He noted an appeal. The cases of George Thaw and William Hill, colored, charged with conducting a gambling house in Harrison Street, which was raided by the police last night, and two dozen or more colored crap players captured, were continued until tomorrow. The cases of a number of blue crap-players arrested yesterday also continued.

Notre Dame's condition continues to improve. With the incoming of excursion trains from various points, the holiday hop at Hopewell and the Du Pont works, closing of industrial points here and the opening of the league baseball season, the streets of Petersburg were more crowded today than has been known in a long time.

In South Richmond, Saturday afternoon, Mrs. Mary Turner, of this city, and D.H. Cole, of Cambria, Va., were married by Rev. Wesley Baker. They will make their home in Petersburg.

Two automobiles driven by colored parties, one owned by Perry Wilson, of this city, and the other by W.L. Williams of Dinwiddie County, collided last evening on the Cox Road, a short distance from Petersburg, and both cars were damaged. The accident was caused by the skidding of two of the cars while they were attempting to pass each other. Henley Moore, an occupant of the Williams car, was thrown out and seriously injured.  Injured and had to be brought to the Petersburg Hospital to receive attention. Mrs. Austin Brown, of Springfield, Mars, announces the engagement of her daughter, Miss Marie King Brown, to William Parham Revan, of Petersburg. The announcement was made at the end of the year to which a score of Miss Brown's friends were invited. 