The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-03-17
MANCMESTER NEWS.

o,r,c.,, MATTERS. The First Ward
conservatives have organized club Win
the following officers: President, henry
:Eitzperald. Jr.; Vice-Presidents, James a.
clarke james w. Craig, and Willlam H.
Tee: Secretary, O. B. Sims; Treasurer, VIII
liam r. Lee. D.;ao,,t
The Fourth Ward as follows: PRESIDENT
A CARY. icc-Presidcnts, T. W. Crow, A.
T.. Bradley, and E. Morrise'te secretary
Thomas NJ. Bot; Treasurer, y. -. rag
The following committee OF coh'etsnoe :,
nxnected to meet tonight at the Couheli
chambers at 4 O'Clock to elect clty SUI
perintendent and attend to other pus'n Is::
Eirst Ward: William II. Garnetf, A: FitZ-
1arotd and r. G, Latham. Second Ward:
6r..L. K. Cniles. A. G. Evans, ana 1. Il.
Perdue. Third Ward: 4. Royal, Dr. gary
and isaac Kuhn. Fourth Ward: a. GARY,
A. L. Bradley, and T. ". Crow.
Roll or HosoR.-The following pupils re-
seiyed certificates Of distinction at the MAZE
High (~hite) School for last week: masters
VS.. Campbell, d. Is. Winfree, b. W. NUN
naly, +. B. Traylor, r. II. Winiree, >. II.
w MOODY, Z. S. Moody, Charles Sharp,
!ohn Charlton, A. c. Reynolds, j. 81. Rey-
nolds, j. A. Moore, William Ball.
AT the Colored High School, James Black
well A. Cunningham, John Peters, James
Peters, c. Woodbridge. and Frank Nelson.
ELECTION OF OfFIcERs.-At the last meet
ing of the stockholders of the Soutbslue
Building Fund Company the following OIL
GERS were elected for the ensuing year :
Pres dent, j. r. Perdue; Secretary, l.. ).
Clarke: Treasurer, w. w. Pool. Directors I:
PHI. Gary, j. II. Hatcher, Jesse Rice, 7. w.
Crow, A. Royal, and Z. w. Bronaush, Jr.
Trustees j. K. Coghill, c. c. McRae, +.
Gary. Attorney j. E. Taylor.
LECTURE To NIGHT-By request r. Hunter
Beazley, Esq, will lecture tonight at the
Baptist church on Cradles, Paregoric, and
Broomstick," for the benefit of the widows
and orphans OF Henderson Lodge, I. y. 0.
+. AS the cause is meritoricus one it is
hoped the attendance will be large.
The JEFFERSON LIBRARy.-Tbe President
of the Jefferson Literary Society has APP
pointed the following trustees for the libra.
ry: Colonel w. B. Woodbridge, DR.. l.. r.
Chiles, DR.. A. Monteiro, A. G. Atkisson, ana
Charles s. Maurice.
MINOR Tor1cs.-E. w. Baugh, Esq, had
nice wagon smashed up BY runaway accl-
dent on Saturday.
Beverley Gray, of Richmond, was arrested
by officer Fitzgerald and carried over for an
offence committed in that place.
Collector Gary is after delinquent tax-pay-
ers.
THE New CElETERY.-Tbe cemetery just
purchased for the town by the trustees at
cost Of S75 per acre contains about one hun
dred acres. 1t is Well located, being near
enough to be convenient and yet in such
direction from the town as not probably to
be in the way of its progress. The greater
portion Of the ground consists Of elevated
hills, from which the prospect is very fine.
1t has commanding view OF both Manches-
ter and Richmond, as well as of the river and
the surrounding country for considerable
distance. The soil is grayelly to such a de-
gree that grayclled roads and walks can be
made with but little labor. The flat portion
of the land can be made partly into a beauti-
full lawn and partly into grove at mode
rate expense, leaving still in the elevated
ground cemetery large enough to accom-
modate the town for many years to come. A
portion of the cemetery will be assigned to
the white people and portion to the col
Ored.
The Cemetery Committee have engaged
the services of Dir. W. A. D'Elmar, an eX-
perienced landscape gardener, aud work on
the ground has commenced. 1t is proposed,
after the grounds are laid out, to sell Sec
tons, with pledge that all the money re-
-ceiyed from the sales shall be used in the
improvement of the cemetery after paying
the purchase price Of the land. 1t is be-
iteved that by the plan thus proposed the
town will have handsome, attractive GENE
terry, at moderate cost to those who be.
come purchasers of sections, and without
any draught upon the town treasury. by
this purchase want, long felt by the cltl
zens, has been supplied.