Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-14
ACROSS THE JAMES.
THE DAYS NEWS CLEANED IN AND
AROUND MANCHESTER.
WANT TO SELL A CRUSHER.
The Matter Co He Brought Before the
Council-The Proposed Agreement
ns to HuII street-Church, Court
perxenal, aud 0thcr Items.

city In the interest OF a manufacturing
company. whose machine he wishes 10
have adopted for uw In crushing stone
20 be USED on the streets OF Manchester
1Ie 70 very anxious TO bring bis machine
snd VIII spend much OF Tomorrow talk
sng with members Of the body. and will
endeavor to induce Captain o'Brien TO
call . special sesaioa in the evening. that
be may appear before the body. He
thinks that with the citys unlimited sup
ply Of ssone-beds, she could use a stone
crasher to great advantage In maeada-
MIXING her streets. and freeing them OF
thu mud. which Is now rather prominent
fn the wet season.
Several members OF the Council. though
the mattsr has not come face TO face
with them. have seen the great gain that
would DO the eity's in having such
machine. The city has It's carts, which
are kept the year around, ana which are
employed IN removing the garbage from
the streets. She has also several acres
of land near the pump-house. and We're
tho garbage deposit to be arranged here
and q stone-cruSher Ia the vicinity, the
Cal u COull Lake Out TIC SoASe6~
bring back load Of the crushed ROCK.
and place on the streets.
IT WILL BE CLOSE.
When the routine business had been
Transacted at the regular session Friday
evening. the Council went into executive
session for the purpose OF locking further
into the proposed agreement between the
Rich1nond Railway and Electric Company
and the Council Committee on streets ia
the matter Of retracking and paving HUI
street 1t was an informal meeting and
efforts were made by members to better
aequaint themselves with the questions
which they would be called upon TO decide
Tuesday evening. Judge Ciopton, the Clty
ATTORNEY. was called upon to give ms
opinion on several questions. and at the
close he was instructed TO ask Judge In
gram 10 withhold for several days the
decision In the suit between the city ana
the railroad company, which ne was 10
deliver tomorrow, for several days Judge
ingram IS to pass on the question whetner
or not certain taxes for the past ten years
are due the city from the railroad peopie.
The city RENTED the company taxes
for ,sn wears when the railroad first came
into Manchester. but later. by a decision
of the Supreme Court. IL was declared be
yond a corporation's power 10 remit sucn
taxes and the city is now suing TOT tue
amount which she claims due her. Inc
Jp6ee has prepared his opinion, and oniy
~ the request OF the city Council Is IL ue-
layed- ..,,,s,
In speaking Of the matter last evening"
ar Csaupbeu said he opposed the agree
-, a. the committee. and would oppose
=, IN the Council. He objects on the
.rouna that the city should nave the
Johrson girdsr rail. He said that there
go others who voted for the agreement
an The committee who would oppose II ~
,ha Councl Mr.. Campbell thinks the
FIGHT at Tuesdays meeting VIII De He-y
close but believes that some such ai. Isa.
HE settlement Of the differences ouosiu0
~ tbs courts will be decidedly more satis
~ 80 40 the large majority Of the people
of the city
coIJJDED ON THE BRIDGE.
wild runaway occurred on the fnee
bridge yesterday about II o c,OoN' =,
sn,se which figured so prominently III
tha exciting scenes that followed oe-
,o,'eed TO Nr. Henry Schultz. OF Ches-
,.-Teld county. and was hooked 10
,,,arl,et-Vragon. The animal was lell
standing by the driver on BYRD street,
and taking fright, started at 4 via
,peed towards its country home Inc
rare grew in excitement. when the morse
reached the bridge. At the time there
were quite a number passing between uie
two cities. and they did not hesitate 10
give the flying wagon VIDE peru M
W n Thompson and her little girl Oh
>cs.sstertield were IN a buggy, going In
enc direction OF Richmond, when they
NC, the runaway team about the miunie
~ The bridge. The lady and her child
nj once appreciated the danger ana were
terribly frightened. The wagon ana
buggy conided as they passed, but tor-
tunately. Mrs. Thompson and the girl
were not hurt. The buggy was oaaly
broken.
Tho collision didn't stop the runaway
horse which continued it's rapid speed,
nreaking loose from the wagon at the
Manchester end OF the bridge, and clear
,nv the streets as II went along. The
horse. on reaching Hull street, turned
eouth. and ran up that street TO
Eleventh, thence out Eleventh, east, 10
Everett, down 10 Sixth, out Sixth 70
Decatur down Decatur 10 the canal. and
Jumped in. The animal was found In
water up TO its back. Mr.. Hugh Gil got
e out after some little difficulty, and
soon found that the horse was not Sc
rfously hurt.
DEATH OF MRS. CLARKE.
Mrs. Mollie c. Clarke. wife of the late
CAPTAIN w. G. Clarke died at her home,
O'Clock. She was about 81 years of age,
and we'll known I'm the community. where
she was held In high esteem. Mrs. Clarke
was a consistent member OF the Bethle-
hem Baytlst church, and was foremost
tn all church-work She leaves three
children-Mrs. Lula Jackson and Messrs.
Samuel and Basil Clarke. The funeral
will take place from her late residence
this morning at II o'clock The following
l.y,r
Messrs I. G. Winston, j. y. Baugh. r..
G. Wood, DR.. A. j. MGTyre, Haley Cole.
Charles Cole. Thomas Woodfn. j. r.
Wellington, Thomas Davis, and Richard
Mandefs.
officer A. A. Avis and wife, Of Swans
boro', have the sympathy OF the commu-
nifty ia the death OF their triplet child
Friday afternoon. This girl baby-25 days
old--was the last OF triplets recently born
10 them. The burial took place in Maury
Cemetery yesterday morning at II o'clock.
MUST NOT SHOW HIS FACE AGAIN.
In the case OF Arthur Nunnally, charged
before Squire Tyson yesterday morn
ing with keeping a vicious dog. the
Squire warned the defendant that II the
dog ever showed his face ia town again
he would be killed and his head set upon
n pole This is the dog which bit the
little son OF Mr.. overly several days
ago The child stroked the back OF the
canine. and the brute turned on the hand
that caressed II.
The child's face was very badly bitten.
and he has suffered pitifully since the
unfortunate affair. The dog is a Chester
feidian and Is forever ostracised from
Manchester. lie Is not even allowed 20
come 10 town TO market, which was an
incurslon that In former days afforded
him much pleasure.