Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-13
CITY OF MANCHESTER
Navy ITEMS OF INTEREST CLEAN
ED on THE SOUTH SIDE.
,t.o nrotbcrs Win Thei- Suit
Aangnst the Raiiroad-fhe sewer
ooestton DIscusscd-Dcaths and
,,,,craIs-PcrsonnI Notes.

f..m the decision Of Justice jones' VINO
t.,ided IL several months ago In favor OF
,f,ssrs Walden Brothers fixing the
,,,opnt OF damages at $40. The suit was
caused by the killing OF COW belonging
q, the plaintiffs on the defendant com
,s,v.s track. The jury brought In YER
l..t Yesterday IN favor Of the plaintiffs
,,5 fixed the damages at $50. Mr.. W.
frsv Garnett appeared as counsel for
,f..srs. Walden Brothers. and Mr.. Bernard
Mann. OF Petersburg, appeared for the
,anroad. il was the latter who took the
sppsal from the decision Of Justice,
Jones.
Tho Joint Committee on Light and Sew
ers held a meeting last night in the office
~ the water.works. and discussed the
..g,cr question at some length No definite
.ruon was taken. but IL is understood
mat a sewer inspector Is 10 be appointed
30 an early date. The meeting OF the
Fire Commissioners failed 20 materalize
las. night. owing 10 the absence of a
TWO SUDDEN DEATHS.
Mrs. AlTlie Fitzgerald died very sud
denly at the homo OF her niece, Mrs.
COX. NO. lHA iNdhfNdu street, yf0NtAe"S
,.orning al 4.l5 O'Clock. Death came so
srd3eniv that II was even impossible 10
can the assistance OF physician before
the deceased breathed her last Coroner
lohn W. Broadnax was notified. and,
attributed death 20 natural causes. Mrs.
Fitzgerald was IN her 10th year. The
funeral services viii be conducted at
Cowardiu-AVcnue Christian church this
morning at il o'clock. Mrs. Fitzgerald
had been In IN health for some time, but
had not been confined TO her bed.
Catherine the infant child Of Mr.. and
Airs. T. l.. Peasly, passed away very
suddenly yesterday morning at O'Clock
at the residence Of her parents. No.
1916 McDOnough street Coroner John
a. Br0dnax examined the body care
f.Ilv. and his verdict was that the child
aie4 Of congestion OF the lungs The fu-
neral VIII be from the house at O'Clock
thls afternoon. and the interment will
follow In Maury Cemetery
The nre-bel sounded about $3.50 o'clocs
Yesterday afternoon, and the report
quickly spread that the shuckfactory,
corner Third and Huh was on fire. Be
fore the bell had stopped ringing, how
ever. the blaze was eXtinguished. The
fremcn responded promptly but II was
not even necessary 10 take out the APP
paratus
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS.
Alta meeting Of the Executive Commit
Tee of the Manchester Board Of Trade,
recently held iu the cashiers Office of the
Merchants and Mechanics Bank, Secre-
tary Walden was instructed 10 rent Rooms
Sos o ana 10 in the Leader building,
which will be used as the permanent
Office OF the organization Mr.. Bradley,
who has the renting OF the Leader build
ing. proposes 10 remove the partition
between these roms, thus converting
them into one gOod-sized room. This
room Will be used as headquarters for
the Board Of Trade, and all committees
win hold their respective meetings there.
Mr. Bradley has offered the hail up
stairs for the meetings OF the board,
free Of cost. 10 being impossible for the
board TO hold meeting i'm the room
rented. as their members now exceed a
hundred.
M,ssrs. Roland Horsly and Samuel
sutherland, youths about II years of
a-e left their homes In this city very
uuclremOniously Monday night. Mr..
H0rsley left a note for his parents say
.ne they had gone to New Orleans to
make their fortunes. Several other
Young men who were to accompany the
party from this city backed out at the
last minute, one OF whom carried the
news 90 the parents Of those who had
departed The parents of the young men
were very much startled at the news Of
the unexpected departure OF their sons.
10 is not thought that the young travel
lers left home with any big capital on
which % make their investments and,
unless they meet with unusual success
Il their small speculauons IT will not be
long before they will begin to retrace
their steps hOmeward
BEFORE THE MAYOR.
Beverly Bently, a little black urchin,
who apparently has no home, was before
tbe Mayor yesterday morning, charged
with stealing d piece OF bread from lit
dc white boy. Beverly is about 8 or 10
years Of age and appeared very much at
home in the courtroom. where he has
been several times before. His mother
went Horth some time ago, and left him
almost homeless, though he was supposed
to have been Twin with relative.
Mayer Maurice sent the boy to jail for
thirty days. and when ordered TO the
pen the young criminal stepped in with
the same unconcerned expression on his
face.
Late Monday afternoon the little child
of Mr.. James Patteson was knocked
down by a horse on Third street. The
animal was being driven by white
man. who had his attention called IN
another direction at the time OF the ac-
ca0ut He was driving down the street
very slowly when the child ran out in
front OF the horse.
Mr Ernest NJ. Taylor, fireman on the
Southern road TO West Point, and Mr..
Nmgo. engineer OF the same run. were
robbed OF their gold watches and chains
last Saturday night while AT their board
ug-house in West Point. Mr. Taylor also
lost So In cash. 1t is supposed that
The burglar was scared away before he
could complete his job
BRIEF ITEMS
Mr. Wallace Snellings. who resides In
Chesterfield about two miles from town,
lost about forty or fifty fine young chick
ems Monday morning. lie put insect pow
der ON them TO kill Vermin, and then
stopped them up In a box, and the conse-
Cueuce was all died from the poison.
The Joseph T.. Johnston Camp OF Con-
fedcuie Veterans will hold their regu-
Jar meeting tomorrow night. important
business concerning the coming reunion
Will be transacted.
Miss Maude Heidleburg and Mrs. c. NJ.
Pcmocrton. OF Clover are visiting rela-
lives on buchanan street.
Marriage licenses were issued In the
clerks Office OF the Hastings Court yester-
day 10 Sir George Il. Napier and MISS
Edna Z. Sayory. and MIR. r. +. Elder
ana Miss Ruth a. Miller.
Dir. O.. h. Napier and Miss Savory were
$500.