The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-06-27
Manchester Items.

A regular lncttlnE OF tue SCuoOl DOlIu
Of Manchester will be held next Tuesday
evening.
Manchester Lodge of Masons celebrated
st. Johns day Monday night at their hall
10y giving banquet. Several gentlemen
from Richmond were present.
Applicants for teachers Of white public
schools OF Manchester will be examined
by superintendent Howlc on the 30th of
June, and the applicants for colored schools
will be examined on the I'd Of July.
The cClored MaSons and Odd-FellOws OF
Manchester yesterday afternoon laid the
cornerstone OF their new lodge building,
on Twelfth street. Addresses were made
by James Cunningham and {. W. Mann.
At the last regular meeting Of the j. II.
:. l.. Club, OF Manchester, the following
officers were elected: James +. Bradley.
president; W. b. Bradley, yice-president (;
Samuel'Richards, secretary; John II. Rice,
treasurer.
The taxpayers OF Manchester who have
not paid their city and schOol-taXes for the
wear 1888 will only have until Saturday to
do so.
The Teachers Institute OF the public
schools Of Chesterfield met Monday at the
Courthouse. About thirty or forty teach
els vert lIt>tuts superintendent i@' -
Robinson presided. Various subjects were
discussed. determination OF old teachers
will not be required: only new applicants
will be examined. b. \. Hancock. at the
request of the Superintendent and teachers,
delivered IN address upon the "lmpor-
tance OF Good Teachers" The array Of
beauty was very noticeable. In fact, upon
looking over the audience one might well
imagine that beauty was a necessary ac-
complishment for teacher.
The Board of Supervisors Of Chesterfield
met Monday at the Courthouse. The
following supervisors were present ID. VI.
GoOde. X. :. Jones. Ben. johnson, Joseph
Walker, and b. j. Du Val. The report OF
the Superintendent Of the Poor, showing
twenty-five inmates in the pOor-house, was
received and filed. ON motion OF Major
Walker. the county levy was increased 10
cents on the 500 OF assessed property.
This increase Is made necessary by reason
OF unpaid smallpox claims.
At regular meeting Of the Midlothian
Lodge, No. 211, \. +. and 4. NJ, held at
the Masonic Hall at Midlothian, the follow
Ing officers were elected for the ensuing
year f. II. Baker, master; j. W. Jewett,
senior warden; Ed. Lightley, junior war
den 5. -. Lucas, treasurer: ID. B. Win
free, Jr.. secretary; Il. l.. Pemberton, Sc
nior deacon; j. B. Wadlington, junior
deacon; j. +. Jackson, chaplain; David
ForIoines, steward and tller.
Mrs. Jane Baird, one OF the most es-
teemed lady residents OF Manchester, died
suddenly at 2:1j O'Clock yesterday morn
ing, without warning Of impending dan
ger. 1t is thought her disease was sudden
| lv-deyeloped congestion OF the brain. De-
ceased was in her seventy-fOurth year, and
was the widow Of,ihe late Robert Baird,
who so long owned and operated the foun-
dry here. Mrs. Baird was in Richmond
Monday, visiting her granddaughter, Mrs.
William y. Knowles, and was then appa-
rcntly the picture OF health. She was un-
tiring in all good works, and all her life
possessed the love of the people in whose
midst she dwelt. The funeral will take
place at the Presbyterian church in Man
chester at 1880 O'Clock this afternoon.
The City Council had a called meeting
last night to discuss the water question.
| The pumps refuse TO work, and the city is
without water. They expected Mr.. Shir-
refs. OF the Allegheny railroad, to meet
and consult with them, but he was not
present, and the meeting adjourned with
out action.
Aaron Hicks, q colored youth eighteen
wears old, who moved from Richmond 10
Manchester about week ago, was before
Mavor Taylor yesterday for stealing piece
Of beef from one OF the butchers in the
market lie was sent to Jail for twenty
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