The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-06-01
PETERSBURG.

rsrrv,rrs OF EXPENDITURES FOR TUE 49,,
rrsc,I. yrAR - PERSONAL - APPLi. ..',,,c,'
ron errJcg OF CITY ENGIsEEh-A. .',.,,r
p,I. grATIgTICs-MARRfAGE AT NJ 49,, 80,
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icorrcspO"'e"'' " Wv MAY 81, 1888. d.
The chairmen OF the various .o oo,,are
committees will meet to-night 70 p,sp ,,ac :
estimates OF the expenses OF theh Lar Lar
tive departments for the mex, nsoa' the
These estimates will be suDli1i''cu 80,
ConncIl tomorrow afternoon, anu -, Ia
that basis will be framed the general ."A rho r
oDpropriation bills foI the next year ,ho
Estimates will doubtless be larger III wv
aggregate than heretofore, because OF sun .o
dry contemplated improvements IN ,ne
waiter OF streets and sewers ana 1,nL,
matters. and there may probably DC asiSn.
increase OF taxation in order TO meet '"'7
increased expense. ,..do,o ~
The city Is now constructing ureus1 ~
the wharf here, the cost OF when VIII NC NC
about $4,000. The machinery VIII aiso W
made here. ~, In
Uolsey Gouldman, who was killed du-
ring the fire in Lynchburg yesterday, was
az ono time n resident Of Petersburg, ana
IL we'll known here. On several occasions
he displayed great heroiSm in. the suppres-
sion of fires, and notably in the case OF the
burning of Osborne e Chicyes's factory,
where he narrowly escaped with his me.
The Bollingbrook Fire Company, IN token
~ his services. presented him with new
suit Of clothes, q fine breastpn, ana q
nurse OF money.
This morning, while man named
Charles johnson was digging SAND IN tnc
b1nk near the East Ward pubic school. he
uneortbed the body Of white male infant
child. which had been recently buried,
about two feet beneath the surface. There
Is no clue as TO the parties who placed IL
there.
During the present month seventeen
morrioye-licenses were issued from the
clerks office in this city-slX to white and
eleven to colored couples. 1t may be men
toned that among those made happy by
these licenses were several who had passed
the age OF youth. In one instance the age
OF the groom is recorded at eighty-one and
that of the bride at siXty-nine; in another
the groom's age Is entered at siXty-hve and
the brides at forty-fiye, and in another still
the groom at siXty-nine and the brides ut
forty.
The Mayor disposed OF 119 cases in his
court this mOnth-the offences ranging
from felony down to the trivial vic ation
OF city ordinances. or the parties arraigned
fifty-four were white and siXty-hve colored.
Mr.. A. A. Tucker. u former well known
baker OF this city, was to-day sent down to
The asylum at Williamsburg to be treated
for insanity. This is the second time he
has been in that asylum.
1t is said that several gentlemen from
different portions OF the State have made
application for the position Of City Engi-
neer, which office will probably be created
by the Council tomorrow afternoon. The
salary is to be a good one, in order to Sc
cure the services OF good man. The APP
plicants must be residents OF the State and
must pass satisfactory examination.
1t is reported that considerable sum OF
money was sent to Nottoway in the inter-
ests OF the Coalition candidates just rre-
vious TO the late election, and that every
effort was made TO break down the influ-
ence Of ex-senator Williams, Of "Big
Four" fame. The county was carried by
the Coalitionists, but by such reduced
majority as scarcely TO make il victory for
them. The majority was reduced from
LOO to about go.
Several days ago n can OF kerosene oil
exploded in the hands OF little daughter
of Mr.. A. G.. Mason, on Halifax street.
while she was attempting TO fill lamp.
The girl was knocked down by the force OF
the explosion, but escaped injury by burn
ing. The burning oil set the house on ire,
but the building was saved only by the ac-
tive exertions Of the neighbors.
The exports OF tobacco from this city
this month aggregated about 100000
pounds. ROBIN ADAIR.