The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-26

COUNCIL, arc alteE t!AA ~ p'esc'lt ms
name for tho position. and Mr., Reams
now has tho matter under consideration.
Mr.. Reams Is ono Of tho most active
and energetic Of Councilmen. and every
thing he does In the work OF that body
Is patriotic and for tho interests OF the
city.
THE NEW POLICEMEN.
Mcssrs Eddie waymack and Mike
Moore, the new policemen. qualified be-
fore Mayor Maurice yesterday. They
will enter upon their duties on septem-
Der LIST.
This increase in tho force will neces-
state tho election OF q sergeant OF police.
1t is generally believed that the board
will select officer Wright. Mr.. Wright
is young and active, and In this respect
has the advantage over his seniors on the
force, Messrs Smith and Jones.
/ When the question Of appropriation for
the salaries Of the new policemen comes
up in tho Finance Committee there Is no
doubt but that It will pass. Several
members Of that committee. who oppose
the increase ut this time. on tho grounds
that the money was needed more In other
directions, have expressed themselves as
being willing to abide by the action of
both bodies Of the Council. and will vote
for the appropriation, thus insuring the
passage Of the measure.
LOST HIS DOG.
Councilman Ferguson Is mourning the
loss of his pct spaniel, and will be very
gracious to any one who will show It the
way to so home.
The spaniel acts In the capacity Of an
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ems him regularly every morning. The
neighbours are also awakened. and 1t Is
doubtful whether they would like to see
Mr.. Ferguson find the canine. But Mr..
Ferguson wants 1t. and wants 1t bad.
DOG LICENSES.
Chief Lpscomb warns all owners OF
dogs that they must now pay their H.
censes or have the dogs killed, and n ad-
There a pr hund hs Of dogs going
Manchester streets day and night. .prin-
cipally night, without the legal right to
exist and 1t Is upon this class Of dogs
that Chief Llpscomb is going TO eoneen-
trate his ammunition. A largo revenue
is due the Gty fTom ths It s9nTse'
It Is hoped by citizens that chicken
thieveries will be broken up with the ad-
ditions to the police force. Almost night
ly the backyard and hon-houses Of citi-
zens are vandalized. and feathered pets
ara carried off. In few instances are tho
thieves detected, and the pc ople have al
most grown hopeless OF ever stopping
80 SACRED HEART DINNER
The young ladies Of st. Anthony's AID
Society Of Sacred Heart Church expect
a large attendance upon their barbecue
at Forest Hill Park to-day and tonight
from noon to o'clock. A musical and
literary programme has been arranged:
and a pleasant time is guaranteed all
SMALL TALK.
John Dunn and Willie Thompson. two
negroes, claiming North Carolina as their
home, were arrested at Oak Grove yes
terdny- by Policeman Watts. They were
sent to jail by Squire Cheat than as sus-
The residents OF Oak Grove are kicking
about the disorder and noise created by
number OF young men almost every
night. Squire Cheatham says. Il the dis
order is not STOPPED there VIII be some
arrests.
Misses Gertrude Allen and Leslie yir-
ginia. Allen are visiting their grand
mother in Goochland,
Mrs Galloway Is III at her home on East
Mrs. ]. ". Johnson. OF No. b1o West
Thirteetf Street. Is visiting In Rocky
Miss Lois Boiling Bass has gone to
selena, N. c., to teach music in q school
at that place,