The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-17
THOSE WARD MEETINGS.
THE uyTERRTFTED NOMINATE a
NyMBER or CANDIDATES.
ENJOYABLE Becepiicn-she Took The Lamp
ALarge Estate--in the Conr's-""
con ~ a Candidate.
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1.arga crowds attended the various
Uare meetings ln this city last evening
a,d a great deal Of interest was mani
tested. The object Of the meetings was
20 noyinate candidates TO be voted Tor
en- Tho election on the 18th Of this month
% am ,everal vacancies in the city coun-
Gil
In the First ward the candidates Tor
nomination were Messrs. +. T. MOTIFS
whose term I'm the council has just eN-
,t,.a. =. II. Maxcy and Frank H. Fltz-
Gerald The race was a close one as
each candidate had number OF ftau"eH
friends who heartily pressed the lh''i ~ .,'o
~ their choice. Mr.. Fitzgerald was 'hC
s',o,,ssf,l candidate. however ana VIII
do,bfiese become member OF inc couH-
IN az a nomination is Well-nigh equiFd-
lent 20 an election.
In the Second ward Messrs. W. w. Iool
and q. $. Wells were the contestants
and Tho former received the nomination
NJ IA II. Hart was nominated Tor re-
election for "a term Of three years as
,snreeentatIve OF the Third ward, ana
ssr ~ g. Burgess for term OF Two
Vears from the same ward. Inc o'ntr
candidates from this ward were NgSsls ?.
". Fair. Andrew Daffron ana Henry
Nelson. w..
In the Fourth ward Mr.. John %. w
WAS nominated for reelection MT 'ailoS
T. Butler being his only opponent
The Ladies' Auxiliary Of Max Nathan
Division Brotherhood OF Locomotive I'm
otnoers rendered reception i'm Leader
g.. ruemn0TE OF the
brotherhood from Manchester, llchmohd
and Danville.
Miss Bessie pattee, Mr.. B. W. Nun
nauv and Captain Frank Cunningham
rendered some excellent vocal selections.
Colonel i. A. Pattce and Mr.. Arthur Nun
nallv pleased the audience with numbers
ON the violin and mandolin, and Miss Mel
lie Richardson's recitation was pleasing
feature Of the entertainment.
Miss Minnie Wesgor was the success
ful contestant for the prize offered by the
ladies Of the Christian Band for the great
est number Of words formed from the
word columbia" The prize was hand
some lamp According 90 instructions
proper names orelXes and foreign words
unanglicised were rejected 10y the COM
mittcc and no letter was allowed 10 he
repeated I'm the same word. Mrs Laura
Nd0en ana MT. j. r. DuN al maui Allt
next highest number Of words.
Mr.. Henry Rosenberg whose death oc-
CURED last week, married Miss Letitia
Cooper. who was a member Of the house
hold Of the late Or. Charles McGill who
came to Chesterfield from Hagerstown,
Md. during the war Mr.. Rosenberg was
the wealthiest private banker I'm the state
of Texas. and was Yice-president of the
Galveston Wharf Company and Swiss
coreul al Galveston. His estate IS esti-
mated at $2.500,0oO.
The case Of the city Of Manchester
against Crump was being tried i'm the
musings court yesterday. Crump was
fined I'm the mayors court for hauling
over gravellcd streets with ties on his
wagon narrower than prescribed by the
ordinance. He took an appeal to the
hastings court. The decision I'm this case
will probably be rendered to-day, and
will determine the validity of the ordi-
nance.
The May term Of the Chesterfield circuit
court began Monday. Several cases on
the docket were set for trial. An impor-
tant railroad case was set for the 18th
Instant.
Miss Efne owens. who has been teach
ing school I'm Culpcper, will return home
next Saturday. Her sister, Miss Hattie
owens, who So teaching I'm MiddleseX
county, will return the latter part Of this
month.
A number Of the friends Of Colonel c..
X. Macon in this city are anxiousfor him
TO announce himself candidate for the
Legislature at the next election. Colonel
Macon is n staunch Democrat, and has
done admirable service as chairman Of
the city central Democratic committee in
Manchester. lie is bold. fearless
speaker. and would make an able and
efficient representative. He has large
number Of warm friends who would be
glad to see him In the race.
The ladies OF the Central Methodist
church realized sl850 from their series
OF entertainments in Leader Hall last
week.
Work Of erecting the cells in the market
building Is progressing rapidly.
Mr.. and Mrs. James j. Harrison, Of
Danvllle. who have been visiting al Buck
Hnl. near Manchester, returned home
yesterday
Judge B. A. Hancock has appointed Mr..
II. II. Wells commissioner i'm chancery
FOR the Circuit Court OF Chesterfield
county.
The Ladies' Aid Society Of cambridge
street Baptist church will continue their
festival In the Nunnally building to-mor-
row night
a decree Of divorce has been entered in
the Circuit Court of Chesterfield I'm the
case Of John III. Brown against sybil
Brown. The parties reside near Midlo-
THAN