The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-12-05
sons the annual meeting of The stockhoid-
ers OF the Bank OF Manchester, which Was
called at the banking-house Monday night
at O'Clock, was postponed until WedteS-

Minor Topics.-Commissione Fsournoy
returned from Bermuda last night. All tue
liqiicr-dealers (sixteen In number) in the
First district are happy in the possession Of
their Moffett registers. "'
A number OF civil warrants were dis
posed OF Yesterday bv the senior Justice.
The Manchester -four mill will resume
operations Tomorrow morning.
The regular monthly meeting OF Alert
Fire Company will he held tonight at u
O'Clock.
The offices OF High Constable Fisher and
the senior Justice is temporarily with A. A.
Allen, commissioner OF the revenue, No.
913 Hull street, next to J. II. Bowen's.
A part Of the Old Dominion cotton mills
started up yesterday.
The city hands are now grading Twelfth
street from Semmes to the Petersburg rail-
road.
Mr.. James 4. Harrison has commenced
the erection Of two-story brick dwelling
at the corner of Perry and Fifteenth streets.
Rev. William McGee goes this Conference
year to Elizabeth City, n. c.; and Rev. 1.
a. Guy TO Hicksford, Greenyille county.
!. Henry Il. Carter, master car and bridge
! builder OF the Richmond and Petersburg
| rairoad, has left, with force OF hands, to
work on Roanoke-river bridge, on the Wei
don railroad.
W. G. Flournoy has been appointed con-
| stable for Manchester district uice William
Evans, resigned.
1t is not believed that the compromise OF
the Harris -McGruder cutting affair will pre-
vent the prosecution OF the case by the Com
monwealth's Attorney according to its con-
| tinuance ut the last term OF the County
| Court.
! 1t is almost unnecessary to state that the
| Thomas Gentry fined in the Mayors Court
| Monday was not the gentleman OF that
name who is foreman OF the Richmond and
Danville Railroad machine-shop.
| II the office of superintendent Of the city
cemetery is absished the Manchester dead
will have to bury the dead. There is loud
complaint that people do not die fast
enough to make the cemetery paying in
sttution.
Mr.. j. S. Pietri complains that he was ar
rested and carried to Richmond withoutthe
shadow Of charge against him. BY the
time he reached Richmond the true guilty
party had been arrested, and Pietri was dis
missed without redress.
Manchester has new enterprises tailor
has opened shop. Some people "brng
| their ducks to bad Market IL Is to be
hoped that he has not brought his goose to
one.
Mayor Clarke had an unimportant docket
yesterday.
The City Council should do all In their
power to keep the cedar-works In our midst.
Rev. William McGee will preach at the
Methodist church tonight.
Nearly all OF the First Warders have moved
back to their old quarters.
The brick block on Hull street near Bridge
avenue is rapidly approaching completion.
The social event OF the week is the grand
select hon Of Thursday night.
Hull,street pavement, west side, from
Bridge avenue to the. arch bridge, is in a
shocking condition.
1t is believed that the city water-works
will be in operation January l, 1878, II not
frozen up.
u lively mill between two well-known
citizens OF Swansboro' took place in the
Hammocks Monday. Nobody hurt.
The ladies' sewing circle OF the Baptist
church now meets on the first Wednesday
in each month. and not weekly, as hereto
fore.
: The walking on the west-end streets that
: have recently been filled up is very bad.
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