The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-29

The Attendance was Small by Reason OF the
Excitement on Broad Street.

| Every moro man who could secure any
thing from goat to broken down car mule.
| or from wheelbarrow to Hanover county
cart was on Broad street yesterday morning
in unmistakable manner soliciting passengers
TO the Fair Grounds. OF course the audience
Mt tho police court suffered. as many OF these
liberal minded tenmsters are regular attend
ants upon the sessions of the august assem-
blage
There seemed just shade of disappoint-
ment TO come over the placid features or me
Judge as re scanned the docket and saw that
none Of the smooth gentlemen whose ousl-
ness it is to attend fairs and see that no one
leaves with any surplus cash or watch that Is
In sight had been apprehended on the first
day and night Of the Fair. OF course, this
could not be helped. for since the adjourn
ment of tho ECumenlcal Conference there
have been a number OF visitors IN the city
whose appearance was ministerial and sedate,
and the officers could not tell whether they
had all lett or whether the new visitors were
beated part of the former excursion.
Appearances are deceptive and you can't
tell anything much about the masqueraders
of earth by the clOnks which encompass
them. This truth has been beautifully pro-
nounced in about eco literary gems, beginning
with many an honest heart heats beneath a
ragged coat" or course a man cannot
always tell that IN honest heart is beat
ing him when he is solicited by fellow with
a ragged coat. but nine times out Of ten he is
beaten If he contributes. and IT IS
charitable 10 credit the man with an
honest heart-that is, at least one which beats
regularly. There are some strange crooks IN
town, but they are as hard 10 get at as the set
tlement OF the debt question. and the officer
who takes in a supposed bunco steerer. and
then from papers on his person finds only
district lecturer for the Farmers Alliance, "a
liable not 20 get one Of the new oyercoats
which the board has ordered for the winter
season.
George Taylor is a colored citizen whose
greatly depleted wardrobe constantly con-
fronted him with pictures of poverty. so he
scales the back fence Of his neighbor, Abso-
ION kggleston, and proceeds 10 fix himself IN
garments suitable for the approaching frosts
He Will not need these clothes tor six months,
rs the city jail is heated by steam.
Sidney Pearce was fined $50 for carrying
concealed weapons o-wit. p pistol. Sidney
pleaded hard for the remission of the fine. but
the Judge could not figure him out as mem
Der OF the Virginia Field Sports Association,
and be waslcOmpelled 81 produce
Clara Anderson and Lula Bailey had each
bought new dresses for the air yesterday,
aud both had hats big enough for the entire
season A few small birds. the plumage from
an ostrich or two and few bridal bouquets of
each ofthese hats, aud of course the question OF
the superior beauty of these crowns of glory
were not 20 be settled by simple words. go the
fair rivals for head-gear supremacy settled II
with attacks upon tie golden locks Of each
other, and settled with the Justice with $3.50
each
Charles Miller. white, was sent TO jail for
sixty days TOR being drunk and disorderly
upon the streets.
Arthur Scott. colored boy. was whipped
in court by his mother after being convicted
of stealing $40 from the person Of Mss
Annie kessnick.
John h. Shirley. young white man was
charged with mental responsibility. and
commission of lunscy was ordered for him.
Charles Rice and G. Z. Whitfield, both
white, were sent to jail for thirty days for
drunkenness.
f.. K. Morton colored, T. VI. Tomblinson.
white. Margaret Holleran. white, and Mar
garet Morris colored, each were fined "a for
being drunk