The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-06-23
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81 JUNE 90. 1876.
s. .o,>ortcd the oral examination
As w, school was held last Friday.
M Of INC p 49, and ihc visitors speak OF that
u. ,.;n, very gratifying. ihe wHt'ch eN-
. tor ton had brcn held previously.
'T'" r. n;rht we were invited to the Masonic
81 ',',, a,,cnd the commencement exercises,
So tN' ~ many pcopiC rs could be squeezed
M ~" ,ho we're large room responded to the
IS NV ,s Rsy. !. w. Rlcdsoe made few
IS ,suctory remarks. in which he spoke ol
GA ~ ~ rns,,on,Ihalites Of those who have
BIZ w., n the schools and the school inter
s ,,frrrjrr not to the teachers only, but
RI 49,. citizens of the community amongst
81 ,,,, the schools have been established;
s. ,t Then Mr.. L. NJ. Tuck, the principal
IS with Mr.. T. X. Murray. the chief assistant,
Is and Rev. &. W. Dame, the superintendent.
Is ,,,k charge ot the exercises.
s. The serious part OF the exercises was the
q .ri.trihufion Of the medals and prizes. the
Announcement 81 the results OF the cNam-
,r,,jaDS, and few forcihle words from Rev.
81 ,rorgr W. Dame. The examinations |
81 now sneak of have been conductedin writing,
Ss.,r. had been submitted to the professors Of
4 he college and other teachers in the city,
q id that 10 the papers handed in by the
i Aa, - fictitious names had been subscribed.
EAs these names We're called and the
SYNONYMOUS writer's arose and reported
kheir names, very great interest was mani.
81 rStcd by the audience. At the conclusion,
pt this part OF the exercises Rev. Mr.. Dame
kraS called upon TO present TO Mr. Murray /:
! testimonial OF gratitude and affection from
| pne OF the pupils, and then, turning TO the
4audicnce. he expressed his delight at the
3lrowth Of the school and his determination
5;I suitable buildings and a proper amount
h funds were furnished him, to make this
echool as good in every respect as the best
81 a. the public schools in the State.
g The balance of the exercises consisted OF
Ell choruSes. solos, speeches. dialogues. and
"a ptav>. Mrs. Giles \. Pcnck. with the piano
q and choir OF girls. began the exercises with
"a The Welcome Song" and closed them with
s. Parting Whispers" aud filled the inter-
Il walls between the falling and the rising OF the
curtain, doing all charmingly. Here are
81 Ionic Of the dialogues and plays: Frost
n King" "Flowcr Children" Enchanted
"a Princess" Mrs. Jonas Jones" Witches
81 IN the Cream" Country Aun,'S Visit,
| Lord Dundrcary's Visit
II Rev. Mr.. Holmes has gone 10 Gr"cnvilr,
4 : C., 10 deliver the commencement address
At the ,Iudson Female Institute.
The Executive Committee of the Fifth
lnngreSsiona district has fixed upon Floyt
4 ,aurthousc rs the place for the meeting o
1 -. next Congressional Convention, and tho
/ ~ OF August next ~ Tn" day. The com
I r,tte": 4. W. II. {. Nowlin, II. Fl. Hurt
4 W T.. Sims.
4 | learn from the planters that the ralr
/ which fell on Saturday was abundant ant
| very rrvlving, and that every available to
4 iarCo plant las been set. In some parts o
4 ,hi> county and CaSwell the fall oil water l.
1 >pokcn OF rs storm. ALPHA.
4 ,i,s AND WATER lTEMS--rERSONAl--C
ITEMS.
4 JUNE y. 1876.
4 Mr.. Joseph Parkinson, superintendent o
] tn. Gs>- and Water Works. reports that tin,
II Quantity of Gas used in the street-lamps ir
Z the month Of May was 111.l50 feet; tn,
i ,.uanlity used by private consumers. 10000
Z fe,t: the quantity of coal used was 70,90(
! POUNDS: the quantity OF lime used, five
/ barrels The total expenditures for gas
during the month amounted to S3l4.10: the
Total receipts for @aS bills. $3.50 81: deficit
4 ~.l7N. Scycnty-0nc strect-lampS were
1 H-ht.d las; month. 1t is remarkable that
4 with the exception Of this deficit the re-
| ,vi9t~ from the "a, bills paid the total eX-
> rrnli'urc> for gas. At the contract prices
( formerly paid. and while the works did not
! hrlons to the Council, the cost Of lighting
thr ,trec,-lamrS would have been S24S.50.
The superintendent also reports that the
lump at the watcr-works was in operation
Jour several times. at twenty hours each
TIME, during III" month of May, during
which time thirty-ci"ht cords of wood, at
$50 per cord. We're consumed. When the
month began there were nincty-SiX con-
s'lm"r~ II water. Twcnty-one were added
during the month. 1t is estimated that the
receipts from regular consumers of water
during the quarter commencing the lst Of
June will amount to SSl6. The receipts
from irregular consumers during the first
seventeen days of this month amounted to
Sll34j
Rev. 5. :. Bryant, pastor Of the Methodist
church in Jefferson City, Missouri, is in the
,ilv. and expects TO spend week or two in
Virginia. Mr.. Bryant moved from Virginia
t. Missouri in 1861. He organized the first
Methodist church that was established in
DanviIe. Its house of worship stood
where the Arlington now stands. After
wards. through his instrumentality, the
Methodist church on Wilson street was
erected, from some Of the remains of which
The parsonage Of the Main-Strcct Methodist
church was built. and during four years
from 1910 he was the presiding elder OF the
I,anyille district. At the last commence
mcnt OF Trinity College, North Carolina.
the trustees conferred upon him the degree
q Doctor OF Divinity.
The Presbyterians are discussing the pro-
pricty Of Il move for diSposins OF their pre-
~rut house OF worship and building another.
The Baptists have been talking about doing
The same thing for themselves.
At courts held yesterday evening and this
morning Alderman MoSeley fined three
Young men five dollars each for creating
disturbance during the closing exercises OF
The public school on Monday evening.
ALpHA.