The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-19
FARM BUILDINGS
CONSUMED BY FIRE
Storm Carries Away a Porch and
Several Out Buildings.
THE MADISON MONUMENT
70 Be Unveiled With Elaborate Ceres
monies September ist-Fish in Fau-
auier Killed by Lightning and
Fed TO the Hogs.
Especial Dispatch to The Tmes,)

tSpeclat D1Spatch TO The I1meS,)
FREDERICKSBURG. VA. August 49,
Ar. John Wine, Of Culpeper county. lost
~ fire his barn, stables and ensilage
house. with all of the wheat hay and
harnesses ard some agricultural imple-
nents. The fire occurred at night, and
but little could be saved. Origin un-
known. Loss, $1,000 Insurance, sl10O
Tho Rhoadesville Baptist Church. in
Grange county, has extended a call to
Key. Decatur Edwards, OF this city, as
Its permanent pastor. Mr.. Edwards has
also several other country charges.
The storm of a few evenings ago did
great damage on the farm of Mr.. J. L.
Wambersie. in Orange county. The porch
OF the residence was carried away, corn
mouse. wagon sheds and blacksmith shop
blown down and a large amount of fenc-
ing leVeleo to the ground and fruit trees
torn up. Damage will reach about 5000.
The Confederate monument to be placed
In the public square at Madison Court
house has arrived and is being put in po-
s:tioai. 1t will be unveiled with elaborate
ceremonies about September 1st. Judge
u. 5. Garrett. of Norfolk, Will denver The
ADDRESS Of the occasion.
FISH KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
All OF the fish in the pond Of Mir. c. B.
Ekinker, in FauQuier county. have been
killed by lightning. An iron pipe emptied
in the center of the pond and barb wire
had been run all through the water to pre-
vent seine hauling by trespassers. 1t is
supposed the wire attracted the lightning
There was an immense number Of fish,
which We're fed in quantities to the hogs.
Some of the carp weighed as much as
sixteen pounds.
The case of W. L. G. Perkins, of Louisa
county, whose liquor license was recently
revoked by Judge G. w. Morton, Of Or
ange county. sitting for Judge T. ".
iy,c will 1,oS olyc to ro,,tI n1,,-1
ard argued before Judge J. e. Mason, in
this city. Hon. A. c. Braxton, the dis
tingushed lawyer of Staunton, who was
one Of the leaders In the recent Constitu-
uonal Convention. is counsel fer Perkins.
The Orange Mills ct Orange Courthouse,
have been sold by NJ. Joseph G. Walker
TO Messrs. r. c. Booton, l.. w. Booton
hnd II. o. Lyme, who will enlarge the
plant. introduce machinery for the manu-
faeture OF -four and generally improve the
enterprise, the capacity OF which will
be 100 barrels per day.
MED1COS.
AT a meeting of the Piedmont Medical
Society. held at Gordonsville Saturday
evening, DR.. Z. MacGruder, clinical lee
turcr on the practice of medicine in the
medical department of the University of
Virginia. read an able paper on Heart
Murmurs,' and led the discussion on that
subject, which was participated in by
many Of the other physicians present.
DIR. William II. Lyme. of Orange county,
is president of the society, and DR.. Lewis
Holiday, of Orange Courthouse score
t8ry. gs.,sI
Messrs r. D. Browning and w. Q.
15la1ey. who were appointed registrars in
the Courthouse District of Orange county
by the Constitutional Convention have
declined to serve, and Judge Morton. OF
the County Court, will have to fill the va
cancies
A colored revival near Brooke. in STAFF
ford county. drew an immense crowd OF
that race yesterday to the meeting
grounds. a distance of about Ten miles
from this city, .As many as 400 colored
people of this city purchased tickets to
that point On the Richmond. Fredericks-
burg and Potomac Railroad, and many
others Went by private. conveyances. The
crowd, while very large. was orderly
DEATHS IN CULPEPER.
Mrs. Cornelia c. Petty, widow of the
late z. Petty, and sister of the late Col
oncl c. I. Crittenden, who commanded
the Thirteenth Virginia Regiment, of
Jackson's Division, during the Civil War.
died suddenly of heart disease at her
home in Culpeper county. aged SEVENTH
six years. She is survived by two chill
GrelL
Mr.. George Apperson. Jr.. a prominent
citizen of Culpeper county, died at his
h"me of cancer Of the liver aged forty
i've years.
Mrs, T. S. Abbott who died few days
pEo at her home, Satillo Mexico, was
formerly a resident of Orange county. a
daughter OF the late Edward Male, of
that county. and a sister of Mrs Il.
Go'sen, Of Somerset.
Frank Burton. a negro. of Stafford coun-
~. as to-day fined So and costs by Mayor
Willis for refusing to go in the car pro-
Si6ed for colored people and Insisting on
riding In the car Tor white people when
be boarded a train on the Richmond
Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
here