The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-25
FREE DELIVERY AT LAST
yxNCBEsrIR GETs THL LONG.COy-
ETfD NEEpICR,
Nc,tinr. of the street aud Finance Com
mittees-rolice onicer of >wansboio
GOES Anor an offender In Vain.
M.>cnssrrn BUREAU. RrouMoSp TIMES,

welcome news came A'i iii' N.''" '''
Manchester from Washington lass nieht
when Tho TIMES received This dispatch
dated Washington -. c., May %.
.postmastcr-Goncra Gary bias ostao-
iirhcd a frcc-dcliycry postal system at
ManchcsteE Va
For several years has Che Postmaster OF
Manchester Mr.. Toucy. aborcd faithfully
for this Improvement in the postal ser
vice and faithfully has Doe been support
cd by tho Congrcssmon for This district
nrst. Hon. TazcwcIl Elicit and last ny
Hon. John Lamb.
While the date OF the beginning OF the
free delivery of letters 90 Manchester ls
not mentioned in tho dispatch, IL Is pre-
sumcd that 10 will not be later ,han the
Ist OF July next
COMMITTEES MEET
The street Committee was called 10
meet in the city Engineer Office ycstei-
day afternoon. This was done al the re-
quest of Clty-Ensineer Lipscomb. VINO
wanted permission of the committee l"
have the work OF paving Hun street com
mcuccd at Eighth street instead oil ut
Seventh street. The object ~ making TINS
change was To let the Railway ana Eiec-
trio Company have ample time 10 nave
curved rails made for this point 10 90
around Seventh street. Tho request was
granted.
n is understood that this company pro-
pose 90 have an cars remain in Manches'
ter hereafter when the paving Is COM
plcfed. and the Hull Street cars viii have
10 90 out Seventh 10 Semmes street ana
thence To the Perry Street barn.Ihis VIII
require all Of the employees OF TINS ln'
10 reside nm Manchester.
Tho Finance Committee met In tho
Troasurcr's office at $3.50 O'Clock ycstcr-
day afternoon. They were called by tho
chairman 10 make some slight alterations
In the new bonds After attending 10 this
business they adiourncd.
SKIPPED THE CITY.
Policeman Avis. Of SwIusboro. swore
out a warrant yesterday against Ira Ellis
chargine him with stahhing and beating
Frank Hancock last Saturday. The Of
nccr TUNED the warrant over 10 Police
man Wright for execution. but when the
oficer went 10 Ellis home he found his
game had LETT for parts unknown. ELLIS
learned that the police were after HIM
a.d hc left the city.
Willie Blankenshp was brought down
80 the station house by officer Avis. of
Swansboro yesterday afternoon and lock-
"a up
llc will have a hearing before Squire
Jonsr this morning Bankenship was
drunk and disorderly When the officer
placed him under arrest he resisted and
assistance had to Doe called for before he
could be- brought TO the station house in
Manchester.
MISS MARY SHORT HURT
Miss Mary Short met with quite a pain
ful accident yesterday morning while in
Richmond. she took the Hull street car
40 Ninth street and went over 10 Rich
mond and all WAS wei until she got off
the car at Fourteenth street i'm Rich
mond
As She alightod passing wagon knock
cd her 10 the ground. ana painfully
bruised her The ambulance WAS sum
mOusd aud she was brought TO her home
ON east Ninth street.
Dr Rucker was then summoned. hut
neither ne nor the ambulance physicians
could nnd out at that time the extent Of
Miss Shorts injuries, as she was IN such
a nervous state that thorough eNamind-
ton could not be made.
DEATH OF GEORGE BANkEltT.
Mr. George W. Bankert died Sunday
afternoon 80 1880 o'clock, al the residence
OF Dis father near Providence church,
.u Chesterfield county.
ffc was the SON of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
&. Baukcrt. and Was in his twonty-third
year
The funeral took place yesterday at 3
O'Clock The ntermDut was made in the
church burying ground
DROWNED rs THE RIVER
Another c0l0rcd boy was drowned sun
day afternoon. Luther Goode. boy
about thirteen years of age went o. Rich
mOnd with his grandmother woman
hy the name of Betsy Brooks IL has
been their daily custom for some time TO
deliver milk in the lower part of Rich
muId and 20 get there they would take
boat at the Guano Mill. and row over
While the boy Was attempting 90 get into
The boat he missed his footing and fell
IN the water ana was drowned.
Ills aged graudparcnt. was looking on
but her age prevented her from being of
any assistance Ills friends all say that
the strangcst part about his death is that
he could swim and did not make any at
tempt 10 save himself Their theory is
that he must have been stunned in fail
ing
His body was recovered half an hour
after be was drowned sy his uncle Joe
Brooks. and several Of his friends. and
taken tQ his home on sixteenth street, bee
tween stockton ana Everett
ELECTION DAY THURSDAY.
Next Thursday Will Dee election day all
through the State. I'm this city the only
officers 10 Doe voted for are "a councilman
from each ward
First Ward. Mr. Matthew Morton, from
Second Ward. MI H. l.. Patram from
Third Ward and W B Bradley from
Fourth Ward. The first three gentlemen
will succeed themselves. Mr.. Bradley is
shc only new man ou the ticket.
The people will also vote for or against
new constitution
The only ticket 900 the field is the Dem
ocratic. The Republican party declined TO
put out any one Tor these Offices
CARRIER PIGEON FOUND.
A carrier pigeon made his appearance
H the home OF Mr.. ". III. Rowland. OF
The Chesterfield Progress. near Chester
day Sunday afternoon The bird ape
peared very tame and was on the barn
when INST discovered. lie was fed and
wdtersd and then turned loose. but refus-
ed 90 go away. 10 had too metal bands
around it's legs. ON one of them Wa NJ
Mr.. Rowland. Ills address u.s. Manchestt.
BEFORE MAYOR MAURICE
There Was the usual Monday morning
congregation in the Mayors Court ycsttl-
day morning 20 witness Mayor Maurice
dispense Justice.
Just AS tho presiding genius had taken
his seat and WAS preparing Tor business.
Councilman Chas. III. Sims who had just
returned from Petersburg made his DIP
prarance and presented Policeman Alex
ander Wright with 81 handsome police
mans club BOO the name OF Mr.. Reuben
Eagldnd. detective OF Petersburg. The
billy was presented 90 Mr. Wright by Mr.
kdslaud in appreciation of DIS friendship
and hIs wort. as an officer 10 is "a COM
pressed leather club Mr. Wright is very
proud of Dis sitt and Will wear % with
lis good clothes
Eaton White was charged bv Gussie
Jones. colorcd. with insulting her. The
evidence did not prove lt and Doe was dis
charged.