The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-07-07
NEWSFROM MANCHESTER
OUR FRIENDS ACROSS THE WATER.
Items OF Interest Concerning Both Them
and us-Personal Gossip--Notes and
PersonaIs-A New Church.


summerng.
Several additional new cars for the Rich
mond and Manchester Railway Company ar
rived yesterday and were sent 10 the COM
pany's sheds
A number of Manchester people were in at
tendance upon the Richmond Police Court
yesterday morning
The July term Of the Chesterfield County
Court begins next Monday. This will be a
grand jury session.
A number Of Manchssterians are leaving
the city for rural resorts. Those who desire
lHE LINES sent them can have IL done
by leaving their names at the Manchester
bureau.
The Forest Hill club have. by adding
new battery considerably strengthened their
team and they stand good chance Of win
ming the pennant and the 900 purse in the
home league. The are some good players in
the Manchester club and with little more
practice they wlll give fine exhibition OF the
national game, Their exploits upon the dia-
mond will oe watched with great interest by
their many admirers IN this city. Every
crank N Manchester should read the arti-
Gle IN yesterdays LINES relative 10 the new
league and let their generosity be influenced
by their ardOr and come 10 the front with a
subscription 20 the goo purse asked for.
Richmond IS responding and Manchester
should not be behind her sister in good deeds.
TIE lines Company Is authorized % receive
subscriptions. and any names left at the Man
chester bureau will be promptly forwarded 70
the Richmond Office
The funeral Of little Lee Roy Clements
took place from the residence OF the parents
yesterday afternoon. large number Of
friends OF the grief-stricken family were pres
ent. The interment was made IN Maury Gem
etery.
Hev L. Il. Tbornhill has returned b the
city. and conducted the services at the prayer
meeting last evening.
The president OF the board Of health has
made the following mortuary report for the
month ending June 30. 1892. Total number OF
deaths. twenty-three: still births. three
whites twelve, cOlOred eleven. From FIRST
ward. one col0red: Second ward one white
Third ward. eight white and four colored;
Fourth ward three white and six cOlored.
The causes II death were Heart disease.
one male and one female. both colored
pertussis. one white male, and one colored'
female: consumption. two cOlored. males
the grip. one white. female; intussusceptlon
OF bowels. one white male erys'pelas. one
white. female labor one white. female mo
| physician Is congestion OF stomach, one white,
| female: commissions, one white, male, one
colored female meningitis. one wnite,
female, one cOlOred, male. entero colldes, two
white, males, one white, female cereoro"
spinal meningitis. one white, female IN.
known one colored, female. Annual rate OF
mortality per 900, 2299.
Mr.. George Il. Branch and son, on Semmes
street. have left for Tyler. Tex, where they
will make their future hone. The rest of the
family will Join them in the near future.
The board Of health met in the othce OF the
chief of police yesterday afternoon and trans
acted considerable routine business
Mr. Emmett T. DuYal is detained al home
by sickness.
The next term of the hastings court will be
"a grand jury term.
X. A. Woodbridge Esq, Of Baltimore was
in the city yesterday.
Mr.. James r. Bradley il detained at home
in consequence of sickness.
Mrs W II. White returned yesterday from
a trip t. Portsmouth and Virginia Beach.
While in Portsmouth she visited her uncle,
Or. a. T.. Owen.
There was nothing upon the docket Of the
mayors court yesterday morning.
Mr.. Feweli Merchant has returned to the
city from a visit TO Halifax county.
Mr.. Robert McRse has gone to Atlantic
City and will DO absent one month.
IL IS said that the corn crop IN Chesterfield
promises to DO very good this year
Mr. III. q. Carter has returned from q trip
to Old Point. Norfolk and Ocean View.
Miss Emily b. Terrell of King William
county. who has been visiting in this city. has
returned home.
Miss Molhe j. Morrissett of Petersburg. is
visiting her aunt, Mrs l.. Wells. at Chester
field Courthouse
An electric car on the Decatur-street line
ran over and killed dog at Mayos bridge
Tuesday afternoon.
SEw CHURCH.
The congregation Of the First Afri-
can Baptist church Of this city will
worship in the basement Of tho Balm
brdge-street Baptist church while they are
! having their new church built on Decatur
street near Fifteenth. The bricks in the old
church on Seventh and Perry streets will be
used in the construction OF the new church
The church on Seventh street was until
workmen commenced a day or two ago to
tear it down, very good church edifce. and
was rebuilt some years ago. largely through
the efforts of the pastor Rev. Dr. 4. Binga.
Jr.. one of tho few and perhaps the only col
Ored minister IN Virginia who has had con-
ferred upon him the degree of Doctor of
Divinity. The Seventh-street church was in
an inconvenient place, aud the congregation
made up their mindst 10 move higher up town.
The new church on Decatur street will cost
about ten thousand dollars when completed.
and win be very attractive building.
Thebullding of this church recalls the fact
that the First African Baptist church estab-
lished in Manchester was formed from Beth
lehem church. Chesterfield in March, 1916.
by presbytery consisting of Jordan Martin
and Matthew Wnfree. These two men
preached alternately until about the year
ls4s. Lew u. Homer was elected pastor
about 1919 and served until 1863 From 1864
until the spring of 1865 A. II. Sands a
Richmond lawyer who figured in the
celebrated Hostein case. and later on in the
famous Ellyson- CahoOn mayOralty case, was
pastor of the church. After the war the
church withdrew from the Middle District
Association 1t has had but two pastors since
then. Prior 10 the war the church had white
pastors Rev Richard Wells. pastor of EDe-
Meier church. Richmond. had charge of this
church from about 1866 until he was succeeded
by Rev. DR.. Binga. Jr.. about eighteen years
ago.
The church building in antebelum days
WIS situated on the east side of Seventh
street between Porter and Perry streets and
was pulled down few years ago. Ii was in
this old structure that Parson Horner
preached.
Charter Granted.
In the City Circuit Court yesterday the
charter of the b. Z. Crump and w. b. West
No,,,opv v-oo crpapTad The 4,tla ~ ba