The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-16
news GATHERED
FROM S0UTRS|OE
Special Meeting Of the City
Assembly Scheduled for
This Evening.
CITY MISSIONS GOOD WORK
More Inquiries About Stairs.
Christmas Displays Finest
for Years.

Manchester Bureau, Times Dispatch,
No. LIE Hull Street
A special session Of the lower brancl,
Of the Council will be held tonight Mt
o'clock, to take final action on requests
from the Wingo, Elicit and Crtlinp Shoe
Company, and the Blair-Ruehl Glass Man
ufacturing Company.
These two companies desire to locate
their plants here within the next six
months. The Board Of Aldermen 4 has
taken action; Council will concur In that
action tonight ana then the Mayor will
approve. Immediately thereafter the two
concerns will begin work and 1t is expect
ed that within a very short while five
hundred people will be given employment.
No other special work Is laid out for
this session.
News Of City Missions,
The severe weather has caused much,
suffering among tho poor and members
OF the City Mission are busy doing all.
they can to relieve the distress.
The president Of the mission, Mrs. w.
L. M cody, asks all chartably inclined per-
sons to give contributions Of food. money,
clothing and fuel, SO that all appeals may
be answered, Az contrlbutions,Sof what
ever nature, may be sent to Washington
and Early's drug store, or p II. Toneys
grocery store. from which points they Will
be properly distributed. !.
Any one acquainted with the eds OF
any one may help them by sending their
names and addresses to some member or
officer Of the mission. Active members
OF the mission who are ready to render
service are Mrs. w. l.. Moody, Mrs a.
J. Daffron, Miss Edna Davidson, Mrs. ,
w. Bronaugh, Miss Mary Bronaugh, Mrs
w. b. Bradley, Mrs George Paul, Mrs. ~
G. II III, Mrs. w. r. Merchant, Mrs. Law
renee Ingram, Mrs. j.. II. Patteson, Mrs
w. II. & Owens, Mrs. e !. G. Tatum. Mrs
John O'Brien, Mrs. Shotwell, Mrs Monroe
Bendall, Mrs. w. r. Beattie.
Inquiries About Stairs.
Two more inquiries have been received
by Chief LIpscomb about Bob Stairs. nov now
in jail here. Z,
one came. from Chief Cannon, OF the
Providence (R. - Detective Bureau me ne
other from Inspector Watts, OF Boston
They ask for description OF stairs ana Tue
tewelry found in his. possession. Such ~ Z
formation was given. Most OF the jeWeiry
found answers the description OF stun
taken from a Wheeling jewelrE 81 ore a,.; !.
II IS likely that Stairs will be brought NJ
~ richmond where lie will be "mugGed (
and measured by Captain Tomlinsocnl'.s
Christmas Displays.
1,ha stores have their Christmas airs
about them and the bad weather has III
tle tendency to keep away the hotoay
shonners in the afternoons and carry
arepinrs. The displays this season are
handsomert than ever.
Funeral Of Mr.. Gentry.
telegram was received last night an
,,o,,nc,ne that the remains Of MI: ose!ln
w Gentry the machinist, who was kill
snsrrowis Point. Nd, will arrive
this morning =,
~, They will be taken to the residence o.
,,is I. cistcr Mrs Andrews Nineteenth
ctroo+ Manchester, where the funeral
n,I,l take place at $3.50 this afternoon. Th'
intermer,t will be made In A1a,lry Gene Cen
terry. ~, !, /,
run down by an east-bound Baitimolrs
and Ohio train In Canton. His BOD was iaE
terribly mangled. as
Personals and Briefs.
Miss Ruby Nunnally is III at her h nom
In Swansboro. y =,
The funeral Of Mr.. r. w Thomas wi VII
be from the Cowardin Avenue Cllur 'slIs' =
II O'clock this morning.
The Benevolent Society OF sWans ';1l'
was entertained by Mrs. Sa ii' r r't'
last night. -. +.
Two street cars aco!lided at Seventh an
perry Streets about 6 o'clock yes terdH!
morning. The fenders Of both cars |er
damaged. /.
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DUMB ANIMALS FRIEND : END
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