The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-08
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Miss Harrison Roughly Handled sl
iii Her Fathers Back D. Yard ard i8
at Night.
her HAIR CUT Gu FROM +: B ON HEAD :I['
.Any1nfuriated Boar Attacks Two.
Voting Men and Does y. Then Them
Serious Injury.


pErl;17sBURu, VA. March Miss
Mollo 11arrisor. a well known young
lady. living In 1Itttck, was attacked IN
X her fathers buck yard Saturday night
hv mn unknown man, who, unseen.
rrn hhct her from behind. Sho began To-
scream for help, when he threatened 70
Xii hcraif. she did rot hush and submit
herself to hts will But the frightened
young woman continued her cries when
Tia flcnd then caught her by the hair
md With one stroke Of a knife or other
sharp instrument cut of her mar anu I'M
raj, away with 1t. 4. &
II was several mirutcs before any help
came to Miss Harrison nndi she was
almost overcome with fatiguc and ri ht.S
II was found that her hands had been
gashed In n dozen places With some some
dull instrument during tho brief tusslc
With her assailnnt.
He escaped without being seer. and
Miss Harrison herself never saw the
man's face sufficiently to be able TO lden-
&tffyf him IL lie should be arrested. "A \
N
An Infatuated boar attacked the two
coylngton brothers near Petersburg yes
tnrtay afternoon, and one OF tho YOU'RE
men received wounds SO severe tilat ply 4.
Esicians arc not yci apie ~ sa9 /" ~ ~
the result will be. .tt{ 4, :
The two young men were on ,hcisa
Way 10 attend the afternoon service at
the First Baptist Church. They we're
we'll on their way when the boar at
tackled them. Both ran to escape the IN
sfurIatcd animal but the boar overlook
ono or them, Peter CoYlngton. ana Win
his tusk tore a dangerous Wotin .nhoer#
the knee. The young mer, came 70 i,c .'et'
burg and crudcly treated the injury
They returned home that afternoon and
later Mr. Covington began to suffer so
Intensely that he had to be brought TO
phvsicians In this city. The wonTH was
found TO be a dangerous ono ana D..
4 r,cnnie who Is the physician IN charge
said to-day that he could not yet FORE
tell the result.
Tho young meT are -soIls OF ME = ilol'''is
Hcovington and brothers OF Mr. ,ito Per.
#royingtou. who vas the fireman recently
killed in tho wreck Of tho cannon ball
near this city.
4 ANTI SALOON MEETING.
The la rgcst audience that has taxed
Tho capacity OF the First Baptist Church
4 Tor many 1nnEtlls was present at the
meeting held yesterday afternoon in the
interest OF the Anti-Saloon League " OF
virginia. One Of the chief attractions
A was the Daley Quartctte. which rendered.
The musical selections. This Is one OF the
most popular a,lartettes that comes 70
Petersburg, and the announcement that
they would sing was all that was ncces-#
sary to M the church, so that many
who came late could not get H. The
songs OF this quartette as effectively Inn
pressed tho audience as ans orator could
have done.
ROY. DR.. Taylor the pastor OF the
n First Baptist Church. told OF the Nlchol-
son law in Indiana and the work Of the
arti-saloon people in that state The
fight in Virginia, no says, IS free from
any acrimony or bitterness. and is being
conducted out of brotherly love.
Rev. S. C. Hatcher. Of Market Street
Methodist Church, one of the most popu-
lar minister's ever stationed In Peters
burg. followed Dr. TAYLOR. do assured
those who heard him that lie would
never abuse the man who keeps the bar,
for he is conducting n legitimate busi-
moss under the civil statute and Is licensed
to deal out the destructive intoXicant
4 that curses and ruins one out OF every
B five boys and produces two-thirds Of the
pnuperism In this country. S1r Hatcher
3 said the league would never go any
further thar public sentiment desired.
= He thinks that II the league were given
$4,000 a year for six years that there
Z would be no bar rooms LETT In the State
NEW DEACONs.5 5sSS
pa A congregational meeting ofethe menu
bers or Tabb Street Presbyterian Church.,
s Rev. II, s. Foster pastor. WIS held yes
terday morning for the purpose Of choos-
ing six additional dcaccns. Mcssrs l..
3, spottswood, Alfred Friend, lr,, 1Iar-l
rls r. DOMAIN. r. RI. Seabcrry. Willis
The board Of dcacons, 4
The congregation endorsed the rccom-
3 mendntions made by the church officers
regarding improvements to the church
Z building and manse. y bout SLIGO will bes
expended. and the edifice will DO thor
oughlys renovated, a steel ceiling Will
be put In, new carpets laid. electric
lights and modern heating arrangements
Installed starred glass windows nut in,
The building painted insldcsnnds ont, and 4
the SllrdnYschool. room and pastors rcsf-
81 dence improved
Fl \, 1T was announced at tho meeting TINT
i3the sum raised In the church for the pur-
pose of replacing the missionary BOAT
Iapsley now amounts to about SIS.
MURDER AT CITY POINT.
l4 r. Lawson Woolrlcl, of Evergreen.
Appomattox county Va. was murdered
at City Point Saturday night by Floyd I,
Nichols. a negro, who was arrested SUN
day and lodged inltlle Petersburg, jail, 81
WoorIch ana Nichols We're engaged in