The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-04-19
PETERSBURG AND VICINITY.
A Charter for "The Petersburg Home FOR the
Sick --Fire nt nicksford.

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TCorrespondence OF the Richmond Digpatch.l
APRIL IS, 1884.
Judge Weisiger, OF the Circuit Court OF
Petersburg, to-day granted charter OF
incorporation for "The Petersburg Home
for the Sick" an institution after the order
OF the .'Retreat for the Sick" in Rich
mond, which number Of our prominent
and benevolent citizens design to estab-
lish here.
The company will be joint-stock cor
poration with capital-stock OF not less
than $1,000 nor more than $4,000. Under
the terms OF the charter the company Is al
lowed 10 own real estate OF the value OF
$4,000, but no more than Is necessary for
the purposes OF the institution. The stock
is to be divided into shares OF ten dollars
each, and 1t Is proposed to raise the mni-
mum capital at once and establish the
Home without delay.
The officers who are to control the Home
for the first year are as follows President.
Thomas 6. Beckwith, Jr.; Vice President,
r. W. Pritchard; Treasurer, j. L. Young;
Secretary, DR.. j. Edward MoYler. These
gentlemen, with DR.. T. s. Beckwith,
DR.. James w. Claiborne, A. G. NJ. Martin,
william G.. Lumsden, and Charles w.
Spicer, are the incorporators and the Board
OF Directors, who will have the general
management OF the Home for the first
year. The immediate control will be under
a Board OF Managers to BE appointed by
the directors, consisting OF three ladies from
each of the several religious denomina-
tons or representatives from other bodies.
The purpose OF the Home is 10 provide
a well-regulatcd establishment where pa
tlents, resident or nonresident, may avail
themselves OF the skill OF physicians and
nurses with more convenience and econ
omy than can otherwise be obtained. II
may be set down as an assured TACT, con-
sidering the character OF the gentlemen
having the matter in charge and the favor
with which the scheme has been received
by the public, that the Home will be in
successful operation in very short time.
The medical faculty have endorsed it, and
will render every assistance in their
power.
The residence Of Mr.. Theodore Jarratt,
at Hicksford, In Greensvlle county, was
burned yesterday morning between
and a O'Clock. The family lost every
thing in the house. The fire was OK acct
dental origin, and there was no insurance
on the property.
Past Grand Chancellor Joseph +. Rock
well, OF this city, will leave for New Or
leans tomorrow to attend the session Of
the Supreme Lodge OF Knights OF Pythias,
which meets there next Tuesday. Mr..
Rockwell goes Us the alternate OF Supreme
Representative III. A. Atkinson, OF Rich
nond, who - unable to attend. Mr.. ID. j.
Turner, Of Norfolk, is the other represent
akye from Virginia.
Charles West (colored), who was tried
and convicted in the Hastings Court OF
tAfs city yesterday for stealing horse
from Mr.. j. III. Cox, Of Chesterfield, and
sentenced to three years in the peniten-
tiary, expressed great Joy at the lenicncy
Of the verdict. He had wholesome dread
Of Chesterfield justice, and thinks II he
had been tried in that county he would
have gotten ten or fifteen years in the State
! prison.
The fine spell OF weather has started 0p.
erations on the farms and in the gardens,
and while everything is backward. yet
work Is going on in the country in man
ner that betokens efforts to make up Tor
lost time. II is noticeable fact. however
that the farmers are investing less freely
in fertilizers this spring than for many
years before.
AppomattoX Lodge Of Odd-FellOws In
this city Is the second largest lodge i'll tht
State. 1t has 22l members, and Is only
beaten by Old Dominion Lodge OF Ports
mouth, which has 23S. ROBIN ADAIR.