Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-30
NEWS OF MANCHESTER.
Meeting OF the school Building Com
ntttee-PeraOnais und RrIers.

A meeting OF the Joint Committee on
school Buildings was held in the Council
chamber last night to consider matters IN
connection with heating and furnishing the
new school buildings now I'm process OF
erection. Letters had been received from
several Richmond firms Offering to furnish
desks for the building and giving the figures
,t which they can sell them There were
present Me,srs. William DaiIron, J. J. Eng
nsh, Of the firm Of Randolph q English.
George =. stacy, and Others who desired TO
personally present their claims. When the
The reporter left ut a late hour the committee
was still in session. It, action viii have to
be approved by the Council before It be-
comes final.
DEATH or MRS. MORRIssETT.
Mrs. Louisa 4. Morri>sctt, whose Illness was
noticed i'm the Dispatch several doys ago.
dleI i..e Thursday night at her residence lu
Swansboro'. Deceased, who was IN her
seventy-fourth year, leaves three sons. Messrs.
Beverly H., Iack T., and +. jefferson
Morrissett. Mrs. Morrissett was one OF the
oldest as we'll as best citizens OF Swansboro'.
The funeral will take place from herresidence
this morning at $3.50 O'Clock.
EXPOSITION TALK.
An adjourned meetng Of the Board OF
supervisors Of chesterfield was held at the
courthouse Thursday 10 consider the tie
vote 0akeu by them last Monday for appro-
printing $500 for IN exhibit at the Expo
Sition. After some little discussion another
vote was taken, and again resulted IN tie.
Judge william /. Clopton. OF the County
Court, then cast the deciding vote in favor
Of the appropriation.
Major Joseph Walker, secretary Of the
County Exposition Committee, has been dl-
rected TO invite the Manchester Council
Committee to attend a joint conference at
Judge Clopion's Office, in this city, on Nom
day next at II O'Clock.
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
The salary Of the Manchester postmaster
has been increased from 81 600 to SL1O0.
Mrs. L. 7. Voolfolk, OF Swansboro', is
quite sick.
There has been quite = change in the TEN.
peraturc during the last iofty-eiSht hours.
several OVercOats were TO be seen out IN
Manchester yesterday.
Or. r. j. Spencer has returned from a
brief but pleasant visit 10 friends in Motto
way county.
SIR. Alexander II. FITZGERALD, OF this city,
is acting a. purser on the steamer Ariel while
Purser owen is taking little recreation at
the sea.shOre.
Mr.. W. Il. Bradley returned last night
after trip Of few days to Virginia Beach.
Mr.. Joseph W. Holt and Miss Carrie NJ.
Clarke were married Thursday night at the
residence Of the BRIDES father. on Porter
street between Thirteenth and Fourteenth.
Hon. w. w. Baker, OF Chesterfield, who
is an ardent worker in behalf OF the Expo
sitIon, was in the city yesterday.
ON account of the recent heavy rains the
dam at COaoke pond, about tweniy-eight
miles below Richmond, in which number
OF Manchester gentlemen are interested,
broke Thursday morning, but owing " the
prompt action of the miller in iillingt the
break with brush, the fish were saved.
Captain White, who is TO build the Man.
chester water-tower, has awarded the con-
tract for digging the trenches for the pipe to
Mr. c. A. Jones.
The Board Of Police Commissioners. after
being IN session until after II O'Clock Thurs
day night investigating the charge preferred
against Officer Il. G.. Jones, OF misconduct IN
the arrest Of Robert l.. French, dismissed
the charge, bonorably acquitting the officer.
Mr.. jones VIII 20 back on the force, OF which
he has been q member for sixteen years.