The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-03-01
Letter from Petersburg.
correspondence OF the Richmond Dispa,ch.I
PETERSBURG, VA, February q. 1915.

Correspondence Oh INC hichmono biopa'S"'j
phrERsBuna, VA, February q. 1875.
The day has been cloudy at times, but
ranlcss and rather coid-pretty much as pre-
dctcd By Old Probabilities. A high wind Is
also blowing.
During the month Of February there were
ciyhty.siX commitments by the police, b'ty
Of whom were white and the rest coloreu.
Twenty.piue of the whites were tramps,
however, OF whom there has been greater
number passing through the city 10 the iast
month or two than ever before pressed our
pavements with their weary fcet' iDey
were lodged in the station-house, not ny
reason of any misbehavior, but only to give
them protection from the weather ana
place to rest their heads at night.
There are now thirty -iSe inmates Of the
Jail.
Eight marriage licenses were Issued du-
ring February four to white couples and
four to coored.
Fifty.four deeds were entered of record.
Information received to-day from Hicks
ford, Grtensville county, represents that toe
illness of Colonel John K. Chambliss is
not so serious as was unprecedented. IL was,
indeed, rather a nervous attack than any
deep-scated or severe indiSpositiop. Colonel
ChambliSs is a leading citizen OF all bis sec
ton OF the State, and the report OF his ILL
ness caused great uneas!ne>s.
Tomlin Ayent. Esq, prominent ana
wealthy citizen of Greensville, is i'll and not
expected to survive. He is OF very ad-
vanced years. -.
The Young Mems Christian Association
of this city have decided TO TT up and iur-
nish reading room for the use OF It's men,
bnrS nj as early day as possible,
| learn that the contract to extend tue
water. works of the city into Fifth Ward has
been awarded TO the Petersburg 1ron-W orkS,
which made the lowest bid for the extensive
work.
Our city owes the Legislature thanks for
the prompt manner in which it has acted on
the application Of the citizcus, through the
committee of their Council, for an amended
charter for the corporation.
The waves Of the AppomattoX are still or
the rampage, and are said TO have risen
! somewhat TO day.
It Is stated that the guauo warehouse
which recently tumbled down on the Apo
mst,ox has not been injured by the weather,
the roof having covered it from the rain,
while the floor was not sufficiently sunken to
expose it to the muddy earth beneath.
The stockholders of the Blue Ridge Springs
Company, at a meeting held in this city, haVe
elected the following officers and directors
to serve for the ensuing year: President
DR.. j. Herbert Claiborne; General Manager
and Treasurer. Major J. Arthur Johnston
Directors John F. Slaughter. Captain
Charles W. Statham, Lynchbu:g Major Il
f. Tay lor. Norfolk; Judge X. II. Jones, Jr.
DR.. II. G. Leigh, Charles Brown, Alexander
Hamilton, and j. Q. Jackson, OF Petersburg
The last two are new members the others
arc all rejected.
The remains of the late John F. Tay lcr
who died yesterday. are 10 be removed TO
morrow to Grecnsvil!e, Of which county he
was native, in special train chartered fol
the melancholy occasion by the Knights o.
/ Pythiss and the Odd-Fellows, of both which
| Orders he was Il respected member.
Mr.. james Childrey was bailed out Of Ja
Yesterday by his father.
A harmless hoax that "Mutual Friend .
Moulton was to pass through the city, carried
scores OF nuocents TO Jarratt's depot to-day
Rev. j. G. McCabe, d. D., whose death
has been announced, was father of w. Cor
don McCabe, Esq, of this city.
ROBIN Hoop.