Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-06-12
THE CITY OF MANCHBsTER.
Couneil Meetiug-CIosing ofthe PoDsie
1hools-Auother sudden Destho


A regular monthly meeting OF the MAD
chester Ciiy Council was held last nlgDt.
| Eight O'Clock was the time for the meeting
10 be held, but II was half hour later De-
fore there was q quorum present. At the
lasi-named hour the following members
answered 90 the rol'-call Mcssrs. j. X.
Perdue tpresidtnt). G. a. Jones, Is. +.
PilsOn, T.. W. " eisiger. George q. by.
John Perry, c. r. Moore, and james r.
Bradley.
The minutes Of the last meeting were
read and approved.
TREASURER BRoYArGH's BOND.
The bond Of Treasurer }. W. Bronaugh,
Jr.. was received and accepted. The sure
| ties are Messrs. J. II. Archer. j. II. Pate
son, T.. W. Weisiger, Il. :. Whitehead. u.
4. .Sunnally, J. +. Bradley, Isaac Kahn,
| John O'BrieU, III. A. Jordan, X. B. Taylor,
Samuel T. Atkinson, Il. A. Bowen, Arthur
l.. Adamson, W. B. Bradley, j. B. Ander'
| son, John W. owens, and William L. Kidd
President Perdue announced the death o.
Dr. II. W. BrOdnax. member OF the Cour.
ell, and suggested that Il would he fitting
| that the Council, through respect 70 the de-
ceased. should adjourn over until some Other
| evening without transactlng any business.
| tion was adofted, and committee Of thre'.
consisting Of Messrs. Weisiger, Ely. ani
PiIson, was appointed TO draft suitable
resolutions with reference ~ the Doctor
death. Messrs. Bradley and PIlsou wen
appoipted to act as pail.bearers and escof
the remains 10 Petersburg; after which tln
Council adjourned TO meet again next FIR
day night.
TIE MANCHESTER SCHOOLS CLOSED.
TIE schools Of this city closed YESTERDAY
after most successful and prosperous seS
sion The attendance throughout th
session has been uniformly, good, cot
sIdcring the quantity Of bad wea'hG
during the winter, aud the progress 4
the scholars was most satisfactory. Thee
were no public closing exercises. Eadi
teacher handed the certificates 10 those h
their respective grades who were entitled
| 10 them.
In the High School Professor Mo-
rissette, teacher and princip1l, after d.
liyering the diplomas and certificates u
proficiency and promotion, made brtf
address, in which he congratulated tie
scholars, and the graduates in particulT,
upon the creditable manner in which thy
had acquitted themselves, and gave then
some very sound advice.
The full graduates were Misses Matte
Uooc, Lille overly, Nellie Leonard, Rosa
Darnin. Efile Owens. and Lula Price.
Those who received certificates Of prof
ciercv were Glass No. 2-Misses Ida VII.
liams. Minnie Morrisette, Addic Leonard.
Cora Snellings. and Rosa Mccullough. In
Class No. 3-Misses Lille Case. Rubie
Camp. Daisy Anderson, Mollie Rowle,t,
Florence Bass. Violet Waymlck. Eva Cox,
Carrie Allison, Matte Talley. Slllic Han.
Hattie ufsey. Eull Holt. Eta Adam.
sarah bradshaw, and Masters Charles
swann. Samuel Young, and Thomas R9-
bcrtSon.
Misses Cora Morris, Maud Hewlett. and
Lena LithgoW. teachers of the three lower
grades. gave each q medal 20 the scholar In
her respective room who stood best In h.
portmeni and attendance. These were r.
ceiyed bv Carrie Royal. Jennie Bourne,
and Herbert Perdue. There were I'VE
others In Miss MolTis's room who stood a'
well rs Carrie Royall. and there being 0nl
one medal offered, the three had 10 draw
for II, and she was the successful one.
ANOTHER SUDDEN DEATH.
There was another very sudden death
IN Manchester yesterday. Mr.. william
Alexander Jones, who lives 1T the sOut't
west corner Of seventh and Decatur streets,
LETT home as usual, apparently in perfect
health. and went TO work at A. VI. at the
Jredegar lron-W Orks. soon after O'Clock
he fell while at work. The Richmond am.
bulance was called and the sick man
brought home. He died Immediately upon
getting into the house.
Coroner Ingram was notified and viewed
the body, but deemed an inquest unneces-
sary. he being clearly Of the opinion that
death was the result Of beari-diseaSe. Mr..
Jones was in fine spirits. laughing and
talking, about five minutes before he fell.
Mr.. Jones came To this city from Peters
burg about eight months ago. He was
forty-Six years old, and leave a wife and
many other relatives and friend, in this
city and Petersburg, all Of whom are rem
dcred sad by his sudden death. His
funeral will take place from the residence
this afternoon, and the interment will
probably take place at Petersburg.
DIR. BRODNAX's FUNERAL.
The funeral Of DR.. BrodnaX, who died
suddenly OF bcsrt-dseaSe Thursday night.
will take place from his late residence,
Eleventh and Decatur streets, at Q O'Clock
this morning. and his remains Will be taken
to Petersburg and inferred in Blandford
cemetery. Blandford Lodge Of Masons. OF
Petersburg, OF which the deceased was a
memper, will oflcia,e at the funeral. No
death here has ever caused more wide
spread sorrow than that oi DR.. BrodnaX,
who was one of the best men who ever
lived.
Hasonic Officers Elected.