Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-22
BITTEN BY A BULLDOG
LOHG.DISTANCE PHONE TO Enter.
Made to the street Com
,nittee Last Night-Thc Delay In
the Free Delivery-Hustings Court
Mntters-soutbside Items.

There can hardly be imagined more
horrible fate than that which yesterday
evening befell Miss Bessie Russell. a
fair and widely-popular young lady living
| on the outskirts OF Manchester, In the
backyard OF her home. when she was
| thrown to the ground and became the
| victim Of the venomous fangs Of vicious
| bulldog.
The young lady resides with her
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. A. Harris, near the reservoir, but at
the time Of this deplorable occurrence
was at home alone. She went into the
backyard few moments before 6
o'clock to get some wood and upon
reaching the shed where the fuel was
kept she came suddenly upon a large,
fierce bulldog, and. frightened greatly,
made some faint attempt TO drive him
away. The vicious brute could not be
cowed by a timld girl. and in another
begotten moment the young lady was in
his terrible clutches. His great mouth
to distraction. fell to the ground, prey
to his british madness. Her screams
attracted u great many people, who
rushed to her assistance. The first to
arrive was a sturdy brakeman of the
Southern road, a colored man, but one
to whom all honor is due. He realized
i'm less time than IT takes to tell II what
a horrible suffering the young lady was
dor I'D ttrft1. r.rfta oil
heavy iron bar, and with one stroke
from his sinewy arms he laid out the
dog senseless at his feet. Another blow
and another and the CANNES brains lay
In his own blood. BY this time a large
crowd had gathered, and the unfortunate
lady, almost unconscious, was gently
borne into the house.
a bicyclist from Forest-Hill Park was
passing, and hearing of the unfortunate
affair, spun as fast as his wheel would
bear him to DR.. Whtfields office, on
Twelfth street. Soon that physician was
driving rapidly to the residence, on
Reservoir Hill.
THE YOUNG LADY'S WOUNDS.
The Doctor ascertained that the teeth
Of the dog had passed through the girls
ankle and that the flesh about the limb
had been painfully lacerated. The ply
sican does not hold that the injuries are
of very serious nature. but regards
the young lady's condition, from the
wound and the fright, as exceedingly
grave.
The wounds were carefully dressed, and
at latest account Miss Russell was suf-
fering as little as could be expected.
The dog was not mad. but, all praise to
ha l. no 10
teeth into no other lady's tender flesh.
LONG-DIsTANCE PHONE TO ENTER.
There was meeting Of the Street Com
mittee yesterday evening in the City En-
gineer's Office, in Leader building, and a
proposition was made to the committee
from the American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company Of Virginia, which Is
seeking a franchise to operate its long
distance phones in this city.
There were present Messrs. c. III. Sims
(chairman) NJ. a. Campbell, w. T. Hart
w. II. Owens, and Mathew Morton. The
telephone company was represented by
Mr.. Clarence II. Young, who asked of
the committee the privilege of right Of
way through Manchester with a franchise
10 operate its instruments in this city.
The matter was discussed at length, and,
without recommendation. Mr.. Young
urged prompt action. and a special meet
ing Of the Council will be called Thurs
day evening at $3.50 o'clock.
The matter of whether Messrs Harri-
son and Wilkinson, who have the contract
for repairing the sidewalks of Hull street
should use in this work the Fulton or
Manchester brick next came before the
committee. II was decided that Man
chester's enterprises should be honored
first, and the instruction went out from
the body that Manchester brick should
be used in preference to brick manu-
featured elsewhere.
Mr. ID. l.. Pulliam appeared before the
committee, asking the construction Of
a culvert near the A. ID. Shotwell q
Co. tannery and adjacent to some real
estate owned by himself The matter
was deferred to a later meeting.
The committee then closed its work
and adjourned.
PLASTERING FOR THE POOR.
A meeting of the Committee on the
Poor was held last evening at Z O'Clock.
and the bid for plastering the white aims
house was awarded TO Messrs. Coons q
Bartlett as lowest bidders. They agreed
to DO the work for s9S, and competed with
several other contractors
There was no other business and the
committee adjourned
The work of constructing the amphi-
theatre at Forest Hill Park was begun
Yesterday morning. A large force of
carpenters are at work and the structure
will be completed in time for the opening
of the season next Monday night. Mana
ger Leath has engaged a large company
OF yaudev e performers and will open
with a fir. ,-class show.
REPUBLICANS AND GOLD-BUGS.
If is now said that the cause of the
postpcnement of free-mail delivery in
Manchester is due to the influence of
local Republicans and gold Democrats.
They did not think it would be well for
their interests TO let the examination
nroceed at this time II Is well known
that the superintendent of this system
is a Democrat and his term OF office ex-
hires on July 1st. After that date a
Republican will be appointed to the Of
flee. While the applicants for these po-
sitions will have TO stand an examina
,ion the locals are afraid that they will
not get the same benefits from Il Demo-
crat that they would from Republican.
HuSTINGs COURT NEWS.
The June term of the Hastings Court
began yesterday. Judge Ingram presided,
and his many friends were glad, indeed,
TO see the beaming face OF Captain A.
C. Atkinson, Commonwealth -Attorney,
once again at his accustomed place be-
hind the bar. Captain Atkinson has
been sick for many days, and his re-
storation is very gratifying 10 all who
know him.
This Is a grand jury term, and the
following indictments were returned:
William Griffith (white), for assaulting
Johanna Coleman (colored)