The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-25
Heard and Seen
in Public Places.

g Tho nffablc assistant secretary, Mr.. y.
II. Brcnnc,nan, Is telling the c carer ~
Democratic headquarters at AVlll urpili!yS p
ahont the champion gucsser Of election 'lt5t \
results. This guesser. tSse ems, ls news ~
5nnner man, too modest to tell ms o" W
s,orv. and 30 Mr. .Brenneman IS re ti
il for him The newspaper man VS. VS., " !.
ncighboring virginia city5a feW, Gays
be fore the late state primary, anu Mus'
quoted by tho loca paper ns sllylns 3. .tl',ls
Senator Martin would carr lil l /. s' ,,
10 about ten thousand majority ~ irene ill'F
!, - warm supporter Of the senator's ap-g
mon ched & The man oflnews, and Gliding
him for not making his guess larger,
pnve itSas his own opinion that " e s'ena-
tor would come under the string WI
IS OOo 10 1900 votes ahead. The CONVEX
sntlonS ended by each Of the gentlemen
recording with blue pencil on the y ~ ~ &
&c the office iii which they were seated
their exact guesses. The strong MARIN AZ
supporter made bis mark - at So lheSts.lls
over 1900, while the new spa per, ma man
hluc pencil made the figures 10, 1854. Or
course. the latter was only random
n1ess but the official vote, as ,reco rdcd
on tie books OF the Democratic com
mitten, show Senator Martins majority
10 have been exactly, 10aS4. For a guess
that will stand pretty we'll thinks Mr. NJ r
Brenneman. III tFEs r
well known citizen Of Richmond was
talking one day last week with Ill ines
Dlspn tch man about the rebuilding OF
tho Jefferson and the general subject OF
hotels and restaurants was touched upon.
Said this gentleman: Thirty years ago
Richmond had more first-c!ass restau-
rants than any city of It's size ~ NC
country; many more nne ones than u
has now, and all OF them made money,
II has good ones now, but not as many
strictly frst-class restaurants as then.
The reason the clty%does not now sup
| mort as many such places as We're 1e-
| telle's, Gerote's and Rueger's as II do
| in those days is because rapid transit
| has played the Wild with the restaurant
business here. In those good old days
three-fo urths Of the business smen got
! their dinners down town, and half Of
them their suppers also. Now the fast
| flying trolley cars carry business men
/ to their 4 homes to dinner and get them
back TO business about as quick as they
could be served at Rueger's, even though
| they may reside away out IN the West
| End. Rapid transit Is a great thing IN
many ways. but It does not help the res
| .taurant business in q town like Rich
mond'
Rev. William Minter. Of Pocahontns,
spent last evening Mt tho Lexington, and
| is now on his way home. Flo Is "'com.
l1ination'. man, .being q minister OF the
gospel and a lawyer with a good prac-
tce. IIo preached in the Christian
Church in Fredericksburg yesterday and
came to this city in the afternoon 1 to
make an early start for his mountain
home TO Tlmes-Dlspatch man Mr.,
Mnter said: We are having a campaign
| in Pocahontas which. In point of excite
ment and deep interest, lays the late
Democratic State primary completely in
tho shade We arc to have a prohibition
election there on the Sd OF October, and
tho good people are raising heaven and
earth to carry the town dry. | think we
w succeed y KS, We are conhaent nov
| the town. - Seatf XII ss tb5