The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-11-18
JOYOUS MANCHESTER.
OUR CrTY ACRoss TIE RTVER
rTLLED WTTH REJOICING.
Chesterfield Joins in the Great Parade
or.,,,e sweIls the Ranks OF the
Marchcrs-Other News Items.
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Nothing was talked Of In Manchester
Yesterday but the, parade OF last night,
and preparation for it began about .
o'clock.
The Blues Band were IN place at the
Leader building at p. NJ.
Everything moved promptly, and the
PROCESSION began moving towards Swans
boro TO meet the Chesterfield men,
The Band preceded a carriage Win
Judge Ingram. Mayor Maurice. Coionei
Macon and Mr.. John O'Brien In IL. Iheh
came the members Of the city Democratic
committee in carriages. -, T.,
The mounted Chesterheldians zen H.
with Judge b. a. Hancock ana Suuse
William /. Clopton at their head Ihere
Swans.oro sent seventy-five alone
Five hundred more from Manchester
,uelled the representation TO goodly num-
beers In Richmond III A..
Huu street was bright as day with the
torches of the paraders and the req IRE
and fireworks from end to end
Some Of the transparencies reao'
We are again at home.
'Bnly Mahone's own city wallops MIN
frst time"
"Steyenson will use his axe
"Sit down, Shorty Smith
"In memory OF Haskins Hobson." Mr..
John S. Wise. Of New York "Grandpa's
nat did not save little Ben and many
other good ones. Rs, -,
The Alert Fire Company. in full uni
form, paraded twenty-five men, ana
pulled their reel along.
srs1-so Wa
Graham Gallagher. dressed as the COD
dess Of Liberty. and very charming
Miss Liberty he made, too.
CAPTAIN Hatcher commanded the Dem
ocrats from Granite. II men.
The march was from the start at the
Leader office to Swansboro and back via
Hull street to Richmond via Mayo's
bridge. over which free passage was
kindly given the paraders by Mr.. Baker,
of the Mayo's Bridge Company.
The chief marshal Of the Manchester
men was Mr. A. j. Bradley, and Of the
Chesterfield men Captain II. Clay Cham
bin. Their aides have already been
published.
Arriving in Richmond, the visitors from
Manchester Chesterfield and Granite
were given a prominent place in the pro-
cession. They attracted great attention
in the line Of march.
Miss Erma Hall, of Bedford, is the
guest Of her cousins the Misses Hall, Of
Decatur street.
Mr.. w. l.. Robinson, the superintendent
of the old Dominion Cotton Mills of
Manchester, was called to his mothers
house, in Chesterfield, near Petersburg,
yesterday, by the sudden death Of his
brother. Everett l.. Robinson.
The latter was widely acquainted in
Manchester, and the news of his death
will bring out much sympathy.
Judge Hancock, Of Chesterfield Circuit
Court, will try the suit against the Farm
vile and Powhatan Railroad Company
next week. The county of Powhatan is
interested largely in this suit
Hopewell church, in Chesterfield, will
be dedicated on the first Sunday In De-
cember.
Rev. r. N. sledd, from Centenary
church, Richmond. Will have charge of the
services. which will be very interesting.
Mr.. Ernest Bradshaw and Miss Mamie
J. Malone, both OF Manchester. went to
Washington TO be married yesterday.
Miss Malone is a daughter of Mr.. w.
j. Malone. of Petersburg while Mr..
Bradshaw is an emplOye of the Richmond
and Danville Railroad Company.
Miss Maud Shelton, daughter Of Mr..
Shelton, of Phillips Crossing. in Chester
field, had the misfortune to fracture the
large bone Of her right leg below the knee
on Tuesday
DR.. Lawrence Ingram attended her. She
is doing well.
Mr. John L. Martin. of Chesterfield.
was married to Miss Florence d. Tucker,
of Petersburg, on Wednesday, in that
city at the brides mothers house.
The funeral Of Miss Mary Higgins oc-
CURED from the Fifth-street Methodist
church yesterday afternoon.