Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-04
CITY OF MANCHESTER
HAPPENINGS or TWO DAYS CLEAN
EN- ron DISPATCH READERS.
short scntceced to the Penites ti"ry.
Parker and Tinsic Acauittea-Hish
school Craduates-servicc ON sun
aay-Pcr.ensI and Other Items.

Owing 10 the absence OF Judge John
N. Ingram. who has gone to a'tenu
the funeral OF his uncle, DIR. Thomas
Ingram, OF Lunenburg. Judge BeVeriS
A. Hancock again occupied the bench III
the Hastings Court yesterday. Juose
Hancock sentenced j. II. Short TO TWO
years in the penitentiary. and Ia pro-
nouncing the sentence said the charge
was very grave against him. and he had
done well TO secure such light punish
ment
The cases against Messrs. Tingle *
Parker for selling liquor to minors were
tried separately. and both were acquitted.
There are other cases against the firm,
hut these have not been booked for trial
got.
~. IN the case against Mr. Parker, Mr..
W. II. Garnett acted as counsel, while
Mr. Tingle employed Messrs. Page and
Safnett to represent him.
MIDSESSION GRADUATES.
The intermediate examinations In the
public schosls were completes last week
and on the whole were satisfactory IN
their result. Covering nine months work
In eight months time necessarily causes
some failures. which would not occur
should full time be given the pupils Tor
their slloied work Yesterday at the
schools was taken VI In transferring the
rromoted scholars to their higher grades.
The graduates. whose diplomas are with
beld until The close of the session, In
June. were eleven in number--two boys
and nine girls. Their names are Walter
Franklin. David Wiltshire. Florence
Brsndie. Myrtle Clary, Beai Fair Grace
FITZGERALD, Emmle Gregory Cora lime
pant. clyde Swift, Mary Traylor' ana
Minnie Wyrick
SERVICES IN THE CHURCHES
In the churches Sunday able sermons
and large congregations prevailed. heV'
]. s. Dill, pastor of Venable-street chureh'
Richmond. occupied the pulpit OF balh-
brisge-Street Baptist church at hsht,
and preached powerful sermon. rms Is
tbe beginning OF revival wnich VIII
continue through the week Dr' I'm
will fiji the pulpit every night.
AT Leader Hall Sunday afternoon
large audience assembled to hear the TWO
Norman elders. who were to preach ~
a.ao o'clock. From the standpoint OF
cuyiosity many of the audience were ols-
apnonted. as they heard no discourse on
marriage laws. but witnessed a PLAIN oe-
xotional service such as would De eA-
nec,ed from any Christian minister
GOOD deal of literature was uislilou'eu
10 the crowd. ,.,,.o c,roet
pantist church was crowded at the meet
mo az the Missionary Society. heid there
sunday afternoon After the regular
h,,slness several of the scholars oi '"e
sunday school sang and recited' -.
ladies' of the Ciopton-Street bap'is'
,.,,rch viii receive donations OF any de-
scription during this week 10 u ui9H
hu,ed among the poor and Needy .,
swansboro The doors OF the chuf'h VIZ
he opened on Friday next from ci"eN
IN the evening until such an hour as
seems advisable TO close. An atido"No
>,ocr.mme viii he rendered by the young
,,oonle of the church and school ~ -
boned there win be liberal response W
the call for aid.
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.
The streets of Manchester were 49,. ~
Yesterday morning over the rumor VIZ"
n dead infant was In well on Ma,N
addition. Coroner Broadnax was sum
moned hut found that the supposeu i'i""
WIS only a piece of raw meat
In the Mayors Court YESTERDAY ii'or, lis
nrlV
o' n;.r.dn was fined $50 and costs ior
striking Thomas Hackney, win a yr prnch'
Yesterday morning, while Mt. IN The the
. .rocervman of Swansboro, was III ~
nos.-of.lce attending TO some tla'',iS =, -.
porse which was htched to the delivery cry
wagon outside became n eor rrsa Fortunately
WIS blind. and did not run s'i. ,ren,
Tsk,ng a diagonal cut across the e,s s,rsr gb
It was brought TO halt by as a s .esHSi
no,e Luckily, no damage was sus ,,,'scs
po, ,s ne exception of few slight bruises
received by the horse. o.o resident
Colonel Tomlin, w ,,, ,sas IN the city
of King William county was "
Wv Mr W. d. Wright. of Riehme s,.'.rs =
y,si,ing Mrs. T. p. Tutwiler' oil s"""'
boro'. 60, yesterday Mrs
IN 'ne can was granted a divorce ITO"
her husband. Hugh l.. GIL. 49, ola DO
W. aha ladies' Auxiliary OF inc D nu,d hre
,,,;,,,on Hospital will meet az , ~ 'Sav
u %'".y' baptist church at P. NJ 'o,u"'