The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-29
PAVING HULL STREET.
TINE CRY COUNCIL PASSES On THE
con TRACT.
Ordinances Touching the Contract ras'c"
Fire In the Animals Cage ~ -SS0
aide Park other News
MANCHESTER BUREAU. RICHMOND TIME
81, Urrt SrRrKT. BfATTIh BLOCK.

~as held last night. There were P'eS'"'
~u,a,o 1obn O'Rrien, president. In tho
cha,, and Messrs. J. X. Green W. "
pandle,t. NJ. A.. Campbell. W. W. fooi'
II. {. Nelson. II. L. Patram ana john -"
r,tz. City Attorney w. /. Ciopton was
also IN attendance.
can,ain O'Rrien stated that the meet
ing was called to consider the report OF
the Finance Committee.
Mr. Pool chairman of the Finance Com
m,ttce. Informed the Council that the con-
,rac, Of Ncssrs. Parson. Yates " CO., OF
CLEVELAND Ohio. had been signed, ana thc
money would be in the hands OF Messrs.
Thomas Branch q Co., the mediators ny
the LIST of July.
Mr. Pool further said that 1t would be
necessary for several ordinances 10 Dc
passed in citation 90 the matter.
Tho Council suspended rule 81 TO vo'e
on the ordinance.
a SINKING FUND.
The resolution was 10 provide a sinking
fund of $4,000. This ordinance was intro
duced and recommended by the Finance
ommiite the amount to be in new is
sue bonds at 3 per cent: resolution APP
proved in exchange of bonds for rcfund-
ing $1,000 of 8 per cent. callable bonds
a resolution was also passed ordering
the payment of expenses OF paving Hun
street. This resolution is to authorize
the City Treasurer 10 pay Dilis Tor ,hlS
work as they become due.
This ordinance only relates TO the 5000
appropriated by the Council for this pur-
pose. Any money used above this amount
can only be done by a vote of the Coun-
ell. The resolution was passed for the
purpose of paying the contractors with
out the bills having 10 be passed by the
Finance Committee
PUT OUT THE FIRE.
Mr.. A.. c. Harding, OF this city. hap
pened TO be the right man in the right
place at Lakeside Park yesterday after
noon. lie was looking at the animals In
tho biological Garden when he discover
ed one of the cages TO be on hre. III
some manner the pine straw in the cage
had become ignited. possibly by some one
throwing a match in the den 10 arouse
the beast. Mr.. Harding used his cane
and succeeded in pulling the straw from
the animal before any damage was done.
He received the thanks OF the superlh-
tendent for his act.
HAD A SCRAP.
Mr.. George L. Holman. OF Richmond.
the representative of the Vapor Stoves.
and a youth named Paul Duval had a
lively fight in a Huh street store yester-
lay afternoon.
Mr.. Holman went into the store where
roung Drval was engaged at work and
hey quarrelled. The disagreement re-
suited in a severe fisticuf.
In the fight Mr.. Holman received a
black eye and had his face very badly
bruised. Mr.. Duval did not receive any
injury.
WILL MEET TO-DAY
The Street Committee will meet in the
CITY Engineers office this after
noon at $50 O'Clock. AT this meeting they
will probably take some action about the
gas franchise that was referred TO them
by the Council at its last meeting.
a SERIOUS CHARGE.
A warrant was sworn out by JOS. Brown
Yesterday morning against james Pat
rick. charging him with house-breakins
and 70 )bery. All par! IS are colored.
Brown lives on Eighth street. between
Perry and Porter, and works IN Rlchmonu
every day. His sister is a domestic ana
goes out to service every morning. rat
rick is a Jackson Ward negro, ana Is
sweet on Browns sister.
ON Saturday night when Brown return
cd home he found that some person had
gotten INTO the hOl Sc and stolen two suits
OF clothes. valued at s21.59. one watch, be
sides other articles OF wear. A SUIT OF
clothes. the property OF Junius Hatcher,
had also been taken away.
Patrick was cen 10 gel INTO thc Housc
through q window by one of the neigh
bors.
BEFORE MAYOR MAURICE
Business was light in the Hall of JUS
tice Yesterday morning and ii did not take
Mayor Maurice long to dispose of the only
case presented.
James Peasants. colored. was up Oh
an ordinance violation. Mr.. James john
Bon, one of the city attaches, had him up
for not paying a certain tax assessed
against him for services rendered.
Peasants acknowledged the BILL, but
said he did not have the money on hand
TO pay the account. and was allowed one
week to settle the amount
Cornelius Hicks. cOlOred, was arrest
cd on "A warrant sworn out by Albert
Wellington, also colOred. charging MN
with stealing s.. Both parties appeared
before Squire Tyson and asked that the
case be dismissed as they were friends
and were only joking with each other.
They divided the cost between them,
which they paid. and Hicks was a free
man again.
THREE INFANTS BURIED.
The funeral OF Julian Hezekiah Wright,
the infant son of Mr.. Charles l.. and Mrs.
Annie X. Wright. took place from
the residence OF his grandfather. Cap
tain Hezekiah Wright, AT l01 Semmes
street. yesterday afternoon at . yesterday.
Rev. j. A.. Spencer. pastor of Cowardin-
avenue tnllrliau IIulNh
The intorment will be made in Maury
cemetery.
The d ath OF this infant occurred at
Selma. N. c., Sunday morning. at 10
o'clock. The remains were shipped TO
Manchester and reached here yesterday
morning at 6 o'clock.
The little g~randchild of Or. Thomas
f.. Dorset, the son of DR.. William r..
Dorset. was taken to the family burying
ground in Chesterfield county yesterday
morning, when the child was buried. The
death occurred at its parents residence
in Richmond.
Thomas Jackson. the infant son OF Mr..
X. O Jackson and Mrs. Anna Jackson
died at its parents residence in Chester
field county a few miles from Manchester
Sunda night at 10 o'clock.
The funeral took place from the resi-
dence yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock.
burying ground.
MISS CHALKLEY TO MARRY.
Invitations have been received in this
city 10 the marriage of Miss Anna Re
becca Chalkley. TO Mr.. Alfred Marion
Rogers. at Guthrie. Ky.
Miss Cl.alkley has a great many friends
In Manchester. where she has visited fire.
quently. She is a niece of Mr.. James j..
Robinson. OF Twelfth and Porter streets.
They will make their home at Big Gap.
Va, after the marriage.
CHHDREN'S DAY.
At Ffth-Strcet Methodist church the
Children's Day exercises Sunday at
l.. NJ. was enjoyed ny an immense
~crowd-nearly POO were even unable TO