The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-12-13
The CITY OYER THE JAMES.
4 Budget Of Interesting News Gathered in
Manchester.
4 DAY WITH OUR EEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR
General Church News-ko Pastor ss Yet
Tor West End-The People Who Are
sIck-A Serious Accident.
MANCHESTER BUREAU RICHMOND TINES. !

MANCHESTER BUREAU ttitHNbND LINES,
Corner Fifth and Porter streets,
| Branch Office corner Twelfth and Hull SITS. y
Rev L. Il. Thornhill will preach at tho
Bainbridge-street church to-day both morn
ing and evening.
Rev. Decatur Edwards will preach this
morning and tonight at Clopton-street
church
There will be Sunday-school services at the
Seventh-street chapel this afternoon at 8
o'clock.
Rev. W. C. Walden will preach at Central
! Methodist church to-day. both services.
Rev. j. J. Woodward will preach at Fifth
street church at II a. NJ and 8 2. NJ. to-day.
Il could not be ascertained who would con-
duct the services at West-End Methodist
church to-day. Mr. s. p. Pettigrew was seen
and said that he did not know what would be
| done. When asked who would probably be
| sent in place of Mr.. Wise. he said he had no
idea; that Dr. Whitehead would fill the va
cancy as soon as possible. Rev. Dir. WISE
the ex-pastOr, was seen, and IN reply 70 ques-
tons said AS far as my knowledge goes 1t
! ia an unprece denied occurrence III the
Methodist Church. that after pastor
| had served people for three years and en-
| tered upon the discharge OF his duties IN the
| fourth wear 10 be removed" When asked about
expect TO remain here. | have asked for no
! other appointment as my health will not
| admit of leaving this place DR.. Whitehead.
the presiding elder. offered me a church, but
| had 10 decline for the above reason. do
| not know who will be put III my place at
! West End"
Rev. Charles N. Van Houten will preach at
/ the Presbyterian church to- day as usual.
Rev. j. J. Clopton Will conduct the services
| CT Meade Memorial church to-day.
| Usual services will be held at COwardn-
avenue Christian church morning and even
! ing.
Rev. E. A. Cole. Of Richmond will con-
duct the services at the Leader Hall this alter
noon at 8 o'clock under the auspices OF the
railroad branch OF the Young Mems Chris
tan Association.
THE SICK FOLKS.
There probably never was at one time as
many sick people IN Manchester as there are
at present. liz very many households the en-
tire family has been afflicted. and IN some liz
stances every member was down al the same
time The doctors are kept busy day and
night. and friends and relatives have many
oppOrtu mites to DO charitable IN mlnistering
TO the sick.
Dr. Thomas p Mathews is improving.
which will he learned with gladness. lie -
sadly needed 70 minister % others. his prac-
tice being, perhaps, the largest IN Manches-
ter.
Mrs Pleasant Good, mother Of Mr.. James
p Robinson is quite sick at her home, corner |
Twelfth and Perry streets.
Mr.. A. I. Snelings continues quite sick.
Judge John H. Ingram IS detained at home !
by sickness
Mr J. Burieigh Anderson and his son. Bur /
leigh, are both very sick.
Mrs. Mayo. No. ITO Decatur street. who |
has been SICK is improving.
Mr. Thomas j. Smith IS suffering with the |
grip.
her home on Porter street.
Mrs. Sarah AOrrisette is very much i'm !
proved after Il severe spell OF sickness.
Mrs. Jude Holland and Mrs r. G. Broad
dus are both very much ndisposed.
Mrs. l.. Il. ThOrnhill, who has been very /
ILL., is cOnvaesceut.
Mr. Charles Tbornhill. who has been very
sick. is much better and left yesterday for
Appomattox county, where he Will recuperate
for a season.
NEwsY NOTES.
There was a SLIGHT fire a few nights ago at
the residence of Mrs. Brown. who lives over
Owens store. \ mantel was badly burned
and other articles IN the room suffered
slightly.
st regular meeting Of Dale Lodge. No.
1893. Knights of Honor, held NJ Owens Hall
Friday night. the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year. Dictator, ID. A.
Snelhngs Nlce-DlctatOr. 4. ID. SlOtwell.
Assistant Dictator. A. Asher, Chaplain, Hugh
l. Kidd; Treasurer, D. j. Weisger
Reporter. :. X. Owens: Financial
Reporter, ". I. Pitt. Guide. ". H. Gar
Der Guardian, Il. A. Braugh; Sentinel. VIII
liam Walsh: Trustees s. Il. Owens. William
Walsh and ". H. CARRIER: Representative 10
Grand Lodge. which meets at Roanoke Ia
March. W. L. Pitt Alternate. ID. j.. WesIger
The above officer will DO installed on the
second Friday night III January. 1892 This
lodge meets the second and fourth Friday
nights.
A tame fawn belonging to the children Of
Hon. ID. J.. IOney Jumped from a second
story porch yesterday afternoon and was
killed. The little animal was a great favOrite
and quite pet with the children and its IN
timely death created much sorrow among
them.
IN the police court yesterday morning three
cases Of misdemeanor and TWO OF ordinance
violation resulted IN fines that VIII increase
the city treasury IS.
Ii is q wel-known fact that the street cara /
of the Richmond Company and the Perry
street line Of Manchester use tie same tracks /
from Seventh and franklin 10 CLAY streets IN
Richmond. Very frequently passengers for
Church Hill board the Manchester cars and
wise versa. Ii is not unfrequent that the ( ,
errors are not detected until the wrong
destination IS reached, and then conduc-
tors are wrongly blamed. a few evenings
ago negro woman desiring 20 60 10 Church
Hill got on Manchester car. On lts arrival ,
NJ r CREST iii NIX size dShel Witro she was
On being informed theconductor was r0undly
censured and very unjust.y. The conductors
OF course DO not know where passengers are
going. 10 is very easy matter To distinguish
the cars as the fronts . the Manchester cors
are inclosed while those Of Richmond are
not, and they are also very plainly marked.
PERSONALS.
Mr. John Bowies. en old and highly re-
spected citizen, died ut his residence on
Eleventh street yesterday morning in the
seventy hrst year OF his age He was d good
man. and leaves a wife and one daughter
Mr. Bowles was, for tho past fifteen years,
graye-digger.
Friday night thieves attempted 10 enter the
home of Mr. W. Lawrence Moody. at the
corner OF Fifteenth and Porter streets. Mr.. I
Moody, hearing tho noise, fastened 10
frghten them of. In the darkness he STUN {
bled over rug at the head of the stairs and 3
fell 10 the bottom. a distance OF eigh- I
teen steps. lie was rendered unconscious
by the tall. and when tho family reached Z
him II was feared that he was severely hurt.
He was taken back % his room and messen-
gers hastily dispatched for physicians. Drs. I
itucker and Ingram promptly responded. In
the meantime Dir. Moody had regalned con-
sclousness. The doctors examined his wounds. I
which were found u be Of quite painful ma
gers though not az 81 serious One Of his I'm
Iure. and a toe were broken and he was badly 8
bruised and cut on the LETT side and arm I
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