Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-15
THE SOUTH SIDE.
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The following gentlemen have been
appointed road commissioners for the
several districts of Chesterfield to
operate under the new Warwick Baker
road law:
Manchester 7. p. Pettigrew, COM
missioner; A. C.Pulliam. assistant.
Midlothian: John j. Wilkinson, COM
missioner.
Matoaca: Spencer d. Ivey, commits
sioner.
Bermuda j. j. Ivey, commissioner ;
Carter Jones, assistant.
Clover Hill Archer Woodbridge,
commissioner; G. o. Markham, assist
ant.
Dale: John s. Taylor, commissioner I;
j. C. Brown, assistant.
Under this law these gentlemen hold
Office two years, and have supervision
Of all the roads in their respective
districts. They also have power to
levy the road-tax, with the restriction,
however, that it shall not exceed twenty
five cents on one hundred dollars worth
of property for any one year. These
commissioners are required to appoint
a road Overseer for each road precinct
The commissioners will receive 81 per
day for actual service, not to exceed
ESQ per year; and the overseers will re-
ceive $3.50 per day.
The Board adjourned to meet again
the fourth Monday, at which time the
question of extending the ience-law will
be decided. This matter has been be-
fore the Board for the last six months.
and there have been numerous petitions
filed before the clerk of the Board both
for and against the extension of this
law.
Chesterfield Court will be in session
again to-day. The grand jury will
meet this morning. The case Of w.
+. Smith and F. +. Newcomb, who
have been indicted by the grand jury
for feloniously asSaulting and cutting
James Patterson (colored). is set for
trial to-day. The difficulty in which
Mr.. Smith shot Patterson occurred at
Chester the 25th of last September
The shooting is said to have been done
by Smith with Newcomb's pistol. The
evidence before the grand jury disclosed
the fact that too much liquor was the
cause of the difficulty. Patterson was
shot in the left hand, and kept from
work about three months, but is en-
tire well now.
At meeting of Ruth Council, No. 3,
Order of Chosen Friends, held last
night, the following officers were in
stalled for this year: George S. Baugh,
chief councillor; NJ. h. Lloyd, vice
councillor; William NJ. Lipscomb, sec
retary; George W. Toby. treasurer ;
William WhitwOrth, prelate; G. I.
Atkisson, marshal; W. l.. Robinson,
warden; b. f. Porter, guard L. R.
Ellis, sentry; r. b. w. Beattie, past
chief councillor. Trustees John
0'Brien, George Q. Ely, and l.. r.
Ellis.
After the installation all partook Of
a nice lunch and had a general reiiniOn.
Mr.. Kirk Mathews, who has been
confined to his bed with rheumatism
for the last two weeks, was well
enough to sit up for short while yes
terday.
DR.. ID. r. Boston, member Of the
Board of Directors of the Central Lu-
natic Asylum from Fluvanna, was i'll
the city yesterday.
Information was received here on
Wednesday night that a man named
W. r. Flournoy, who embezzled funds
Of the Manchester Bank in 1881 and
absconded, had been found in Norfolk.
Chief-of-Polce Lipscomb went to Nor
folk and saw the man. 1t turned out
to be not the FlournOy wanted, and the
Chief returned here yesterday.