Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-13
PETERSBURG AND VICINITY
SENT ON roR GAMBLINc.


The Proposed New s1us,e Iisll-The Chamber
Of Commerce and Fiue-Cnred Tobacco
cepfsssiep Of Theft.
lcmrespoudence OF the Richmond Dispstch.i
PETERSBURG, August IL, 1885.
In fhsAIayor's Court this morning,
before Justice r. @. Osborne, Mr.. IL.
C. HALEY and George Randall tcolored)
werc arraigned for examination on q
charge Of illegal gambling. Yesterday
morning Mr.. HALEY testified that, to the
best Of his knowledge and belief, no
gambling had ever been permitted in his
establishment. But when hispremlses
we're searched yesterday the police
found wheel of fortune" and GER
tain other mysterious articles used In
gambling, and Mr.. HALEY was there
upon arrested and brought before the
Justice this morning for hearing. The
evidence was such that Justice Osborne
sent him on the grand jury, admitting
him to bail in the sum Of 5000. George
Randall was also sent on, and was al
lowed to give bail in the sum Of $500.
These cases will be watched with con-
siderable interest here, and the police
are to be credited with good work.
The proper committee of our Musical
Association have taken substantial ac-
ton in regard to the building Of music
hall for the Association, and have an
nounced the method by which they pro-
pose to raise the money that is needed
for the enterprise. The Association
will issue certificates Of perpetual MEM
bership, which are to be transferable,
the cost Of such certificate being $3.50.
The money derived from the sale Of
these certificates is to constitute a
"building fund.-" and Messrs. S. w.
Venable, John McGill, and John
Mann will be the trustees Of
the fund. The music hall will
be located in the central part Of the city.
1t is to haYe ample rooms for chorus
rehearsals, for instrumental classes,
and for orchestra. The main floor of
the hall will be built to seat ESQ per-
sons, and the galleries will be con-
structed Cor the accommodation of 300
more. The stage will be ninety feet
wide by forty-fve feet deep, and will
be so constructed as to accommodate
an organ, an orchestra of fifty men, and
four hundred chorus-singers. The
aisles will be wide, the seats of the
latest and most comfortable pattern,
and wide staircases and sufliciency
of doors will provide all the facilities
for easy and rapid egress.
The Chamber Of Commerce Of this
city will give banquet at an early day,
at which matters Of prime Importance
to the mercantile interests Of the city
will be brought up for special discus
sion. OF late our tobaccO-men have
been specially interested in the matter
of flue-cured tobacco, and it is with the
view Of inducing the planters in this
vicinity to cure their tobacco by this
method that the Tobacco Exchange is
actively agitating the matter. AT a
meeting of the Chamber Of Commerce,
hid Yesterday evening, Mr.. f. b.
n sd that there is strong de-
= ID this market for bright tobacco,
WAhat our manufacturers have to
buy their supplies in other markets.
AS an illustration, Mr.. Balm said that
within the past twelve months Messrs.
S. W. Venable & Co., Of this city, have
purchased one thousand hogsheads of
bright tobacco, all of which was bought
outside Of this city. Other manufac-
turers use from six to eight hundred
yearly, and the local demand
here in itself makes Petersburg an ex-
cellent market for bright tobacco. The
thing is, he said, to get the farmers in
the adjoining counties to make bright
The market is already made
for the planters. The Chamber of Com
merce will meet again tomorrow night,
when the arrangements for the banquet
will be determined upon. 1t is pro-
posed to invite representative planters
in this vicinity, and to let them discuss
the matter in all its details.
The Tobacco Exchange held a meet
ing last evening and passed series Of
resolutions in regard to the death Of
the late w. T. Hubbard, who was one
of its most useful and prominent mem
bers. Mr.. Hubbard, it may be added,
served throughout the war as a member
of the Army of Northern Virginia, and
was one of the immortal band who sur
rendered at Apponiattox.
Henry Smith, the colored man who
was arrested yesterday on suspicion Of
having a stolen horse in his possession,
subsequently confessed that he stole
the animal from Major Mann Page, of
Prince George county. The horse is
valued at 5000, and the negro offered
him for sale for eos. He was commit
ted to jail to await the action of the
county authorities.
There is very little cotton in our
market, the old stock having been ex-
haustsd. 1t is the opinion of mer-
chants that prices will be lower when
the new crop comes in.
ROBIN ADAIR.
NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH