The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-11
BISHOP A NATIVE
Of PETERSBURG
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He Has Relatives and is Well
Known in That City.
IMPROVEMENT OF THE RIVER
Condition Of Mrs. Joyner is Alarming.
Prince George Man Has invented a
Patent WOOD Saving Machine.
Personals of Interest.
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PETERSBURG, VA. December TO-
Mr.. Arthur l.. Bishop, who shot and kill
ed Mr. thomas Mason at Wilson'S home,
in Charlotte, n. c., about 1890 o'clock
last night, was d native of Petersburg.
where his vie and child and father
and mother now live. Bishop was tor
several years employed as a clerk in
shoe store in this city. He has for some
time been in the employ OF F. NJ. Hoyt
Shoe Mandatory, OF Manchester. n. H..
as travelling sa.esinan lie was in Pc
tersburg about three weeks ago and left
ION his regular business trip. Bishop was
inclined to be wind and when off on his
trips usually represented himself as I'M
married. The Chief Of Police in this city
received q telegram from the Chief or
Police of Charlotte to-day asking him to
arrest Bishop should he reach this city.
The Health and Street Committee last
evening arranged for putting the new
street cleaning department into opera
ton. This department. which was re-
Gently created by the Common Council,
will be under the control Of the Health
Committee.
RIVER IMPROVEMENTS
The improvement Of Appomattox River
under the appropr alton recently made
by Congress Will hardly begin until next
spring. United States engineers are now
at work on plans. and are working out
in detail what within be necessary to be
done One OF the obstacles TO the be-
ginning Of the improvement is the price
the property owners ask for the marsh
lands over which the freshet water Of
the river will be diverted. The gov
eminent will prefer settling with the
owners without recourse to condemnation
proceedings but, if satisfactory price
J, I,... o1-
to condemn the lands necessary for the
improvement.
Mrs. JOINER, the mother of little Lula
Joyner the child whose Disappearance
from home Nocen1ber 18th is still an I'M
solved mystery, is III a serious condition
mentally and physically, through grief
for her child. Its disappearance to-day
is as great q mystery as it was the day
the child was missed from her home.
Every effort thus far made to locate the
child has failed to find any trace what
ever Of il.
FOR SAVING WOOD.
Mr. Peter 3. Bate. of Prince George
county. mas invented and has obtained q
Tatenl Cor a gang wood saving machine.
1t is to be used for saving cord wood. and
it IS said that ono man, with iais-7saw.
can do the work requiring four TO eight
men according to the number of saws
Z! laced on the machine Mr.. Bate has
been to New York and shown the saw
to the wood men there and they express
themselves as much pleased with it,
MI A..zC. Harper, assistant United
States engineer. has been here looking af-
Ter the progress of the work Of the deep
enng ofathe AppomattoS River from the
shjpyard of the Petersburg Iron Works
Company to Sunken Island. This work
IS being pushed ahead as rapidly as pos
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The Giffen Stock Company will present
HaGdon Chambers great play, Captain
Swift" at the Academy OF Music in this
city Thursday evening. The Gffen Com
I,any as great favor;te in this city.
The Salvation Army will give dinner
on Christmas day, at which several hun
dred people VIII be fed The people Of
Petersburg will contribute to the dinner.
Miss Firga Slater has returned to Pc
terSburg from q visit to Clifton Forge.