Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-16
CITY OF MANCHESTER
TnE NEWS or THE DAY CLEANED
ron DtspATCt READERS.
Intcrcxsing Services In the Churches
Last Nisht-New Road 10 lie OPEN
ea-Iibcrty the Hammer Council
Personal and other it~ms.

Iaa might was church night IN Man
chester. and all church going people had
ample opportunities from which 20 'hoose
as services OF special interest were he'u
I'm nearly all the churches Rev. M
,,lavtor had his usual overfiowing con-
crecation at Clopton.Street, and preach
ed 10 them most acceptaply Rev. W. W.
Lear lectured at central Methodist
church before a large audience on 'fa"i
Third Missionary journey. Ihe pas'oi
dwelt particularly on fauis Woih al
Ephesus. Al the Episcopal church sir'
ID. l.. Pulliam delivered fhe second Oh us
series OF lectures on the History oil INC
English Church" The subject Of last
nights discourse was, The BFiush
Church-Establishmen Of Chrisuah'S
Among Brl4ons Before the Visit oil 81
Augustine 10 England These lectures
are highly entertaining and w"i continue
on Wednesday nights. At' an the other
churches the regular Wednesday-night
-prayer-meedngs were hold.
An alarm Of fire was turned in yester-
day morning at $3.50 o'clock from the
Third Ward. The fire was on the roof oil
the house occupied b. Mir. Harry Ter
rell, No. liz Twelfth street but only Il
Few minutes were taken 70 put II en-
tirelv ont The Fire Department turned
ont promptly. but the bucket-orisade'
which preceded them mace 10 unneces-
salv for the hose 10 be turned Oh. Inc
origin Of the fire is unknown. but The
blaze is supposed to have resulted from
spark fsom neighborlng chimney. MI
Terrell was present. and superintendent
the work of extinguishing ehe laIhes h'"i-
self. The damage was very smaH.
'rhe Mayor yesterday gave the maj
decision on the race which occurred tues
aay evening on Seventh street between
me. oil-tank wagon ana cOai-Cait. Dun
drivers were fined $3.50. The case of Il. L.
barrow. who is charged with violating
an ordinance of the city by taillng 10
put signal-lamps on dirt-piles lying on
ituu street. was continued uhul "eN'
Monday.
At the next needing OF the Board OF
Supervisors Of Chesterfield one OF inc
most important matters 90 come up VIII
10 the onening of a road from the War
wick road. which will so By Mr.. swine
ford's place. and thence 10 Chesterlleld
Courthouse. A part of tn-s road has been
onened and il is said TO be one OF the
hes, in the county. When completed IL
VIII be the best and nearest drive TO the
court -house. The farmers of mat sectloii
OF the county are very desirous ior TINS
,mnrovement. and it is thought 1t VIII
not be long before it will be opened.
r'rhe grand jurors for the January term
Of the Hastings Court, which cohNehes
Monday, have been chosen, ana are US
follows Mcssrs Charles H. SIMS Johii
IA. Archer. +. II. Fitzgerald, John .
sykes. Alexander Reams, Mathew Nor
ton. Thomas II. Betty, r. ID. walker A.
d. Shotwoll, i. \. Lamb, and l.. j.
cogbill and Samuel Logan (colored).
Tuesday night Liberty Council, No. j.,
Ir @ H. A. NJ, held one of the most in
teresting meetings that has been held tor
a long while Every one seemed delight
ed at the fact of being back IN their old
lodse-room. where Liberty Council was
founded. and now it is the banner coun-
cii in the State. Mr. O. }. Andrews, one
of its members. delighted the brethren
with a beautiful, patriotic recitation en-
titled a Review of the Past -Four Hun
dred Years" beginning with columbus
.mbatkine from Spain. The COMMITTEE
ON celebration of the 2lst VIII Try 10
get Mr.. Andrews to recite this poem on
that day.
The members of the Manchester Grays
very much deplore the fact that theii
afmory is not large enough 10 permit
them 10 drill as platoons. II IS not tne
enrolment; that holds them back. but the
lack of space in the armory. The com
panv has. however, improved wonderfully
of late. and great things are expected OF
them IN the future.
The lot and house advertised to be solo
al auction yesterday evening at o.clocs
was bought in by the Granite Building
Company for $500 The sale was conduct
cd by Mr.. \. j. Bradley. and Solomon
Neal. who occupies the mousse aeted a.
agent for the building company. The 10
Is situated on Everett street between
sixteenth and Seventeenth, and has
dwelling on It. The house and lot be
longed to Burwell Bland.
Miss LILY 10TH of Basic City, Is Visit
ing Captain Attkisson, of this city.
II is rumored that several marriage
are 10 occur in the near future.
Two Mormon elders are canvassini
Manchester. as they have done Rich
mond and the counties near by.
Mr. Michael. the engineer of the sewe
svstem being established here, has Son
10 New York for a few days. lie wa
called there on business matters.
The Cynthus Grove, No 3, L a. y. ID.
held their regular meeting I'm Toney'
Hall. corner Eleventh and Hull streets
last night.
MIR. William II. Cox. young lawyer o
Manchester qualified Tuesday TO pracuc
law I'm all OF the courts OF Chesterfel
county.
Mr.. James Lipscomb. whose foot wa
30 painfully hurt at the Southern raiiwa
shops last Tuesday, was resting easil
last evening.