The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-09
THE ED TO
DE.CISI0.
Commissioners in Henrico Meet and
Adjourn.
WILL MEET AGAIN ON TUESDAY,.
Petition 70 be Presented From Chcss-
nut HiIi-Intcrestins Subject at
Barton Heish,s-News Items
aud Personal Notes.

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y, go uyfnr,I Reid We. Grant, j. L.
Nuckols. II Archer Cary and A. H. Mospy}
appointed by Judge Wtckham N efe pho-
1uosition of the Chesapeake and emo RAJ i.i,
vay COMPANY TO close DaIbyto cc;td aiad
osborne turnpike, In the county, met yes
teri,avs morning at IL o'clock at the court
house and heard the evidence OF the
citizens of Henrico and the railway COM
pany The courtroom was nearly iuiea,
and the meeting was quite an lntsIsse hiis
.one.
Tho comm ssioners held a secret conference,
but adjourned without reaching dsc,s-
ion. Another meeting will be held at the
COURTEOUS next Tuesday morning anu
the report will be given to the court on
Wednesday.
some four or i've months ago q petition
vas circulated and signed by the clezenS
from Chestnut Hill and Barton 1Hesshts,
which was presented to the County .Soufs,
asking for the right to cut a road thfoush
from Barton Heights to this hill. but,
owing TO an Injunction being presented
nv one ofsthe property-holders who lived
near the proposed route, 1t was knocheu
out 1t is the intention OF the resfueAeS
of both places to present another peeie l
to the courts, as it would be source OF
great convenience to the reSldentS OF eae
hill and Barton Heights.
Mrs. Trent Miller and children are sthl
at the Yellow Sulphur Springs.
Rev. D. X. Waithall, stor of the Pres
byterian church, will hold both morning
aud evening services to-day.
The public schools mere VIII OPEN up ~
morrow.
Miss Berta Christian, OF Hanover, IS
yisitins, Mrs Powell, of Third Avenue
The ground will soon be broken ZOE
erecting the new Episcopal church mere
The Progressive Euchre CtuD VIII noe
or It.
BARTON HEIGHTS.
The Rev. w. H. T.. Squires, pastor OK
Overlook Presbyterian Chureh' ba ieoil
Heights, will preach a doctrlnai sernol.
this afternoon at O'Clock SUBJECT u
Infant Baptism Scr.ptural2
The public is cordlaily llsieeo -
present. o..a,
hcme again after an extensive trip to the
Greenbrer White Sulphur Springs anu
New York city
Miss Edith Cosby left the city yesterday
for Stafford
Miss Cathleen Glinn has returned home,
afrer a visit OF two weeks TO Newport
News.
after a. stay of a week in Ashland. Va
The little daughter of Captain Ed. 81.
Lea. Marjorie is rapidly recovering from
a severe spell of fever
Mr.. l. E. Briggs and family nave moved
the Heights to the vicinity of Union Sem
mary.
Miss Helen Harlan arrived home yester-
dav from Chester. Penn, where she mas
been resting for a month past
Miss Matte Taylor is slightly improved
after Il long spell of sickness. s5
Mr.. James NJ Brisss IS very IL a. tne
home of his on-ir-law, Mr.. w. L. Cosby
Mr. D. K. Kellogg has returned nome
again from vacation delightfully."- spent
nj Hunters Alum Springs. in Pulaski
county.
WATER-FANIINE-
There was some fears Of a water-famine
up to a few days ago, but since then con-
siderable improvements have been made
to the water system.
A committee has been appointed from
the Barton Heights Baptist church to
select a pastor 1t seems as If DR.. I. S.
Dunaway formerly pastor at Freder1cSs-
burg, Va, will be extended the cali
The Northside Gun Club held its regular
shoot FRIDAY evening at the. battery
near Barton Heights. All of the mem
bars were present The score is as fol-
lows:-vi Lorraine. 20; Priddy, 90 Flip
pen. 10; Coleman. 10; Bagby. is; Warren,
II: Jones, 16; Ruffin, 10; Sharf. 10; Tolson.
Is: F'lippen II. Ellis. 13: Hatcher. T.
Green, u; Kemper, 10 49,, some ae., very me
Mr. Kuntz, of Richmond, has moved
into the residence on Barton Avenue,
formerly occupied by Mr.. e. L. Stockmar,
who has gone to North Carolina TO I'VE.
MT. J. NJ Briggs is very sick at his
residence, on Virginia Avenue
MI. W. r. Brown left yesterday for Bos-
ton, Mass. ~
Mr. ~ Gordon Clay and his sister, Miss
carnert have returned from Petersburg
TO their home on Lamb Avenue.
Miss Grace Christian is spending the
month with relatives in Baltimore,
Miss Ellen Guy Lindsay has returned
from, . tWo-weeks' stay in Albemarie coun-
tv, near Charlottesville.
Miss Annie Cole leaves for Hollins Insti-
NJ Mrs. lula A. Schultz is spendin. the
| sumner in Eliensville. New York
Mr.. Mark L. Philips, Of Union Semi
nary, IS visiting friends on the Heights.
Miss Hattie Brogden has returned homo
from delightful trip to Oxford and other
points in North Carolina She has accept
ed the position as principal Of the Epiphany
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