Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-26
N OUR SISTER CITY.
CHICHESTER COUNCIL HAS A sEs-
SION FOR SPECIAL BUSINESS.
, ,vorl,man ~ Forest Hin Park Ac-
.tdcrtnIIy Sbot-A Prisoner Tries
,o Get away--Mr. Moody's Estate.
pcrsonaIs and Briefs.

-., Manchester Council held a special
,..r5n last nisbt 10 consider certain
-....rs reported by the joint Committee
sewers and Watcr-Works Eight
.-..-rers were present and MI. O'Brien
,,- in the chair.
r.. committee reported that in accord
- with an ordinance passed May g.
... llv had extended the sewer system
\r,tcenth. Pocahontas, Bainbridge
...r4a. and wall streets. and now de-
... tno ratification and approval of
OIL. Coaaol.
... committee further reported tho
STATION of Mir. Harvey Bourne as In
....r Of Sewers at salary of $50 per
,....h. The Council promptly endorsed
.l. action OF the Committee on Sewers
... Wlter-Works Minutes Of the four
....r.. meetings Of the Council. the
.re Of which had been postponed
... were thcn read and adopted, after
Slid. tho Council adjourned.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
,...t l0 o'clock yesterday morning a
...r.r employed boy Mr.. Stein the
-....r.teur az Forest-Hnl Park, while
l 100 hanging some targets was
.t and slightly wounded hy Gypsy
r.-Ie. one of the fortune-tcllcrs at the
r. The shooting was purely acct
dental Tho eypsy was handling an old
.. which had not been used since last
..u and was believed 10 be unlOadcd
lr. l.r.Ie--ly snapped the trigger, ana
Old. charge exploded. the bullet striking
old. teIr.-Uurkcr in the muscle Of the
ann $50 arrest was made. and the in
..r.I man. whose wound was promptly
amended to. accepted the very fcrvent
...uei.s of the gypsy.
RAN FROM THE OFFICERS.
v.-y exciting scene occurred just this
... .. ForDst-Illl Park yesterday after
. John and Mike Johnson, brothers,
.... had been arrested boy Keeper swift.
nd bv SIR. Sheffield. on the charge
. being disordcrly. and placed on an
.I..-r..-rar. were ON their way 10 Man
....t.r. when Mike broke bose. aud
.-rrr from the car. proceeded 90 leave
.E. rapidly in the rear He was ilred
. ..r.r.l times by the CustOdians, ana,
-.I, uron being holly pursued, he threw
. "A. hands ana surrendered. lie was
... rIa.rd on the car and brought 10
hester n ia thought the young
.r.. lal been INDUCING rather too freely
.rI thIs. 10 some extent accounts for
q .~ actions.
rr-~ERAl. OF GRACE GRYMES.
rr. funeral Of Grace. the Oldest child
q ,Ir and Mrs. r. e. Grymes. who died
ia. saturday evening al the residence or
parents. ON Stockton street, took place
......y afternoon at o'clock from The
.-..--trect Methodist church. The ser
....- were conducted by Rev. J. o. Bah
...t BOZ an impressive manner lie spoke
. Ir.ru0uate and tender terms Of the
..... GIRL who was a regular attendant
...r the Sunday school Mr. w. j. MOT
...t sang "Roaping By and By IN
r.rr touching manner. The lolioWlhs
,.lue gentlemen acted ms pall-be1reis'
.,...rs. Edgar Walthau. y. r. Bailey
samuel Wescott and Rolin Hubbard.
The will of the late W. Lawrence
Moody was admitted TO probate In the
fl..tines Court yesterday morning. Mrs.
I.5ianola G.. Moody was named as cX-
...utrix and Mr. James Robertson as cN-
..ut,r of the estate. which is valued az
s.u0 In the estate is included the
laudsomcst residence on Porter street
and other valuable real estate.
swANsBORO' NEWS.
sunday night about s o'clock, as the
r.r.h-bound freight train pulled into
,u.tou station and switched OF on the
Odd line. one of the cars was broken INTO
...I Two crates of ginger-suaps were sto-
fr officers Avis. Jones, and Sheiheld
,..r. soon on the ground. but could not
..t.1 The thief. They are still at work ON
t.. case. however, and hope to lodge
OBJ r man.
tI.rt Ghee. while tramping from North
Carolina. was taken In charge by Oincers
t... Jones. and Sheffield at Clopton sta
lion Sunday night when he was search-
,I4 revolver was found on his person,
which circumstance cost him $50 and
costs ir Justice Jones's court yesterday
morning.
Sunday was ChIldren's-Day at Central
Methodist church, and large crowd
hacked the edidce at the afternoon ser
1.. The church was beautifully deco
r..I with flowers The opening prayer
v.. made by Mr. ]. r.. Pcrdue, followed
I. an interesting address by the pastor
E.r. vs.. vs.. Lear. The singing 10y the
laIIon was well-oXocuted.
BRIEF ITEMS.
40 the Democratic committee meeting
l..I al Bon Air Saturday afternoon MI
o. N. Hoee was elected a delegate TO
stanton with the power to choose MS
ura alternate. He is a sound-money
U.u.
urs Grymcs. who has been giving
dancing lessons through the winter, VIII
.l. hlr final german tonight at Leader
IaL
Ir.z Haucnsc. the 5-ycar-old daughter
n 1lr John simmons, OF SwansDoro'
Nu PLAYING i'm the house saturday al
tuo0u. fem and fractured one bone I'D
H. I..t forearm. DIR. Lawrence was sum
u... tl set the arm.
U. Mabel sutherland left yesterday LOT
Nv York. Miss sutherland while away
aI visit Boston and other northern
....
~. game of BAH between the uptown
arl downtown boys. played YESTERDAY
resulted iu 90 victory for the former py
d. score of l3 90 Q.
49,. meeting Of the Presbyterian con.
creation Sunday Mr.. Kemp was eieciei
older ANA Nessrs Thomas Fisher ana H.
~ I.e were elected deacons.
series of religious meetings by 'ne
Baptist city Missionary Society of Rich-
m.. Vas begun Sunday in tent at the
.ur ut Tenth and stockton streets.
1rE JUSTICES MONDAY DOCKET