Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-20
DEAD IN HIS OFFICE,
Mr.. James NJ. Perdue, Of Manchester,
Found Cold in Death,
SKETCH or ms Long LIFE
t,usjucss-Nan. and
Once n Prominent Business-"a"' an"
for Mans Years the senior h"Efs-
..,ts sfrect-paxfng Contract
Other south side Items.

A. Janes NJ. Pcrdue. the oldest resi-
don't of Manchester. who FOR over sixty
years had held prominent place in the
affairs OF this city. was found dead yes
tcrday afternoon shortly before O'Clock
az the foot of the steps leading from the
rear entrance Of Mr.. Lawrence Poois
Office. on Ninth and Hull streets. II IS
supposed that he fell down the $, Us,
as his overcoat which he had been wear
ing thrown across his shoulders was
found midway the stairs. His son-in-la~'
MI. Poole. with whom Mr.. Perdue re-
slded. went 10 the ofiid 30 see what was
OBTAINING him. as ii was past the 'me
at which he usually came TO dinner. ne
found Mr.. Pordue lying at thc foot oil ''o
steps. cold in death. Dr.. Meredith wa
summoned. and examined The BODY am
stated that Mr.. Perdue had beeh 'o'u
probably half an hour. The body was y.
moved to the home OF MT. iooic' va
Ninth and cambridge streets.
SKETCH or HIS LIFE
The deceased was in his sun year
having been born in Chesterfield county
March g. 1872. He came TO Mahches,e' ="
IS2o and was employed as clerk iot
several wears In 1910 he went INTO the
mercantile business for himself ana Iol-
timed i'm il until the wal AT the ciose
OF the war ne again commenced puslii.sa'
but. his health failing, he gave up ac'tNe
work He had held Office In Manchester
cor eince The city was incorporated. In
tbe urjos he was one Of the ola boaln
az Justices. and was one OF the Irst
magistrates the town ever had, ana hVi'
that position until his death
Ue had been a member of Central Memo
dist church for over nifty years. Inc ue-
ceased leaves three daughters ana W.
sops-Messrs. James T.. and sidney NJ
Pcrdue. and Mrs Il. s. Gibbs. Mrs. W. NJ
Poole. and Mrs NJ. \. Cogbili. The rune
raj ARRANGEMENTS have not yeC been COM
pleted.
CONTRACT FOR PAVING.
The Committee on Streets last nisht
held a meeting and opened bids Tor the
paving Of Perry and Hull streets. IL
was found that Mr. l.. X. GOODWIN, oi
Richmond. had submitted the lowest o'u,
and the contract for paving Perry street
from Seventh to the Southern 'ailWdy-
shops was awarded to him. The bid Tor
The having Of Hun street viii have 10
le submitted 10 the Council before II can
bc finally acted upon. The chairman ol
the Street Committee requests that ''o
Finance Committee and the Council meet
next Friday night IN oider 10 co1si'e'
the strcet-pavng matter
Tho Manchester Cirays went MO thelF
now quarters. az gibbs Opera-Housr'
last night. and quite pleasant evening
was spent. At o'clock they mdrchel
from the old building, on Tenth ana nun
streets. which they have beeen Islns a.
a meeting place: up Hun street 10 / IL
teonth where GIBBS Opera-House IS
situated They drilled Tor some little
time in the new hall, after which refresh
ments were served. The company M M
hers fifty-hve Is in ilrst-class c0ndiuon'
and. with place for regular dfills' spch
as they now have. Will no doubt soon De
a crack military organization. IheE pre-
scented quite a fine appearance last hlsh'
DIAMOND IN THE STREET.
A Canadian paper has the folio"lhs'
Diamonds have been found occasionally
at different places in the United states,
but never in sufficient quantities to rem
der systematic mining profitable. Inc
largest authenticated diamond ever touhd
in the United States was picked up by
"A laborer engaged in grading the stree's
of Manchester. Va. It's original "elshl
was about twenty-four carats, and after
cutting "A twelve-carat stone resulted. On
this stone called by Captain Drewry'
lis owner. The Oninlor. John Morrissey
once loaned 5000 but Mr.. Kunz. the dia-
mond expert. appraised its value at less
than $1,000. as it is poorly oolored ana
imperfect
some few people say that the above
statement is true. However. II IS qulte
certain that the precious stones are no
longer concealed about the streets OF
this city as the recent tearing up process
OF the different thoroughfares must Ger
tainlv have brought TO light more OF the
brilliants.
WEEK OF-PRAYER SERVICE.
The Woman's Missionary Society. Of
Central. West-End. and Fifth-Sueet
Methodist churches will observe next
week as a week OF prayer. Meetings Will
no hold in the different churches.
The first meeting viii be al central
church.
Rev. J. 4. Spencer. the pastor Of Co
wardin-Avenue Christian church, VIII
commence "A series OF revival services al
that church next Sunday About the
LIST Of December Rev. Mr. Book OF en-
ton Forge. Will join him and help him in
the services.
At the services at this church tonight
the theme to he discussed VIII be, VINO
Is Your Neighbor?'
On next Sunday afternoon Mi
Spencer will preach a Thanksgiving-srr-
mon to the Junior order Of United Amer
lean Mechanics.
The Hastings Court was I'm session It
short WHALE yesterday. Judge Ingram
presiding. The attention of the court
was engaged during the time IN the con
sideration Of civil matters.
Chesterfield Circuit Court Gutge T.. \.
Hancock pTestling) convened Monday
but nothing was done except 10 enter
chancery DEGREES and fix cases for trial
during the term. The docket is quite
large. and the court Will be In session
until about the LIST OF December. The
following lawyers attended the court Mon
day: Major Pegram. Beverly T. Crump
II. Webb Peploe. Judge James NJ
Gregory !. X. V. Daniel, Judge Hin
ton. George Mason, j. NJ. c. Fitzpat
rick. G. l.. Page. T.. H. Wells. lau
renee T. Pool. and T.. V. Cogbill. The
court adjourned until Thursday.
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
The Ladies' Aid Society Of Manchester
Presbyterian church Will hold al
oyster-supper in the leciure-room of IN,
church on Thursday night, November
2lst, from TO 10 o'clock The price o
the supper will be % cents
Mrs. A. &. Harding. Miss Cole Lowell
and Miss Lottie Evans Will spend som'
time visiting the exposition
The condition OF Mr. Glover Tatun
was reported to be slightly improved yes
terday.
MIR Walter Il. Criddlc Is quite sicl
AT his home. in Swansboro
At present the old Grove shaft Is th'
only one Of tGc mines AT Midlothian
that is in active operation. but this ont
Is lifting quite "a good deal OF coal an,
Is giving emplOymtn To a number q
men. Several other shafts are beins
prepared for operation, and II II possible
that they will start up shortly.
Miss Sallie Mum is steadily improving
and II is hoped she will soon recover.
lodge of Good Templars has beer
organized at Robious. and starts out under
I.AF DIN.