The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-23
PEANUT CASE IN
PRINCE ||C|!' [. GEORGE
Fire III Drug Store Cellar
Does Considerable
Damage.
CONTRACT % R FOR j ]. IRON 4 BRIDGE
The Methodist Union Sunday
School Association
Meets.
CONTRACT For. IRON BRIDGE
fspecIol "a Tho T,lnc,. D,sn,,c,,

Especial TO Tho Times Disnatc,,,
p15TERsBUI1G, VA. May ss.DMuch
interest is takcn here In the suit Of Mrs.
Helen NJ. Hogc against the Virginia
Fire and Marine Insurance Company for
$1,1O0 insurance on stock of peanuts.
which began to-day in the Circuit Court
at Prince George Courthouse. The. COM
pany refuses to pay the policy on the
ground OF fraudulent statements OF
amount of stock burned. PLAINTIFFS
witnesses to-day testified that the
stated quantity of peanuts was in tho
burned building.
Benjamin Harrison, q prominent Pc
tersburg contractor. made an excellent
expert Witness Judge ]. NJ. Mullen is
presiding for Judge West and r. II.
Hoge. who Is the wife of j. II. Hoge, OF
Prince George. Bernard Mann OF Pcs,
tcrsburg, and w. NJ. Bernard, of Surry
county, represents the company.
1t was thought that the case will not
reach the jury for three or four days
FIRE IN a CELLAR.
A fire In the cellar of w. E. Browns
drug store at the corner. of Sycamore
and Bank Streets early Sunday morn
luS Niu tiDOuI S1,Ouu uuIIltSt. L ne lOSS
is believed to be covered by insurance,
but definite figures are not stated, as
Mr.. Brown has not yet returned from
trip 10 Delaware.
The fire vas discovered by some young
men returning from .smoker at the
Petersburg Club, who turned in an
alarm, and probably prevented big
blaze. ]sgi
q Tho Long Bridge across the Nottoway
II. al
die counties on the line Of the old Peters,
burg and Boydton Plank Road, is at last
to be rebuilt.
A $4,000 contract for an iron bridge
has been awarded to the Roanoke Bridge
Company of Roanoke, Va, the two
counties 10 equally divide the expense
+ The bridge will have one span 100 feet
In length, with a 300-foot approach on
the Brunswick side. and 100 feet on the
3Dinwiddie side.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
Washington Street Methodist Church
was crowded yesterday afternoon with
interested spectators OF the thirty-ninth
annual meeting Of the Methodist Sum
day School Union, Association of Peters
burg Eight schools took part In the
meeting. and thes reports showed the
largest register In the associations hiss
tory with an average attendance of
zoos during the last month. and a total
register OF 1900. Statistics for this
year already show a considerable in
crease over, the year 1900. which was
one OF the most successfp the. associa-
tion has i ever, flad 80 III ,t.,y &
Rev. Or. W. G., Starr, 9 pastor Of. the
Washington Street Church, made an In
teresting address on PALESTINE. Mr..
Isham r. Dyer was reelected president
for the ensuing year.
The entrance of twenty young ladies
singing professional as they marched
to decorate the pulpit with flowers was
beautiful feature of the meeting.
The Sunday school of Market Street
Methodist Episcopal Church also cele-
brated an. anniversary yesterday, Its
forty seventh. "Chlldren's Day was
the watchword OF the programme. Mr..
Augustus Wright was recommended to
superintendent Mr.. G. A. Jordan was
elected assistant superintendent and Mr.
G. A.. Sheppard. president.
HEBREW CEMETERY;
The Brit. Achim congregation of or
thodox Hebrews has purchased from the
reformed Jewish congregation some
property on the Jerusalem Plank Road,
in Blahdford. which will be used as O
cemetery.
DR.. Frederick H. Sykes. Of Columbia
University, New York city. Will lecture
to morrow night at the Young Mems
Christian Association Hall on Sir wal
ter Scott and Romanticism. the lec-
ture is under the auspices OF the ooutli -
ern Female College.
The funeral of Mrs. Rosamond Mon
stapue who died in Washington yester-
day, will take place here to-morro"
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