Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-11
In DEMAND
TOE OPERATIONS OF "DR." HERCULES
IN CONNECTICUT.
Interest in the Municipal Contest-Au
Earnest Fight shead-rroublo at tho
Normal School.
Correspondence Of the Richmond DIspatch.l
PETERSBURG, VA, March 10, 1858.

The chief of police OF this city this
morning received letter from J. G.
Chapman. chief of police of Middleton.
Conn. making inquiries about the Rev.
DIR. Hercules atlas DIR. Hur. the negro
who is serving a term in the jail here for
larceny and for carrying concealed wea-
mons. The conduct Of this negro was
inllv stated IN this correspondence at the
time OF his arrest here. de came 10 Pc
tersburq from Richmond, where be was
ouilty OF the same offence -sWindling
nersons ont OF board money on false
pre.ences, buying furniture for which
he failed to pay, &c. The chief OF police
Of Middleton, Conn. sends n photograph
Of the reverend swindler with his letter.
by which The prisoner IN orr jail Is fully
identified. He is wanted in Middleton
on the charge of stealing a gold
watch. and in several other towns
of Connecticut on serious charges, where
he passed himself off az DR.. Vain, Dr.
Hercules, DR.. Hur, DIR. White. DR..
Lewis. &C.. &C., and where he preached
to the colored people with great JUNCTION.
The Middleton authorities are very
anxious to get hold Of the fellow as
soon as his term OF imprisonment expires
here. and say they have evidence enough
against him to send him 10 the peniten-
tiary for term of years. But 1t is IN
derstood that the first claim upon the
/ Doctor after he is released from the Pc
tersburg jail comes from Richmond.
An alarm of fire was sounded this az
ternoon about 2 o'clock. caused 10y the
partial burningof the stables of Captain
| j.. T.. Marks on Guarantee street The
building caught FIRE from the grass to
which lire bad been set in an adjoining
[ field. The loss WAS about 800.
The approach Of the time for the mu-
nicipal election increases the interest IN
the result OF that contest, which will be
OF mOmentous IMPOTENCE to our city.
/ The Democrats hope, by fair, square,
manly fight and the nomination OF the
best men in the party-men who arc
| known to and honOred and respected by
/ the whole community-to command VIC
/ tory. OF the twelve members OF the
/ Common Council TO he elected in May,
| the Democrats have only to elect five to
secure the control OF that body, and
| thereby have the management OF the
most important branch of the city gov
eminent. But the Democratic wards
are close, and it is claimed already that
the Republicans are coloniZing in them
| with the intention of carrying them
against the votes of the rightful citizens.
There has already been a suggestion
/ for the nomination of q citizens ticket
again this year, but it does not meet
with the same favor it did two years
ago. The desire seems to be to fight
and win or fall on a straight, honest
Democratic ticket.
There has been some further I'M
| pleasantness at the Colored Normal Col
/ lege this week, caused By the refusal Of
q number of the female students to at
/ tend the opening religious exercises
when conducted 10y Professor Smith,
one OF the members Of the facnlty,
against whom a number OF the students
seem to have a decided aversion. 1t is
/ said that the president Of the institution
at first decided that the students in
question must either submit to TIE rules
/ and attend the exercises or leave the col
/ lege. but that the protest came from so
/ LARGE a number of pupils that it was
sui oquently deemed best not to enforce
F the order. but rather to relieve Professor
Smith from the duty Of conducting these
/ opening exel Uses.
The receipts Of loose tobacco this
week have fallen off nearly ons half, in
comparison with those Of the past few
weeks. Tho aggregate sales were only
/ 2G3, 307 pounds The cotton receipts
/ for the week were Az bales, masing an
aggregate of 1854 bales since Septem-
/ Der lst, or about 1900 bales in excess OF
the receipts for the corresponding period
OF last year.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Mr.. Alexander Wilson, q prominent
grocer. and Mr.. George Minetree, q
well-known druggist, who have been
seriously sick for some time, are both
improving.
The congregation OF the First Baptist
church have determined to eypend some
/ s.. 700 or 80, 900 in the improvement OF
/ their ediGce, on Washington street.
Grace Episcopal church is also to DO
handsomely improved, and SO is st. Jo-
seph's Catholic church.
The exports of manufactured tobacco
from this city during the present week
amounted to ll9, S43 pounds.
ROBIN ADAIR