The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-21
TALK Of FOOTBALL
IN MANCHESTER.
Strong Probability Of Organizing
a Team in Near Future.
BUSY DAY FOR The SQUIRE
Many Cases oflnterest Come TO Light
and Are All I old to MIR. Chea,hala.
Aldermen Adjourned Without
Eiecting Prcsidt -Sou,hside.
Manchester Bureau. Richmond Times.


No. lin.. Hull Street
With the waning of base-bal ent,lrsi-
asIr, The closing OF the Tli-City j league
fl which Manchester held a prominent ,3a-
.!tlon young men fond of any kind of
athletic exercise are turning 10 the pig
sfsin :or amusement, and ere the month
Of November shall have passed there
viii be organized 4 team of giadatoss
Who Will place Manchester in the front
ranks in football circles. The game is
being talked OF by all. The young and
old are on the field every afternoon, and
the kicking OF the ogaiis a familiar past
time.
The young men Of the city are AT work
to organize a good team and play several
Richfnond aggregations. Richmond Col
!eissc may be asked to play the boHs from
across the river. Just for practice
Charged with hunting and trespasSing
on the property OF W. Is. Day-ie, q. Ches-
terrified county. Ernest Robinson and il.
4. sampson. of manchester, and three.
ctie. young men from Richmond We're
arrested yesterday and recognized TO af-
pear before Squire cheatham next Fri
day.
THE SQUIRE Busy.
Sauire Chatham was kept writing war
rants of evan-y description yesterday af-
tclncon. and before 3 o'clock last night
his pockets We're lined with the percent
Seal'oard Air Line for damages We're -
sued upon the complaint OF Mr.. w D.
Watkins, OF the comfy. Mr. Wa 4l1i.s
alleges that several Of Ills ornamental
trees were damaged by fire from thea
railroad. One OF he suits will ila for.
sa9,a5 and the other for s@sE5. After these
el'etiied and verdicts rendered SIR Wat
Eins says i1c has some tige or six more.
10 lsIing against the road He has al
reasfg brought several.
ice Simon, another Syrian, wen, Ian
fer the boy, George Thomas arrested yes
teiGay by Constable Grant upon the
charge OF peddling goods without IL
ctilSc.
Gertrude Wilson, a crazy negro was atl-
Judged SO by the authorities yesterday
and Squire Chea than ordered lle.. taken
into custody until such time az the Off
GERS OF the ash-llIt'1 5cotild come after he
DIDN'T ELECT
No meeting Of tho Board OF Aldermen
vas held last night Notwithstanding SIN
Of the eight members III the Board were
Ir'rsrnt. The body was called in specal
SESSION 10 take action on The resignation
OF fIr ltz as presidcnt. Of the Roard# and
In elect his Successor. 1t MS raarlv
understood that tle members wished 10
place Mr.. ]. z. PerGpe in THE chair and
for this reason. in his absence there was
no action taken. Mr.. Perd9ie IS al present
out of tlle city and Mr. rillcry could not
orole[i it was almost isuNersally believed
that Mr. r. l.. I9atram would he nlacs-i
in tho chair. but he beng tile chairman
&c the Street Committee the members
thought il unwise 10 remove him from
This position TO accept that al president
az the Board. Mr.. J5tz Viii caIl a special
meeting as soon as the two absent mem
hers can be heard from.
A BTNS0 GAME
Confined IN 8. cell in Manchester, Ben
mic Wells and A II Williams. two wllite
men. are charged with stealing the sum
Of So. And the facts leading to theil- ar
rest are amusing, as they are cunning
IN their conception.
Last Thursday morning Wells and VII
liams came up to the Police Court. and
waiting around the room until. fter Inc
Manor and the officers had lefr Williams
stepped 70 the phone and called up the
Craig Art Gallery in Richmond. asking
Tor Mr.. Levy. With whom he worked. To
this gentlemen he said he had been fined
about six dollars ia Manchester and he
had only three dollars. 50 would he
please come over and bring the balance.
Mr.. Levy consented 10 bring the amount
over IN a hurry. and Williams and Wells 4
took a seat 10 wait. Presently, in came
Mr.. Levy, and, To a question OF where
he would find an officer Wells replied
that he was the clerk Of the court ana
would take the fine.
S1ispecting nothing, Ar Levy handed
over the three dollars. and asked for a
receipt To this Wells Informed him that
receipts are not given II collecting fines
One or two days after this however
the thing leaked out. Mr. Levy met OF
hcer Wright and asked something about
the fine OF his friend. Then there Mere
~ LOOKS on both faces. and il dawned
unpa hem that bUncc game had been
y}arl5ai Weils had represented himself
TO be the man TO take the money, and
Williams had said he had been il, court
and '4nea Neither was true.
Then officer. Wright col busy and pro-
cured a warrant and both men win