Richmond Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • Page 1

12 PAOB Ito-day. THE RICHMOND DISPATCH. it non rO-DAY. BICHMOND, SUNDAY. MARCH 24, MM.

-H-ig" l'Kll OOFyT? iir.l/S BIG CANAL Tue RU-! WarsUIps In the World Hill Attend tiie ili All III When Ix-riiian I ror ll.u Ins 11 I'llultl? pre r. I.one. MEW pagi ant in I of The bave totally pv th. sudden seriously thP in storm, ecuhsr Vbi, is a retord whlrh rT fearful of th- makes hP be wrecks Thirty? naas around Jutland the Baltic and ol tt human Ufa pro an PM maritime puprsmacy, and dselart- Is SISO spending dredging. Ight-housea hope of diverting of from Ik? MAP OF ROUTE OP CANAL.

it Kiel, ity-two Kiel to Klba. and practl? ally naval VI? u.i; he hai al will be bi have tn it burnire I and ire led. Gen ne will Sit in? n-of-t 'c- boats at European Tba Kiel which Is nr.w pracu and Ib only awaiting the formal opening exercises before it Ip of the v. "rid. has thi past ntury of Lub? a rich and Inde? n.

bulli a canal from the he Elb Inade the of the ntury Hamburg built a abort ctlon from the iasi bul the fault) of th? timi lowe it to in1' frith dering It ua? The great Wallensteln sumo time later voliceli a project when appoint? Im ENGLISH WARSHIP BLAKE. were a 111 be careful to it farci It has always been I to ll BUI 1 by a than ith? Franc? will I hi event In I iiii I rt-tary perlai Admiral like thai which Is soon 1 he IS Unable 10 en I BChl TOO aid the end of tin? last century "Christian built famoua Blder canal, tut it baldly serv? ti? purpoai of advancing sala took possession of the rrltorj In IStt was he 11 oja et lout ti For many ears Hie tv bltt? ii "pi used by .1 General Moltke, who Ignored IvanUtgea of tin and onl) 11 a military point tflew. ills contention was mainly rr ItATTI.KHHIP of the Navy Department, baa al? ready Inetruet? II I Am? Kml Emi ir Uli il. li wo, and p.m in ihe itlvltl? KM he Mar i will prob il tie ne; armoi cru Vork ni England ile? malt? Bhtp in her class 1 of the Co? Ausilia will ha it it woul take a ist army of sol? a Vent the the an il ui.I I bl tier xpa lelcl it It Into tb" It BISMARCK Tn Tin: RESCUE ppealed to by friends rt min I Spi re. iv? ii? advantai bad a short talk with Moltke and won blm over.

In 1883 tin gov? im? I I ItS cei- ind In the old Kalsei Wilhelm laid the corner-stone MASSACHUSETTS. Itaiv will i ive a like number; Spain will anttpa i down twi will have three; Russia win dtlc-B a nm I um.irl.'. melan Dea canal liei of tho work tvliich prandsnn will rll Its completion, ti. .1 SS an herculi in task from an engineering standpoint A greater part time a men in been al work it. total excavation being ibic yards, while In the Manchester canal only cubic yarda were The Mancheater canal coal 00, and Impoverlabed many its projectors, whlie the Baltic canal's close to the original estimate, in TEI? STATI? WAltSUU? Unity boastl that I't-iiuark will Miil-r than II in the ft kart tin? rich br.

tofore to pass Copen make thi issag? threat? cliffs Jutland The n-w Canal will IMa perlJuu? and rouudubwut trip, fact, Ik? fiai mm canal has been the oiiiy one Of Kltnil.tr aiit-i which bas peeked to a suceaasful issue The thou Ip fortunes, and the Nicaragua uffalr promises to the fume. levad country between Kiel and of assistance In the vn-ik, sud Hi away with tbe necessity of building iiiimhcrlfBS locks. During but three weeks In the nre there any changes In the love! at Kb 1 harbor, and In that parted the look at the Ilaltlfc end may tie utilised. locks are each tat feet long. 83 feet wide, nnd feet deep on the Sill.

At the end of the canal. MkSl- tide runs with considerable -trangth, the gates will be closed and opened every day. The nverai-es 217 feet In widlh, and nl tin? IhafloWeSt Is thirty MSI In dtpth. This will allow tl, Mg? of Igfgi, m. lialitin.

tin? heaviest meg of Sfar In the German navy. Ordinary vessels will ba 10 move only at the rate of five ii rt -1 half tiita-s an hour, the toll will be 11 rents por net register ton. This means that the receipts will probably be In tht? n'li'hborhiwid of a year. The of Um openlnp; will main days Tin- will begin on Juna? 17ih at the Hamburg City and tv I I be continued the lowlng day at On june 1Mb th.r?? will grant land and BOO festivities, and on the a yacht race and tnVtnl ani 'uridrs. on this day tb" EmpTor will S-M bald grani reception.

From this to LTiti of the month there arili be yacht regattas and number for the entertainment of all thi: rniM or e. m. WIUQATT. I I Into Will fay Them UhSS l'Hill of Their March 23-(Spe J. K.

Edmondsen, of the Bank of Lexington, has that on Monday, hfarch Sth, be arili iy the osttors one iifib of amount Ir deposita This Prill practically Into ttion in the town sad and relieve the pressing money necessity to a certain degras Madison OOinore dk at his homi the Hull's (or better known as back draft of ereek), after a brief Ulnesa Ho was en- of old dtlsens of county, and issa bora and reared wltnin sigili Of he ill? d. He was aneti 70 A large gathering 'f poopks, old and young, sssemblatd at the reattlenca of Mr. John McCown, of this county, on L3, itti, witness the marriage of Major John M. Stuart to Miss McCown. ton of bf.th families were the Sootcb-Irlsh people who settled that portion of Rockbrkige county, were am ing the moat respected fami 2 BCOTCB IRISH.

Stuart, grandfather of Major Btu rt, irm tl to In land In une back to Ami rli a la la? the same yar. He main Miss Bettle Walker, grandds-tghter of r. of Whlgton, Scotland, and wai thui related the slkers and 11? on Walker's en ek the ar 1740. .) ihn Stuart ha i family of childn on? daughl Mary, Hid several sona Muy married Will mi Wglker, broth? Walker, ho a ne the truste? Wa Collegi Wa hin tt anal Lee and father-ln-la Ri v. imuel Housten, one of ministers of Rock county, Jamep Stusrl moved iton, s.

and vi ry wa althy. Rob? 11 Stuart livi i ind died near Lexington, was th? ibv. Stuart, of Abb the father of Key. John one of "ir missionaries to China. Stuart, fathi of ijor John Btusrt, i ihe Head; had "ii" ter, Mary, who marrb-d Brown, ind four sona ai William, and The latti was the father of Mr.

C. Stuart, of Leali in, Maja John H. Stuart wvs born in and hap been a remarkable ni vi had serious Hin? ss, Hi I it thi old of Ui Whi he was man bis father received fatal Injuries fi a log rolling on blm At the lime pn bul Major, who the Immense fi his father. set was commenti upon bj the Lexington papers ol ibtt day. Majoi and irl are the parents of pi fu hlldn n.

ol lesi son died while ng for the ministry. One son and is are Ii ft to cheer and bright th? Ii dining LIVING WITNESSEa day, the Ith they ilebrated their golden wedding. Notwttli landing the gloomy day quite number of Invited guests were pi congratulate tbe hi ppy couple. Amona guests preaeni re two of thei? attendantp the only living of the marri ige Mrs. Mary Bros and Captain Jam? A.

Walker. sumptuous dinner wag served in true old Virginia si le At a recent meeting held by the amp ol Confed? ati Vet? ran endorse lonlng Congress ibiisii a national park at Appomattoa Courthou commemorate the surren? der ot Ihe Army of Northern Vlrg nla Mr. Herbert Pn Bton, of Baltlm ire, In town this week triaiUng Mrs, Bl P. Allen. Mi Ifleld, of New York.

Is J. Han. Annie and tnny Met luir daughters of Dr. Hauler McOuIre, or ths guests Mrs. j.

Iph Tucker. Mr. John Bi Ulan, t'f Rockbridge Lodge, No. 1 Ion, an I Mr. E.

1 Lodge, No, 17, si BathB, In lepa nt ird? ot beet a to repre? sent tbi live 1 if-s the el Ciani Lodg at Man in I.ntv nuil I air s. To Htor of the Dl it? me of the 17th Instant 1 h- I the MONI ERE-, VA. To at he lit? of thi ompllcatlons In thro the i.i snsw? lowing have foni or Uve candid it Commisi on ol only two foi Commonwealth's Attorney. Now, supp voter a I his illol attorney und would he ba ch all the the for, or lost thi name of bis candidat? 's do? M. S.

I c.i-t bis ballot f'ir rnej on.y, then he fr all the oth nai the ket, and not simply the nun? of bis pponent." rn ti. th it yon are in error Ii the vol? must all nan on the ballot wl bi only wish? to ite dice. The law is cl ar that the Hip la rotei the ther, be by ng all the candidati except the one v. The rt all untOU? et re only ne indld. (Bea, if it is ite for him, bis nn.

itched Where are mori nam than one for an the 1 is them, nr ttet Is tak of In tin- count Ili Ctlon Of the il' v. hen aa to si offl? more than one nani" ret ratched, the illol that liai oflk snail be but the hallol as to any otker otBce for which only one name remains nn? scratched shall valid." 1 think the law I piala t'? admit of doubt, for Bigrel) iw I that hen them wi re names un ballot, being mon than on -r office, tl. it the voter in the a half mia it? allowed him should the farce of scratching all of them -not bj.aal mark (X) bal run his pencil of the way through each name; about DOM Of which he cared, or for which he deatred to Take the inv Uteratly there arili be tattoos enough to worry Um roter without bapostag additional ones on him. for when th" sMp und rncd tditora of the Dispatch un tan Ihe law, where arili plain, hOPMSt, un ISttsrod voter H. T.

J. hanks. Our language wvtB too gene? ral, perhaps. We are oMIfOd to our pondant for his full accurate nt. rpntattM of ths law.

Profit nil) nnd l'ulti too often go together. Refrain from swtaring If you are suffering the tor? tures of rheumatism and ai I of Hi Stomach -Jitters, which will the rheumatle virus finm your Kidney and malarial COmpwatPL lyrpepsla, constipation, neuralgia, and biliousness are all relieved by this ster? and comprfhenHlve family medicine itbii-ti should be ka.pt always on Laud for emergencies. ESCAPE FROM DEATH Great Meo Tell How They Came Tbrongb Fires, Wrecks, and Acci-lents, lilt. IIKI'KW IN A U. II.

Oar Jump? Aetrlde a Ihr Other from llnrnlii? lln Hdl Unire, I'nrl. Mi mil). Correppondener? of tho NEW March eaw ex the other day In the corridor of tho Hotel Waldorf. Ha was talking to a party of is? idi. in? aaaaag whom I William Suinti'-r Wyse, of recent fame ta the divorce courts and an old-time chum of and I Bfl I the Krimp I beard the "I've had many a close cull on land and sea, but i.ost of all was In carry? ing postmaster and I Pearly loft my Ufo and taasoa under it? In fact, my physhlan told me I would die with nervous prostration inside the term unless I leid it down." All nodded sympathetically, and I passed on to ask lir.

Chuuncey M. Depew his narrowest escape from deatli experience. "No man can appreciate his own Ufe until It ha? HsatCbed away from him," Bald Mr. Depew, when I coagratulated him upon hi? robuat ap pearance fat at hU desk In New York "and I've been in peril often enough to be happy when I'm i'il hearty. You me my call to Why.

I almost wish you wouldn't, becaBM my imagination haa never recovered from tbe of a railway disaster in which I played a star part; and a double role an i ape? tator. It happened yean yet it all over agai.i now, Just I It 10 von. TROUBLOUI TLMLS. "it was during Iba civil war, in the fall of Bad th times were more troublous then tbaa they are now by a great deal Therefore, when I recehredj a s.minions the Secretary of War1 hingt? on a ci ri ita iiiKiit my gripsack with noi ret? lini of that time held tl.ni. if of Nea ora ng pi raoa of political Importance and a man of I opini IB? feared that ing mlgbl be don? to harm me And death lust at ihat time would a a non? losa to the State, which needed then ell It? I may also, thai daring war rail re nu.n? frequent than aow, 1er from real accident or ik ol i.

do not under? tak? "However, I made the Journey to Wash? ington all right and trai Im? portant busineea. It all finish? ed in a day and next night I found my bound for New Tork. It was notion, and could WOO n'lii Will Bleep without but night my to in the of the car I conjuri uti sin an more than once I jnj elf the packet of Important I io again. SHOT THROUGH, THE AIR. "I rnu.t have feilen uleep otter while, for suddenly felt myself beine pr.

lied ntly toward one end car it as if roe one had taken me by th and atuffi rot la can- mouth, and then had apittled a match to II Through the air and Lane? riUm. up the door all In I iuta raacbed and, climb out of tb? window Dearoal me -a win? dow bn ken to a ens mm th awful il -hi of my life, train, by mismanagemeat or taacallty, ofl track und Into a dltck, ani lb? re we were, piled up together, and the from the engine Coming fust us. and there in si peraoB ime era srling oat of tbe and work. I feat aa we a ui gi ttlng tin? peopla cut. it waa a tii tly task, and when monilng dawm twenty lay dead upon tke bank and fifty others wen- fatally or Mrlousty Wounded for me, I the in my car.

And I was quit? hurt li ti rnally, though I dl not th. il, bal afterward? I It Por I con! Walk. My miMCl med ranched apart. SAVED HIB UPE. "Tli? oddest feature that I can recall of thai accldi nt waa tli? case of a wound Idler, was coining North on a.

po fellow dragged from tie? wreck with the M.l ipoutlng from hi? it had been badly cui by a piece of broken if left alone I sai Hy last? flfti in Bul In the cars there happened to be medical atudent "Gel hi km eling upon thi tin? ekle trying to atop tbl j-iy instrumenta with me, bol i to check "Then sal down 'he man and prave a ut clutch bi Ih? lati ly the bio stopped turning off a faucet. 'Now, I'll sit till hi bring the Burgeon you rieht "For four hour? that noble thai la, natii hli were rampi an bla? and hla tiff from atttini oa lb? groun to help l.im, ii.it wa? In irnlng the airivt fr Philadelphia, and. you may be aure waa capturing one. Lena arterwarda I had pleasun lunded Idi and the Btud a famous a dinner. 1 do aol know what permanent shock they MsUIni I.

can say for myself that I am like wko rest? pertecwy railroad dia urter." Dr George F. Bhrady a double in adln? his nan iwesi death: "Tbe Int? both Grant and a- lh. lay "ii ir ith and 1 tell it to you ia related it to both," says lh? Doctor. "POOR CITY BOT." "I you mav know, a ity boy, ta of pn ud of a Yorker, and wkea wenl 'down Ebbi on a holt iy I wei I prepari I at, who knew tbe f. und thai my riedite in all ti ma On ry Bn day of tl up a Mg.

r-owerful. ucry-woklng ion tnat ll 'Here, load this gun aad PU take you out to ai the gua cautiously ani red my afraid of a gun. ir city "That taunt settici me. I boldly picked up gun, 'Taint load? ii.i my cuisin. 'Now, you Mow down tbe and in pull lb? Utg-ger.

That cleans it out "Down muzzle I Idiw v.lth all my m'cht. And BBBPl went the my hands. At: minute and anatcbed it aa iy w.th a eg? clamatlon of horror. "Whir, it Cried he, and away out of be the gun, shooting I iat aal upon a fence munch? ing a int. The only explaaatton my is inai ike gun ha.i been long thai It flre tho Brat time.

It leaded wllh buckshot, and the in twenty pUccs. My head Would have the -nini. fate. i.il enjoyed this story, and aCCOBata I nave him of my pranks. I Grant was too tender I- irti aad at Uoaal for tale? of acci? ileiit, aad the night I told him this at Mount McGregor actually If an accident that occurred at ihe Continental Hank Building of New Y.rk city twenty years airo had differently Henry Clews, the millionaire Iu ok.

and banker, would Hot have been alive la nay. I DOWN! DOWN! ''It was the day before Christinas," re? lates Mr. Clews, "and the Continental Link liuildlng was to close at 2 o'clock; as it next day and Monday weald be the Christmas At there wss to be a minting of tht bank of whom I was one, and It was the last meeting nf the year there was to be a full attend? ance. "In thoae day? there were not many nign nuiidlngs as now. und this, a build? ing of mg stories, was the in New York city.

The of the directors was on the top lier. "Promptly at 2 o'clock I took the elav vator up to the got out, walkar-1 down a long hall, lurn'sl a ani opened a door nnd stepped In. The thing I knew'l was falling down. Hown! down! And Before I could catch my breath or put out my hands to save myself I had landed with an awful thud fir, fir low. In a network of li'jn.

p'llleys. ani machinery. And then I kn-w what had happened. Instead of opening the? directors' door I had walked Into the shaft of the freight elevator, next to It. h're I was dawn In e-llar.

All this I reullie! In the and that I had fallen down Fix course, I no one an? swered. Then a mist horrible thought came over me. Suppose I should not bO I ut all. The buildlm- was practically deserted. Below hemming mo In my tight was tht? fradKht el? vat r.

I ta soul In Um osila? tir around. I llf'ed up my and ebmitf-l! I er) 'Help! help, many I glSW hoarse, and had to tO My hands in the had found a r. and to this I Ani then came pain. My fret were numb, but after the first minuto they basan sending shivers up my to my I And again. Hut there was not even a dark echo to my cries.

RESCUED "Meanwhile the director? had up Stain, nil w.r" transacting their One of tlurn, In passing the open shaft-door, had closed and locked leverai times th-y of mo, and wondered whore I was. Finally, a most Important point was reached, one that required a fufl rote; and the pro out into the hall, with the re? mark: III go down stairs ant take a lenk for And as passed the Closed door hoard my for help. the matter." BC shouted down. fell' was nil I could answer from my pit. as I l- tin to fTOW taint with 1-aln and the li? of being found.

"Then cams tho long work of gettine; DM "Ut of my poMtton. Th freight elevator ares of iron, and could taken apart: and tho position I above it prevented them from tchlag Finally. I gain? red all my ptrength together, and il fast to the elevator rope, while th-y pulled me up to top Boor, TI al was the only a lag. Th-n they lifted me WMko lav mvlng in delirium, with my ut into ribbons from striking the and tho Even I feel effects. "Hut horrible part of the part that drove Into the r.tts.

The bulkllas waa alive with and as sto? then In thai awful I hsd to them Off With ith lands. I did BOt dare to faint." I. sutenant H. C. Duvs I bower who nobly In the Brooklyn ib? this story of an athli tic esc ipe from sth, a story wortky the Manhattan ib: THRILLING RUNAWAY.

"It In Brookly, four yonrs ego," Mr. Duval, "and In the quarter of the dty whew was enacted, it bad been vins und to my wife: tu take tb" now horse an cutter aa for a tr and we up an- br, kl heights out Into its anmati I suburl p. Tbe ght, our was ken. and a excella At spirits. "Just ss wa iround a coal-cart backed toward us, and before wo iid ret past driver opes I and the coal came running out With and a wliirr-r.

It a little, and as I bhn loan rasy. Awaj fast as a rfect rat ot gs him tri? 1 to pull hirn in. I rein brok and so along, turning rn is as bis high piai ed, and skim past v. hi? l-fs, making tba I sbavi th? Unm. By my skle ie was my uly faint in- with ti can stop I cried.

Don't And tore -h could prevent mo ts cltmbtag over the dashboard and an home back. Sti iddio I irn all Leaning way forward I taucht tbe bridle, IVO it a yank ml all would have I Well but for an awful aw dashed around a cornee, "ff Into the snow I went right the horse's I and the cutter wonl over me. As my wife frit bump over my body ve awful shriek of horror snd Jumped out. LAUGHED HEARTILY, "Meanwhile, ml up and rubbed my eyes Just in tinv? to her COmC 'in. Ing oui.

ml up and began rubbing the out of lac? you called as soon as ouid gel near her. Ami tien we both laughed heartily and 'it, after the borsa. fellow fan won than wo, tor th? corner be ran Into a and broke BO many thai we had him shot Bui thi wem do tears at li funeral. We were too busy rejoicing over our own narrow from barm. WHITE! A MASCOT.

"Deacon" s. v. White, the Wall-street man who a religious title fn.m his lion wi'h J'lvmouth church and hi- friendship with Henry Ward ere himsa If "I ha in inger of my life a thousand times s. "And every tini- I hav not only come thn ugh the danger uns, iti bur brought all tl.them in tbe same way, i remember in in ind wlnn the cry of fin? was rais, It was after midnight, and wore wrapt la slumber, was on top and when dash out of my ro? into the hail found tho "faunes sweep im- up the elevator shaft and Uckin- the stalfrways. Fortunately there wsp lr'" and down this climbed as far as I could third story it gran hot to le and.

seeing ice awning low I jumped down Into Its friendly arm- It happened I knew the location of the rooma pretty well, and m.ti the where to pi. their And every one eacaped-not a soul mias "Another I was traveUing In the West, Wowereta a rapid pac. ut a sudden the train teemed to go ufr and th-n came an awful confusion with upset cars, steam and tire from ino sagine, and shouting. I climbed it cor window and looked tor my Pretty soon they climbed out And when a little hill, into nani li no liad carriod us Boaei ind not one wns fruii Whole car. NOT A MAN ON His TRAIN.

"Hut Ptrangesl thing happened not far from New Oi tram was1 along at over thirty aben, without warning, we into another train mining a curve. ompletely teli ed UM tram. Thla timo then were eight k.n. outright, but Bot i. As we reoaa Journey, after socas delay, related my to the Other all agreed that I must be mascot" Probably the narrow- on re? cord was that of Russell Saga from famous bomb.

But Mr. BogO has had an! moro roei nt Few-in fact, none outside h.s ofllco know anything about it; snd tho "super? intendent of Police Is mute upon the sub tory us t.ild by an of Mr. ie this: "One mornltifT last week Mr. opening tb? came across a letter that read about Itko this: "Russell Sage: "My lb ar wrote to you a month ago for money to build our meeting? Socialists. You did BOt uv I drop this line to Inform you that the money arrives at my given address by 9 o'clock tO-moPTOW morning you will be a dead man A bomb more than the last will do the work for this time." CbOHBLY WATCHKD.

"The address," says the a distant post-office, and immediately word was sent to watch the mail de? livery, while a decoy-letter was dis? patched. Meanwhile Mr. Sage, thoroughly alarmed, secured the companionship of three detectives, who accompanied hltn everywhere he went. At were stationed In and around his house. was for four days.

During that time several auspicious ssnraOSS were seen with suspiclous-lookms; parcels, but the law does not allow peace-promoters to approach a citlaen and demand to know the cuutents of his band-bag, and so the people were not arrested. They, no noticed the detectives, and thought It was a Lad time to experiment In bomb-throw? ing" A. H. Hummel, the "Little Giant," of whom. Oliver Wendell said: "He haa the judgment of a Web? ster and the wit of Artemue Ward." well nigh oame to grief through that same wit.

One day a man (ame to me to defend him in a certain brach-of-promlse suit. When he told me the circumstance? ani the name of the woman I prave a itart of surprise; for was one whom 1 had previously defended In a trial for her life, i Of my knowledge of her was v.ry comprehensive; and, though I en? deavored, through professional forget everything except the things that pertained specially to my I found my mind reverting to portlcn? of history that would be of much advantage to me In IT. "While In this frame of mln-l I w.as eon itdy t.y sudden apocar? of the worn in in my office: li-ari Mr. Wank ha? engaged you to defend him In my coming breach-of-promls? 1. fiercely.

Toa aro correctly I replleil, frigidly. Very sal.l she, em going to you. th? trial, which will pollila one, you that I under three different und wilt tell thing? that no one but you. than have you do that 1 will kill you. I am going now.

But In hour I return; then, still decide to take the case, you ta say roar iast prayer." "In vain I pleaded professional etiquette and it? restraints upon my conduct, but without any effect convincing I ai tually thought would tell the court the of a lawyer's eon iL Finally, mill irate, took partnre. And in an hour raturned and with a ptatoL My clerk? brought me lu that tak? had it in her hand, and thai that? was in ber eyes. HK FLED. I am not a man to retrmt in the face of Ore: and If I had had a man with whom to deal should have en I iv 1 to match hi? marksmanship. Hut what a man do w.th only an angry for an opponenti thought it over, aad di I that and Or were In this BO I igno? There was an opening out back; and while niy la sat studying whii waa th? of weapon I OOt, got In a Cab, and horn? to dinner, That night settled with the man, an 1 all turned out well." Dr, II.

Harkhiirst says em? piuti? illy "No, I never In my lif. a In bodily ducer. I have liecn protected ill that." "Bul wen you net when were limbing the ICatterhornT" o-1 ed. "NO. not at all.

Som? of mv frfeadl in danger, I didn't think I AI time rope broke and I tnyaelf upon a jutting crag? Oh, that nothing, a mer? travelling mlehaa." But confidential friend af the Park? hurst fsmllj tell? a 'lark talo of an at? tempt to Introduce Ison through the Hector's kit? leu and nf a frusti II effort to cap-iire him. And this not during iht? Tenderloin but lately, on account of political CROegfNG A BRIDGE. Cenerai ('rant used fo tell a of a narrow escape from death of his own. not only that, but also ef Mis? Dent'? the plrl to whom to? it pened In the mtiy was a pic-nlc. and a Med ever a swelleil Grani arrived after bla iwcejtheart, and tke otben tlaae lo l.y another mad, he liiu-t ngeroui bridge mis; the nlo sat.

A the bridge th? tur.au couple decided go, Toung Oranl I the whip and BCroM the rlcketty boarde the obedient horse flew. Of coui all landed aafely on other bul the reaklni of the tlmb? aa I tl of th? It fell Into th? Btream behind them gave them sum? sick I for day. I In Plating "my nan- I fen. death." moot men il a muh pride in I -ood fortui thai si i them at I moment, and ibanfcrfateeaa to Providence foi sparing them. Record? that death in tea -dolent one, am iped the very disaster a cause for congratu? lati and wonder.

THK PITCIII.HS. Ion? l'nlr fron? Illehinonit IVrsonnl Inalai PROVIDENCE PORGE, VA. March player? who to the ball team Of our town have and the baseball enthu tra with eagernes? ihe battle for which will mm The pitcher Willie Kyi of Chicago, and the mie Bill of lUchlgan As- the eaat-bound passenger train ar? rived at th? station Tuesday morning two ry Buaplclous-looklng persona Hep? ped man mil a wontaa here until Thursday evening, C. If. Allen, of Richmond, Inforni I hem thai if they didn't gel away th-y would in travelling are registered tb? Welling? Mr.

u. N. Pendleton, one of most popular young men. accepted a position with Newport New? Shipbuilding and Dry-Doik Com? pany, Newport Mr. D.

W. Billings, our miller, has given up hi? position and iiiov to City, and Mr. Walker, of Rtebataad, taken bla pl Mr. J. H.

Christian ha? nearly complet 1 bla magnifici nt on "The. li? IghtS," City county. Richmond, visited Misa a. B. Ood lln Wt dneeday.

if Mad une Rumor be inn- H. ll. Rich? from our midst of New Ill's fair. It I II I Beveral of our clttaena attend? the cool on la iy. Mr.

J. it. Rtchartiaon purchased two very line r.ib btta, J. H. Richardson, who has b-en 111 much better.

Mr. Dick? ag? nt at town Till: (1,1 n. la mil Monthly Reunion? nt Ihe I'n I CROEET, March Tke la.it meeting of the Croiet ParmeiV CtOb was at tb? home of Mr. II Lea, mil? north of this point. ting? ira coq ted tteora, but all members of risited family l.iii.piet-hi.ard.

meetings 1 1 at the home of one of tbe twelve in? mbers, an are The Cincinnati preeint at the Marcb bom i- Rodea .1 inn in. Robert Jam? II Rea, William A. White, Charles Way land, Lip.scon.ii, George John K. Ahi -11, and Mr. returned on Thur? ilav from a pleasant vl.dt to In following gentlemen have recently bat? re-elected to the falmwlag in the Mountain Plain Sunday Mr.

James M. Lllison, Superintendent; Mr. Sandrldge, assistant superintend? ent; Mr. Henry Maupin. secretary; Mr.

W. J. Humphreys, tr.a.?ur?-r. The oa the first Sunday In April. The following Travellers' iatloii boy? luve been here past few m.

MeCray, af Itlchmond; J. Y. Lutton, of Haltunore; NO of Lynehburg; King, of New York. and Porter and llorton, of Staunten. Prince I County GREEN HAY.

March Miss Fannie Hidgood, of Farmville, prin? cipal of the public school at clos, her school on yesterday. Miss Mamie owen, daughter of Captain H. T. Owen, Second Auditor's offke, Richmond, and Master Watklns Pulley 1 each a gold medal on Hidgood ha? given entire fa? Moti, and has won a reputation that places her In the front rank among the teachers of Virginia. wonderfully In the art of imparting know? ledge to others.

Superintendent George Hardy, of Lunenburg, ha? been recently and says they are as as could be expected. Miss Sarah Hardy, of Lunenburg, is visiting relatives In Mecklenburg county. Mil? Maude Mertdtth. of Mt. visiting friend? at Rico.

NEW IIOWITZRRIIOMK The Handsome Armory Bonding to Bi Formally Opened Hext THK AMMIATMi nATTKRv. IVr.onnl and tMMm llUtorr of Roth of Tbree Honaireal llrjm llons? Feature? of th? llentlaiaartera. The new armory of the Richmond How Is save ss respects a few Interior finishing touches, and it Is now expected that It will be formally with a of ceremonies com? mencing Sunday afternoon next, Slut. On that afternoon will be services In the drill-room and a sermon by the chaplain of the battery, Ri v. Dr.

W. Laundrum. On night a banquet will be spread for the bera of the present company end Howitzer Association, a few In? vttodJ guests. On Wednesday night a public reception and promenade will given, nnd the battery will bave one of their enjoyable solre.s. The building occupies the site of the old armory on the west sl.le of Klghth beyond and Is a and Imposing structure.

The materials of the front are granite for I foot above nmutid. ami for the rest paving brick with dark Tla? sul rear walls are of the best of building brick. The outside measurement of the StructIUO Is 7sxllt) (set. kuh roOOS, which opens on the street aad bat six doors front ai.J roar rospoirtlTOlJ. Ht 0 ChrtettaB.

it. a II R. KIWH Taylor Baila, w. Flournoy, A. Kourqure.o.

J. p. A W. 11. II Sam D.

Il u'. -J v. "foaesy, the wrvlvors of 'J but 11 represented in ail P-OUnONNEl? OF THK I ita, John a RICHMOND HOWITZER? HAND0OMB NKW fer, with a pitch of feet, and Stove this lO UM drill hall, co veri Hi' BOSSO and having pitch Of fOOt on the north si Is of tho building opening Into the fun-room are the quartermaster und the hai l-roonis, the former BU Ing fe, t. these, on the Is th.mpany-room, ttsM foot, and "ii th' third BOOT, Bnd lusi above the company-room am the library und the rooms nieaaurlng IMI and ipectlvoty. The north tower, which iii? -i the stairs hni I.o cu above the main building, an a fourth floor, whl.

I a- I mi. The uuartermaster, band, and company rooms an? furnished srlth Individual lot hers, and room with ward? robes, and the latter apartment and library are sumptuously upholstered, wails of the corridors, tho gun-room snd drill hall in rough CSSt, and run Blng last-named room is a hanging gallery, which is broken ti tho two mam front windows admit rectlon of a wood work la with finish, ihe uni arrangi mont fur light and ventilation perfect, A MONUMENT. The Howltmr Armory is what may be termed municipal monument to the or? ii. saUon, and Bitting si is By the organisation la weant prltsers from the date tho ws formed during the John Rrown i.i to the prooont time, The history of the Howltsers la Insep Interwoven with the tory of the city and The tir-t company was mus tered lata the of tho State April Ufi, organisation and muster? ing in of tho other two eempanio? soon I. Hi I the guns of Otte nf the three companies was heard upon every battle-field ft Apoomattog.

During tho war the battalion furnished bj promotion from it officers for away other commando, and ait the doss of the war the survivors In fore? front in rebuilding the city a To speah Howttsem with ou: connecting them wiih tho or rtoo is to tell an Incompleto story. wtat laterento tho ue Intereats the other; what the one belong? to other: for, bo member of the battery said s. day tuo Howltaem' Association is tha father of tin? preoi ni comi my; we ua ractli aiiy a unit." Till! HOWITZER The Howttaer Associatimi was organised Ncvember 9, Kit, with the following offi? cers: President, Colonel John C. Shields; Vice-President, Copiala Henry Hud n-i 11 Second Vk-e-Prestdent, Captala Henry C. Carter; Secretary, w.

H. Lyne; U'oitham; and at th" first ting following, which sets forth th- objects of associati sd? pted "The first of year IM 111 be BMHPOraMo In all tluu? to tory bas the ll that period, and the results which lowi I VirglnU was not BaPOtrnl In mighty coateot thon commencing, was She slow to move wlen the day arrived. War, sanguinary, tedious, fill, bOgSa tO halm' her over tho horlson, wh? Virginia sum moned b'-r tho Bel of Amone sarftoot to respond to I is an command of the city of RlchmOO thl company ih of Ml Which. a fOW lays after entertag barrneki ersi reerulted to the three full comi bottallon organization. It early or to the Manaaass, and the second snd I the Peataonta.

And thus pre had, Bret 1 Richmond Howitzers organised as a a mpany November 'J. UH, ani 1 talion bearing the same name In Kay, UK. KMUAMMUD His I'? "The part by this corps through a long war Is la "It is nt 00 tl irvlve to form lUoas and psaka nent 01 Brill be preserved and tran.tii BaCOtWBtS kl of that ban I of t- lien. Of their Individual worth, th rivalled ttevotJoo and faithful pen their country, for which they blood an yli Id I up their Uvi "At present perhaps enonph who survive to BooompUoh but deesirtag thai the organ tlon re bave in slisll be that from tt. Piatii HowltaerO which has I the mberM if tn irei ent on us .1 a-atchfulm an lai who to na a It In conns.

I and wi'h material and the men of oui munit? become enrolMd with the tumore and trusted con ther be rerjMmbortae that tbe Ms sacred heartbetones which pn their tn-le, paooi (M their Incentive now THK AJBOCIATIOII ROLL The iiilQPPl ofltaers and BtrtabPH of the aasociutlon are: President, J. M. F-uriureen. Kirnt S. Hugh Send James T.

Orsy. sppiotorr Treasurer. W. Tatum. MBMBBPf sSca LILi W.

A. Chas. w. MacParlane, William Woodaon, red Bei William Amili? 1 I C. A.

Williams. coKI'i'i: W. w. a P. Minsoii, s.

W. Davis, j. BfJOL W. II. Cm? ardili, .1.

Burfoot, T. Bri nn in, J. M. Belt, .1 W. Harrow', n.

H. CottreB. J. II. Doll.

.) A. Delti .1 I P. 11 Hetfley, VV II Joka Hoffman, A. .1 W. Lear, v.

I A. MCtley, W. L. C. PO? I P.

J. L. How. B. Sharp, Et, L.

Sp R. Sum bury, y. John li A. G. Won ha ni.

.1 L'belt W. V. J. P. Watson, hoipltal Rev.

w. w. Laadrum, D. ctapials-, A WLI.L-AHI'.iiNTl Tke il wiui pllned, bave alwaya 1 Ihe old Ain tceoa of many a dHlghtl be aew building win to reiid-r tii. ir attractive than ever.

the building tl from whi. I with all the room lag? of the main etalr? mod of the Bgara on ment, wklok cember ami la i itti liona of the? w-t Thi? monument air tratlon of tke ng tb? undertake Aftei upon rneniorlal ft credibly short tim for unveiiiiiif I.ararsi lu or 1.1. Haw many people la lh.it d) Iher.i Is also tot and world, the ih-ir ali larg? red in not of mushroom nth il of al. ng. I Ugo fi I ka I.

For st.il lai thla fr-" with a at who It ia the ad known firm of .4 who vertiMit.g ajasj-aagl Another known I i-otO tatto? J5 from a greater min? connection with 'J' cureet I I at to mot ixKoratioe? Wedding Uou.j'.e(-? t-in. rtty. Kerns. Th. w..