Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-05
DAY OF CONVENTION.
CRY AND COUNTY Committees
AGREE on SEPTEMBER asD.
THIRTY NAIL BOXES RECEIVED.
~. rr.e-pcIivery System VIII 500"
n. IN op~rasion-ro'ice Court
49,. and Hay Rides and other
sevs of Interest from M"ne"e'

~ philip V. Cogbill. chairman OF 'he
Demoora.ic Committee Of Ches'erhe''
ro,,tv and Mr.. Lawrence p Pool chmr-
man OF the Central Committee OF 'h's
city. II has not yet been fully arranged
.r.s where nor at what hour the conveh'
s,oo will be held, but It will likely DC
In Leader Hall at noon. At TINS con'e"-
zion each county and city Will be alo"eu
,he same number Of representatives. d.
a, tho Roanoke convention. This VIII De
ono delegate for each 100 votes cast VI
fraction over 10. - ao,e.
This gives Chesterfield county IL deie-
ga,es. Powhatan county. delegates, anu
Manchester. s delegates by "Hi''
Manchester. the First Ward "ili nav /,
renresentative: Second Ward q '"'''
Ward. 2; and Fourth. ..
Ar pool. the chairman OF the Guy Cen en-,
80 Committee. has issued cali LOT mo
committee 10 meet IN his ONCE On Ni.i' y
nod UuIl atreets. Tuesday evening at 0
o'clock. when they VIII arrange az mo
fers pertaining TO the coming canvass
LETTER BOXES HAVE ARRIVED.
A, invo,ce of the thirty street mar
boxes was received yesterday py
master d. l.. Toney, stating tna' o.,
boxes had been shipped on August 49, az
They are now at the depct, ana wiz =.
removed tomorrow TO the ONCE
remains only 10 receive adVisshleii' VI 49,
annoln,ments of the three letter-carrlels'
when the postmaster VIII start Up
fem of free delivery in Manchester
THE ROD Not SPARED.
The wise man of the Manchester "hite
tft-R- M
Templc has learned of another "iso nan .
counsels. who lived many years ago any
does rot believe In sparinS the ioI q
smelling of the child. Two httle piach
80 namcd James Mooreiield and
Thomas Schurn. were the victims yeSleI
day morning of that wise mans phiioso-
,hv Mr. Fisher. the barber, whose shop
&c ON Hull street near Seventh. naue
complaipt of these boys breaking ms WIN
dow-gIass and lookinS-giass by throw
ing rocks from the street. This being inc
only case on the docket IL received iuii
attention. After hearing the testimony
Squire Tyson ordered them one al ti'nc
20 the adjoining room, where they were
10 have a dressing down by their pa
rents The strap was USED VieoIousis
The first to receive the thrashing turhed
the thing into joke. and began TO laugh
when he heard the Hicks falling thick ana
fast on the other fellows back
HAND IN A CIRCULAR SAW.
Mr. r p. Cheatham. Jr., had his hand
ba6ly lacerated yesterday morning while
a, work nj the plant Of w. j. White
hurst & Co. Mr.. Cheatham works In
the sash and blind-factory Of these
works. and while engaged in his busi-
ness his hand came in contact with the
circular saw, which cut off one or MS
fingers and cut his hand very badly. He
went 90 the Office OF DR.. t. +. Mathews
and had his wounds dressed. He VIII
not be able TO engage in his work Tor
several weeks.
A number OF gentlemen went out pos.
sum hunting on their wheels FRIDAY
evening. Those In the party were
Messrs. a. T. SnelTihgs, Dallas Bruce, n.
NJ. Gregory, II. c. Broaddus, ana MS
dog Carlo the latter running on foot
in front and freed the 'possum while
the gentlemen followed up in tho rear
or their wheels.
When about two miles from town, on
the Broad-Rock road, the dog gave a
bark. which slgnifed that the 'possum
was freed. The dog and the wheelmen
together captured the forest animal. 1t
was a 'possum Of the heavy weight type,
with eight young ones I'm her pouch.
She, with her numerous little ones, are
now auartered at the residence Of Mr..
Broaddus.
LABOR-DAY OBSERVED.
Tomorrow, Iabor-Day, will be very
generally observed In Manchester. The
municipal and government offices will be
closed as well as several or the large
shops and mercantile houses. The day
will be quiet in the city, as many OF
her people will 20 TO the seaside or TO
the parks and resorts nearby or about
Richmond. The post office Will be closed
after 10 o'clock A. NJ.
CAUSE AND EFFECTS OF SUICIDE.
"Suicide" is the subject from which
Rev. w. Y. Hurt Will preach at Stock
ton-Street Baptist church tonight. The
minister will discuss the cause and eff
feet of suicide and the sin OF self-de-
etruction. The Bible relates number
of suicides, and these will be brought
20 bear in the sermon The night SER
vice is held at O'Clock. At IL A. M.
MIR. Hurt will preach on Cheap Re-
ligion."
A delightful ride was taken by num-
Der of young people of this city Friday
night TO Bon Air. on arrival In that
hamlet they disembarked. and were
served with delicious refreshments. AZ
ter a pleasant time spent at the subur-
u
and returned to their homes. Those Of
the party were Misses Helen Hall. May
Hall, Lou Hall, Maude Barrett. and
Emma Wilton; Messrs. w. r. Wilkin-
son. Leslie Prentice. Edwin Day, VIII
liam Barnett. and Wyndham Rist.N
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
Mr.. T. Il. woodfn. Of Midlothian, was
IN the city yesterday.
Miss Mabel Owen left yesterday af-
ternoon 10 visit friends in the country.
Miss Susan r. Weisiger. OF Ashland,
is visiting Mrs. d. l.. Pulliam, on Por-
ter street.
Mrs. w. L. Paul and family left Fri
day for Norfolk, where they will re-
side In future.
Meredith and Willie owen have re-
turned home from Henrico county.
where they have been visiting during
the summer.
Squire c. T. Jones presided in the
Swansboro' Police Court Friday after
noon. He had only one case to claim
his attention Mamie Fox. negro wo-
man. was arrested for abusing white
woman and threatening TO do her bodily
harm The negress was fined $3.50 and
costs.
Mrs. Elizabeth Brady has returned 70
the city, after months stay In Bal
timore.
Instead OF the regular church service
at Ffth-Styeet Methodist church to-
night. popular temperance lecture
Will be given. prominent speaker on
this subject has been engaged, and the
members OF this working and thorough
ly progressive little church are anxious
that large audience will attend Rev
j. o. Babcock. pastor OF abe church. will
preach al this mornings service
THE sLoT-MAcHINE CASE.
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