Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-27
MEETING LAST NIGHT OF THE MAN
CHESTER CITY COMMITTEE.
TWO MEETINGS THIS WEEK.
one 10 BE Held I'm the First Ward
Tonight and Another Thursday
other Sorth-sidc Items.

showed the party organization to be in
good condition.
This Will be an interesting week in Man
chester politics. and there will be several
meetings. There will be a rally tonight
At Sixth and Hull streets under the aus
pices Of the Bryan. sewall, and Lamb
/ Club Messrs. Charles l.. Page and w.
! Hay Garnet will be among the speakers.
It IS expected that there win be a large
attendance.
There Will be a mass-meeting Of the
Democrats under the auspices Of the Man
chester District OF Chesterfield county
on Maury street between Fourth and
| Fifth Thursday night at s o'clock. This
will be the first meeting held in this sec
ton and doubtless there viii be a fine
| turnout Messrs. G.. W. Goodlng ana r.
Q. BEDFORD Were appointed by the city
/ Committee to act I'm concert with Mr.. Ben
! =. owen. Jr.. chairman OF the Bryan
| SewaH. and Lamb Club. Of Swansbor0', TO
arrange for the speakers OF the occasion
| Mr. Ben. II. owen, Jr., Will introduce the
/ speakers
CAPTAIN John Lamb. the Democratic
nominee for Congress from the Ihird
] IUefTlGf. WAS on OUT rAitftH fN4NN' N-t'f %
| wherever Captain Lamb stopped throngs
Of friends surrounded him. overwhelming
him with congratulations on the catering
rroenocts OF November Cd. He came over
TO confer with Captain Attksson and 10
! meet again his many warm personal
friends on this side OF the river. Captain
Lamb addressea the Democratic voters OF
/ King William county to-day at King VIII
liam Courthouse
CASES BEFORE THE MAYOR
The docket before his Honor the Mayor
Yesterday morning was very Interesting.
and called forth an audience or unusual
| proportions. Everybody who could mo
/ sitting or standing room was there TO
/ I'm that much space when the mllis OF
Justice began TO grind
Walter Dickerson and Charles Fortune
were up. accused OF creating a disturb
ance at Nineteenth and HUI streets
/ about Q O'Clock Sunday morning. DECKER
son pai1 down his $40 and costs. and For
| tune was committed in default. The oc-
| cason was one Of those delicious op-
portunties for a free fight between the
whites and blacks I'm which general blood
! shed seemed imminent.
MOllie and Eliza Xix until Saturday
night were the proprietors Of an es-
Enlistment on Eighth street. all their
own. when Officer Alexander Wright ran
I'm on them in search for a man wanted
I'm misdemeanor case. officer Wright
had a sniff Of what might be going on,
and prepared for the worst. went in, but
as he entered the lights were turned out
He waded IN. however, and knocked about
a half dozen negroes out The man he
went after escaped. but he found crap
shooting hal been going on. so he took
Mollie and Eliza. the proprietresses Of the
house. i'm charge. When the case was
called in the Police Court the women were
given the preference Of leaving the
city in twenty-four hours or going 10
iaiI for fifteen days Eliza went TO jail
ana Molie decided to leave town. The
latter said she moved 20 Richmond, and
Justice John sent her back to Manches-
ter.
Joseph Price was sent to Jail for
twenty days in default OF s. fine for
assaulting and striking Albert Clarke
on last Saturday night.
Charles Banks. colOred man and
notorious thief. who was turned out
Of jail on the 22d Of this month, was or
dered 10 leave the city at once.
PEOPLE WITH STICKY FINGERS.
Messrs. Percy Farmer and Hendricks
We're going up Hull street between Fiji
teenth and COwardin avenue last Satur-
day night about 8 O'Clock, when they
were assaulted and knocked down. An
attempt was then made to rob them, but
the robbers were frightened of by the
cries Of the injured men for help. Both
gentlemen were so badly stunned by the
blows they received that they failed 10
recognize their assailants
The police are looking out for those
lovers Of chicken-hesh who entered the
premises Of Mr.. Charles Booth, In the
First Ward. on Friday night and stole
some Of his fowls. Other parties in the
nc,ehborhood are making similar COM
plants.
Mr.. a. II. Simmons bought a COW from
a countryman last Friday. The COW
has been since identified az one recently
tOlen I'm Towhatan county. and the
officers think they will soon have the
guilty man.
NOTES FROM THE CHURCHES.
Rev. j. o. Babcock, pastor Of the
Fifth-Street Methodist church. Manchos-
ter, will have an excellent report to make
to the conference which meets In Lynch
burg next month. Despite the depression.
Mr.. Babcock, with the cooperation Of his
congregation, has paid off the entire
church debt and raised al the conference
assessments. During the year he has
added 100 members to his church.
Dr. W. e. Hall. OF New York, delivered
a very { )Quent sermon 1t COWardin-
Avenue Christian church Sunday night.
his subject being, Yesterday, To-day, and
Forever" lie will also lecture at COwar-
din-Avenue church tonight October 9th,
at o'clock. on How 10 Get Married and
Stay Married" Mr.. Hail has won a wide
reputation as a lecturer. and the subject
this evening will be exceptionally instruc-
tive and interesting.
Clopton-Street Baptist Church Mission
AIRY Society held its regular meeting Sun
q ~ afternoon, ana Judge b. A. Hancock
its enthusiastic president, delivered the
address of the evening in the presence of
a large and attentive audience.
Rev W w Lear. pastor Of Central
Methodist. and Rev. j. T. Mastin, OF
Trinity church, exchanged pulpits Sunday
night.
Stockton-Street Baptist church was
crowded 10 the doors Sunday afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock, the occasion being the
annual celebration of the Foreign Mis-
sionary Society. After select music Mr.
T.. X. Sampson delivered an instructive
address on Foreign Missions" Several
appropriate hymns were sung by choir
of about twenty good voices.
Rev. Mr. Holcombe, the boy preacher |
opened a revival at West-End Methodist /
church. He will preach every night this |
week.
MISS COOKE WEEDS MR.. NUNNALLY.
Mr.. y. A. Nunnally and Miss Blanche |
Cooke were quietly married yesterday az |
ternoon at $3.50 o'clock at the home Of the |
bride. on Perry street The bride was |
becomingly attlred In gray travelling |
suit and looked very charming. NO CARDS |
were issued and the wedding was entirely /
informal. Mr.. Nunnally is an enterprising /
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