The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-03-24


TIE LAST OF THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
CAsEs-A MAN WITH A BLACK Ehcohp-
%F1sH-LADDERs ~ n
PLAN FOR THE NORMAL ANoIhhn
sNOw-RICuMOyD PEOPLE ~ JAiL-fl'Ei IN
CUESTERrfELD, &C.
JCorrcspondencc Of the Richmond Dlspa'cn'l
MARCH %. 1888.
The decision OF the Supreme Court IN
the Vaughan and Morse h10edS-coTP"S
cases settles the contest about the title 10
the mavoralty Of Petersburg in favor @,
Mr.. Il. J. Jarratt. Mr.. Jarratt was eiccted
mayor at the municipal election IN MA! OF
last wear over Colonel +. II. Archer, put
the latter held over and discharged the du-
ties OF the Office until the lst Of February
by reason OF the failure OF Mr.. Jarralt 10
oualify. On that day the Common Coun-
| I'll declared the office vacant, and elected
MFR. Jarratt, who Immediately quaiiled.
/ The two gentlemen. with their respective
counsel. met in a friendly spirit
and agreed 10 submit their claims to the
| Suprcmc Court for decision On a ease 10 he
subsequently made up. This agreement
was carried ont, and in The mean WINE pci'
fl,cr gentleman discharged or attempted TO
discharge the duties OF the office. by TINS
decision the last Of the Petersburg cases
arising out Of the municipal troubles OF
last wear is removed from the courts. Mr..
.Jorratt will take his seat when officially no.
tided of the courts decision. aud having
been elected on the Isl o! February VIII he
entitled 10 the pay Of the office from tla'
time.
Tbe Mayor this morning sentenced
Charles Fields, a negro, to five months i'm
piisonmcnt in iail Tor stealing Il row valued
nj $50, the property OF Mr.. q. i. Hare. lie
soId the animal for S13. Fields's record j.
a very black one. lie has been once or
twice convicted Of larceny. and escaped IN
another case by turning in!ormer against
his companions in crime; has been urea
for u but escaped conviction 10y indis-
position 70 prosecute him, and Is wanted IN
Prince George county for house-breaking.
II is said that the legal proceedings
which were about 10 be commenced In
Diuwfddie county against the various own
ers Of dams in the APPROXIMATION river for
failure TO erect fSh-laddcrs in accordance
with the law have been dropped, on the
assurance that these ladders shall lie
PROMPTLY erected. There are some seven
or eight OF these dams between Petersburg
and Exeter Mills, twelve miles west Of the
city, and fisli-Ways are to be constructed at
each of them this spring.
4 meeting OF the Board oil Directors OF
! the State Normal School was held in this
city Yesterday, and The plans OF the new
building were submitted and approved.
The building will be upwards OF 800 feet
in length. and il will have the capacity for
accommodating about 800 pupils. lis To-
cation is on Fleets Hi, IN Chesterfield
county, and it, estimated cost is about
$1,000, Independent Of the site, for which
Sl3.500 was paid. Building operations
will he commenced this spring.
The Hebrew lal Mosque, given last
nieht in honor % The festival Of Purim.
was a brilliant affair. and was largely a.
tended. The characters represented were
varied and fine.
Snow iell here for several hours thi,
morning, covering the ground, but with
the disappearance OF the clouds the SNOW
disappeared also.
While the Norfolk and Western Railroad
Company have mined large quantities OF
coal at and near Pocahontas, il is not he
lieved that the regular coal trains will com
mence running before about the 1st OF
April.
The residence OF Mr.. Woodlif Tucker.
in Chesterfield county, about five miles
from town, accidentally caught fire ycSter-
day afternoon. and was destroyed, with
nearly all the furniture and family effects.
Mr.. Tucker and his son were away shuck-
ing corn when the fire broke out, and were
unable TO reach the house in time to do
anything but save a few pieces of furni-
ture. The house was valued at $500. on
which there was an insurance Of $500 in
the Virginia Fire and Marine, Of Rich
mOnd. mere was ai-V dn iusupan.v -
$3.50 in the same company on the iurni-
lure. ROBIN ADAW.