The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-02
Ri'at,ppah,aI7lnrlnl,o.-'c-'kt Valley Med.
Assn. Meets In Fredericksburg
MAILBAG y ''l:.E' .(: WAS s; RESCUED I;
spotsylvania Carrier Swan Out 70 the
Tree Upon Which, I Had Lodged.
Street Paving Ia fredericksburg Y
{ Has Been Begun.
Especial to Tho ri,ne,. Dl.pa ten !,


FREDER1CKsB RG, VA, April 1.--AI
meeting Of the Rappahannock valley
Medical Association was held here last
night In the reading rooms OF the Wash
,lnstoni Guards. tho attendance being large.
Among the out-of-town members present
were Drs. q. IA. Massey and w. A. Har-
,ris, OF spotsylvanin county, Or. ". b.
Robinson, OF Tappahannock; Or. r. Il ]. d
u'nyne. Of Stafford county; Drs. w. ]. q
Crittenden and w. a. Gordon, OF Orange
county. Nearly NIL OF the local doctors
were also present. Interesting reports
were rnado on cases oftyphold fever, locke
Jaw ana appendicitis. together with N q
statement OF the treatment In each case.
The election or officers for the coming
year resulted as follows:s Dr.. B, Hales, OF
this 81 ", president; DR.. W. J. Cri ttenden.F
OF Orange county, vlce-president; DR.. ". &
J. Chewing, OF this olty secretary q ana n
sion was over the members Of tho nsso.
citLtion6 were entertained at Wiliams cafe,
where an elegant repagt was served.
Il w lillian Fl. Dewey, who carries the mail
between this city and ASpotsylyanin Court
house, had a narrow escape one day this
week. Massnponax Run was very high,
as a result OF the heavy rains, and when
he attempted to CROSS his ! horse and We
3hicleU with the mai were swept down the
current. Dewey managed to swim to tho.
shore, and the horse In Ills struggles be-
came detached from tho vehicle and also
swan out. Tho mail pouch caught In o.
tree about 100 yards below tho ford. DeW-
ey swan out and secured the mall pouch
caught his horse and continued on his
journey with the mall on horseback and
finished Ills trip. Tho vehicle was lost
Rev. J. 8. Hutchinson, who for the past
four years has been the presiding elder Of
tho Lcwisburg District and was last night
IN the Baltimore Conference Of the Meth.
odIst Episcopal Church. South. assigned
BY Bishop Smith to this charge IL not
a stranger here. having been pastor Of
this church sixteen years ago, and ne Will
b. warmly welcomed to his old charge
by the community generally. Rev. George
r. Tyler, his predecessor. was also popu-
lar hero and will bear with him TO his
new field as presiding elder o. Iewisps = I,
District, the best wishes OF not only nls
congregation, but OF the cltizons generally.
The work OF paving tho streets here
has commenced in earnest. and Contraca
tor j, "A. GUIDE, OF Richmond, VIII push
the work rapidly, He has not yet secured
his full force Of hands, as many OF the
ilaborers are holding OF for higher prices
than no is offering, but ne expects to se-Ss
cure all Of the help he needs.
SS Mr. w IS. Montclth, a we'll known llsn-s
sorman of Stafford county, brought IN o
lot Of 0gh and terrnpins TO the market
here to-day, in which were several " tas3
ruond back terraplns, which are not often
seen IN this market. They are IN great
demand In washingt on and Baltimore
whore the dish made from them IS con-,
s;dered a rare delicacy These diamond
backs were caught In Potomac Creek IN
4 net with FISH. 3 Fish arc running well
now, and there has been g tumble ll'lE ~. In
prices. I, I, ~. I, \,
ing accepted tho position az mechanical
foreman OF the Excelsior Mills, at Urban
~ that place with his family to reside