The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-06
INGENIOUS INVENTION.
srsyxL FOR THE PREvESTroN or
RxILRoAD ACCIDENTS.
An Enjoyable CONGRATULATED Three MS
ters-A Journalist Drifting Into Foil
tics-Mr. 8. +. Arlington ILL.,
MANCHESTER BUREAU RICHMOND llMrs' !
1921 Hun, STREET. BEATTIE BLOCH.


Mr.. J. II. Johnston returned yesterday
from Washington. where he ana MI
Charles Sharp secured a caveat Tor
very ingenious invention in the shape o.
a railroad danger signal
The apparatus is intended 10 prevent
incidents on railroads By the failure OF
trains 10 stop III designated passing
points. II is simple in mechanism out
very effective.
There is a projecting arm at the sac
Of the track, which ordinarily hangs
downward When the telegraph operator
receives orders for trains TO meet at MS
station, he pulls a lever when se's III a
horizontal position one OF these arms "'
each side Of the station
n a train comes In and the engineer
from any cause fails 10 stop, the arm
alongside the track viii come IN coh'aCt
with a lever on the engine. 1his ieVeI
closes the throttle. applies the ar prase'
blows the whistle and stops the ua',i.
In ease of a landslide the appNdHce 10
automatically adjusted by means Oh ,"e
rock or earth falling upon conhec'ins
wire.
Tho concert Tomorrow night in Leader
Hall under the auspices Of the ladles
OF the Meade Memorial church. promises
10 he a very fine affair. An exceedingly
attractive programme has been arranged
a. follows; l. Chorus-The Millers WOO
ing Faning)-Solo parts by MISS hoDin-
son and Mr.. Nunnally 2 Solo-Coile
Where the Lindens Bloom thuckl-Mt'
f. y. Weisiger. 3. Solo-Good Nlsn''
Sweet Dreams (BischofD-Mlss Nelue
Rogers. Recitation (Selectedg-M ioih
Miller 8. Solo-Answers thopyW WI
GAY Barker. g. Chorus bTluai 0oHs iIU'
Rose Maiden. Z. Solo (Selected-Mr'
HaSaon WATKINS. 8. Solo-Open the Lat
t{ce fGregh)-Niss Ida Robinson. D. HoiO
creole Love Song OucD-Mr. D. H.
reftu,ich 10. Duet-The Fishermen VIa-
z,ssO- Messrs. Watkins and Lettwlch. H.
Cborua-Italia. Italia Beloved Oohizet'p'
Ntr cauthorn. Of this city, VINO Is d
rotorman ON the Franklin-street hne' In
richmond was united In marriage SSs
ferdav 10 Miss Taylor, or ChesleIiiei"'
srhis &c Mr.. Cauthorns third marrlage'
NUss Tavlor being the last OF thIee SIS
ters who have been the wives Oh MT:
Cauthorn. He is about thirty years VI
age. and is very popular with MS ieilo"-
The petersburg Index-Appeal of yester-
day says: -,,. Doroo-
MANY of the most prominent Deni0-
Gratis of Manchester are urging MI -
u owen. Jr. editor of the Manchester
1asder 10 become a candidate for the
House of Delegates but he has not de-
ctdsd nositiyely as to what he Will 40
Two years ago there was a demanu Aol
Mr. Owen TO allow his name 10 go betore
the Democratic convention, but he re-
fused While he has never held office he
bas much experience in politics, ana Is
thoroughly familiar with legislative work.
He will probably consent TO run.
II Mr.. owen proves as successfui poi
itician as he is an accommodating ana
popular journalist his constituents VIII
have no fault TO find.
Mr.. John w. Arlington, secretary and
treasurer OF the Old Dominion Cotton
Mills. OF this city, is In Boston, where
he went TO attend the bedside Of his
father. Mr.. Samuel 7. Arlington, for
mcrly of this city. who is critically i'll
in the former city with congestion of
the brain.
Mr.. Cracker, a Chesterfield farmer re-
siding on the turnpike about six miles
this side OF Petersburg, had hard fight
on Saturday evening 10 save his dwelling
from destruction by the forest fires. lie
hitched up his teams, ploughed burrows
all around his house. fought with brush
and sticks, and finally, after almost
complete exhaustion, saved the buildings.
The repairing OF the Hull-street road
bed from Seventh TO Fifteenth Streets
is progressing very favorably. The work
has been completed up to Tenth street.
The street railway company is repav-
ing between the street-car track and two
feet on each side, and the street com
mittee has made arrangements with the
contractor to repair the bad places in the
street outside of the territory for which
repair the street-railway company is
responsible
The April term Of the Chesterfield
County Court will begin next Monday.
Mrs. Rosser l.. Moody. who Las heen
visiting in Petersburg, has returned home.
AS far as heard from, all the forest
fires In Chesterfield have been extin.
guishsd.
Mr. Frank W Fitzgerald, who has been
absent from Manchester for some time,
IS here on a visit 10 friends and relatives