The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-05

No. 1lo2 Hull Street. :
A white mule driven by negro boy
was the cause OF great deal of worry
and inconven. ence yesterday on the Free
Bridge. The driver, It APP. AIRED. was
walk ne behind the cart, and the mule
walked into the guard ran on the prloEe
anG broke The wheel Of the cart ne
mot rn1en on ihe ca y Wi Il wee kept
waiting. assisted by the angry passengers
su> coed, d af.er n,lcn exc.L-on IN ge.1IIs
the cart. mule and nsSro in the ih!uats
IF The bridge and wcni their way.
BEGIN OPERATION
Perry Street Il, in a few 1a:s, be IN
3 sDlcnd.d conJiiI,7 for tllH sti'et cars.
The heavy sirder rails are being laid
and t.aitic IS not inter. cred VITA Captain
Pollard has a force of fifty men. and all
possible haste Is being made A switch
Is being put in at Cowardin Avenue and
the cars run on one track for about a
square at a, time. The switch is only a
temporary one, and can be easily moved
from ono place to another.
MEET TONIGHT.
The Street Committee will meet tonight
at 80 O'Clock In the Council chamber.
when all the matters between the Ecters-
burg Electric Railway COMPANY and the
city will be disposed Of The committee
has been very busy in the past two weeks.
and have had Captain Lipscon1b drawing
plans of the 7, which will be put IN at
the turnpike and Hull Street The foun
tain will not have to be moved, as the
curve Will miss it at least six feet
DEATH OF MRS, HORSER-
The funeral Of Mrs. Martha Homer,
who died Tuesday at, her home in Ches
terfield county. will take place to-day at
III o'clock from Salem Baptist Church.
THE deceased was In the seventy-sevenih
year Of her age, and leaves a husband.
Mr. William J. iIor1er, and four children
A. J. and William Horner. Mrs. Henry
Chalkley and Mrs. Kit Hatcher.
CANDIDATES ARE ASTlE-
on the streets of Manchester one can ser
at most any time in the day politicians
and lawyers. who seem to be ousily en-
saged in shaking hands with tricn6s, and
otherwise preparing for the great strug.
gle in the coming election. in the spring.
For the rnayoralty. no less than five can.
Sfdatcs will be in the field. The election
OF Commonweaith's attorney PROMISES &c
he the hardest fought battle OF any. and
many Young lawyers vii! make their nTst
campaign.
Within another year this quiet little
town will surprise her sister city by tax
ing more active part in the politics anc
the 6oirEs OF Virginia. The citizen. seem
ccrtninly be the best for the c-,y's in
terest.
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
Mrs. NJ Y. Browder. OF Norfolk is us
ttiag her sister, Mrs w. Y. Bradshaw,
on McDonoush Street
MI. Spencer Hancock, who was Injured
rome time go in Richmond. has been
taken 10 the hospital in that city for
treatment
The Chautauquan Literary and Seen
1iic Club will meet tomorrow night at
the home CT DR.. Nm. p. Mathews. on
Twelfth Street. The subject Will be
Veins A special musical programme
has been arranged, and all members are
requested to be present.
The venerable and highly respected
William Thomas Lithgow, of this city
who sustained a fracture OF the mp
the result OF a fall recently, is resting
comfortably at his residence, on For
ter Street On account, however. OF
his advanced age (eighty-four years.,
he i. very feeble and, this, combined
with the injury seems to bring on droWs-
mess and he sleeps much of the time