The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-03
A Big DEMOCRATIC RALLY.
The Manchester City Central Committee
Making Preparations
OTHER NEWS FROM OYER THE RIVER.
Canvassers for the Wards Appointed-Ths
Finances Of the City-The Hustings
Court-Brief Items.
MANCHESTER BUREAU RICHMOND TINES,
Corner Fifth and Porter streets,

| Corner Fifth ana Porter streets, Z
Branch Office. corner Twelfth and hull Sts.
| The City central Democratic committee
met last night in the Office OF Messrs. A. j..
Bradley q Co.. the following members being
present Messrs Bradley, Hooker. Bedtord
Holiday. Starke, Faulkner, Keller. and Dat
| from. In the absence of the secretary Mr..
Rediord was chosen secretary pro TEN. A
considerable amount Of routine business was
| transacted. Canvassers for the wards were
| appointed as follows: First ward " G. ST.
mons; Second ward. J. ". jenkins; Third
ward. T. J. Smith Fourth ward, Duke Put
! ney.
4 committee OF arrangements for the Dem
ocratic demonstration OF Octol er Sta was
appointed as follows b. +. Faulkner. A. }.
Hooker. A. j. DairOn. James Holiday IL
was recommended that the Blues band OF
Richmond lie employed tor the occasion.
Hon. John W. Daniel and others will be
present. and rousing rally IS expected. IL
IA sincerely desired that all Democrats be
present. The city committee is wide awake
end earnestly at work and glorious victory
will be the result OF the election November
I'd. The committee adjourned at 0 Z. Nj. TO
meet subject to the chairman's call.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Inc city finance llcb III tuc
council chamber last night. Chairman Per
due presiding. and the following other men,
bers were present Messrs Pitt. O'Brien.
Toney. Weisiger and City Treasurer Bron-
augh Only routine business, such as APP
proving several bills. was transacted. la an
informal manner the committee discussed the
sewer question and the recent request OF the
fire boys for means and apparatus.
The Four Leaf Clover" Is beng rehearsed
for m early presentation for the benefit OF the
Aleade-AlemOrial church.
Mrs. Andrew Snellings. who has been in
New York for several weeks nursing her sick
father. returned home yesterday.
The hastings court was in session yester-
day-Judge John II. Ingram presiding. Only
chancery matters were transacted.
The fair in Toney's new store under the
auspices Of the lndie. of the cambridge
street church closed last night and was
financially great success.
There was not case in the police court !
yesterday morning. and ~ 70 late hour the |
police had not made an arrest. The case of |
William Davis, charged with cutting Adolph |
Hardgroye. will conc up this morning. pro- |
yided Ito wounded man is well enough to APP !
pear
The electric cars will probably be put on |
the Decatur-street line this evening or to- |
morrow A force of hands are engaged night |
and day on the work. which is being pushed |
forward with all possible dispatch.
The verdict of the jury IN the Whitehead |
Will case. as published exclusively in yester-
days TINES seems 10 give very genera salts
faction. The exceptions OF the lawyers will |
be presented to-day.
The kerosene oil now being used in the city
seems to be of very inferior grade.
Eli, the colored driver Of Mr.. j. S. Sykes.
coal and wood dealer, was run over Thurs
day evening and quite badly hurt. 1t seems
that the driver was getting ready to unload
his cart of wood when dog ran barking out
of a side gate and so frightened the mule
that he ran away In trying TO stop the run
away Eli was knocked down and consider
ably bruised but not seriously injured
The Richmond and Danville Railroad Com
pany have put new set Of steps from their
tracks up the embankment TO Semmes street.
This is a great convenience 10 the many
operatives in the shops, and is a big improve
ment on the old, unsighty and rckety man
trap that formerly stood there.
Rev. William Reynolds. OF Illinois, general
Sunday school organizer in connection with
the international Bible Lessons system, will
be in Manchester Sunday and conduct a big
Sunday school meeting Sunday evening at
the Bainbridge-street church. He is a very
forcible and brilliant speaker and in
defatigable worker in the Sunday-school
cause all over tho country. There
is probably no man living with 80 wide and
brilliant record in this line OF labor. and the
spacious sacred edfce Will no doubt be filed
TO its utmost capacity tomorrow night 10 lis
ten TO the siyery speech of this gifted son Of
the far West as he tells of the grand and glo-
rious Sunday school work now being done
throughout the land
Miss Emily b. Terrill. of King William
county. Is visiting Mrs. d. l.. Pulliam. on Por-
ter street.
Colonel W. F. Giddings. Of Chesterfield
county, who has been quite sick. is improy-
ng.
City Sergeant Fitzgerald will sell at public
auction in front of the courthouse to-day the
personal effects Of John McGinn. deceased
Judge b. A. Hancock will hold a term Of
us circuit court in Brunswick county CON-
nencing on the 18th instant, when It is e1-
)ected that two murder cases will be tried.
Mrs America Gathright. widow of the late
carter Gathrght. died Thursday night at her
homo near Providence church in Chesterfield
county. The funeral will take place to-day
It o'clock from her late residence.
A little three year old boy Of blr. Everett
Bell. who lives on cambridge street near Fiji.
eenth. was very badly scalded yesterday by
he turning over of kettle of hot water Or.
lawrence Ingram attended the little fellow.
There were $50 arrests made during The
month of September-for felony, l: for mis-