The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-26
NOT CINDERELLA.

a burglar entered the home of Mr.. Z.
II. Tucker. on Jefferson Street last night,
but was frightened off before he had time
5 to steal anything. Tracks were found in
the snow that had fallen, and being
traced, led TO Washington and Sycamore
Streets, where a young negro was found.
The negro ran when he was hailed by the
officers. He was at length overtaken, but
protested his innocence.
No arrest was made, as his shoe did
not exactly I'll the tracks that had been
made. The boy will be kept under watch,
however.
The reading rooms for, young men on
upper Washington Street are becoming
very popular with young men in that part
OF tho city. The rooms are nicely fur
nisied and well supplied with books,
ma gazine<, and papers There are also
tables for innocent games. The establish
ment of these reading rooms IS due to the
efforts of the Rev. W. a. r. Goodwin,
pastor of st. Johns Episcopal Church.
John Z Stockoell and Somerville Gray,
members of the Stockdell-Myers Hard
ware Company, recently chartered In Pe-
tersburg, have gone to New York to pur-
chase their stock of goods
CRITICALLY ILL.
Mr.. Joseph Jackson is critically i'll at
his home on Washington Street with ty-
is such that his recovery is not expected.
Mr.. Jackson is one of the most popular
young men in Petersburg.
There is considerable Improvement IN
the condition of Colonel William Henry
Mann, who for. several weeks has been
sick at his home in this city.
Mr.. John Jacoby, of Washington. dled
suddenly in Wilmington. Del, Yesterday.
Mr. Jacoby is we'll known in this city az
the contractor for the yitrlhed brlck pave
ment OH Sycamore Street.
Mrs. W. GORDON McCabe, of Richmond,
is visiting in this city.
Misses Annie and Kate Allen gave
soree to their dancing class last night
LOOSE TOBACCO.
The sales Of loose tobacco this week have
been exceedingly large. The prices We're
better than they have been at this sea-
son for many years, but We're slightly
below those of last week. There IS
still q large quantity of tobacco to be
marketed and the present weather for
handling it may hasten its being brought
to this city, and next week there Will
doubtless be the largest sales that have
been held here for many seasons.
Mr.. James D NNomble, of Meadowville,
Chesterfield county, who was recently.
i'll in this city, died at his home III
Chesterfield yesterday.
Inc services DIT ram view Cit lSlieili
Church will be conducted next week by
ministers from Richmond. They are Rev.
P. A Cave of Third Church; Rev. II.
j. Atkins, of West-End Church and pro-
fessor of Latin and history i'll Richmond
Female Seminary; Rev. c. p. William
son, president of Richmond Female Semi
airy; Rev. F. w TROY, formerly Of Liver
pool, England, now pastor of Marshall
Street Church; and Rev. Cary r. Nor
gan. pastor OF Seventh Street Church.
Nc. Stanton Pitcher. district agent of
the Massachusetts Mutual Life lnsur
ance Company, has just returned from
Springfield, Mass, where he attended the
annual meeting of the officers and policy
holders of the company. Mr.. Pitcher
visited Boston, New York. Philadelphia,
Washington and other cities on his re-
turn.
4. K. Davis, president of the Southern
Female College, will leave tonight for
New York to- spend a week.
Mr.. Herbert Leslie Rucker and Miss
Mary Leila Ciary, Of Prince George coun-
tv, will be amrried ct Brandon Episcopal
Church in that county next Wednesday.