The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-08-01
PETERSBURG


c,vrxre coIIycTloxs-- HEAvY AMOUNT IN
BONDS FAILING puE-fREE Music FOR Iht
prRtc-prsTINGs COURT PROCEEDINGS;
rms CRY rorxp GUILTY OF PERMITTING A
NtysAxCE---A QUESTION OF LAW pkcipEp-
MUNICIPAL sraTIsTIcs-PRRsoNAL.
ocorrcspondence OF the Richmond Disratch.l
July 81, 1880.
Tho acknowledgements receipts In the Pc
tersburg district for the month ending to"
day amounted 10 $50. 255.36. The exports
Of manufactured tobacco from this CITY
for The month are not obtainabe IN time
for this letter, but they are reported TO De
in excess OF the several months past.
Bonds OF the city to the amount OF
$3.50. 500. with accrued interest, fall due on
Monday. The money 10 pay the entire
amount j. and has for soi0e months past
becn i'm the treasury, and the bonds and
interest Will be paid as rapidly MS the de-
ro.nd is made for them. Under the an
nouncement Of the treasurer, made some
weeks ago, OF the readiness OF the city at
any time 10 pay these bonds, only $4,000
have been presented. The great majority
Of The holders doubtless preferred to draw
the interest up TO the day OF maturity.
In addition TO the above, $4,000 in inter
est on the SOuthside Railroad Donds OF the
CITY will fall due on Monday, when tDe
treasurer is prepared 10 meet The prompt
ness with which the city meets, ana nas AZ
ways met. It's obligations has established I0r
II a high credit, Of which any city might
Justly feel proud.
Fnlly /. 800 peopie assembled on the lawn
last night 10 enjoy the open-air concert
Given by the Artillery Band with their new
Instruments. \ laIge portion OF the audi
cnce was colored. 1t Is proposed, in order
10 give the public the benefit OF this free
music. TO erect a handsome stand near the
central portion Of the park for the accom-
mediation Of the band.
In The Hastings Court this morning the
jury rendered verdict OF not guilty 10 the
case OF :. W. Nenable 4 Co., indicted for
contributing 10 the creation of a nuisance
on Byrne street by emptying the waste
water from their factory into the gutter OF
tbe said street. The alleged nuisance exists
some distance away from the factory in
portion Of the street which is very imper-
feclly drained. and where The water, for want
q drainage, soaks into and stasnates upon
theunpayed gutter. The defendants showed
that under the ordinances OF the city they
had complied with the law In conveying
the waste water from their factory 10y pipes
10 The nearest SIreet-draln that all the
manufacturers in the city do the same
thing; that the nuisance complained OF was
the result of bad drainage, aud would be
caused by the purest Of water. The testi-
moDy OF experts and physicians was also
introduced 10 show that the water * it
came from the factory was IN no wise dele
ferrous in its properties or injurious TO
health, and. therefore, not nuisance. The
Court said that the only question OF law in
Ia. IL hot 10 n Y.
it, charter, has the right 10 direct citizens
TO empty the waste water from their
premises into the street-drains, and this
il undoubtedly has. At the request
Of counsel for the defence, the Court in
sirucied The Jury that II they believe from
the evidence that the water conducted from
the factory into the strec,-drain IL, at the
time il is emptied into the drain, not Often
siye 10 persons passing along and residing
in the vicinity. and is not at the time OF the
discharge injurious TO The health Of citizens,
they must lind for the defendants ''Dot
guilty even though they may believe
that the water, by reason OF imperfect drain
age, becomes stagnant, offensive, and In
furious TO health. These instructions being
given the attorney for the Commonwealth
surrendered the case, and the jury, without
retiring from their seats, rendered yer-
diet OF mot gully"
The indictment against the city OF Peters
burg for permitting the nuisance on Byrne
street was then called and the same jury
sworn TO try ii. BY agreement OF counsel
the evidence in the first case was submitted
in this, and the jury, after hearing brief
argument, rendered verdict OF equity"
against the city. The Court has not yet
imposed penalty, and will probably not do
so for day or two.
The Common Council will meet on Mon
day, and, il is highly probable, will take
prompt steps TO abate the nuisance. In
deed, il may be said that steps have already
been taken towards this end, the Street
Committee having notified the owners OF
property on the street Of their intention to
pave and grade the street.
During the month Of July fines 10 the
amount OF Sl15.50 were collected in the
Mayors Court for the city aud SIS for the
State. The number OF cases disposed OF
in the Mayors Court this month was 116.
Or the parties arraigned, SO were colored
and SO white. There was only one felony
case in the whole number.
Only Q marriage-licenses were issued
in this city this month"; to white and
20 cOlored couples. The number OF
deeds recorded was 81.
Rev. DR.. Witherspoon has returned to
the city from Cobb's Island. At the First
Baptist church tomorrow night, DR.. Eaton
will preach a special sermon on the subject
OF the recent tract entitled "What the
Catholics Believe" distributed by authority
OF several Of the ministers of this city,, and
the questions growing out OF IL.
PoRTS ADAIR