Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-19
Kaufman s. Co,
SALE OF CITY BONDS.
MANCHESTER FINANCE COMMITTEE
OPEN BIDS FOR SELLING $4,000.
OFFERED TWO CENTS ABOVE PAR.
Proposition of the Cleveland Firm to
lie Accepted if Guarantee Is Put
OG-smnu Firc--PersonaI and Other
soutlI-side Items.
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Finance Committee of the Manchester
Council last night, at which bids for the
purchase Of $4,000 per cent. city bonds
were opened. The session was called TO
order by the chairman. Mr.. w. W. Pool,
and there were present Messrs. w. II.
owens, Matthew Morton, John e. Utz'
and w. T. Hart. Judge William l.
Clopton, as City Attorney, was also
present.
Four bids for the purchase were made,
as follows 4. j. Bradley Manchester
SlOO12 -; sperry. Jones q Co., Of Balu-
more Nd. $1M17; Farson, Leach & CO..
New York, $1N.25; w. J. Hayes & Sons
Cleveland. slO2.53 1-3. AS the highest bid
der. the purchase was made by w. J.
Hayes & Sons, Cleveland.
SMessrs. SperIy, Of Sperry. Jones & Co..
and Farson. of Farson. Leach & Co.,
were in attendance and presented their
bids in person. There was no representa-
tive of the w. j. Hayes & Sons house
present, and the question was brought
up as to the business standing Of the
concern. Mr.. Utz made a motion that
the successful bidder be required to de-
post a forfeit Of 5000 in the Mechanics
and Merchants Bank of Manchester,
with the proviso that If the Cleveland
people made the deposit the bonds would
be issued.
A substitute was offered by Mr.. Owens
that w. J. Hayes & Sons deposit 5000
i'm the home bank, and that action be
deferred as to printing the bonds for ten
days in which time the committee
would investigate the responsibility of
the highest bidders. The substitute pre-
vailed.
The city has now outstanding $4,000 OF
per cent. bonds, which will be called
in July. and sells these per cent. bonds
to pay for them. The remaining Ss'VV
will be devoted TO paving Hull street.
THREE CHILDREN BITTEN.
While Branch Betty. son of Mr.. Thomas
Betty. John Toney. and Holt Lloyd, three
little boys. were playing on Fourteenth
street yesterday evening about dusk,
vicious shepherd dog sprang upon theni
and bit them very painfully. The child
Of Mr.. Betty was bitten through the ear
and arm, while the fangs of the brute
sank into the thigh Of the other little
boys.
The dog is owned by a colored woman
named Rosa owens. and as soon as IL
was known what had occurred she was
summoned by an officer to appear before
the Mayor this morning to show why
her dog should not be eXiled from the
CITY.
SMALL BLAZE IN THE CITY.
A small Blaze visited the city last eve
ming about o'clock. coming to the house
of Charlotte Parsons, a colored woman,
who lives on Stockton and Fourteenth
streets. 1t is not known how the fire
originated. but ii was burning the
shingles of the roof very brightly when
first seen. The alarm was turned In,
but before the department arrived a bri-
gade of buckets had put 1t out. The
damage was very trihing, ana involved,
perhaps. fifty shingles.
STEWART NOT HIS NAME.
The statement was made yesterday,
coming from what is said to be very
reliable source, that the late assistant
ticket agent at the Southern depot, IN
Manchester. who left the city some days
ago with a deficiency in his accounts OF
more than 5000, IS not Thomas K. stewart,
as he claimed, but William Hawley. Haw-
lev is further said TO have been col
hector for a railroad in Jeffersonville,
Ind. some years ago, and that when he
left there was a heavy shortage in his
accounts. Stewart, according TO the story,
WAS recently recognized here by gen.
tleman who knew him in Jehersonville.
II il affirmed, also. that he Is OF one
of the best families in Jeffefsonville.
Hawkes. has always been popular, and
makes friends wherever he goes, as he
did In Manchester under the name OF
Stewart Nothing has yet been heard OF
his whereabouts.
BILL IN CONGRESS.
The bill providing for a public building
I'm Manchester, which was read and APP
proved at the last meeting Of the Board
of Trade and City Council. respectively.
was presented In Congress on Monday
by Hon. John Lamb, representative from
this district Since Captain Lamb has
been In Congress he has shown decided
desire to do all in his power for Man
chester. and the people OF this city are
pleased and gratihed that he Is not for
getting his promises. as so many who
pass through n heated campaign soon do,
but Is endeavoring 10 serve his constituents
with the same fidelity now which they
exhibited I'm casting their ballots for HIM
NEWS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT
The Circuit Court Of Chesterfield. with
Judge Il. A. Hancock on the bench, was
engaged ali day yesterday In the suit OF
n. Il. Clayton VS.. Edward Barney's es-
tate Mr.. Clayton enters suit for the
sum Of 81 800, due for salary. The de-
fendants enter counter suits for vouchers
receipt. This is a cause to have friend
" settlement. Judge James NJ Gregory
and Mrs. Phil. V. Cogbil represent the