Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-18
NAY CHANGE HANDS.
STaEET-cAR LINES ETHER TO BE
SOLD or GREATLY IMPROVED.
Talk About ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Heard
About the shoes-Personai and Other
Manchester News.

Mr. John Shelton Williams, president OF
the Richmond and Manchester Railway
Company, will leave tor Baltimore this
morning. II is understood that there VIII
be meeting Of the directors of the road
on Monday. when it Is believed the proper
~ will either be sold or the stockholders
will put more money in the enterprise and
thus improve the service. II the property
is sold 1t IL more than likely that the hich-
mond Railway and Electric Company
will be the purchasers. This company
could handle the line with less
expense than any one else. as
they could do without the expense OF the
Manchester power house and some OF the
officers. IL is understood that shouid the
Richmond company get controi OF the
property they will dispense with the De-
catur Street line, and the cars crossing
Mayo's bridge will run up Hull street and
the cars crossing the Free bridge VIII 60
up Perry street TO the park.
There is again some talk OF dnnexlng
Manchester TO Richmond. Some OF the
business people in this city think the idea
a good one and several Richmond gentle
men have expressed themselves III SINH
ler way.
Junins Allen, the colored boy who took
the note signed Mrs. Clara Taylor TO
Mr.. l.. y. Jones ana got the hve pairs OF
shoes. an account of which appeared e&-
cusively in the DISPATCH yesterday morn-
ing. was arrested and taken 10 the station
house last night charged with stealing the
shoes. Nothing has yet been heard OF the
shoes or Of the young man to wnom tDe
| bow claims to have delivered them.
The Richmond and Manchester Railway
Company is running twenty-mlnute
| schedule on the Perry-Street line ana Ill
| teen minutes on the the Hull-Street line
DIR. Il. b. Dorset. of this city, SOLD the
property in Powhatan county on whicn Is
! the valuable clay land now being WORKED
| by the Powhatan Clay Manufacturing
| COMPANY. recently chartered by the Or
emit Cont of Richmond with Mr.. John
| Pope az president.
Rev. Mr.. Thayer. of South Carolina,
will preach at Clopton-Street Baptist
| church Sunday morning and night. heV'
Robert II. Rudd, of Chesterfield, recently
called TO the pastorate of this church, VII
assume charge next month.
Mary Robertson. negro woman, was
| before Mayor Maurice yesterday morning
| charged with stealing a watch from vii
| liam Barham. She claimed the watch wa
| given her By another woman 10 pawn. Ih'
case was sent on 70 the grand jury.
James Houston. negro youth, was sen
on TO the grand jury by the Mayor To-
stealing a wash-tub, the property of 9. /
| Fischer.
Mr.. G. II. Alters, of Chesterfield, was il
the city Yesterday. Mr.. Alters is cuttn!
lumber IN Dinwiddie. where he has lars'
| saw-mIll
The marriage of Mr.. James NJ. Jewet
and Miss Leila Ballowe will take plac'
Wednesday afternoon. February 22d. a
| O.lo oiclock instead of at $3.50 o'clock, a.
announced in the invitations.
Major Joseph Walker is confined to hi
home by sickness. He is suffering from al
attack % acute bronchitis.
MIR. d. j. Weisiger, of this CITY, has re
turned from the Young Mems Christian
ASSOCIATION Convention now in session
| Norfolk.