Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-01
LOCAL EVENTS, 1883.
occuRRrYcYs OF NOTE IN TIE CITY
pURIao THE PAST YgAR.
Brief Msnties Of eeaeral Local Happen
ings snd Deaths Of Notable
People.


~ NkAN 80
Leo XIII. Masonic district lecturers APP
pointed. =,
louisyille, kv., and Miss Carrie Hope Pace.
General Assembly re&sscmbied. Captain
Seth Foster reelected commander OF the
steamer Chesapeake.
9Th. Schuyler Electric-Light Piant pur-
chased by the Virginia Company. bai In
terest In the Religious Herald bought by ).
Taylor Ellyson for 1850.
: 9Th. Richmond City Missionary society
organized. President smith raised S4O,V0V
for Randolph. Macon.
7tb. ]. O. Dickinson granted = patent for n
lever bolster. l.. u. Lacy fell forty feet at
Jones' PrlutiDg-House without being seri-
ously hurt. d,
OH. Five thousand dollars appropriated
for the Libby. Hill Monument by the Board
of Aldermen and pubic meeting at the
Theatre in its interest. The Electric Line
opened to the public.
10th. Emmet Branzell almost disembow"
elled by Joe Woodbridge. Meeting OF Farm
ers' Assembly Of Virginia.
18th. Exposition bill prepared by the tx
ecutiye Committee Of the Virginia Agr-
cultural Society. m,
18th. Chamber az Commerce endorsed Dill
repeating compulsory inspection OF fish and
IOnI. ANiNNtH FNtt VI 49,
Bsrret. performance. Vote in the Senate in
the Ellis-nousion case a tic.
a8fh. Bil introduced In the Legislature
creating y State board OF agriculture. Cen
trsl Alumni Association OF Hampden'Sidney
organized.
I7,b. state pension law proposed in the
House OF Delegates. Republican League or
ganizea. CAPTAIN W. r. Games, OF Char
iot,e, nominated by the Democratic caucus
for Register Of the Land CfiCe.
18th. Senator Riddleberrer in Richmond.
pa. .gohn Bell Drumhellcr shot and KILL
ed John Doherty. Mass-meeting in The inte-
rest Of the Young Mems Christian Associs-
ton 10 Manchester.
26th. Lecture at Richmond Theatre by
Dr. Talmage. Appearance OF Mrs. Brown
Potter at the Academy.
27th. Several congressman and naval off,
GERS visited Richmond.
18th. Eclipse OF the moon, clearly visible
here. The see good. and thousands oil
skaters on Reservoir lake.
3Oth. Three legislators in trouble by the
use OF borrowed passes. The river full OF
floating ice.
3Ist. PenitentIsry shoe-shop burned.
February.
1st. Marriage Of Major Otway S. Allen
and Miss Mary Mcdonald. "ksllroAd" bll
reported In the House.
"a. Fire Commissioners bill introduced in
The House snd the agricultural bill passed
Ath. BIZ presented in the Senate TO abolish
conyict.labo on the Capitol square.
9th. Libby Prison bougbt by W. H. tray,
OF Chicago.
I'm. The Governor vetoed the bill 10 pre-
vent fraud IN the sale OF lard. Joseph Muir,
raw and John Ward, supposed diamond
thieves, arrested.
9th. "Bunco steering" detected.
nth. Assignment OF George, A. Lathrop
18th. The new Venable-Street Baptist
church opened.
18th. Bill for the reorganization OF th(
Chesapeake and Ohio approved.
10th. Murray the "diamond thiet" iden
tilted As Joe Dollard. The electric. light plant
IN Manchester sold. A well ninety feet deeJ
discovered.
18Th. Fire Commissioners bill sent to The
Governor.
Dist. Presidential party passed through
Richmond en- route 10 Jacksonville. Tht
Virginia Military Institute investigation
pending. Reception at the Governors man
sion.
ODD. Advisory Board Of Democratic Club
organized. Manchester contracted for
water-tower. Wise Brigade Association
formed.
23d. A public meeting protested agains
compulsory ptlOtage.
2ltb. Council in JOINT session elected
school and bridge commissioners hnC
adopted resolutions concerning Hon. W. W
Corcoran's death. W. u. Milbry run owe
10y an engine and killed at the B%elle-lsl'
bridge. Information received OF the dealt
in New YORK OF ID. Il. Bridgford, proves
marshal, Army Northern Virginia.
25th. First payment OF $3.50 made on tn
Libby Prison property. Sir Thomas Henr.
Grattan Esmonde, NJ. F., arrived in Rich
mond.
27tb. The Medical Board bill passed tn
Senate.
2sth. Frederick Grufy, a tramp, created
sensation by declaring himself to be con
nected with the Railway murder.
March.
Sd. Governor Lee vetoed the fertilize
bill. Charles Pegg, a brakeman, killed q
Boulton.
9Th. Primary election ordered by the Cit,
Democratic Committee. The Virginia Mill
tary Institute Legislative Investigation Com
mittee reported to the Senate. The Legisla
ture adjourned.
9Th. The Virginia Agricultural Society
merged into the Exposition Society. 9Th
Poachers" played at the Academy by th
Bostonisns.
sth. The state Democratic Committee de
cided to hold the convention AT Norfolk Ma
10th.
9th. Volunteer Fsremen's Association Q
Philadelphia visited Richmond.
10th. Richmond Germans expressed thei
grief over Emperor Williams death.
l4th. An error discovered in the appro
priatiop bill. The Lesson Committee OF th
T..u.sao,.l uu1aV-Schao lfuiOn met 4
Richmond.
18th. Proposition before the Council I
lease the gas. works. Extensive celebration
OF 81. Patrick's day.
Goth. First subscriptions TO the Exposi
ton stock.
Dist. April 9th liked Ms the date OF Demo
cratic primary in Manchester.
22d. SIX buildings burned in Manchester
The Fulton Democratic Club rroleSte
against the lease OF the gss.works.
23d. Lecture ut Richmond College by Pro
fessor Charles A. Young, OF Princeton, \
j., on "The sun ANA Other Stars" Boar
Of Aldermen adopted resolutions for leas
OF gas-wOrkS, and appropriated $4,000 10
the West-tnd market.
9th. Confederate Veteran Distribute
Company chartered. Exposition committee
appointed by the Tobacco Trade.
9Gth. A.. h. Clarke, Jr., elected presideT
OF the Old dominion IRON aud Nail WOrl
Company.
29th. Bishop Wilson'S address before tn
Feventy-dfth anniversary Of the NirginI
Bible Society.
SOth. Semi.ceuteuuial commencement {
the Medical College Of Virginia.
8lst. Part of a human body. thought TO b
Mrs. Sarah A. Walker. found In James RYE
near Dutch Gap.
April.
Cd. Common Council concurred in res'
luton ~approDriztlng $500, 900 for the ne
CITY Hall; also, restored salaries OF pole
aud teachers 10 what they were prior to 49,
AT the ST. Charles Ho.el W.. u. Godsey, MAJ
aver. shot and Killed Dave Glass, a colore
waiter. James d.. Craig appointed Cit
Collector vice Aylett X. Woodson, deceased
Semi.eenteBnial Of the cornerstone lsyin
of ". james church celebrated.
sth. MIR. julius ii. Keller aud Miss Cell
Pi1zlni msrricd.
OH. Richmond Republican COMMITTEES l
sue an address endorsing Wise.
10Th. Lecture before the Evangelical All
ance by Dr. Strong.
18th. Bessemsr steel plant on Belle Isl
shut down.