The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-02-26
MANCHESTER ITEMS.

SUSPENSION OF NIGuT-W -WoRK.-At present
the operatives in the Manchester and Mar
shall Cotton Manufacturing Companies COM
mcnce operations ut A. NJ. and suspend at
$50 p. NJ, with thrcc-!ourths of an hour
for dinner, and stop on Saturdays at 4 p. NJ.
After this week operations will begin at $50
aud end at $3.50, with the same hours for dim
ncr aud Saturdays. The season of night
work commences November 1st and ends
March 1>t. At the wheat aud paper mills
operations night aud ttsy ccu;inti1 TIC Scsn
round. but ut these places two classes OF
operatives are employed. The close Of the
season OF work by lamps is generally one OF
rcjoicin" alnon@ the factory operatives, and
is generally SigualiZcd by some merry-mak-
in~, which is at times continued lor several
nights.
ALONG THE LISEs.--'Thc recent cold snap
has not inIerfrred with operations on the
| watcr-ine. The mills have had hard lot
during the present winter with freezes. high
water, &C., and both employer and employe
hail with JOY the advent of spring. At this
| time all the mills except the city flour mills
| are in full blast.
CHrRcH NoTE-This being Ash-Wednes-
day and the opening Of the Lenten season,
the Rev. Mr.. Hammond viii preach at the
Meade Memorial church at II O'Clock 4. NJ.
TRUSTEES MgETING.--Th will be a spe-
cial session of the Board Of Trustees to.
morrow night. The meeting is looked for
ward to with some interest, as at the adjourn.
ment of the last session there WAS a dead.
| lock in filling the vacancy occlsioned by the
resignation of G. G. Robinson.
TENEMENT-IIGUSEs.- The twelve handsome
tcnemcnts known as Mc1lwane's row, Oh
Third avenue, have been completed by the
| carpenters, and now only await the finish
ing touches of the piastercr to he ready fol
occupancy. They will be occupied by tho
| operatives of the Manchester Cotton Manu-
featuring Company.
| ABSENT FROM DUTY.-Nathan Ii. Cogbill
county clerk, and his deputy, John Il. Cog,
| bill, have bccn and are still kept from thcil
duties by serious sickness. Mr.. ID. G.. Bow.
man, Waterman at the Belle Isle connection
| of the Richmond and Danyilie and Richmond
| and Petersburg railroads, and one of our
oldest citizens, is also quite i'll.
RIDING ON SIDEwALKs.--On the streets of
Hull no attention whatever is paid to the
sidewalks, and drivers claim the privilege OF
driving over them with impunity. Citizens
should report to the proper officers all per-
sons riding or driving over sidewalk paved
or unpaved. and they should be fined. 1t i,
useless for the town hands to work on streets
| if they are to be immediately ruined.
PERMITS TO BURY TIE DEAD.-Permts tC
| bury the dead, signed by DR.. William K
| Wcisiccr. president of the Bt ard OF Health
can in future lie obtained Of the undertakers
| It will, however, bc necessary, as heretofore
to have the disease of the person to be In
TERED certified TO by the attending physi
cian on the same certificate.
TIE BRICK BuslHEss-With the opening o
spring there is promised great revival il
| this business. already IN important item il
orr midst. There arc two tiourishlng brick
Yards now in operation, and several partie
have been prospecting with view TO com
mcnciDg business. The soil in this section !
said by experts to he peculiarly adapted t
| the business
MORE IMrRoyEMEYT.-The lumber-yar
| corner of Eleventh avenue and Porter stree
Is about TO be removed to the western sec
ton OF the town, and the square built u
with handsome dwellings. This part of tow
is already ornamented by some Of the hand
soonest residences in the place, and when IN
plan ut present projected is carried out
will be the most beautiful part of Nlanches
ter.
Work Neutrality-suspicious. began yc
terday at the bridge. Efforts will be mad
to raise the iron sunk by the fall of the tre
ties. New trestles are being put up, and
the weather continues favorable the stru
turc will he pushed TO 4 speely completion
The work of grading the avenues, of paintin
the IRON work, and laying the flooring, is ais
progressing faporably.