The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-24
HE MAY LOSE
ONE OF HISEYES.
Manchester Man Meets with a Bad
Accident.
MAY PERFORM AN OPERATION.
An Old Man, Barn with All His Live
stock Bnrncd- Death OF MIR. WI
hams-NIr. Neal Has an Acct
dcnt-Othcr Southside News
Manchester Bureau. Richmond Il i,,e,,
liI2 HUI street. Beatue BLOCH

1fl1 Blu street. Beatue BLOCK.
Mr.. H. ". Butler. OF no5 semmes
.treet. mot with painful accident Mon
nav evening while at work at the Soutn- /
,rn Railroad shops. lie was requested I
nv his foreman. Mr. Ragland OF 'he {
blaming mill department, TO s'ay al'eV /
-. whistle blew and assist him IN hAing I
,,o largo leather belts. a part Of his I
,,o.p VAS to cut one OF tho belts ana /
while doing so the knife slipped out Oh !
,,e leather and the blade went oaso- ]
,,suv across his eye. The wound oio nol .
civ, hun much trouble and but Mite at ,
.or.ioo WAS paid 60 g. until yesterday !
when hc was taken 10 see the company /
,hysician Dr &. ". L, biocN.
mis- physician examined the case "'"
saw that Mr Butler had sustained "o,,o
,p,rries than was Of FIRST supposed lio
49, ordered TO be taken at once TO me
OH Dominion Hospital. and went there
.rbe nhysicians are afraid Ahat Mr. But
Ter may lose al least one of his eyes, Tot
they may have 20 remove the injured
member 10 save the unnured eye
HIS BARN BURNED.
,-..ht,gfon Towncs. am old negro
,,,roo~ livine near Negro Arm IN Pow
totan county. los, an his live stock ana
ham DURING the late storm in 90 ralhef
peculjor manner The old man cohciuu-
81 that the best way To- keep them warm
w. 10 place them in the barn ana u'.no
q Mg fire 10 last throughout The men-
ro,,soa bis horses. cows. ducks. chick
~ MICS and everything else alive p"t
20, "a human being was I'm the bWldlh6'
and then started up the IRE. Ills neat
,noVe was to seek IBIS conch anu Hi'"'"
of cold weather. When Iowhes ""oNo
tbe next morning the first thlhs nc '"u
YVES 10 go out and attend 10 ms NV
stock hut on looking in the Wiec'lo" Oh
t,is harm al ne saw was a mass OF mould
.rirg rlins and AN his worldly posses
sions ne had carefully attended 20 We're
nr the ground a charred mas. The loss
is seve-s on the old man.
Special officer George W. hoaeh' aI
rested Harry Maynes, charged WIN
stealing brasses from the southern I'ul-
way shops yesterday John SleiHn8'
Who was with Maynes, made MS escape
Nfavnes is a white youth about seven
seen years OF age
FUNERAL OF MRS. LlPSCOMb.
The funeral OF the late Mrs fanhle
Moody LipscOmb the beloved VIC VI va.
Wuiam h. IlpscomO, Will take place
from cambridge street baplia1 '""'N"
mis- afternoon al o clock.
Tha services will be conducted by rev.
Dr l. II. Thornhnl, the pastor dsslste"
NV Rev. Charles y. Van Houten, OF tho
Presbyterian churcn Al.
1be remains Will be laid 20 rest in
" 1,Ss following gentlemen will serve a.
ponorary-Judre John r. Ingram.
Judge Wm. l. Clopton, DR.. II. J.. MAJ
theWs. DR. W. y. Matthews, Messrs. u.
NJ. Fendiey, John o bfleh' 9'n4"'' w.
HH.s
Active-Messrs j. j. Bayiey h. NJ
Robertson. II. Clinton Broaddus. A. y.
Smelling. John y. UtZ. IT, a. DAVIDSON
]. c. Snellngs and George Jones.
DEATH or MIR. WILLIAMS
Mr. Samuel Williams died al his nohl'
IN Clayvlue. PoWhatan county Weones-
dav afternoon. he was in the iorS -N''h
year OF his age. A..
The licensed was employed with the
c.iavviiie Manufacturing Company where
he had been engaged for many year..
lie was a man OF the strictest lnlestUs
and was held in hieh esteem 10y pot1
his employers and the emWole7 WI"
vyhou he came iu daily contact. ii'
leaves a large family comprising a VIE
and six children - ,..
rhe funeral viii take place from the
church I'm Clayville this afternoon, aug
fhe interment will be made IN the e"uF'"
hurying ground
THE MAYORS COURT.
Squire ". ID. Lithgow presided IN the
Mayor Court yesterday morning during
the continued indisposiUon of ihe Mayor
"A A. Black. who halls from Nades-
horo y G.. was picked mp drunk Wcdnes-
day night He was taken care ol bN
Onicer Wright ana spent the night lh the
station house. -..,....
When his case was called inns moinlns
the only charge was drunk ana De wa
discharged
m appears that while Black was
drunk "Wednesday night hc met Win
some tramps. The party went INTO a
saloon where they Sought whishey anu
BLACK let them see that he hau Ah"Ho'
an his nerson. A few minutes Afterwards
bo found mat DE did not have d. aHu W@7
robhcd 90 the amount of Sl1. lie report
I'd his loss 10 the barman. in the mean
time the hobos had disappeared anu lney
have not been seen since a utavi 'F1''"
o. Tie tramps was given 70 iv'iVs''""
Wright soon after the robbery. lie huIll-
e9 e,erv,nere in this city where ne eA-
,..t.d fh.v could be- found. but without
sU,.e.s lie then spent tho balance OF
fh. uirht bon Richmond but was nnanle
80 ind his men. Black was an eN-tui"-
msrcial man and came this way looking
Tor = position
A SEVERE FALL
Mr. " A. Neal The Hull street mer-
accident wednesday afternoon while on
al wag home from his place OF bust
ness n
When he reached Seventh and iull
streets he fen ho>Niiy 90 the ground ana
could not arise uutl assistance came To
his relief Ute was then taken home and
medical attention summoned hr frod-
max responded DE found Mr. Seal nae
sustained q painful sprain OF the ankle
besides slight injuries.
HRIEF NOTES
Miss Lynch of Florence. =. O.. SIS visit-
In her relatives. Capt llling. on west
Niiss Belle Mayo Friend. OF Depvinc
a,ho has been the guest OF her aunt. Mrs.
Kate ~ Page. 14i6 Porter street. has re-
There viii be- a stated communication
81 Manchester Lodge no -. A. ~ and 4.
NJ al Masonic Temple Saturday night
a. : o'clock
The sWansboro Social club viii give
a dance and supper az Cersley's Han to-
night