Show strangers mr ly T van noy N meiching E HERALD last night as our mail carrier went to the depot po t iio lie found two of those free and casy jr persons commonly styled tramps occupying his bed I will ft ill hero here state parenthetically that the trains of tee the U N R R pass here between 12 and a ro in for this reason the mail carrier carrier is obliged to stay at tile depot all night for the change of mail elie the two itinerant individuals referred to above broke open the door to his room in order to get in but as soon as ho lie discovered the intruders mr alir lewis hustled them out ut in double quick n i ck ti time n e and when they left that pece place th they e y must have wended bended their weary way up town in pursuit of bap happiness at and night couchi this morning two pairs of blankets were found missing out of uncle beson law lewis room where it ere they had been in a sleigh they were the tile property ro perty of a sewing machine agent that was stopping stepping with mr and mrs lewis lew is over night alio proper officers offic cra were notified and started after the feloniously inclined fellows overtaking them about two miles and a half south of this place T they L brought b t the supposed ers rs I back ack b but U t as there was no proof positive of ti their acir guilt they had to be dismissed is missed the blankets have since since been found at the north end of a haystack in tho the tithing yard near tho the de depot hlll the genial and pleasant countenance of mr W T van noy was seen on the streets of richmond today for the first time since his arrival here he was taken around i in n a s sleigh I C agh by mr IV V C lewis at choso whoso house he is staying at present resent the the good people of this aiace place are enjoying the splendid sil sleighing I bin some sonic are out sleighing ina in a b boo sled with a dry goods box box 11 capping the climax and some more fastidious sport a couple of bobs while those still more high toned parade in one hom hoi bc or two horse sleighs of more or le less les s artistic fashion and fancy an ingenious little fellow has attached lis his primitive bob to the caudal appendage of a patient and good humored equine while hi h s mate is astraddle the horses borses spine thep arc are all enjoying ir ig themselves in their own way the tile big and the little the rich and arid the poor A B HARRISON richmond jan |