The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-27
A MANCHESTER TRAGEDY
IA COLORED CHILD BURNED TO
DEATH.

How the Accident Occnrred-Mceting OF
and A.. Railroad Depot Court News and
Other Suburban Matters.
Yesterday afternoon, about o'clock, a
little two-year-Old cOlOrcd girl was burned
to death. The child was the daughter OF
Edward Valentine (colored). who lives ON
Madison street, which is near Fourteenth
between Decatur and stockton. The child :
mother died about three months ago. and a
colored girl was hired 10 look after the little
one. Yesterday afternoon the girl left the
child playing in a room where there was a
fire, in order 10 get water at the well. When
she returned the child was nearly "a crisp
and dying.
The child il seems. after catching fire
from the CRATE. got into the bed, where she
was found. and the flames were eNtin-
guished. The burned child. however. lin
gered till after six O'Clock. when she died.
SCHOOL BOARD.
The City school Board was 10 have met
last night, but there was no quorum. The
Council Chamber, by some mistake. was
also not open for their Use. Those present
were +. {. ID. Farmer, ID. J. Weisiger. John
O'Brien. G.. \. Pepe, and j. II. Pcrdue.
THE NEW CONSTABLE.
Yesterday Judge Ingram made an ap.
pOintment 20 mn the vacancy created by the
resignation OF Mr.. ". ID. l.ithgow. the High
Constable Of Manchester. rendered last
week. as reported in this paper an the time.
There were two applicants, Mr.. George W.
Brooks. who had served In a similar capaci-
ty in Chesterfield. and Mr.. j. l.. Petct. who
had been formerly sheriff OF powhatan.
Il. n.
men were highly endorsed. but only one
could nil the place. He appointed Mr..
Brooks.
Mr. Brooks was qualified ~ once. giving
bond in the sum OF $1,000. with John W d.
Owens. Charles Keller and James =. Rob
ins0n as bOndsmen.
FIRE N A RAILROAD DEPCT.
Yesterday afternoon. about 1880 O'Clock.
fire was discovered in the waitng-rOOm Of
the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad
depot. on upper Hull street. No one was
in the building at the time. the agent hay-
ing just gone out. The door was broken in
and the flames eXtinguished. The fire IL
nited between the waiting-room and freight
depot. and caught from tae stOye-pipe.
Damage was small.
JAIL BREAKING.
Two prisoners a white man named
William Wells and the other a c0lOped man
named Joseph Jackson. escaped from Ches-
tericld Jail M midnight. Wells. with
piece Of iron shaped like "A cold-chise. and
a large case-knife. made hole in
the wall between his and Jackson's cell
large enough 90 crawl through. jackson was
chained 90 the floor. Wells made saw
out OF the knife and sawed the chain off the
leg. They got the latrccd window open
and then the big door. by pushing il with
the chisel, and were free. They asked
John Jones did ne want 10 get out. and he
replied not that way. The two men disap-
peared in the direction of Petersburg
Judge Hancock and the Board of super
ysors have instituted proceedings towards
getting a new Jail or the re nodeling Of the
old one.
FENCES.
The Chesterfield people are excited over
fences. some want a fence law. others do
not. political canvass could not be- hotter
than the present fight before the Board of
Of supervisors The probabilities are that
the board will order an election TO be- held
by districts.
OTHER MATTERS.
Mr. John Pickrol. the commissioner APP
pointed by Judge Ingram. of the Hastings
Court. Ia dispose OF the Mcl,ae estate made
his report yesterday and the court confirmed
the sale. The portion of the estate sold
amounted 10 over $4,000.
The funeral OF the late Or. Van Eman.
who was killed last Friday at Centraia
was buried last Monday in the graveyard
al Centralia.