The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-19

Manchester Bureau. Richmond Times, Z.
No. 1902 Hull Street
Postmaster Weisiger declined iast
night 10 discuss the report coming from
Washington to the effect that his re
appointment is being held up by Tue tue
Pos.of.:ce Department because OF charges
said to- have been made With rei ,tsil nee
&c his administration. He would not
make any statement whatever with rel
erence to the matter. q
The friends of Mr. We.siger here DO
not attach any Importance to the report.
cd charges and believe they grow out
OF enmfty toward Mr.. Weisiger. who mas
made an efficient and business postmaster
ROMANTIC WEDDING.
chesterfield county isa1iot devoid of ro-
Rance. as is shown by the marriage on
"Wednesday at Tomahawk Church, of
Miss Pearl B. Lester and Mr.. o. S. Flour
,ioy Tho ceremony was performed by.
the Rev. Mr.. Adams.
Mr. Flournoy is now a resident of Po-
cabontas. Va. but was reared in Shes-
terrified. near the homo of his. bride. I'm
I'll lest October he lived here. and the
two were sweethearts The separation
came then, Mr.. Floulnoy moving to his
ney- home. and Miss Lester went to teach
ing school. After going to his new place
Mr. Frlournoy decided to attend a business
college in Richmond. He accordingly laid
his plans. Being at the school Tor a
t.hilc,s he felt the need OF the countr!
mir and taking his wheel he started 10
visit his old haunts in Chesterfield. Co
flg some distance in the county, he lost
his way, taking the wrong road. Riding
along leisurely for a while, he came. upon
a little school-housc. and asking one OIL
the scholars where he was, he was shown
To the teacher. What was lis surprise
p;S1,, ont yylo
woman he had loved since childhood
After this wheel rides were frequent to
the country. with the result that teach
frg of the school has been forsakcn by
Miss Lester.
HORSE AGAIN IN TROUBLE.
MIR. W. A Bass, Erocerman of swans
boTo is the owner Of a blind horse, which
has Demonstrated within the last two
DAYS that he has remarkable ability for
breaking up things in general. The last
accident was yesterday afternoon, and
the damage was a broken wagon. The
first calamity came Thursday. evening,
,'acn another wagon went into the hands
OF a repairer, where it will stay for some
time. The horse was litched to q wagon
lin front of the store yesterday, and a
small white boy had climbed UP on the
.seat to rest. The animal became fright
cned at something and started down the
ls.reet in a mad run. The little fellow on
jt,:e seat hung on like grim DEATH. until
a ditch was struck, and horse and wagon
lNSi2t liz. Pedestrians stopped and held
tnair BREATH thinking to see the boy
lllled. but they were relieved. when he
N.AsB Sc sA1:t wi from underneath the
5s,is without a scratch. The wagon was
bl,oi.en up. but the horse was not injured.
DOGS BARK AND BITE It
s;eorJlns men of Richmond and Man
CHESTER met on the Petersburg Electric
Line near Ccntralia, "Wednesday after
,.acn ard witnessed a terrific fight be-
tween Two bulldogs, owned by Richmond
and Manchester men.
The fight between the two CANNES
lasted for over two hours, finally result
Ing in a victory for the Richmond dog.
Turing the fight the spectators had
Something TO look at, for the battle
,aged from side TO side, and until the
l!ish it was hard to determine which
,Suuld 1e the winner. At one. stage of
Ib4 fight the Manchester dog got hold
t,a the foot OF his antagonist and came
:!5ar chewing the member from the body
Manchcsterians yelled at this turn OF
The fight but soon this was changed, for.
getting a good grip the throat of the
latter dog. the Richnionu canine held .on
until the referee declared him the winner.
The attendance at the fight Was eN-
cccdingly good. The participants, it is
alleged, are the same that few years
The officers of the S. p. c. A. when a
fight was about 10 be pulled off on Cary
Street in Richmond
Beyond surprise at the number OF
votes cast in the primary Just past there
IL very little said about the situation in
Manchester. Some express surprise AT
the small vote cast for Mr.. d. l.. Toney,
candidate for The mayoralty. Mr.. Maui
rice was reelected over him with a ma.
jority of four hundred and ninetS-one
The most sanguine supporters of MIR
Maurice did not expect him to poll sucl
n .rote- Mr.. Toney attributes his defeat
10 false statements which, he says, were
circulated about him. He said to a re
porter that men in town had been, sincs
his appearance in the race, buSily engage
An spreading falsehoods about his char.
actcr, and not learning of all of then
himself, he had not been able toacontra.
dict them.
No request has been made by any de
teatcd candidates for a recount of thevote
All seem to bow to the will of The people
und take their defeat gracefully Mr.
w C. Puiliam. the bright young lawyer
who was a candidate for Commonwealth.
Attorney, and who gave Mr.. c. l.. Pag,
erct a close race for the position is TAX
Ing his defeat Very gracefully. He at
tributes his defeat to the appearance o
Mr. Il. s. Eives, whom, he says. poilet
enough of his support to- mage Mr.
Page the winner.
AR Page held the position before. an,
voluntarily retired At this time Juds,
Ingram caused to be written on record
the regret Of the court at losing him
Mr. Page was called out in the race by
very complimentary petition. 3
BOYS ARE PUNISHED.
Before Mayor Maurice Yesterday tire
white boys-Robert Fowler, Rober
l3ouchens and James Kober-were ar
rsignod on the charge of stealing brasse
from the Seaboard Air Line. Officer
Wright and Smith captured them Thursda
night, after a hot chase. They were giv
sn 80 days each. The new sergeant vii
have to. look after them. The boys wer
apparently otout is years old each. an
when arrested said they came. from Ricl,
n.ond Word was received at the static
last night that some one was OH the rail
road stealing brass. When the officer.
arrived they had a good chase to Ian
them. There We're four in the party
but one got away while ,Officer H'rlgl,
was busy with the others bullet .fror
the pistol OF the officer lent speed to hi