The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-16
SMALL CHILD is
BADLY BURNED
cot Mouth 4. Full of coacentra;, d
Lye.
SON OF Mr.. W. 7. CROOKS.
The Street Committee Held Lone
Got Mouth Full of Coacentrat. d
SON OF Mr.. W. T. CROOKS
The Street Committee Held Long
Sesson-Diferen Ward Members
Tackle Each Other-Regster-
ing Fast-O.her News.
Manchester Bureau, Richmond Times
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home of Mrs. Lucas, next-door neigh
Dor, Thomas, the dftcen-months-ol child
Of Mr.. and Mrs. ". T. Crooks, of Ninth
Street. got Its hands on bottle of cor
centrated lyc, and did the most natural
thing on earth for little one to do
placed the mouth to hts lips and com
menced to drink the contents Fortu-
nately some one discovered the little fell
low as he turned the bottle up. and
snatching it from his hands. not before
he had gotten a mouthful Of the fluid.
however. which badly burned the inside
Of the mouth and tongue.
hurried call wac sent for DR. T P
Mathews. who temporarily relieved the
little sufferer. While the case is not
necessary fatal, it ts very painful. It is
not yet known whether any of the I've
was swallowed or not.
The mother OF the little boy, as had
been her custom. allowed him to go over
In the house OF Mrs. Lucas who live.
next door. For an instant the child wae
forgotten and In this short time he had
seen the bottle and poured a quantity
down across his dress and had his mouth
full
He may recover from the burns, and
unless ne swallowed large part of that
he took in his mouth will soon be WE'LL
STREET COMMITTEE
Between representatives from the First
and Fourth Wards last night at a meet
ing of the Street Committee there was a
lively discussion about the share of ap-
preparations each was getting The Street
Committee of the old City Council ordered
work done on Bainbridge Street between
Cowardin Avenue and Twentieth Street
Because of more pressing work this was
postponed from time to time. Messrs
ferguson and Barrett asked that the CITY
Counc1l be asked for 8 special appropri-
alton to carry out the work ordered
Mr. Wakefield. from the First Ward,
spoke against 1t, declaring that all the
money had been spent in the Fourth
Ward and the First Ward needed i'm
provement. Then he made an amend
ment to the motion, which was seconded
That appropriation he also asked for, and
sufficient to pave Seventh and Eighth
Streets from Hull to Decatur Street
Mr. Ferguson opposed the amendment
| In the most strenuous terms, declaring,
while he pointed his finger at Mr.. Wake
| field, that the amendment was tackled on
| to his motion
| The amendment was lost by a vote of
| 3 tc 2. and the motion adopted By the
same vote. For special work to be done
on the streets. twelve men were ordered
| to be hired, eleven Of whom should re-
ceive 1925 FER day and one $3.50 per day.
| the latter to have charge of the rest.
| Other matters, such as opening alleys
and grading streets. were attended to In
short order. The Council was asked for
a srotial appropriation of, s214 to do work
on Twelfth Street betwe,sn Stockton and
Decatur Streets
Though. comparatively speaking, hold
ing very short session, the Light Com
mittee ordered new lights to be placed at
the following corners: Tenth and Stock
, ton; Fifth and McDonougll; Fifteenth and
Decatur; Twentieth and Hull; at an alley
between Semmes and Railroad Streets;
on Tenth Street; light at Seventh and
| Porter Streets was ordered to be moved
to Sixth and Porter
THE MONUMENT
Mr.. Peter Donald Sr., was yesterday
awarded the contract for the stone work
to be done on the monument to be erected
to the Confederate dead of Chesterfield.
his bid being the lowest of FIVE. Mr.. DON
aid will only do the real work, the stone
being contributed by the county. His bid
was ssS5. and s. less than any Of ten
others.
The subcommittee of the Executive
Committee meets next Monday at the
courthouse to hear from all members on
the progress.
DIsGRACEFUL FIGHT
Growing out of the continued lettering
of boys and young men the corner
near Twelfth and Hull Streets, there was
a most disgraceful fight there bout nine
o'clock last night. "A young man OF pos
sibly twenty was insulted by the crowd
and when he resented it the whole bunch
piled in on him. Two of the first to reach
him went down before Lis blows, and
while he was parrying blows from several
arms in his front, one walked up in his
rear and struck the young man in the
eye Then all jumped on him. There were
at least twenty boys on the corner and
/
ment a plenty.
REGISTRATION.
The first days registration in Manches-
ter proved em.nently satisfactory to
those interested.
/ The registering By names is: First
Ward at $50 2. NJ, Whites, %; colored,
/; Second Ward at $50, Whites, 81; col
ored. 1; Third ward at p. NJ, whites.
81; colored, .; Fourth Ward at P. NJ,
whites, 81; colored. o.
The negroes are not bothering the re-
gistrars to any great extent, those who
have registered having done SO under
the property clause.
DECISION OF COURT.
Deciding that under the new Constitu-
ton a citizen was not legal voter until
after he had registered. and as the court
convened two hours before the registra-
ton books opened. Judge John H. In
gram, of the Corporation Court Of Man
chester. yesterday morning discharged
the jury already summoned by the City
Sergeant and adjourned court until Fri
day morning.
Just prior to the opening of the court
at 10 o'clock the judge made this decis-
ion, and the sergeant was notified to re-
call the summons of the jurors. Mean
time these gentlemen will qualify by reg
istering A new jury will be summoned
and sworn. This decision was an i'm
portant one Of the court, and came
a surprise to many. Around the court
house yesterday were crowded many cit
liens to see the three negores when they
were brought from the Jail. The sight
was denied them however. no indict-
,ments being found: in fact, nothing be-
ing done after the decision. the jury were
not qualified to serve.
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
Mrs. NJ. E. IInnant and little son Otis
have returned from North Carolina.
where they spent a very pleasant two
weeks.