The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-19

burg. Cuipeper and numerous other
The venerable colonel suffered a
oi".. "a q a s,i1cnt IN december.
1919. The broken limb refused to
mend and since the accident he has
in an invalid's chair until about two
weeks ago.
Was Faithful Fan.
Up to the present season, Colonel
Field had been q regular attendant at
the Mckenzie Street Baseball Park,
and though his eyesight was badly
impaired, faithful young daritey who
wheeled him about the streets and
who knows the national game. al
ways took him to a point In the left
end of the grandstand and explained
to him every play that was made on
the diamond. which he enjoyed Inn.
mensely.
He was a man probably as well
known and as highly esteemed as any
citizen in Southside Virginia. and in
recent years he had taken special de-
light in reciting war history and his
many experiences through the great
struggle between the States to the
younger generation. Colonel Field
will be no less missed by the young
people OF Petersburg than by i'm
mediate members of his family. His
children, eight of whida-f6ur sons
and four daughters--survi will have
the sympathy of the entire community
in their bereavement
Remarkable Operation.
DR.. j. III. Hargrave, county coroner
of Prince George. performed what lis
considered a remarkable operation
upon Mrs. Lizzie Norsal, aged twenty
f0Nr n HnnsntHll L..
day. last for mastoiditis. The patient
on the day following the oleiatoA
walked a mile and a half to DR. Har-
graves office for treatment. DIR. Har,
grave was assisted in the operation by
DR.. Ferry, of Hopewell, ana on rfldav
Mrs. Norsafs temperature was at
normal and the wound showed no N
effects.
Mercury Climbs to f04.
For the past three days Petersburg
has felt one of the hottest waves for
several years. On yesterday the ther-
mometer climbed to its highest mark,
1O4 degrees, and not until late even
ing when light shower from the
northwest accompanied by a refresh.
ing breeze did the city's pedestrians
cease to mop their dripping brows.
Petersburg Marriages.
Licenses wre issued by Clerk Robert
g. Bass yesterday for the marriage Of
James Hoffman Whitmore, Sir. aged
sixty years, and Mrs. Annie Lee Raw
ling, forty-four both of Petersburg
Mr.. Whitmore was a widower and his
bride a widow.
AT o'clock yesterday afternoon,
Rev. A. r. Love, of the West End
Baptist Church, united in marriage
Benjamin Holland Eargle, twenty
three, and Mrs. Lillian Mann, at his
residence in West Washington Street.
Mr.. Eargle Is a citizen of Stanley
County, North Carolina, and Mrs
Mann was formerly of New London.
N. c.
Death of Mrs. Greenhow.
Mrs. Eudora A. Greenhow, widow
of the late Thomas J. Greenhow. died
at $40 o'clock last evening at her
residence, 237 Grove Avenue. Mrs
Greenhow Is survived by one son.
Thomas p. Greenhow, of Cincinnati,
also hv two sisters and three brothers,
jamin H. Judkins. Of this city: Joseph
W. ouaAlns, o. f'oitworth, Tex; and
John H. Judkins, Of Savannah, Ga,
Laborer Is Found Dead.
Tony Caslas, a Greek laborer at the
Dupont plant. near City Point, aged
fftyhve years, who had been COM
planning of being unwell for several
days. disappeared Friday and his
dead body was discovered in the
woods near the plant this morning
j. T. Morriss &c Son, local undertakers,
were notified and the body was
brought by them to this city today and
inferred in Blandford Cemetery.