The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-04-10
LOCAL MATTERS.
Rriefs anu Personals.

The " hltc sulphur springs case, II l.
now understood. will be heard here be-
fore Judge Bond on Thursday.
The question 81 recelyership i involved.
For considerable time after dark sun
DAY the trench OF ned along Monroe
street and across Franklin tior a culyeTt
probably had no lantern or other sign oi
danger whatever about il, and people by
the dozen were returning from suburban
drives.
The damages in which the city has been
repeatedly mulcted has not yet proved e.
faciiye in securing for the public perfect
y-safe thoroughidres.
There were hundreds Of visitors to Hol-
/ lvs ood sunday. The cemetery i, looking
loyelier than ever. \ great deal OF work
is goin- on in the way OF rrn9unding and
turing graves. putting down curbing,
erecting monuments. sc.
The streot-cU line 10 Hollywood will
make the cemetery better known than itnow
/ s t. people generally. Thousands never
20 there at all. and many who do 20 yet
so tired by the time that they reach
+ the place they cannot walk about the
grounds. There are beautiful places there
ABSOLUTELY unknown 90 the great public.
Il l. pity that the money cannot be
obtained to stop the crcyice, in the sol
dier>' monument. Ii wa, intended 10 be q
pyramid of green. Instead q that the
vines lose themselves among the stones.
and consequently will never get much
I higher than they now are. \ few hundred
I dollars would do the work. one face Of the
monument could probably De fixed for 500.
When the cornerstone oi the Lee monu-
mcnt Z, laid it will be in order for u 10
f.aIl u
II the days Of 1S5l-'j.
Who was il that sheltered Colonel
S,reIght and his three friends seven days
and nights in Richmond upon their escape
from the Libby:
Answer: We don't know; never have
heard the name.
/ Travel over Mayo's bridge can be fully
/ resumed to-day. The bridge across the
/ Manchester canal has been completed.
There was an error sunday in combining
/ the population of Richmond and Manchcs-
tier. Add together 70.6>4 and G,jo0 for
Manchester, and the total is ,7.1Si and not
7G.jSl o. stated. 4 difference in our favor
+ of 600.
4 \ regular monthly meeting Of the Board
O.. Directors Of the Chamber Of Commerce
will be held THURSDAY evening II o'clock.
The front OF the Randolph box factory,
on the site Of the old metropolitan Hall,
Franklin street. l. 10 be oi artificial stone.
several courses have already been put in
place and look Wei.
Just about the leginning ~ the war
there had been commenced on Ninth street
+ between Main and Cary building q >ome-
what similar material l. was intended iOr
Use o, an armory Tor the HoWitzers and
other companies. but il W., never finished,
and so much Of it a. had been erected Wa,
after several wears pulled down.
/ Nj. James II. Arlington. president and
engineer Of the Brooklyn Ga,light Com
uqnr. BROOKLYN. y. Y, j. on aYisit to our
city. He was one OF the interested 'pecta-
tors at the meeting II the Board oi Alder
men last night. accompanied by Nr. John
+ VI. Hi-yIns. chairman Ot the Committee on
Light.
James Cephas, coiorod boy, employed
at John :. RO0ert>'s saloon, on sixth
street. died very suddenly yesterday eve-
niug-from uattTa. causes the Corner was
. lei O. believe.
T. 4. Nickham was nominated last S1t-
urGay for Commonwealth, attorney 80 tie
County Democratic Convention, and W. J..
Leake for commissioner OF the revenue ioI
the Upper district.
Mr.. John VI. Higgins, chairman OF the
C0mm.tte. on Light. has been invited 10y
Mr.. /. L. Gerould, superintendent oi Nan
chester (New Hampshire) sa,-works, to a.
tend convention Of all the ga- engineers
of New England. The convention VIII be
held on the 18th.
Mr. Joseph c. Dicker,on, member of th'
Board Of Aldermen, has been partially
paralyzed. but bis condition las, night wa
considered very favorable, and the hope D.
expressed that he will soon De ou- again
and i'm bis usual health.