The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-11-26
3irllmond 1ispatth
,r1RpAy.. NOVEMBER 20, 1881.
PETERSBURG.

PETERSBURG.
,ae nRsr rRkEzE--1iik BOARD OF HEALTH
,sroTuE DUTIES OF CITY PnYSlcIANs--
.,,,vp SENTENCE TO THE PENfTrNTIARY--A
rcrn.srNpKD TRkNp--Two MORE CASES or
,SS,N.qY-nEAyY COTTON RECEIPTS, &C.
,,...nonfencc % The Richmond Dispatch.l
NOVEMBER %, 1881.
Tho mercury in the thermometer at dawn
- r,orn,ng stood ~ 200, and ice formed
s,,r;oo The night 30 q thickness Of three
opartcr> OF on men.
Ala meeting Of the Board Of Health this
..-rpinr a resolution was adopted instruct
..,. The secretary. In view ~ the presence
7, .wql.poN In Richmond, 10 address
,,mmunica;ion 10 the president OF the
richmond and Petersburg railroad re-
letting that The sunday excursion trains
Tween the two cities be discontinued for
~ nrcscnt. 10 is feared, 10y reason Of the
G,r,cfcr Of the travel on these trains, that
t.. disease might be introduced In this
,.,,,,nupity. which has so far been entirely
tro, al the scourgc.
Aprctty general vaccination is in pro-
.,,,.. I'm the city by reason OF the recon-
,endstions 81 the Board Of Health and the
CANNON Council. Under the rules OF the
S.hool Board, no children are admitted TO
tss nuhHc schools unless they have been
,.r,nerlv yaccinatcd. On the enforcement
IN iN, rule two or three weeks ago some
,c., hundred and fifty children were
,romutv dropped from the rolls. over one
tsr Cf whom have since returned. The
o,h,ss are kept ont, IL is said, by reason OF
ti.e inability Of their parents 20 pay the ply
.i.,an>' fee Tor vaccination. On this pointan
.,.arrsiing question arose rs 10 the duty OF
IN. ciiyphysicians TO perform the operation
81 yeccinaliOn on paupeTs free Of charge.
The Council appoints and pays four
Musician, 60 attend The indi gent poor, and
those Jour gentlemen, hy virtue oi their Of
f.r. are members of the Board Of Health.
The question aroS- in q communication adj
dressed 20 the President ~ the Board Nv
fhr Surerintcndcnt OF the Public Schools
asking whether IL was considered the duty
a. DE- city physicians 90 yaccinate paupers
frea ~ charge. lie answered that il was
NOT. in his opinion, their duty 10 vaccinatc
any one free Of charge, and that yaccina-
t,a1 Is not a surgical disease nor is il
medical disease. The duty o. the city
musicians is TO attend the sick paupcrS in
fI.rVard- and give surgical relief. At
.rlscouat special meeting Of the Board
fbi, s., W OF the president was sustained,
ami +. YVES resolved that the ordinance
under which the city physicians accepted
their contract 10 attend paupcrS free Of
charge doe, not include vaccination. which
doc. no. belong 70 the healing ant. Il was
therefore recommended 10 the Council %
max. 900 appropriation for general yacci-
nation. In this form The question will
come up 90 The next meeting OF the Council.
n lu, lust TO the cliy physicians 10 say.
however, that they have generally Nacci-
nc.ai ala persons applying TO them who
have stated that they were unable 70 pay
tle fee.
In the case Of james Stanley, white
person. who WAS convicted 81 houSe-break-
Ing 10 The October term OF the Hastings
Court aud sentenced 10 two years impri-
soBmnf IN the pcnitcntiary, an appeal was
taken 90 the supreme Court, and the court
granted q stay Of execution Of the sentence
ior a period Of forty days from November
l>. that the record might be perfected.
There are some points Of interest about the
ease. The offence Of which the prisoner
was convicted was one of small import
ancc: but he has twice before served out
term, in the pcnitcntiary, and il he goes
there again. no matter under how short a
sentence, lac will under the laws have TO go
for life.
The cold weather has induced many OF
our farmers TO kill their hogs, and the mar
kct j. now well supplied with pork.
Loose tobacco is coming in freely and is
bringing good prices for the better quail
lies.
\ poorly-clad but predetermined tramp
applied 10 the Jail during one OF the cold,
rainy nights Of this week for lodgings. He
was shown 20 a warm room 10 which the
members Of his fraternity are usually sent,
but finding il bare OF furniture and not
ft.ed up TO his taste, he turned upon his
heels, and Tomarking that he could not
sleep I'm that room, buttoned up his linen
coat and went out into the storm. Where
he slept nobody knows. but he Teappeared
the next morning and demanded break
fast. which was cOurteOusly refused him.
Two OF the colored inmates Of the Jail,
sam. johnson and Maria Robinson, were
last evening adjudSed lunatics by magis-
terial commission, and il was ordered that
they be sent to the Central Asylum. The
woman was for many years an inmate OF
the asylum, and was discharged about
wear ago Is cured.
Cotton has been arriving here very freely
an the week, both by rail and wagon. The
receipts so far are largely in excess OK what
they were this time last year, when they
were much better than in the year preyi-
Gus.
While it is understood among the promi-
nent Roadjusters here that the principles
asserted in the platform OF their party will
rigidly govern the policy to be pursued
when the government OF the State passes
into their control, yet the development OF
events win be watched with great interest
-.r al nnrfics ROBIN ADLIR.