Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-04-10
THE OLD DOMINION
Latest News Cleaned From All Over
the State.

virginia pensions t-Willafn llptphi
Pine Top. $40: Patrick MCGOWAN, $40;
Thomas R. Hicks, $I2, and Charles a.
Bacon, sly, all at National Soldiers
Berkeley, $12; Herman Scheibe, $40:
both OF National Soldiers Home, Eliz.
abeth City county; Henrietta V. West
Onancock. $12; Daniel MCGOWAN, Sol
diers' Home. Elizabeth City county
s.; Levin Buxter. Soldiers Home
Elizabeth City county, $I2; Nancy Cor
nick, Norfolk, So; minors OF Daniel
| Reedy (War with SPAIN. Portsmouth,
| SIC; Isaac N. Swat. Broadway. So
! John L. Ellison Chatham. $I2: Lean
der Gilbert. Dryden, $50; Thoma:
Daily, $40; William Cox. So. National
Soldiers Home. Elizabeth City county;
Margaret A. Dunning. Norfolk. So;
Elizabeth A. Copeland West End. S.
| Two boys about IA years old broke
into the Pungoteaguc Public School
on Sunday, during a hard rain. While
| there they did much damage by throw.
ing ink on the walls. by destruction oil
| desks, tables and books, drawing o.
obscene pictures, and writing vile Ian
guage on the walls. The boys-Charles
taken before Magistrate Mears, who
found the boys guilty and announced
that he would fine them, fixing tho
| amount later.
Mr. P. l.. Yates. of the firm Of P. L
Yates g. Son. stock brokers. had hi
arm broken in two places and his hil
crushed while loading stock at thu
Chesapeake Western depot. Harris
burg. While closing a car it was strucl
by shifting engine and Mr.. Yates
arm was pinioned by falling door
| AS the car moved his body was caugh,
| and rolled between the car and pos
alongside the track
| Reports from the Naval HoSpita
and the receiving ships at Norfolk are
that the diphtheria situation is improv
| ing. No new cases have developed II
several DAYS.
Fire in the Southern Railway Offices
at Norfolk threatened the building blu
the damage was Slight
p S. Riyes of Petersburg, charged
with attempted assault OIL Mrs. Mar,
Kissenick, was released by Judge J. NJ
Mullens on a writ OF habeas corpus or
$1,000 bail
A charter has been granted by the
Circuit Court to the Meyers Cav
Telephone Exchange" capital $1,000
owned by farmers OF Augusta county
J. b. hagey IS president
X. N. Goolrick and J. T. Goodrich
Jr.. young business men of Fredericks
burg. will leave in few days for 10
hannesburg, South Africa, to engage If
business.
\ The town OF Hampton will have tive
new national banks il movement nov
ON foot is successful. one charter hav
| ing been issued to George A. Schne.1
Henry L. Schmelz. w. w. Woodward
John R. Kimberly and Nelson r
Groome.
A Richmond official OF the Virgins;
Carolina Chemical Company says tina
thousands OF tons more fertilizer is be
ing shipped this year to the cotton bel
than heretofore This is attributed t
the high price Of cotton.
Conductor Luther Robertson. OF thu
Norfolk and Western Railroad, WHIT
was shot by negro tramp, at Crewe
is dead Alexander Davis, who wa
identified by Robertson, was taken to
Farnville Jail for safekeeping.
Maj. A. Norton. OF Sabot Island, ha.
purchased the Eakleton Hotel, .
Stanton, from Mr.. W. Z. Harris
Inspector of Public Building
Holmes has made report recommend
ing all $4,000 addition to the Peters
burg Customhouse
Lewis Stoner, a painter. who ha:
been living near Bluemont, has filed
suit against Ernest A. and Amelia P
Sellhausen. of Washington. D. c.. TO
$4,000 damages for broken leg re.
ceived from a fall while painting thu
house OF the Selhausens.
Mr.. l.. Rector young man who
worked at Catletts. Fauquier county
while on his way to visit his parents
was caught on bridge of the South
ern Railroad by train and Instant.
killed. A youth who was with him cs
caped injury by lying down close be
tween the rails.
Mr.. Benjanin Newton, OF klns
George county, was shot in the hcat
while handling pistol which was ac
| cidentally discharged.
Sheriff NJ w. Wallace, of Charlotte
N. c., left Norfolk with William Har
ris, an alleged negro outlaw wanted il
Charlotte for many crimes At tn
house where Harris lived box con
tanning keys, burglars tools, chloro
form and masks OF various colors wer
found.
The Board Of Supervisors OF Rock
bridge county has unanimously adopt
ed resolution disappearing the BIZ
now before the General Assembly t,
appropriate 100000 to the jamestown
Terceutcnnial Exposition.
A strict dog tax law-5o cents o,
males and ST on females-has been pr
in force in Rockbridge county.
1t is stated that the Old Dominic,
Steamship Company will have tws
more modern steamers built at thu
Newport News shipyards.
At Danyilc fire a negro who wa
trying to put out the blaze before TIN
hremen reached the scene fell from til
housetop and was seriously injured
Another fire destroyed the home 0
Mr.. Lee l.. Swain and the residenc'
owned by his sister-in-law. The con
tents OF both were burned.
Alfred Agnor, OF Buena Vista, con
victed of illicit selling of whskey ii
one case, was sentenced by, Mayor Lee
to Jail for six months and fined S2oc
and in another case to three months il
Jail and hne of 500.
Rev. DR. Calvin S. Blackwell. rey
pastor Of The First Baptist Church, ar
rive. a. Norfolk from Wiliaington.