The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-29
NEWS OF MANCHESTER.
ITEMS or INTEREST AMOUR THE
pEoplE OyER THE RivER'
A Thief In q Cash Drawer-A S""ee'"
r, the Couris-PersonsI Points.
Meeting Of the school Board
M.scBrsryn BUREAU RICHMOND IIMfs'
t1St U,-tt sTRTEr, BFkTTIE BLOCK

Tho thief who was seen rihins the
cash drawer OF Mr.. Isaac G. Moo.e' Oh
,tyn street Thursday night Is siii at
large. Mr. Moore's loss was about hiteeh
dollars II IS thought from the way IN
which the negro jumped the back renee
that II was q man in womans eioth-
ing. ~
A very enjoyable concert ana lawn
Marty under the auspices Of he ladies
OF Bainbridce-strcet Baptist church, was
given AT the home Of Mrs. Ida Lloyd
on Decatur street. The programme was
as follows: ..,,,.. colo
Nj Ueleu Stockton (B0stOn ConsefVd-
tory. solo. Miss ida Robinson solo, Ar'
Thtrston Cardozo, recltauoh' MISS
Wayne Leahy 100.
Each feature OF the programme was
well rendered and those VINO took part
s,ere comocllcd To respond 10 encores'
The programme last night was do i0''
lows: ,,. c..o,tno-
ham. duct. Misses Maggie and Wayne
Ieahv. piano solo Miss MaeBie heahS
recitation. Miss Florence Evans SOLO,
Mr. Ernest Neisiger- rs lin
The Richmond and Danv'he baho VIII
also discourse music for the occasion
rhcre were only two cases before Ills
Honor Yesterday morning.
One was that OF an old coiored woman
from Chesterfield. who was charged WI"
being drunk This being her hTst oneuse'
she was discharged. ...
The other case WAS that OF Pales
charged with fighting on the street, WV
was fined two doilai".
At a regular meeting or the sCnoo
hoard held at the public school bniidins
THURSDAY night. the following memDeIS
were present. Messrs. OBrien tcnaH-
,oan4 Sims. Wclsigcr. Robinson, Cari'
Moore and Clerk Fitzgerald. am,
Tbe meeting lasted only about hfteen
minutes. and nothing but routine mat
fers occupied the attention OF the bouy'
Tbe new aImshouse win be opened in a
~, d,vs MIR. William Allen. who is
superinfendent Of Maury cemetery VIII
bave charge Of the institution Temporal
kny. ~
me almshouse committee. Of which
kIr w. r. Hart is chairman. are moving
4,long very cautiously I'm this matter so
bs 10 conduct the institution as eco
Ironically rs possible
The remains Of Samuel Mayo fcolored).
IN Syyanshoro. who was killed while en-
kyaeed I'm doing some eXcavating AT the
krredeear Thursday. were brought here
Tor burial
Mayos mother a worthy colored wo-
man lives in Swansboro.
\ John Robinson. colored man. en-
koioyed on the Richmond and Petersburg
Railroad. while coupling cars late Thurs
|lay afternoon stumbled and fell between
&he cars aud was painfully mashed
through the body. lie worked an hour
after the accident occurred. but was
kaken with such severe pains he had 10
be sent home
fDr Lawrence Ingram was sent for.
Ind rendered the necessary medical at
tention Yesterday morning his condi
fion was somewhat better.
Miss Lilly May Baird is visiting al Old
Point
Judge William T. Clopton Is detained
I home IN consequence Of sickness.
Mr.. Luther NJ Nunnally left Thurs
iay for Chicago TO visit the Worlds
Fair.
Iron culverts are being put down on
Seventh street al Porter, Bainbridge and
Hull streets
Mr. Olton T. Guy ~ this city. has ac-
eepted position I'm Boston. Mass. and
wiil leave TO-DAY for that city.
The Richmond Railway and Electric
company are taking Gown some or theH
poles IN this city. and will use one set OF
poles for all their wires.
Mr.. Benjamin Merchant. who has been
Employed as a clerk I'm the Manchester
btorehouse Of the Richmond and Dan
Mile Railroad Company. has been trans
ferred 10 the BIRMINGHAM shops. where
he will occupy similar position.
A meeting of the finance committee of
khe Chesterfield county school hoard was
pheld yesterday at Chesterfield Court
house 20 examine the renorts Of the dis
rict clerks. The committee will he In
fession again TO-DAY. on August I'd the
bounty school board WIN hold it's annual
meeting