The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-06-07
DANViLLE.

r.,tser Report from DIR. Chaplin-The
Georgs.Adams Gracefully Of Perjury
rase- Bali In Court-The Beethoven.
correspondence Of the Richmond Disrstch.l
JUNE 6, 1884.
A telegram has been received from
Brenham, Texas, which says that "Dr.
Chaplin is now all right, and does not
know when he will be in Danville." HIS
friends here understand that TO mean that
he has been relieved OF the suffering winch
he was experiencing few days ago.
The case OF the men engaged In the
difficulty with George Adams was caiied
IN the Police Court yesterday evening,
and was postponed to the 3Oth instant on
account OF the absence Of Adams, bail be-
ing allowed them bv Alderman OverDey on
beir own bond for s25 each.
In the Hastings Court, now IN session:
two negro men have been found guiity OF
pcriury-one i'm the matter OF registra-
tjon-and the verdict Of the jury In each
case was one year In Jail and fine OF %.
There Is now before the Hastings Court
q number OF indictments for betting on
rames of baseball. Three OF the bets
werc in the sum OF $40: the others ranged
IRON nine cents ian accidental amounp TO
fxenty.fiyc cents. The indictment against
one OF the parties was dismissed, he be-
ing a witness, anu motion to quash a.
% the others was oyei-uled, and so the case
came on for argument. The col'nsel
for che accused submitted-first, that the
rule that the law does not care for tribes
4 dc minimiS teJ non curd0 should Apply
here; second, that the indictment was mol
made In the spirit OF the statute; the
Statute does not condemn horse-racing, be-
cause time out Of mind it has been an
amusement Of all people OF English origin,
and promotes the raising OF blooded stock,
and the game of baseball is one OF the
family OF the old English game OF ball, ana
promotes the physical development OF the
Young meu and the raising OF hearty
stock Of people; and third, that IL this bet
ting was unlawful, so were the games, ana
Ehat would infer the unlawfulness OF all
those games in public places which young
men delight to engage in and young wo-
men TO look at. Hung jury ali yesterday
evening, aud case taken home last night
for consideration. The case has excited a
GOOD deal OF humorous comm mt. To-Day
fhe Jury found all the parties guilty ana
shey were fined $50 each with costs.
The sales OF leaf tobacco for last month
were 1,476.671 pounds at average OF Sl4.4l,
SnG fol-. the las eight 'aonths 2l,O6O, l5f
pounds at average of 1884. Sales for the
corresponding periods Of the preceding
ycsr 2,s72, $50 pounds at average OF sl4.27 /;
y, 1871 $50 pounds at average Of sl2.07.
On inqulring OF Captain Herndon' OF the
Tobacco Association, how 1t happened
Tat the sales for the LAST eight months
x.sre short Of the sales fol those l1CnthS
Of the preceding year, was told that the
crop o. last year was shor:, and that the
receipts in last month were short because
The weather was uniavorahle fo- the de-
livery OF tobacco and good for work at
home, and that, besides, most of the crop
of 1893 had been sold.
We turned from the bulletin-board last
night 70 attend concert OF the sBeetnoven
Association. Miss Katie Scales, OF North
Carolina; Mr.. Frank Cunningham, Of
Richmond. and MIR. Roger A. Pryor, Jr.,
with Mr, n. B. Peasants, were emphatical-
~ encored. ALPHA.