Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-21

| sician. saw the man that night, examln'
! ing the injury. The next morning tht
| doctor again saw Reed and decided that
amputation of the limb was necessary
| so badly was it broken. Reed was taken
to the almshouse and the operation per-
formed by Dr. Ingram. assisted by Drs.
Merchant and BrodnaX. Reed did very
well at first, IL seemed and II was
| thought that his constitution would pull
him through. Bad symptoms set In
| Friday night however, the limb was
much swollen, and also his stomach.
He was in agony until death relieved the
torture he had suffered from Monday
night His body was Inferred by 'su-
perintendent Allen yesterday afternoon.
Reed. soon after he was shot, stated 10
the police that it was white man VINO
shot him. He was able TO give a clear
description of this man, and the police
have their suspicious about his identity.
Captain LpscOmb stated yesterday after
noon. however. that he would not take
any steps until he had been able to learn
more TO confirm his own opinion.
HAPPY CHILDREN.
The residence. No. 4OS Cowardin avenue,
of Miss Josie owens, was the scene last
Tuesday evening of a delightful enter
tainment given by this wee lady to her
child friends. The children amused them
selves with various kinds of games,
and made the evening air ring with 'neir
merry voices. Refreshments were also
served and greatly enjoyed by the little
folks.
Those present were Misses Leila
Wright. Erma Vaughan, Agnes Smith,
Essie Bethel, Bertha Brown, Pearl Mer-
rift. Lola owen, Pearl Hennaut, Essie
owen, Helen Wake, Florence Corbus,
Katie Jones, Louise O'Brien, Florence
and Nellie Smith, Corrine Iseman, Mabel
Bottoms, Ida Huband, Bessie Baber
Anse Angel, Nellie Kidd, Carrie Vaughan,
Nellie Clayton. Roxy and Estelle Shyes,
and NJ. Harris; Masters George Ray,
Marshall Jones, Arthur Davidson, c.
Atkinson, John and Marshall Bethel,
Russell Harris, Milton Iseman, Willie
Campbell and BERTHE Blunt
ARRESTS LAST NIGHT.
Policeman Wright yesterday evening
arrested Jim Tignor and Dick Bradshaw,
charged with ordinance violation.
Policeman Avis, of Swansboro', arrest
ed two men, named Blanton. last night,
for being drunk and creating a dis
turbance in the streets OF that 'city on
a hill"
WELL KNOWN HERE.
Mr.. II. =. Jackson, the miner who was
killed by a cave-in in a shaft operated
by the Virginia Coal and Coke Company
at Clayton on last Thursday, Yves we'll
known in this city.
He was here the early part Of the week,
and was warmly greeted by friends on
the streets. He was at work when a
projecting part of the shaft fell, catch
ing him under il. He was fearfuly
crushed and fingered only a short time
after he had been taken from the fallen
earth. He was unmarried.
ABOUT THE CAR SERVICE.
Captain A. d. Guigon, counsel for the
Manchester Railway and Improvement
Company, made the following statement
yesterday in regard 10 the car service on
Hull street:
1T is true that one car has been taken
off the Hul-street line, but the ten
minutes service has been continued. This
has been possible from the fact that new
motors are being put on the cars. which
enable them TO run at much better speed
and much smoother. and Will enable the
remaining cars to make the required and
customary schedule Of ten minutes.
1T is not true, however. that the Hull
street cars are TO be stopped at the cor
porate line of Manchester. A day or two
ago IL became necessary to clean the
track between the boundary line and
Swansboro', in consequence of a very
heavy rain-storm the evening before, and
for several hours. for that and other
reasons, the Hul-street cars stopped at
the corporate line. the so-called Brooking
line. as a matter of convenience, meet
ing the Hull-street cars at that point.
"This was only temporary and there
was no purpose on the part of the COM
many TO interrupt the usual satisfactory
schedule from Swansboro' to Fourteenth
and Main streets.
I'VE believe that the people of Swans
boro' and Manchester will be better |
served by the slightly increased rate of |
speed which the company has adopted"
A CHILD'S FALL.
The 5-year-old son OF Mr.. John II. |
Hoslup. "A special policeman at the South
ern shops. fell from the platform at the |
freight depot yesterday morning and |
broke his collarbone. The child was taken
home. on west Fifth street. and the family |
physician called TO treat the injury
The youngster had gone to the depot TO
meet his father. who had been doing night
police duty at the shops.
William Stcgar. colored man, on yes
terday got out a warrant for the arrest