The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-14
WHAT WAS NEWS
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Reprinted fr.-. rh,s Newspaper.

| Various rumors and many erroneous
reports about tho so-caued arrest OF
OF tho Conreueracy. have been PUNISH
I, ed III Richrnonu and elsewhere. Ii has
been said that the ex-senator amt va
liant colonei had been arrested and
court -nartialeu for unreasonable ex-
pressions." Nothing OF the sort has
doubtablo colonel got into sotno trouble
with tho railroad authorities in Geor-
gla, and here are the facts: Colonel
regiment that lie raised himself for
general defense. and he WAS tuiSing the
regiment to, savannah. Tho men were
to travel In box cars. and as tho
weather was. very cold. they made IN
the centre OF each car n KIND of fur
mace composed of stonc and sand. and
IN these they made fres. The agent OF
, tho railroad objected to the fires. say
motion thoy would set fire TO tho whole
business. and declared that tho train
should not bo moved until tho fires wcro
eNtinguished. Colonel Toombs came on
tho scene, and rs is usual with him, he
did some vigorous cursing and ordered
the train moved. The agent being
"ontnumbcred. submitted and the train
went along. The agent then compln in
ed to tho authorities. and Colonel
eral charges. OF course. nothing VIII
come OF the case, for the cars did not
BURN and tho troops We're safely landed
In Savannah. where they are doing good
service.
High Cost of bread.
IN the City Council yesterday, Colonel
walker onered a resolution to regulate,
the weight OF loavcs of bread rs mado
by the city bakers. Even at the pres
the bakers AT the present>price or bread
weight, make some,hing ike lie $50 R5SS s"r
ton 10 regulate tho weight Will doubt
Good Work I'm Florida.
r1 to ON
cially from Charleston as follows:
General Finnegan has rcpulsed tho
success was very creditabie to himself
ana his command, the enemy's force
being much superior to his own. His
rcinforcements did not reach him, ow-
me TO delays on tho road"
General Wise's Success.
own, Sen HTian bealuregard reports that Gen
my last Wednesday on Johns Island.
lie lie is to-day In pursuit OF tho enemy.
while that OF General Wise scarcely
exceeded 1000.
From Charleston.
mo Confederate batteries have been
firing on the Yankees for tho past two
days and have In IA measure silenccd
their guns, For. the past twenty four
only about ono AN hour. and these have
done little or no damage.
From KnOxrIlIc.
"A special dispatch from Morristown,
Tenn, says the latest news from Knox
VILE is to the effect that there arc now
1900. cases Of smallpox among the
Northern troops IN aud around that
city. and that Knoxville is being prac-
ticaily evacuated because OF the preva-
the enemy being now located between
KnoTvillc and Loudon. There Is also
much suffering among tho citizens or
TO Extend city Limits.
Ar sne Stn,e o Iegis'ature Nssterdny
limits of Richmond city. Ie also r offer
ed resolution, which was referred. in
ginia Fire and Marine Insurance Com
pany.
New Insurance Compnny
In the House of Delegates Yesterday
PIN was passed Incorporating tho
Richmond Insurance Company. The Of
ticers are prominent business men or
the city.
An irish Fight.
About o'clock last evening two
light on the bridge which crosses the
dock at the foot OF Seventeenth Street
They had been at 1t only Il few min
for fifteen or twenty minutes there
were all kinds Of scratching and biting
and gouging. the like OF which was
annals OF this city. Finally policemen
came along and closed the sport for the
day.
Dcnth OF Brave Texan.
DR. y. G. Cromble. assistant surgeon
of the First Texas Regiment. was killed
on "Wednesday By falling from the cars
Of train on the Wilmington and We'll
don Hallway, at Faison's Station. He
fell under tho moving cars. ana was
literally torn to pieces
I'm the Market.
Prices OF all things To eat are adj
vancing. on the market yesterday the
following wholesale prices prevailed:
bacon, $3.50 To 50 per pound: salt pork.
81 per pound; fresh pork. S3.50, beer
SEQ; dressed turkeys, $3.50 per pound:
lard s to $3.50: butter, S350 to Sd.
eggs. S3 per dozen: Irish potatoes. $40
10 Sl2 per. bushei: sweets. set per
bushel: onions $50 to s35 per bushcl.
salt - cents Per pound: coffee. Sll.5o
TO Sl2 per pound; sugar ST to $3.50 por
pound: whiskey. sos TO SS5 per gallon.
ample brandy SIS tn S55 nor ,r,tIr,,