The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-16
THE CUUNClL'S INQUIRY
YyTo THE CAUSE or THE UNrLEAs-
ANT OBOR THERLA BOJ5s.
A Special Committee Appointed 20 Noso
Around and Locate 1t he faNins
1axQ stion Ofhor News
Max,rrSrsp Irnr,r licaroyp 1,,,rrs;

Lawrence ingram ana Mg. ~. fN1ESl"'u
Of tho B"arJ OF h,aith. and Messrs- Mat
thew Moron. r. l.. Patram and H. {
Nelson. II ne Board OF Fine Commission
eIs. we're present
This meeting was ordered at the last
session OF .hr Co-ncii IA a resolution OF
fered 10y Mr. }. X. Green IN which ne
called Tor a., investigator as 10 the cause
OF the bad odor when hal DeeG hoveiiag
over the oity 10 the oelrimen: OF the
health and property. OF The people. lie
s.a.ed a. ne liu.e tuat he understood lhat
Il was caused Oy tne sasJnne tanK ie-
cent? paced ~ Operdhoa by ne S.ehedtu
o.. Company IN tncT pant ~ me eastern
portion Of me cltN.
ln ne eeneral ,alk in the meeting II
was question whe.ner IL e.naha. IL ON
thls 3.aat or Inc guanO i0lil s4eua-ed on
the CNer 'front.' bc.Ow The CAV.
A special tOnmit,eo was appointed 10
visit The premises neXt THURSDAY ai.er-
noon at 4.J O'Clock. Ihcy VIII meet ~
second ana HUI street al that nouf anu
proceed TO Investigate. ! ne speciaI COM
mittee Is composed ot Ut. Lawrence IN
gram and Mr. "A. -. Shotweu, OF The
hoard OF Heath, ana MesSrs. faiTam ana
Morton. OF the Fire Commissioners my
viii report back 10 the JOINT committee OF
both boards.
HORSE RECOVERED.
Onicer Avis. OF Swansboro. returned
home yesterday from LOUISA. whore he
went af.er Ola GOruOn. lhe prisoner Is
charged with stealing The horse OF Ionic
Alexander. who engaged hun 10 doctor
his sick animal Gordon he ONES 10 a
band Of ~ psies who had been camping
a. this ne.ghOorhoOd for some time past
One Of his friends sold he morse 10 Alex
andei. who Is negro man. The horse
was also recovered
THE PAVING TAX.
The special comml,;ee appointed by the
president Of the CRY Council viii meet
next Thursday nigh, ne ,lill. is
Brien W o. Randlett. J. +. Green, NJ.
a Campbell and W. w. Poo.
T.ey Will meet with the taxpayers VINO
have paid the paving tax. These proper
IS holders feel agrIeyed thal they have
paid this special tax while others have
not They have re iuoned ihe Council
Tor The amount paid and ask that the
same be returned 20 them IN The payment
OF their annual taxes.
Al the meeting Thursday night all per-
sons who are interested are requested
q he present Ways and means Will pos
sibly be devised 10 settle the difficulty.
AN INFANT DEAD
Maud. the infant daughter OF Mr. and
MIS-. IS. l. Glenn. died yesterday morning
al clock al the residence Of her par
enis. az No. 402 west Tenth street. on
CiOpton Hiil.
The funeral arrangements have not been
completed as the father was IN Danville.
He was ie.eeraPhec for ana when ne
reaches the city he wll conclude the ar
rangemenis for The burial
A PECULIAR CASE.
Mr. Robert Gwatnmoy, the laundry
man. has been very ill man since SAT-
ur0ay. and his trouble has been caused
by u sieht cut on his finger with o shoe
knife lie is still confined TO his bed a
D. nd a
streets but his physicians believe this
crisis is over
ON THURSDAY Of last week he acclden-
tally cut his finger with a shoe knife. 20
healed up and no hing more was thought
Of a. But Oh SATURDAY 81 began to pa n
him. and Dr. 4. j. Matthews was call
cd IN. ie saw that % was an aggravated
case and he summoned his son. Or. w.
worked faithful y on the man and now
have every hope that he is out Of dan
ger.
From The pain in the finger It went to
the arm. then 20 the back and head u
was thousht that the ill man would
either have lock-iaw or blood poison
would set ~. lie Is now. slightly i'm
THE MAYORS COURT
There was only one case presented be-
fore Mayor Maurice IN the Hall Of JUS
tice YESTERDAY morning
Henry Worth was charged with an
aggravated case Monday morning
while m THIS CITY be WAS arres' ed ana
CHARGED with distributing q 1vef'isir 2
matter on the public highway Of nc
city This was agains' the peace auj
dien'ty ~ certain ordnance OF The ci,y
Of Manchester.
He was summoned "a appear before ;he
Navor 'es'erdav morning for violation Of
cirv ordinance.
When The case was called Worth show
ed mat be was WORRYING for o. n oliver
resident ~ the CITY and man who
had license 20 conduct business. the
prisoner was DISCHARGED
CENTRAL CHURCH REVIVAL.
The revival meetings at Contra church
are being con 'inuel this week and are
being conducted by Evangelist W. b.
Iolccmb VINO will he present all this
week and 10 the nrCach.nr The people
remember with pleasure AR Holcomb's
visit last spring and vi he glad OF tho
chanoe 20 hear a0a'1 this earnest ana
eloquent young preacher
WITH THE SICK.
The condition of Mr.. James w. Craig
remains unchanged.
Miss Julia Gooce is sim confined TO her
bed on account Of Illness. but is some
what improved
The condition OF MI # Stein is report
cd 10 be muck better. lie Is now able TO
Mrs John y. German IS quite ~ a,
her home on Egh h and Porter streets
Can'aln a G. AttkissOn who has been
detained az home by sickness. is how
able 10 attend 90 his business.
NJ John Pankcy, OF Perry street. is 81
at his home
BRIEFS AND PERSONALS
Mrs A. A. Waterman OF old Point Com
fort Is IN the city the guest a. Mrs
4. Morrissctte. al No. 1870 Porter street
The County Court OF Ches erf ED me-
Monday and was engaged IN attending
10 ina hfra ~.
tried as the docket vas comn'efc' in the
January term. At night it was adjourned
for the term.
Rocky Ridge Council Jr O. L. \. NJ.
hao an IN cffs'ing meefing Mon lav night
The~e were three members re ns;ated and
speeches from several members.
Mr. John G.. Iiaean Is doubling his ca
pacity az his plant near MauTy Gene
terry. lie has large force os hands al
WORK en- areing his factory.
The young ladies' Or Meade Memorial
church Will give an en- er,ainment a.
Leader Hall on Monday and Tuesday OF