Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-07-07
THE NEWS OF MANCHESTER
City Committee Tonight - Electric
Cars for This Cfty-Personai, &c.

Captain W. F. Harrison has called meet
ing OF the City Democratic Committee to be
beid In the Mayor's-Court room tonight at
81 o'clock. The object OF this meeting Is TO
wind up the affairs Of the old commit
tee and give place 10 the new one,
which will also meet at the same
time for organization. r. Is earnestly
desired that there shall be a full attendance,
especially Of members OF the incoming COM
mittee. as II Is important that the very best
member shall be elected TO the position OF
chairman. The City Committee Is at the
head Of the party organization in Manches-
ter, and IL Is composed Of three members
from each ward.
ELECTRIC CARS.
Manchester is soon to have electric cars.
Some people doubt this, but IL Is true not
wthstaDding. One OF the present cars was
taken over TO the Electric C0mpany's sheds
in Richmond yesterday to be fitted up with
electrical appliances as an experiment TO see
whether the present cars can be used or new
ones viii have TO be purchased. Mr.. Joseph
Bryan, who owns this line, Is an enthusiastic
believer in electricity as motive power, and
he long ago announced kis determination to
introduce it on his car line as soon as be
could make satisfactory arrangements.
OFFICERS INSTALLED.
Deputy Grand Master j. ]. Roach and
Past Grand G.. s. Wells installed the follow
ing officers OF Henderson Lodge, No. 105,
/. o. q. f., on Thursday night: Noble
Grand, j. b. Goode; Vice.Grand, George
NJ. Walker; Secretary, Matthew Morton;
Treasurer, j. w. Mccain; Chaplain, De
catur Edwards; Past Grand, W. S. Goode;
Right Supporter to Noble Grand, &. ;.
Wells; Left Supporter to Noble Grand, o.
j. Markham; Warden. A. &. Belcher;
Outside Guardis1, G.. w. Roach; Inside
Guardian, w. A. Bradshaw; RightScene
Supporter, o. w. Pond; Leit-Scene SUP
porter, C. II. Dufer; Conductor. J. W.
CRAZE; Right Supporter to Vlce-Grand,
+. j. EggestOn; Left Supporter to vice.
Grand, j. J. Galloway.
The following officers OF Liberty Council,
No. Is. Junior Order United American Me-
cbanies, OF Swansboro'. have been installed
by i. +. Miller, assisted by o. ]. Merritt:
II. w. Brodnax, vice.counciIlor; W. III.
Toler, treasurer; VI. +. Smith, recording Sc
cretary; w. n. Pollard, assistant secretary;
s. c. Nunnsiy, financial secretary; W. Nj.
Clarke, warden; George Butler, conductor;
j. +. Bennett, inside sentinel; William Bar
rett, outside sentinel; John Kah, l.. H..
Clements. A. Il. Toler, trustees.
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
Mrs. Z. ]. Hewlett and her son John will
leave to-day for visit OF several weeks to
relatives in Caroline.
Mayor AttkissOn and Mr.. Thomas Smith
returned from Baltimore yesterday morning.
Judge William |. ClOpton IL kept at home
by an attack OF rheumatism.
Peter Weisiger, Esq, Of Columbus, Ga,
a former resident OF Manchester, is here on a
visit.
Mr.. ID. i. Graham has resigned the Office
Of postmaster at Granite, and Merryman b.
Ryan, Esq, is spoken Of as his probable sue
cessOr.
Dir. Simon Hancock, who lives near Man
chester, is suffering from the effects OF Sc
we're kick from a horse, received on the
Fourth. He was hitching the animal at the
time.
In the Mayors Court yesterday morning
Moses Robinson (coored) was sent to Jail
for thirty days by Justice Perdue for steal
ing iron from the Richmond and Danville
Railroad Company.
Work has been commenced on the new
drugstore OF Messrs. A. r. Snelings q Bro
ther, TO be erected on the east side OF Hull
street near the corner OF Thirteenth. The
building is TO be 20x65 feet and two stories
high. Mr.. j. j. Blanton Is the contractor.
for the brick-w and Mr.. Perdue for the
wood work.
Judge B. A.. Hancock. as Judge OF the
Brunswick Circuit Court, has granted
charter to the Totarre Lumber, Milling and
Improvement Company. The principal Office
is to be in Brunswick county, and George J.
TomlinsOn is named as president. The stock
is to be divided into shares Of 500 each, and
the maximum amount is $4,000.
Messrs. w. Kirk and J. ID. Mathews re-
turned TO the city yesterday after a brief
visit to New York
Rev. L. X. Thornhill, pastor OF the Balm
bridge street Baptist church, will ill his
pulpit tomorrow morning and night, and
on Monday he will leave for New York,
from whence he will on Wednesday sail for
Europe. He expects to be away about three
weeks.