Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-02
CITY OF MANCHESTER
xrws or THE DAY CLEANED on
THE sorTH SIDE.
HuLL-sY. WORK NOT SATISFACTORY.
m. Contractors Must Remedy the
r....,. nefore II VIII BE Accepted.
xo.,.s-Piaces Fixed-Personnl nnd
Other Items.

held in the tity f<ht"eSf ~'~~
,eraay afternoon at 5a5 o'clock. There
wore present Messrs. NJ. A. Campbell
fchairmam. Matthew Mortcn, and ]. II.
Green. Among matters OF especial I'M
aortance which this wideawake COM
ri,tee took UP was the paving Of Hull
street. Neither Messrs. Arrnbrecht nor
Middendorf, the contractors. were pre-
sent. but the work they did on Huh
street was fully discussed Since the
paving has been finished the street be-
tween the car-tracks has been compared
in peoples parlance 10 corn-rows. At
tention in the committee was called TO
this, and Mr.. Green offered a resolution.
which was adopted without dissenting
vote, that the contractors be notified 10
put Hull street in proper shape, as 1t
would not be received by the committee
In its present condition.
The committee decided not to open the
offers for the sale OF stone-crusher
at this meeting, as there are several
furnishers whom the committee wishes
20 hear from before taking action. An
other meeting of the committee for this
purpose especially will be held on Thurs
day evening. Routine business then en-
gagged the attention of the committee,
after which 1t adjourned.
VOTING PRECINCTS FIXED.
A special session Of the Council to hear
the report of the Election Committee was
held In the Council chamber at o'clock
last evening. This committee reported
that 1t had decided that the places form
ery used as voting precincts should be
used for the election OF November "a.
This report was adopted. The precincts
are located as follows: First Ward. Fisch-
er's barber-shop; Second Ward. Reams
shoe-shop: Third Ward, Jordon's confec-
tionery store, and Fourth Ward, the Iron
Block.
A TELEPHONE COMPANY.
The work towards having in Manchester
a new telephone exchange is being rapid
~ pushed to completion. The office OF
the company will be a room on the Sc
cond floor of the Beattie building. which
Is now being arranged. The company
controlling the exchange is new one.
though much the same as that of the
hicbmond Telephone Company The gen.
tlemen who compose the company are
Messrs. John G. Robertson, of Forest
Hill; w. b. Cox. George f. Gary. II. c.
Beattie, and A. l.. Adamson, of Manches-
ter. and w. II. Johnson. of Richmond.
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
A Republican convention will be held
mt Cunningham's Hall, In this city Oc-
tober 9th. at II o'clock. The business be-
fore the convention. briefly stated, is to
decide how best to defeat the Democratic
nominees for the House of Delegates.
one Of two plans will be followed in their
endeavor TO accomplish their purpose
either 10 fuse with the Populists and sup
port Gregory and Hobson. their nomi-
nees, or else TO prevail upon the Popu-
lists to retire one of their men and all
unite TO the support Of a Republican and
q Popuist. The decision to hold this con-
vention was reached by the Republican
bosses, and meeting of the Republicans
was held Thursday night in this city,
when the date of the convention was
agreed upon, and also was 1t agreed to
hold ward meetings on the 5th. Then
the delegates TO the convention will be
named.
The First and Second wards will meet
mt Henry Davis's. Seventh and Decatur
streets, at 1880 O'Clock p. NJ. c. w Har-
rs is chairman OF the First Ward and
Henry Johnson is chairman Of the Second
Ward.
The Third Ward will meet at Cunning
hams Hail. Fourteenth and Hull streets,
at 1880 o'clock.
The Fourth Ward will meet at N. e.
Johnson's undertaking shop, Hull be-
tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets.
az 7:3O O'Clock +. NJ. N. L. Johnson is
chairman Of this ward.
Resolutions were adopted endorsing the
In meeting held at Lynchburg
in deposng Colonel William Lamb as
chairman.
FITZPATRICK POSTMASTER.
Mr.. ]. NJ. G.. Fitzpatrick assumed charge
OF the post-office Of Swansboro' yester-
day morning as the Republican appointee
10 that position.
He succeeds Mrs. Mary Burke, who has
held the office since the death of her late
husband. Mr.. John A. Burke. All Thurs
day the new postmaster was engaged
I'm moving the Office from its former To-
cation to Evans's store This was com
pleted, and the office, new In location
and In management, opened yesterday
Miss Evans VIII be employed
in the office. and will have charge Of the
delivery window.
CITY REPORTS.
The following is the police report for the
past month: Whole number OF arrests,
rs; of this number We're for felony mis-
demeanor. 80; ordinance violation, 32;
10.
Chief of Police Lipscomb made 20 ar
rests officer Jones %. officer Smith Is.
Officer Wright l5 Chief Lipscomb and
Officer Wright 3.
Clerk H. Il. Du Val, of the Hastings
Court. reports sixteen deeds recorded dur
Ing the past month.
The whole number of marriage licenses |
Issued were six. Two were to white |
couples and four to colored couples.
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
Mr.. w. S. Goode. Deputy Treasurer OF |
powhatan county. Is In the city.
Rev. w. Il. Hurt has returned to the |
city after an absence of several days.
Mr.. II. G. Wood. of Crow Springs. the |
Democratic candidate for the Legislature, |
was In the city.
Mr. Coalter c. Lamb left this morning |
for Trenton Mills. in Cumberland county |
Mr. William n. Morgan, of Newport |
News, Is in the city. He is stopping with !
relatives on Hull street. near Ninth.
There will be- a grand mass-meetng OF |
all the Sunday schools OF Manchese-f |
next Sunday evening at $3.50 o'clock, at |
West-End church.
Captain George w. Meredith left to-
day for his home In Monroe. N. c.. after |
spending a few days in the city with |
friends and relatives.
Judge James M. Gregory. OF Swans
boro.' and Mr.. ]. Haskins Hobson. have
notified the Clerk OF the Hastings Court /
that they viii be candidates for the House |
Of Delegates at the next election.
Joseph +. Johnston Camp VIII meet in |
Hall Monday night In |
spector-General Morton will be present,