The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-04-21


Board of Trustees held regular semi
monthly nesting at Town Hail Friday night
| at o'clock. Present: Thaddeus ". Grow,
| Esq, president. and Mes-r>. Burnett, Cersley,
Foote, Jones, Moody. and Pool.
Mr.. Moody. from Finance Committee. re-
ported that they had examined vouchers of
| h. Fl. Fo0te, late town treasurer, aud found
| them correct, and recommended that he be
allowed 3 per cent. for disbursing town
| school fund. Adopted.
Mr. Foote, from Street Committee, re-
ported that a contract. had been entered into
| with Messrs. Davis & Saunders for bricks
| for necessary street repairs. Also reported
| fayorablv on petition OF James A. Harrison
| for privilege to make and burn brick on
| the corner Of Fifth avenue and Hull street.
| Adopted.
Mr.. Burnett, from Water Committee, re-
| ported layorabIy on application of James A.
Harrison, and recommended that he be
| charged thirty dollars per annum, payable
monthly in advance. Adopted.
| Mr.. Moody, from Special COMMITTEE on
Cemetery, reported progress.
Communications from Duulop& McCance,
in reference to lea>e; and from MeS>rS. WI.
kinson & Withers, in relation to condemned
lands, were referred TO Finance Committee
in last case with power to act. From IL. a.
Claiborne and others, in relation to laying
| water-pipes along Fifth avenue Wc>t--!eferred
to Water Committee. From Davis Il Rag
land, in relation to grading streets from
c. c. McRae, and others, in relation to i'm.
proyements in MarkSs addition; and from D..
Mann, in relation to Il nuiSancc-refcrred TO
| street Committee. From Mr.. keesce, in re!a-
tion to map of town-referred to MesSrs. Pool
| and Foote as special committee. From Chief
| of Police-reicrrcd to Mcs>rs. Moody, FOote
and Cersley, as special committee.
MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS, ETC.
BY the President: Be it ordained that so
much of the ordinance entitled IN ordinance
concerning dogs, goats. and geese as relates
to geese be, and the same is hereby, sus-
pended until December l, 1873.
On motion of Mr.. Moody, laid over until
next meeting.
Rv Mr.. Foote: That the words 5000 per
year as DaV OF the police he stricken out,
and $3.50" inserted. Carried-ayes, s
noes, =.
Mr.. W. T. LithgoW presented his bond as
i Town Assessor. with Thomas Branch, Esq
which was accepted.
On motion of Mr.. Pool, the Board nd
iourned.
The FRlENps OF TEMrERANCE.-At the last
meeting OF Manchester Council resolution
was unanimously adopted inviting the STATE
Council to hold it, next session at this place
and p!eJging them Il cordial reception
President John II. Matthews was elected {;
delegate to State Council which meets al
Staunton tomorrow. The Manchester dele
cation previously elected were. EX-Presi
ID
and David ,. Wci>iser.
The PEABODY FuND.-B. \. Hancock
Esq, County Superintendent Of Publ,
Schools, WAS in town saturday distributin.
81 900 to the teachers OF the schools of ihi
place. This is Il donation from the Peabod,
fund. About $500 will be paid TO teacher
in the county this week, and there is yc
81, 900 more to be distributed. This amoun
, settles in full with the teachers.
MEMORIAL MFETINGs.-Dr. l.. r. Chile
has iuSl returned from addressing series q
Baptist Memorial Meetings at Enon, ScconC
Brauc'S, and elsewhere with the most EN-
couraging results, and will continue tn
work until June.
SLIGHT ACcIDEST.-One of the tlat-cars OF
the train between Rockets, the q,arries. &c
ran of the track Saturday morning at til
{. foot of Perry street. No great damage va
done beyond spillinga quantity os grant
paving stones, with which tIl" car was he;
:. Willy loaded.
Ar TIE GRASlTE-W WoEKS.--Eycrything
working smoothly IA the Granitt-Work>
, Material j. plentiful, and some beautiful wor
; is being finished up. About four hundre
stonecutter> are ut work and some one hur
b dred and fifty carpenters, smiths, laborer'
sc.
!; The FREE BElpGE.-Me>Srs. Clopton all
l Gary, subcommittee Of Bridge Commission
y were engaged Saturday in an inspection {
. the rarthwork on avenues leading to I'll
!; bridge and other matters connected there
Il with, and in IL lew days Il most importaI
I bridge item will be made public.
EAST HANOVER PREsBYTERY.-Elder IIenr
Fitzgerald, lay delegate to East Hanov,
:. Presbytery, ut Fredericksburg, returnC
: saturday. Rev. William 4. Campbell wi
return this week.
r DEBATING SoCIETY.-An effort is to |
+. made TO establish upon all enduring basis
d debating and literary society. Several Gel
y tlemen are looking for recruits, and NEE
y inc for organization will be called this wee
Il ANOTHER AccIpENT.--.i white man name
Richardson, while engaged Saturday ey
ming in weighing granite in the yard of til
Richmond and Danyilc railroad, had one
the fingers of H., ltIt iitud cut Off TO the FIR
ioinf