The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-11
Gil Ordinance Was Defeated
by Council LastNlght.
LIQUORLICENSE QUESTION
Was Postponed to the Twentieth for
Special consideratlon-The Bell
Telephone Work IL Manches-
ter-Personal Mention.
The Times Dispatch Bureau,
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There will be no chain-gang in Man
chester for the present, at least. At the
meeting OF the Common Council last
night the Gill ordinance was knocked IN
the head. Messrs Reams. Sampson, Petit.
Bradley, Ferguson and Fair voted
against the ordinance. and Messrs. Gill
Wakefield, Owen, Nunnally, Grizzard and
Cox favored It, and the vote was 50 re- re-
corded when tho ordinance was put on
Its passage. ii AZ ii 8
II No action was taken on the proposed
Increase in the liquor license. A large
number OF liquor men were present to
enter a, protest Mr.. Ernest II. Wells ap-3
peared with them as counsel, and twas
at his request that the matter was de-
ferrcd. ',.g I,
A special meeting for the purpose OF
considering the matter Will be held on the
night Of the goth. Nv
Tho Boil Telephone Company. repre-.
sented by Mr.. Fairfax Montague, asked
for the right to extend It's wires, put
up poles and otherwise transact Its busi--
ness in Manchester, pending the granting
iof a char ter The request was granted
under a resolution, the only member
voting against It being Mr.. Ferguson:
b The resolution carried with It ti1t
provision that the company give the
clty a slmiar service to that given IN
Richmond at similar prices, and that ten
phones be given the city at the same
price ysuch5'phones are given the city OF
Richmond for municipal offices. Il
The resolution from the Ordnance Com
mittee regarding the codlh Of the
city ordinance. and Etheirs publication IN
pamphlet form, was adopted,
Other routine business was TRANSACTED.
CITY COMMITTEE,
The City Central Committee will meet
in the Mayors Court room on 'IhursdaS
night at 8:15 o'clock. A chairman VIII 90
elected and. campaign work mapped OUT IT,
FOX CHASE.
A number Of hunters will meot at the
Halfway House, between Manchester anu
Petersburg, this morning, and fine OLD
fashioned fox hunt will be INDUCED n.
There will be about seventy five hounds
on the ground and about twenty i've
hunters, Much sport is expected, the
weather cutting very little figure.
Sf5'The Failing Creek Club. OF Manches-
Tar. and the Granite and Petersburg
clubs will be largely represented.
COUNTY. GRAND JURY. ss13S.}.t
James Miller, Louis Miller ana JONI,
Booker have been indicted by the grand
Jury in Chesterfield for assautlng' with
attempt to kill, James II 4 Heath near ai'
Midlothian, q few weeks ago. .5.
George Lasslter was indicted for
breaking into a scaboard Air Line car
and carrying Off a lot Of clothing
The four negroes who escaped some
weeks ago have been indicted for as
sauting the jailer a
PERSONAL AND GENERAL. ~.
A shamrock tea will BIO given on March
nth by the ladies' Of tho Sacred na1 Heart Heart
Church, at Leader HALL
rho family OF Mr.. j. J. Bayley will
leave with him to-morrow for Alabama
where they will make their future home
5# George D. Cole. who was bitten by q
dog on Sunday, Is getting along nicely
& NDsAY-VAUGHAN. III
Mr.. N. Lindsay and Miss N T.
vnnchnn, niece Of Mrs, G. w. Smart,
we're ere. united in marriage in Washington
on Monday. and left for their future
home yesterday near Jetersville,. Va Miss
Vaughan has always made her home with
nor aunt. Mrs Smart. OF Manchester