Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-01-08

unondinr pleasure 10 the children. HUE;
drais of little ones, rudy from bealtnfui
exercise. spent hours upon the streets yes.
terday, aud every snow-coyereu nihslus
was alive with their sleds. FROM carry
morning until late at night they speh'
their time IN coasting. and every sie,sn
that ,assed was pursued BY enterpris,ne
Youngsters who wanted to fasten on De
hind. This was dangerous amusement
but the children rather liked that.
Jnere were two bie-hearted bicyciists on
Franklin street Yesterday afternoon who
ought 10 be blessed by every mother IN
town. They spent hours amusing the emil
dren and delighted the very souls OF the
little ones. The wheelmen fastened the,r
machines together tandem and then al
lowed their juvenile friends 10 hitcn on
sped-a beautiful picture Of manly ten;
derness and childish JOY. It was marc
work for The bicyclists. bat they enjoyed
il quite as much as the little ones.
AFFECTING THE WATER SUPPLY.
SUPERINTENDENT Charles Z. Boiling. OF
| the City Water Works, on YESTERDAY iortn-
allv notified the Mayor OF the difficulty
| he "a encouutering IN keeping up the
water simply throughout the city. Inc
| ice has seriously interfered with the WORK
| ing of the machinery at the pump-.bouse
| and the waste OF the fluid in certain sec
| tIons is SO great that If fire should occur
| n would be almost impossible to get a
| eufjcient supply 20 work the engines III
| thosa localities. In view OF this condition
| Of affairs Mayor Ellyson urgently requests
! ALI citizens 10 be- careful TO avoid waste
/ Of wafer on tEeir premises. Inc danger
4 b imniuent and the remedy Is in the
| hands of tho public. Every one should
| see that his water fixtures arc In good
/ order. az 8 useless waste at this time would
/ be serious matter.
CROWDS 90 SKATING.
| Many people visited the lakes at tho
! New Reservoir and forest-Hill PARK ano
+ enioyed the skating on these sheets OF wa
| ter. The ice. owing TO the recent SHOWS
/ ia not 40 good az II formerly was, and -
! little rough IN some places. but strong ano
! thick.
! The river was frozen across from bank &c
| hank at the wharyes yesterday, and navl
/ CATION was practically suspended. Inc
J strean presented the appearance OF greal
/ field of muddy ice, and not even the mosl
! imaginative person could have calico u
/ beautiful. The ice was not smooth ike
! that on lakes and ponds, but looked rather
| like an accumulation OF small pieces
which had become welded together
| bv the biting cold. In some places the
water had managed TO break over ITS frlgld
| covering. and cOulh be seen struggling tc
| reach the great current which goes on tC
| tho ocean. Near Nayo's bridge. where tht
| current is switt. the ice had been unable
/ IN Iock the stream in its chilling embrace
| but il had collected IN great heaps alonb
the shores and on the rocks, and the PIC
ture presented was truly suggestive OF th'
! Arctic regions. ,.obo,
tho. in some places; and but Tor tn'
bTaoks made by the Old Dominion steam
era a man could easily walk across th'
For the present the steamer Ariel will b.
compelled to stop at City Point on hel
daily trips, as she cannot reach tins CITY,
THE SLEIGH JUMPED OVER hEB.
Friday afternoon Helen Cecil, the little
daughter of Dir. G. W. Cecil. local agent O
tine Queen and Crescent route. had mar
row escape from death. she ana Nelii'
| Ewell were riding on Grove avenue WIFI
thair sIeds attached TO two-wheeled gig
when the cord broke and left the children
in the street. A sleigh, in which younI
lady and gentleman were riding, was Close
behind them when the string cut aloos'
| from the pig, and the horse attached u
| .bo latter conveyance became frightened
Mt the girls and their sleds. The ANNA
made sudden turn, oYerturnlng tu'
sleigh and throwing the. occupants out
| II then started TO run and passed over th'
sled upon which little Miss Cecil wa wa
seated and upset it. Helen was painfully
! bruised. but, strange to say, she was no
seriously hurt.
SNOW FALLING AGAIN.
There was a slight fall of snow last nlgh
about IL O'Clock, and for few minutes l
looked as if the ea tn would receive ah
! otbor addition TO its heecy garb. The Wea
ther. however, was too cold for the storm
10 last. as the thermometer at the tlin'
registered only rs degrees. and in lev
minutes the flakes ceased coming down.
The mail service was not so bad as mlgh
have been expected yesterday, though ieV
of the trains arrived on time. The GOO L
NJ. southern mail, which Is of great impor
tance TO merchants, was four hours late
while the Norfolk and Western tram du'
here at 7:49 z. NJ. did not arrive until lO;3
o'clock.
Mrs. J. A. Crone, mother of Mr.. John ii
Crone, Of Newport News, who was para
/ 1u,od racantlv 10 I'm prOylnp SLOWLY.