The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-16
NEWS OF MANCHESTER.
ITEMS or INTIREsT Ga THfRtD IN
THE Crrr ACROSS fHL JAMES.
Remarkable Escape Of "a Mother and Her
Charles T.. Bowen IN irou-
bIe-Personai Mention.
MAxcursrrR BUREAU RICHMOND TINES,
No. il2l Hull STREET. BTAr1it BLocK

No. llZl HULL Nthtfls DIAL III h"''"''
Arm Della Day. a colorcd woman. who
lived al ll6 cast sixth street. with two
children. started for Bon Air at noon
Monday I'm a wagon. Tho trio. on reach
ing Rccdy creek. near Forest Iiili met
with an accident which was rather sefi-
ou, The woman was driving over tue
bridge over Rcedy creek, just between the
place recently purchased by Governor
O'Fcrrall aud the home Of Mr. John {.
Robertson when her horse became fright
fncd al an electrician passing over tho
,restle above. The animal soon became
uncomfortable and jumped of the BRIDGE
.urnine the occupants out Of the wagon
into the creek Remarkable TO relate the
,ah,, WIS the only one in the party NJ
NH serioi,slv hurt. The horse came GU.
ON ION and uninlurCd. The moiheI anu
two chuarcn had a lively scrambl' IN thS
swift stream They all soon r,kalnou
strength enough 10 pursue the" JV"i "N'
W peer carbett. 4 colored Waterman at
the Granite euarry on the southern ram
.~oad near Forest liiI. hurt ms ann ~,
= RAJ weeks aco. ana II was iHoufn ~ a.
Ia. time that IL was only spraihcu. iut0
=. sfferroon Peter was on duty as usuai
sfa, me bone i'm his leg slipped out OF
hlece and caused him great pam. w
IF tho quarry hands carried M" l" -
est hin Park and placed MN on 80
and be was taken 20 ms Aoiht' V''
Clay street. Richmond. .....o,
I charles T. Bowen. who was sentence
20 The pcuitcLtiary last MONDAY I"' 90
Years for stealing COW lIoIn Nj 80
me-. Of SwanshorO. was gwen tni'o stth
TUESDAY for the theft Of "A horse, WITH
|vvas also stolen in Swansboro. Bowen
has been to the pcnitentary before, an.
Is still 10 be tried at the county 'onls
OF Chesterfield for stealing seNerdl o''S.
cows The cow Of which ne has aread.
S.sen convicted OF stealing had not been
killed and was identified. The moe 81
another has been secured, ana '''Is
burg butchers can describe apotheI Nv
offered for sale at their stores nY DIV 80
: The con mittce appointed ar IN, i.Se
councu meeting 10 determine upon l't
advisability Of the city OF Manches,,ri
owning an electric plant met i,, -
night II was the unanimous VPsnl'I
~. ~ eon,nittee mat IL wouli be far bet
fer for the city 10 own ana olci nv. -
riont Of its own. The cMsIhS llNf-s,"-t
contract will expire February ." -
Mir, Sims was appointed as spy,e,i,atl 80
,nittee OF one 70 soc Mr.. O. +. lshr ~ VI
no Richucnd Railway and Electric 'oii-
~. 80 aeccrfain under what conditions
80 would rerew the contract, aiso ~ ~
mir. as to the purchasing OF the "lIeS'
.noles and other nocessai7es LOT ,nc '''-
struction of an Independent ssS. ..t, tho
-, ~ Two dynamos. and Mr. ltz VIII
I6eure on the cost Of refining the CITY
sfrs ~ /. williams died al the resi-
80 ~ ber husband. 1927 HUI street
at 745 o'clock yesterday, mG f,arnoon a at
a.eo o'clock from the West-End Metho-
Diet church. e.,-.,. mos ca,i-
~ pnt,cc Cont Yesterday morning.
81 simons was fined 80 for cursing Mr. D.
n Crump. a., a. .or nioc-
,,i, n dead calf at the corner OF FIJI
teentb and Everett streets $500, ..A.r
All the PARTIES who were chargeu VII,
-, unlicensed wagons on the street
having secured their licenses were us
Mr. w. T. Pitt and daughter, MISS
N,amic left Yesterday morning Tor New
.,ort News to spend several weeks WIN
friends and relatives. s-.. ,c,,,,ro
Mrs William Fowler was before SUM-
owen Yesterday morning charged WIZ
creating disturbance on l"liu .s,r,lo,,
between Hull and Decatur on Sa,uiuaE
night. She was fined $50 ana Costs