Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-28
THE NEWS OF nANCHEsTER.
school board Meeting Teachers
Elected Other Items.

school Hoard Meeting g-Teachers
EIecred-Other Items.
A regular meeting of the City School
Board was held at the Mayors Court.
room last night. Present: Messrs.
Farmer (chairman), Weisiger Clerk, J,
O'Brien, Carr, Peple, Moore, Nunnally,
Robinson, and Superintendent Maurice.
Mr.. Peple was requested to consult
with City. Engineer Lipscomb and Mr..
Ii. Fitzgerald as to what repairs are
necessary to be made at the High School
building, Fifth and Hull streets, and
report the same to Superintendent Maui
rice for his approval.
The chairman announced the follow
ing standing committees for the ensu-
ing year:
Grades-Messrs. Peple, 0'Brien,
Farmer, and Busby.
Finsnce--Messrs. Pool, Robinson
Nunually, and pilson.
Grounds and Buildipgs-Messrs. Fos.
ter, Weisiger, Carr, and Moore.
The Board next proceeded to elec'
teachers for the next session. There
were a number Of letters Of application,
all of which were read. The election
resulted as follows:
School No. |, Miss Rachael Lyons
No. 2, Miss Mamie Hatcher; No. 3,
Miss Fannie French; No. 1, Miss Cora
Morris; No. 5, Miss Maud Hewlett
No. 6, Miss Lena Lithgow; No. :, Miss
May Swan. Misses Annie BrodnaX
Nellie Leonard, and Ada Morris were
elected supernumeraries, to rank 10 the
order named.
Rev. A. Bipga, Jr., was elected
teacher OF Colored School No. | and
James II. Blackwell of No. >. Thl
election of the other colOred teachers
was postponed until the next meeting.
The election of principal and teacher
of the High School was postponed. The
trouble here is that Professor Z. Nor
rissette, who has held the position for
number Of years, having professional
certificate issued by Superintendent
Howle which is good for three years
longer, declined to be examined by Su-
perintendeut Maurice. Mr.. Maurice
claims that he has right to refuse to
issue his certificate to any one who has
not been examined by himself.
Mr.. MOTrissette, on the other hand,
claims that, holding the professional Ger
tifcate Of one superintendent, another
has no right to demand an examination
without good cause aud in the mo ie
prescribed by the school-law. The
Board desires the opinion of DR.. Bl.
chanaD, State Superintendent of Public
instruction, before taking any action in
the matter.
The Board decided to establish a
new school in the primary department,
the teacher thereof to receive s36 per
month. Last year School No. 5, which
had 10 scholars, was taught by Miss
Maud Hewlett, with Miss Lena Lith.
Cow as assistant. Miss Lithgow is now
given a separate school, and Miss
Swan, the only newly-elected teacher
succeeds Miss Minnie Vaden, who wa.
not on applicant for reelection.
The funeral of Mr. q. q. Crutch6eld
who was killed at the Byrd-Str;ei ei
depot, in Richmond, Monday morning,
took place from the Bainbridge-Streei
Baptist church yesterday afternoon.
In the absence Of the pastor
Rev. Thomas f. Reynolds preached
the funeral sermon. There wa|
a large congregation present to attest
the esteem in which the deceased, who
was born and raised in Chesterfield and
lived several years in this city, was
held. The interment took place al
Maury cemetery, with Masonic honors,
almost the entire membership of Man
chester Lodge, No. ii, of which de-
ceased was member, turning out.
Some eight or ten mechanics from
Alexandria city have moved to Man.
chester during the past week or two,
and are working at the Danyille shops,
in this city. The cars Of the Virginia
Midland road are now repaired and
oyerhauled in Manchester, and this ID
the cause of the removal here Of Alex
andria mechanics.
What came near being serious acci.
dent occurred here yesterday afternoon
on the Petersburg road between the
shops and bridge. AS train to which
was attached two railroad oil-tanks was
being operated on the side-track from
which pipe connects the tanks with
the Baltimore United Oil Company S
works the tanks were derailed, one OF
them going a considerable distance over
an embankment. The second stopped
soon after leaving the tracA. The dam
age was slight.
Monday afternoon, while the little
sons Of Messrs. Gallagher and Roach,
who live on Bainbridge street, were
playing, the latter cut the former in the
head. The wound was a slight one.
The Sunday school of the Meade-Me.
mortal church carried large crowd or
their excursion down the river yester-
day, as did the knights Of Labor to
Bon Air.