The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-27
MANCHESTER MATTERS.
what is Going on Of Interest on the Othe
Side of the Water.

49,
Side of the Water.
Miss Kate Drewry, of Manchester, left
Yesterday for Wytheyille, where she viii
spend the summer.
Mrs. John f. Hatcher is quite sick at her
residence, Tenth and Hull streets.
Mrs. A. G. ilarding's music class will
give concert at Leader Hall tonight.
Mr.. Il. Eugene Bransford and bride, OF
Pearisburg, Va, are the guests of Mr.. j. W.
Bronaugh, Jr.
Miss Ida CLANCY and Miss Annie Lewis,
Of DanVilie, who have been the guests of
Mrs. ;. j. Young, on Twelfth street, have
returned home.
Miss Lou Subett left yesterday for the
Blue Ridge Springs, to be gone several
weeks. She was accompanied by her brother,
Mr.. Edward SuOlctt, of 81. Louis.
Mr.. George W. Bradley and Miss Cora
Harrison were Joined in wedlOck at the
cambridge Baptist Church Wednes-
day afternoon. The bride is the daughter
of Captain William T. Harrison, and has
many friends and acquaintance in this
city. The groom is an empl0ye of the Rich
mond and Danyille Railroad Company, and
Is deseryedly popular.
A case that clearly demonstrated unplea-
SAINT home relations was heard in the
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colored girl, sWOre out a warrant against
her mother for threatening to kill her The
mother, to even up matters, got out a war
rant against the woman at whose house the
daughter was staying. The evidence was
amusing, the contradictions and cOntra-con-
tradictions were numerous, and the cases
were dismissed.
Mr.. John &. Robertson has returned from
Washington, where he went TO close nego-
tiations with Mr. John K. Mclean, owner of
ihe Spring HILL property, the purchasers be-
Ing the Bellevue Land Company, recently
organized with capital stock of Sl0O,0OU
for the purpose Of purchasing all of the
Spring Hill property that was not sold some
time ago at public auction, and other Man
chester property. The property embraces
thIrty-siX acres in the most rapidly-growing
section ia Manchester, which. until re-
Gently, was inaccessible. The opening OF
semmes avenue by the SOuthside Land and
Improvement Company and the building OF
the elegant iron bridge across the Richmond
and Petersburg Railroad have brought this
land into very great prominence. \ year
ago some OF IL sid for $li per foot. The
price paid Mr.. Mclean was S60OOO.
The Board OF Supervisors OF Chesterfield.
at their recent meeting, fixed the levy for
the ensuing year as follows: County levy,
30 cents on the 800 worth OF property; road
levy, 20 cents. Both together last yea.
amounted 10 only 40 cents. The increase
was made 10 pay OF an indebtedness of
abou; 81 600 which the county sustained a
year or 10 ago by the heavy floods, which
washed away bridges all over the county
and greatly damaged the roads, The new
assessment shows tremendous increase
in realty values. IL is estimated that it will
he ~ the neighb0fho0d Of Sl,0O0.00 in
crease. fhe levy this year, however, could
not be made upon TIE new assessment, as
that does not take effect till 1921. When
this $3,000 Indebtedness is paid oil, the
supervisors will at their next annual meet
ing be IN 2 position 10 make the tax-rate
lower In Chesterfield than il has ever been.