Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-13
CITIZENS TO MEET.
MANCHESTER BUSINESSMEN HAVE.
MAss-MEETIyG TO-DAY.
4 BRIDEGROOM'S MIND UNBALANCED.
MIR. 8. j. Anderson Arrested for Men,
tai Abcrratfon-All Its Work IL
Funeral To-Day-Briefs.

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and citizens generally Of Manchester will
meet at Toney's Hall, corner Of Eleventh
and Hull streets. and consider the ques-
ton whether a board Of trade or OF pub
lie interest shall be organized at this
time or not. 1t Is also talked Of whether
or not the former Board Of Trade should
be revived. and this question, too. will
come up
meeting Of the citizens was held last
| Thursday afternoon at the same place
and hour. and a committee on plan OF or
ganization consisting Of Messrs. d. l..
Pulliam. Charles Burkert and DR.. VIII
liam =. Mathews was appointed. This
body will make its report this afternoon.
The attendance at the last meeting was
very good, and each one pledged himself
to come to this meeting.
HELD IT'S FINAL MEETING.
The joint body. consisting Of the Board
OF Health Of the city and a committee Of
| Council members, which has controlled
the conduct of a general vaccination OF
the city. held its final meeting in the
| Council chamber last night. Or. Law
| renee Ingram president OF the Health
| Board, presided. The reports Of all the
vaccnating doctors were approved. show
ing that the entire city had been over All
work before the joint body was therefore
complete. It's report will be made TO the
Council at It's next meeting. The Board
OF Health has been called to meet this
evening in the Council Chamber.
TWAS a FAMILY AFFAIR.
Lewis Smith. Fanny Smith. Lucy Chris
. ft,rgs tYfc
(all cOloredD denizens Of Tan-Yard Bot
tom. will appear before Mayor Maurice
this morning and doubtless tell many and
diverse tales Of woe. They got mixed up
yesterday evening I'm an nter-family row,
and Policeman Smith heard about IL. He
went to the Tan-Yard precincts and sum-
moned the persons 10 court for a settle
ment Of their troubles.
SAD CASE THIS.
Mr. s. J. Anderson Of Ninth and Hull
streets n man OF middle age, was placed
under arrest yesterday afternoon by PO-
iceman Wright on the charge Of not be-
ing OF sound mind. lie was locked up I'm
the statlon-house for the night. and
commission OF lunacy will probably be
held to-day. Mr. Anderson was recently
married. and his bride Is naturally almost
beside herself with grief. lie is constant
when he has gone over the eight fingers
he comes back to the beginning and
YEARLY plOds over them again. This Is
the way he does all day.
DEATH OF MRS. HARRY b. OWEN.
After a lingering and painful Illness,
Mrs. Lucia Baskerville BrOdnax. wife Of
Mr.. Harry q. owen. present member OF
the hOuse or Delegates from the Man
chester District, quietly passed away yes
terday morning az 4 o'clock at her home
I'm this city.
The funeral will take place this morn
ing at II o'clock az the Central Methodist
church. OF which the deceased lady was
member. The pall-bearers will be
Messrs. George L. Gary. W. J. Carter,
+. II. Patteson. II. II. Walden. A. J. Daft
from, y. NJ. Robertson. Augustine Royal,
and Judge John II. Ingram The inter-
ment will be made in Maury Cemetery.
Deceased was the eldest daughter Of
Mrs. Cornelia \. Brodnax and the late
Or. Robert W. BrodnaX, Of this city. She
was well known and popular in her ma
tive city, and her death Is received with
great sorrow Besides her husband. she
is survived by three daughters-Miss
Cornelia. Lucia. and Margaret. She
leaves also, three sisters-Mrs. Law
renee Ingram, Misses Sallie and Ellen
and four brothers-Dr. John w. Messrs.
Robert w, and Daniel |
Brodnax.
The funeral OF Mr. Benjamin f. Har-
nish. of Chesterfield county. who died !
lt his residence Tuesday, took place from |
the house yesterday afternoon at |
o clock. ana the interment was made in |
Maury Cemetery.
PERSONALS AN DBRIEFS.
Nfvsr out ~f, hs1 h.s 90
several weeks is exceedingly I'll at her |
residence on Porter street
Liberty Council. No. 70, J. o. L. A. NJ,
net Tuesday night and initiated twelve
candidates and reinstated one. This
makes the total number Of members 2@.
Charles Scaborne (cOlored) was tried |
before the Mayor yesterday morning on
he charge Of breaking into the house OF
Toe Brown last Monday lie was given
hirty days in jail.
Mr.. !. H. Walden. a miller AT the Dun
Op Mills, painfully mashed two Of his
0es while al work Tuesday afternoon
bout 3 o'clock lie was taken 20 his
Tome. on Semmes avenue. where he was
ttended by his physician.
Cynthus Grove. No. 3. Drulds. held an
interesting meeting last night at which
we're representatives of Liberal and Mon
Oe groves, Richmond.
Mrs \. \. Porter. Of No. 100 Cowardn
venue. west 10 Reams's Station. on the
Richmond. Petersburg and Carolina road,
yesterday morning. to join her husband,
A. A. Porter