The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-03
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BoYDToM. va. Oct "a little little en-
OF o1n ar w y 9'a With its mother have been
on a visit to Chase City, made mar
row escape from death day or two
since The child was playing snnGnd in st6 the
Of the building, when it ran against the
window and pushed open the blinds and
fell headlong to the ground. The breath
few moments, but strangely 1t was not
bruised or seriously injured and Is now
doing we'll.
FREDERICKSBURG. Vain the Cir
cult Court Of Stafford county ye u n1ra
Susan Dye from her husband. c. !.
Dye.
LEXINGTON, vA.-Mr. John H Whit
more Of Lexington has S sold h,,vars cn ,9sre
Myers &: Housemnn, export dealers OF
Baltimore. There We're forty In the l9t,
and the average weight was l,Sso p onnas;
The largest was steer which Weisheo
1850 pounds.
Johnson Of the Norfolk and Western.
has been elected president of the Poca-
hontas Coal and Coke Company, to sue
coed +. j. Kimball.
NEWPORT NEWS, yA.;-The battle
ship Missouri will have her builders
trial off the Virginia capes TOMORROW.
The vessel is expected to make eighteen
and one-ha!I KNOTS.
residence n eA Of Mr. John McDaniels, at
Stokesland, last night, and very, badly
frightened two ladies, who jumped up In
their night clothes and ran to the t seie-
graph office, q distance OF several nun
dred yards. When the telegraph ope-
rator returned to the house. the theyes ayes
had fled and it could not be found thar
they had taken any YIN ;hov wero after
some jeweiry that belonged to. Miss Yoss.
iels.
NoRroL u r WINES pay Melissa 81 N paXHe
r ere Iq District, at the State reunion
Of Confederate veteransl to DO hotu ae
Newport News next week.
BRISTOL, vA;.-James R kl, OF.
track OF tho Virginia and southwestern
railway, near Bristol, to-day, with his
left arm ground off at the ELBOW o he ne
ty. His pockets We're stocked with wills
kew when he was run down by tram.
Surgeons amputated the arm. and the
man sspa% VIZ fsf0y Shws, vA.-captaln Da-
wilson, of the barb, Undaunted, has gene 9ri
to New York. on his way to South AIT III
ca. to take charge of another snip. ING
undaunted without ere AND viii be sold
nj auction shortly. She has been, con-
demned as unseaworthy. and VIII DC
converted into barge
NEWPORT NEWS. YA.-The canYas ,a
for subscriptions for the sailors hssI
began to-day and it Is believed that INC
institution will be properly supported III
the future. 49,,
comb a former resident and blacksmith
OF this city, was Kicked N the s sn,
ach by a horse, while working ~ cum
berland, and Is not expected to lVe'
sTRAsBURG. VA.-The large stable o. OF
the Strasburg Milling Company, Mhs
burned Friday morning at o,elpck, at rme
fire had gotten beyond control aor IeaTre
Il was discovered. The entire c 9n1a.a'
Including a valuable horse M ana 91e s
WAGON we're consumed. me loss IS
about $500 with no insurance. me o''s'h
oNORFOLK. VA.-Alonxo Curtis was TO-
dav formally arraigned on the, charge, o, OF
murder, William Flannagan, MS v.S' ~.
made no ante-mortem statement ana me
trial was continued until tomorrow lo'
"NtStmIRrOLK, vA.-The Interstate Com,
marco Commission will sit IN TINS Giay
nctober 9th. TO hear the case or Guy I Gas
Company against the Baltimore anu oh'o
F Ths eSs company alleges that the hal.
t,,nnre and Ohio disadvantages againse
n !Mls poii in its It's tariff on gas coal