The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-13
LOCAL NOTES.

The Board of Aldermen meet in regu-
lar monthly session tonight at 2 o'clock.
Tomorrow Tuesday is Shrove Tues
day, Pancake day, St. Valentines day,
and MaTdi Gras, all at once.
The City Passenger Railway Company
had their tracks yesterday in good con.
dition, having on Saturday sprinkled
them with salt.
Policeman Gill; who attempted sui
eide several days ago by taking laudanum
and cutting his throat, has gotten beyond
danger
1t is the expectation OF the Richmond
delegation in the General Assembly to
have the use Of convict labor on the
Capitol Square done away with.
The electric street car line was well
pa,ronized Yesterday. The company had
their track cleaner out, which removed
the snow and ice from the rails.
Professor Maurice, superintendent of
schools of Manchester, has collected
vast amount of material and cOntem.
plates publishing at an early day a his
tory of Manchester.
A grand Leap. Year masquerade ball
is to be given at Belvidere Hall tonight.
Extensive arrangements have been made
for II, and it will, no doubt, be one Of the
social events of the season.
The Common Council will meet In
called session TO morrow night TO receive
and act on the report OF the Finance
Committee, who will then present the
budget for the coming fiscal year.
The full dress leap year ball to be given
at Sanger Halle tomorrow night IS In
charge OF Mrs. L. A. 9tumpf, and Mrs.
Chris. Metzger, and Misses Goetze, Nor
eanstern, Thon, Thilow. Haase. and
Thomas. This insures its success.
On March lst the Manchester Ora.
matte Club will give an opera at Gers.
ley's Hall for the benefit Of the poor Of
Manchester. This opera is entitled \
New Years Reception All the best
talent of Manchester will participate,
with some assistance from Richmond.
The funeral of Mrs Sarah f Shelton,
who died Saturday morning at her late
residence, corner of Clay and Tenth
streets, took place yesterday evening at 2
o'clock from Grace estreet Presbyterian
church Mrs Shelton was the widow of
the late Alexander B. Shelton.
The Senate was flooded Saturday with
petitions from all parts of the State,
some In favor and some against the bill
to regulate the practice of medicine and
surgery In the State OF Virginia, which
passed the House by the slim majority of
four votes.
Yesterday evening about | o'clock,
John Wesley, fish dealer on Eighteent
street between Grace and Franklin, left
his umbrella standing In the door of his
place while he went in. Returning he
found it gone. He advertses for the
possessor 10 return 1t.
The funeral OF Mr. Clement r. Barks
dale, Jr., who died Friday night of con.
sumption at the residence Of his brother,
Mr.. +. d. Barksdale, West Grace street,
took place from the residence Yesterday
evening at $3.50 o'clock. The remains
were inferred ia Hollywood.
The military companies Of the city
day, February ED, which is public
holiday, with grand parade. 1t has been
some time since the regiment has turned
out In fact. not since the laying OF the
Lee Monument cornerstone.
Mr.. Kaufman's resolution stating that
it was the sense OF the Council not 10
have the Fire Department placed under
the control Of a Board OF Commissioners,
which was pending when the Council ad
journed last Monday night, will doubles
be acted on at the meeting OF the Council
tomorrow night.
The bill introduced In the House Of
Delegates deciding to the city a slice of
the Capitol Squire along Bank and
Twelfth streets, so that the two streets
can be widened, has not been reported
from the Committee on Public Property.
There Is an idea among members of the
committee that II the city wants the land
it should pay for it.
Apr0p0s of the recent fire at the Peni
tentiary, where the scarcity of water was
apparent, should fire break out iu the
Almshouse but two engines at farthest
could get water supply. The mains
both In that neighborhood and along
Seventeenth street to the Chesapeake
and Ohio shops are all too small to feed
a large engine properly.