Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-16
STA UNION.
Changes In the Revenue OGice-A COmpli-
Gated Suit.

catrd Suit.
correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch.l
MAY Is, 1885.
Captain Ham. Shepherd, the new col
lector of internal revenue, arrived here
on Wednesday evening and was taken
to the residence Of Robert w. Burke,
ESQ.,, member Of the Democratic State
Executive Committee, on Church street.
Yesterday he visited the internal-reve-
nue. Office, and while there was informed
by several of the officials of their in
tention TO throw up the positions they
hold.
The officials who have declined to
serve longer are Il. ID. Avis. first clerk
E. A. McMahon and c. n. Fulcher.
and Deputy Collectors II. II. Fultz and
d. c. Rveley.
Collector Shepperd at once appoint
ed to the vacant clerkships in the Office
Messrs. w. W. Scott, of Orange coun-
ty; George W. Koiner, of Augusta
county, and William II. Bailie. of Staun-
ton; and appointed as deputy collec-
tors DR.. Thomas NJ. Dunn, Of Abe
marie, and NJ. W. Paxton, of Rock
bridge. These are regarded universally
as admirable appointments, all of the
appointees being fitted by experience
for the posts named.
Mr.. Scott is the present secretary of
the State Democratic Central Commit
tee. Mr.. Koiner is the secretary of the
East Augusta Mutual Fire Association.
an organization of farmers. Mr.. Bailie
is a former citizen Of Richmond, is
Grand Reporter of the knights of
Honor of Virginia, and the present
book-keeper in the indicator Office.
DR.. Dunn was a member of the last
House Of Delegates from Albemarle,
and Mr.. Paxton was a member Of the
last House from Rockbridge. 1t is I'M
dcrstood that the policy Of the new col
lector is to make no haSty removals. but
to keep the business of the Office on the
even tenor of its way.
A lawsuit promising some new and
complicated legal points is being pre-
pared for the court of this city. 1t APP
pears that the distilling firm Of f. A.
Fulcher 4 Co., of this county, in which
George A. Hundley, of Richmond, is a
partner, borrowed the sum of s., 0S7. so
from Churchill Doggett, Of Richmond,
and to secure the debt conveyed 225
barrels of whiskey in trust to William
A. Burnett, trustee. Last Monday the
trustee, under instructions, advertised
the whiskey for sale to satisfy a
balance of $4,000 due on the
debt. Of the whiskey now in posses
sion Of the firm 1919 barrels of it is
claimed by the following parties as
their property: Davenport d Morris,
Of Richmond, 100 barrels; Brown,
Davis & Co., of Richmond, 5 barrels ;
+. A. Saunders & Son, of Richmond,
SO barrels; and John b. O'Connel, of
Staunton, Al barrels. Judge McLaugh-
lin. of Stanton, and Judge Wexford,
Of Richmond, have both granted injunc-
tons to their resident claimants and
stopped the sale of the whiskey.
Litigation all around will now be COM
menced.
At the great sale Of pure Jersey stock
in New York last week, Mr.. NJ. Erskine
Miller, of this city, purchased seven
COWS.
The Secretary Of the Treasury, under
the law limiting the number of United
States gaugerS, has revoked the com
missions of the following gaugers in this
district: W. ii. Shaw, Of Lexington
+. G. Flaherty, Of Botetourt county
Alexander Fortune, of Nelson county
II. X. Howard, Of Eggbornyille j. L
Robson, Of Culpeper county; Thomas
Colley, of Warm Springs, and c. l.
Blake, of Harrisonburg. Gauger Johr
d. Grey, Of Liberty, has recently re-
signed.
Judge II. W. Shelly is the delegate
elected from Trinity, in this city, t.
the Episcopal Council, which meets il
Richmond next Wednesday.
Rev. William 7. Richardson, of Rich
mond, ofliciated in Waynesboro' las
Wednesday at the marriage of hi
niece, Miss Mamie Patrick, to DR.. j
+. Arbuckle, of that village. NJ.