode to
Speak in Behalf of Blnndfora
Church Memorial.

PETERSBURG. VA. October 14-(Spe-
cial)-At the residence of the brides pa
rents. Oh Pearl street, at $50 o'clock this
morning. Rev. George L. Booker oiiic-
sting. Miss Lula B. Edmonds was united
In marriage TO Mr.. Frederick II. Cole IT
ass quiet but very pretty home we'd
cling only tho immediate families and
friends of the popular young couple being
present The bride was attired in a hand
some blue travelling suit. and carried car
nations The ushers were: Mcssrs. Wal
Ter Hays. James McKenncy. Charles SUI
,ne,land and Edgar Edmonds. a brother
OF the brides. The wedding march was
played by Mrs. Winfrec. The bride is
6 charming young woman a favoritc
with al who enjoy her acquaintance, and
the groom is a Weli-kaown young bust
ucSS-Ilan.
After receiving congratulations Mr. and
Mrs. Cole left for Washington, Baltimore
and other points North on their bridal
THE CORPORATION COURT.
The October term OF the Corporation
Court will begin on Thursday of this
week. with several continued cases OF
felony on the docket. and several cases
10 SO before the grand jury. The Ser
Geant has been busy today summoning
Jurors.
Early in this term It is expected that
the matter Of entering a decree for the
Eale OF the Ettricls Manufacturing Com
aany's property will come UP for con-
a SLIGHT FIRE.
While The stage settings were being
arranged at the Academy of Music last
night lwo OF the small drop curtains ac-
C!acHtalIy caught tire ana We're burned
Inc aGCldent occurred before tne audience
assembled TO hear Miss Ihurston III the
pay o. Coy Corners The ire was
fortunately quickly eXtingUshcd ana
4 a to I no orr
ta!nS.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
Hon, JoHn Gooce VIII denver an adj
dress in TINS city on the evening OF TIE
il4e Petersburg Chapter OF the Daughters
Of The RENOVATION. The address WIll be
IL ala OF The fund to be raised by the
chapter TO pace q Revolutionary memo
Iial tablet IN Old BlandIord church.
II IS sa!u that specIa! memorial ser
vices IN memory OF Hiss Lee, VINO was
murdered by Mitchell recently in Greenes--
vile county, Will be held next Sunday
light a Stony Creek Miss Lee was 4
RsEuttd Cnristlan and church worker, and
aer memory is cherished by the people
81 the community IL which she uVed.
IN view OF the high price OF coal and
81 the Difficulty of getting it at any
>7ice, many OF our people have introduced
s.5od-StoYcS in their houses. The demand
The strike OF the 800 Iaborers employed
rs the Virginia Passenger and Power
Company on the canal Improvement Work
in DInWidGie county is stu on, no salts
factory settlement having Yet been mace.
The case of JuniuS DAVIS (colored), SEN
fenced hy the Mayor yesterday TO eisll-
teen days Imprisonment III Jail for petit
larceny, was Ieopened this morning, and.
1t appearing that this was DaEis's third
conviction Of larceny. he was sent on
70 the Corporation Court to be tried for
felony.
PAINFULLY. HURT.
Mr.. Alexander Wilson. an old and hon
bred citizen and grocery merchant, was
shocked down on Market street yester-
Jay afternoon by a negro riding a pi-
cycle, and was painfully bruised ara
hurt He was taken to his home, where
10 received medical attention.
PROBABLY ANOTHER CANDIDATE.
James Evans, n well-known coloreI
man OF this city. is considering the ques-
lion of announcing himself as an indie
pendent Republican candidate for Con
EreSs in the Fourth District He will de-
eide the matter between this and Thurs
day. Evans is Very popular among his
race. and the negroes here are not dis
posed 10 follow the lead of the white
republicans in their endorsement of Nj
g. ]. Vaughan, who is running as an in
dependent against Hon. r. G. Southail
lie IS the son OF the late Joseph p
Evans. who was for some years a let
tcr-carrier in this city, was at one TIM
member of the General Assembly and
once ran for Congress as the Republican
candidate in this district.