Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-02
GRIM REAPER'S WORK
...o MANCHESTER LADIES PASSED
no THE OTHER SIDE.
uTY ENTERS ON ANOTHER YEAR.
yenr Has DcaIt Gently with
- south-side Peoplc-Mr. Raincs
..cs Away AFTER Brief Illness
,,r, could Not Agree.

,.aforl. for many years resident OF
.., ,ity. but who for the past two years
w.. been residing in Newport News with
ssuehter. died last night at . o'clock,
chat ship-building city. The message
.,s,ed further that the remains will be
,.,srht TO Manchester this morning for
.afcrment.
o,,eased leaves two daughters Mrs. ].
% wade. Newport News. with whom she
,.s5ed and Mrs. jeremiah Marks, OF this
,r,-and three sons--Messrs. Thomas and
l. Rcdford, OF this city. and MIR. VIII
lam BEDFORD. Of Newport News
Mrs BEDFORD was a very estimable lady.
and many friends will read this announce
-snt Of her demise with sadness and
sense II personal loss.
AGED LADY DEAD.
Mrs sarah Virginia Winder. an almost
ws-long resident OF Manchester passed
away yesterday at her residence. Porter
and Fourteenth streets. in the list year
q, her age The funeral viii take place
tomorrow morning at IL o'clock. from
ne Presbyterian church. Porter and
Tenth streets. Deceased was daughter
81 the late Joseph Jackson. who was in
ha Auditors Office of Manchester for
stau. sixty years. and sister of Or.
1ohr r. Jackson. For years she has been
great sufferer from tic douloureux
Der last illness began about December
18th last.
JURY FAILS TO AGREE.
The case Of Charles Roberts against the
Richmond Woodworking Company, which
ms engaged the attention OF the Man
chester Hastings Court for the past three
DAYS was given TO the jury last night at
No'clock but no decision was reached in
me tWo-hOurs' conference which follow
ell They were continued until this morn
INK 40 10 o'clock Roberts was, until
awhile ago. an employee OF the Wood
working Company. but his hand was
severely cut while at his work, and he
entered suit for $500 for alleged damage,
due % neglect on the part of the de-
PENDANT company. Messrs. Cabell d
Cabel are representing the defendants.
while Messrs. c. V. Meredith and Charles
j. Page are counsel for the plaintiff
BEGINS A NEW YEAR.
The city OF Manchester started out on
new year yesterday All things con-
s'dered the city can truly say that
while the past year has brought no
great tide Of prosperity, it has dealt gem
ty with her II will be the proud boast
OF Treasurer Bronaugh that the South
SIDE City has met every obligation, and
has made both ends meet"
A meeting OF the Finance Committee
Viil Doe held in the Council chamber Fri
day evening at 7:S0 o'clock, and at this
meeting the Treasurer will make his re-
port for the year to the committee.
MR.. RAINES PASSES AWAY.
week ago tomorrow Mr.. Rufus
Raines laid aside his sledge at the South
ern railway shops and went home. Yes
terday morning shortly after midnight
Nr Ranes laid down the sledge which
for ffty-fve years he had swung at the
forge Of life and went to his long
home"
For a number Of years deceased had
been employed at the Southern shops
and bore the record Of a faithful work.
man and upright man. Feeling quite UNI
wen last Thursday, he returned to his
home No. 90 west Tenth street Gracu-
ally he grew worse. until yesterday
morning at 1915 o'clock the grim visitor
cane.
The funeral service will be held from
the house this afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock,
conducted by Rev. DIR. l.. r. Thornhili.
Interment will be made in Maury Gene
terry. The pall-bearers will be made up
o. his fellow-workmen.
INSTALLED THEIR OFFICERS.
Hestia Conclave of Heptosophs held
an important meeting at their new quar-
tiers. I'm the Odd-Fellows' Hall. last
night. Officers for the ensuing year
we're installed by District-Deputy Fleg-
erheimer. They are as follows: A. G.
Evans. provost: Henry A. Maurice. pre-
late. L. NJ. Nunnally. treasurer; Charles
Wake fnancier: Lawrence 7. Pool, Sec
retarv: T. S. Neisler. warder; James p.
Jones inspector; J. G. Saunders, senti-
mel: George L. Gary, John r. Green, K.
Robertson. trustees.
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
Mr. Sam. Pool has returned home from
Buedeld, ". Va.
Mr. r. Parke Howle continues quite
sick AZ his home. No ia south Eleventh
street.
Mrs Mary z. Belcher is very i'll at the
residence Of her son. Mr.. A. g. Belcher'
on Eighteenth street.
llr. Eli j. Andrews left yesterday for
Wlnstoni y. c.. where he VIII De en-
gaged for several months.
Captain c. L. Wright and family re-
turned Yesterday to their home, in sell
ma y. c. They have been visiting
friends and relatives in this city. and
declare they have passed delightful
time IN Richmond.
ST. and Mrs. Alexander Moore VIII
tender the friends Of their son, Arthur
a reception tomorrow night at their
home. in Swansboro'. 1t will be I'm honor
Of the young mans nineteenth birthday.
For five consecutive weeks Rev. Dr.
Th0rnhil has been holding almost night
iy services at the Bainbridge-Street
church. and while he has called in some
aid from brother pastors. he has done
The bulk Of the work himself. and IN
way that has done a good work, serving
among other ends to bring pastor ana
people in yet closer sympathy with each
other
A meeting OF the Board Of Health. OF
which DR. Lawrence Ingram Us president
viii be held this afternoon at o'clock in
the Mayors Office in the Leader building.
Mrs Kelly Of Buchanan street, VINO
has been quite IN for some while with
peritonitis, is well on the high road 10 re-
covery.