Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-25
- NeWs o. MANCHESTER.
A Habeas Corpus Proceeding-Personal
and other Items.

Deputv-Narshal Thomas Ballard yestcr-
dav served a writ Of hGbcGS coyp1s upon
Sergeant Henry Fitzgerald, commanding
him 10 produce the body OF Marion
Mitchell, now confined ia the Jail of tins
city. before Judge Bond. of the nlted
States Circuit Court for the Eastern dis
trict of virginia. in Baltimore on Friday,
August ?. 1882 At the present session of
the Hustiucs Court Mitchell was tncd $40
and costs for selling liquor on Sunday and
10 minors. aud in default OF payment he
wax sent to- Jail. Several days ago Mr.
Jacob Cohn. of Richmond. rendered cou-
pons IN payment Of the judgment, and the
Sergeant asked for short time IN which
10 consult with certain officers OF the
State. The writ of hdbe0s corTa's is now
sued ont m order 10 get the case before
the United States Court.
Mr. John If. Mccullough, through his
counsel. Mcssrs. -. l.. Pulham and A. G..
Attkisson. has instituted a suit IN the
UIustings Court against the Virginia Fire
and Marine Insurance COMPANY for $1,000
damages The suit Is the OutgrOwth of
the company's refusal to pay "a policy Of
~ 100 on Mr.. McCulloughs house, stu
atedoon lower Hull street. which was
burkd about the latter part of February
last
The insurance company ailegc that the
house was sold or transferred 10 Mr. Nc
Cullough's mother. and AT the time Of the
fiic there was no policy upon the house IN
the name Of the owner. The plalntin, on
the other hand. claims that the house was
transferred 10 the name of his mother mn
carrying out some business transactions,
but that il was rctransterred to hlm before
the time Of the fire.
Clerk VI. A. Cogbill. Of the Chesterfield
County Court, has completed the record
in the case Of John A. Jones, convicted of
manslaughtcr. and Judge Gregory, Of coun-
sci for the accused. Nill at once make ap-
plication 20 Judge Hancock. of the Circuit
Court. for "a writ OF error TO the judgment
of the County Court in refusing 20 grant a
new trial. The matter viii probably come
up for argument early next week.
Mr. Charles Keller yesterday awarded
Mr.. Charles +. Moore the contract for the
erection of a handsome thrce-story brick
building on Hull street between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth, adjoining Mr.. keller's
present store. The building Will be l2j
feet deep. twenty-cight feet wide In the
front part. and forty-slx feet wide IN the
rear. where the bakery Will be.
Yesterday morning about II O'Clock n
Richmond WAGON cOlllded at the corner OF
Twelfth and Perry streets with Mr.. T. j..
Whites phactOu. in which two ladies were
sitting. No one was hurt and no damage
was done further than TO slightly bend the
rear axle to'thc phaeton. ,,.
II is expected that Mossrs. Willie
Mathews and John Utz will carry n large
crowd Ola their excursion to Providence
Forge to-day.
The contracts for building several county
bridges in Chesterfield were 10 have been let
yesterday.
The time for receiving bids for the cree
ton of the Presbyterian church has been
extended 90 August lst.
Nrs. Melville &. Keeling and Mr.. II. W..
Keeling. of Ecrkley, ARE visiting friends IN
the city.
Nlr. John Gillian, of Powhatan, is in the
CITY on visit to his friends
Judge Witt. of Richmond. viii open the
Hastings Court to-day for Judge Ingram,
who is at the White sulphur, from where
hc Will return tonight.