The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-24
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CT MANCHESTER.
First Meeting Of the Association in.
New Quarters.
=. GAS COMPANY TALKED ABOUT.
Doa,l OF \, ISIS Lucy c. Ccllic1-Bc,l'any.
Homo Bill 40 Conc Up At tho Capt.
aol To-day-Corncr Stone Laid
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First Meeting Of tte Association in.
GAS COMPANY TALKED ABOUT.
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lie Hull Street, Bcattie BLOCK.
a called meeting OF tlc bustiitss -Aeu $
Assul.al.-n7 WAS led iast liIe.It III TIC
new quarters OF the association, Ii, The
Leader building. Tie attendance was uh-
sisui1.y .aI &c anc the IneeanS ea1hu-
siaStic. The Commercial ChamDeT aot
+ nns.iis h,en cu.il,,.e.e.S iufnisnea, com
snittecs were continued 10 LOOK alter this
work Much business Was uiscassea.3 "a
( coa,,ui1,c, l,as appointed 10 ASK the rail-
roads running ii.tu A1aGchestrI 10 i'i0s'ue
cattle slii,,ung pens, III oiGer tllat catle
NAV be ,..,,dea oil. the Manchester SIDE.
The fact that there had been cunsioerd.
bic coli.ela..it among Inc merchants Oh
Manchester IN regard 10 Inc oeiay Oh
freight, which has 10 pass through itic:l-
rnoiId before :eae.l!ng thai CITY, MAS
onilrd 10 the Afternoon of The association,
and Mcssrs. Adanlsen. Da1iron and tocsi-
Ile were a,,,,o.a.ea Coil4.littSe 10 lhfest-
gate The compliant ana iita Ieheu!
for the irouoie; the committee 10 wait
upon the Gity co4Hci in Iesaid 10 ,ile
amending OF The City charter. was con-
IlllLea.
The membership OF the body is incrcas-
ing rap,uiy. ten new members were taken
IN last night
REV. MIR. SPENCER ACCEPTS.
Rev J. "a spencer has accepted the
call extended MIN from i'.Luon-Strcct
Christian church, in Danville. Va. The
call WAS exten1rd Mr.. spencer several
weeks ago, aIla after due consideration
he has decided To accept Mr.. Spencer
will move his family TO Danville the
list OF February, and enter upon his du-
ties al that time. 1t can DE said truth
duly that more universally popular
pastor has never held a charge in Man
chester, and llls loss to tine community
will be felt DIN every quarter.
GAS FOR MANCHESTER.
The city OF N,IIcilestcr ID souii 20 have
gas. A company. composed OF some OF
the leading and most successful business
men OF the town, Is being organized TOR
The purpose Of building plant and fur-
nishinS the city. A meeting OF the COM
1uny was held Nlcnuay afternoon, at
which The question was discussed at
length. Some of the gentlemen said to
be Interested in the new enterprise are:
Messrs. "A. l. Adamson, II. z. BeatEe, a
j. Daffron. Geo. H. S-ary and A d. Shotweu.
The meeting WIS held in the Merchants
and Mechanics Bank. MIR. Turner, OF
New YORK. who is interested in the under
xal1ing, was also present at the meeting.
MISS COLLIER DEAD.
Miss Lacy G. Collier died Monday night
at the home OF her mother, Mrs Lucy Zig
nor, at No. s north Twentieth street
Miss Collier was only twenty years Oh
age and a beautiful and attractive young
lady. For some time she had suffered
from q lung trouble. and until a short
time ago, was under treatment at st.
Iuke's Homo in Richmond. The funeral
took ,,ace yesterday. afternoon Ut $50
o'clock, conducted by lev. MIR. Bergman.
ln1e,Inent was made at Maury Cemetery.
For BETHANY HOME.
The bill recently introduced in the
House by Hon. j.. L. ToneE. providing
for an appropriation for Bethany Home,
/ will come UP before The Finance Com
m!t.ee at the Capitol this morning
at 10 o'clock.
Rev Mr.. Van 1Iouten, pastor Of the
Presbyterian church in this city, viii ap-
year before The committee in behalf OF a
y favorable report on the bin. Other cltl-
zcns of Manchester interested i'll the
passage of the act VIII be present.
Among them ere Rex. Ben Dennis,
Messrs. T. p. Pettigrew. ]. II. L. Bur
roughp and John lI. I1tz.
CENTRAL CHURCH.
The cornerstone OF the new Central
Methodist church. corner of Porter and
Thirteenth streets will be laid to-day
at 3 p NJ. with Masonic cere-
monies. Rev DR.. w. Y. Tudor, pre-
siding elder of the West Richmond Dis
trict. will deliver the address.
In the event the weather should make
it imprudent to remain or the ground,
the audience will retire 10 Rainbridge-
Street Baptist church to hear the address.
The Christian Band will meet at the
residence of Mrs ]. 4. Jewell to-day
at half-past o'clock TO attend the eNer-
.,I,a ,S Ja1-i r.
new church.
The committee of the members of Cen
tral Methodist church met last night in
The pastors study. Arrangements for
the laying Of the cornerstone to-day
were completed.
The cprner-stone of the Central church
was brought 10 the ground yesterday
morning. The stone bears the inscription:
Central Church,
Manchester Lodge. No. a. of Masons
is called to meet at l:ao at the Temple.
to-day. 10 lay the cornerstone.
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
Mrs. y. NJ. Davidson. of No. 1909 Porter
street:sis quite Ill at hc- residence.
Rev. Mr.. Green was called to Peters
burg Monday by the illness of his
father.
Mr.. r. o. Simmonds Is quite Ill at mis-
home Nc. 1907 Bainhridge street
Mr.. Z. Y. Badly. of Manchester. read
an able paper. entitled Jeremiah as
Preacher at the Baptist Ministerial
meeting Monday. which was greatly en-
jcyed
Mrs. Z. w weis.ger continues quite
Ill. Little hope is entertained for her
recovery.
Mr.. a. 7. Snellinss is in the city. He
will move his family TO Boydton, where
he has been in business for the past four
months
Medicine aud Surgery.
After the routine business Of the Acad-%
envy of Medicine and Surgery was trans
acted at its regular meeting last even
ing at its rooms in the Hotel jefferson.