The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-18
THE COCKAOE CITY.
Court News and other Items from Peters
burg.

burg.
PrrrESEtRG. Va. October IL Spc-
rial. The quarterly term Of the llusiingr
Court Judge -. VI. Bernard presiding
opened this morning az II O'Clock. HE grand
ilrv WAS i'm session until > O'Clock i. VI.
when IL was adjourned over until ~ O'Clock
tomorrow morning. During the session Of
that BODY this morning several nrcscnilncnis
were made. The case of the commonwealth
AGAINST Claiborne l}irchctt (cOloredl. Who
WAS charged with forgery, WAS tried ana
the accused found guilty. and his term OF
imrri-onmcnt asccrtaiucd at two years ~ the
ncnifcniiary. l}i request Of hi- counsel.
MIR William II. Jones. the Court VIII not
ua-s sentence ON the prisoner unill to-iluf-
row morning. The case ~ the common
wealth against jesse coleman lcoloied) was
also tried. and the sentence oi the Mayor.
imposing "a line Of so. was confirmed. lhr
otiruse for which Coleman was tried was
that of assault and battery. the attorney
for the Commonwealth having entered a
nDffe prO~cgU, i'm another caae against the
said Jesse. charging him with the onense Of
carving concealed weapons. The court II
likely to be- i'm session several days. ~ there
are a number of felony and misdcmcanor
cases upon the docket.
A telegram was received in this city to-
dav announcing tho sad intelligence oi the
death Of stuart. the infant and only child ol
.Iudge VIM. II. Mann, Of NOtioNay Court
house.
Mr.. ". =. McRae. one of the prominent
members Of the bar of this city. made an
effective address last night to the Phil. Nc
KINNEY club of Ettrich.
There was large attendance last night
at meeting of the First ward anti-Sla-
hone colored club. Addresses were made
by j. II. finney, Albert Days. II. {. wash
ingtOn and others.
The services at the West-End Baptist
Church are being largely attended. There
have already b-sn several conversions. and
the hope j. entertained hy those having the
meeting in charge that there VIII BE- several
more before the same II concluded,
Congressman &. :. Brumm. of Pennsyl-
yania spoke to a Republican meeting last
uieht al the Academy oi Music on the sub
icci of the tarli.
The Hon. John l.. Massey addressed a
larec aud enthusiastic gathering of the
Democrats Of Dinwiddie county Yesterday
al the courthouse of that county. The
Democrats of the county are fully aroused.
and confidently expect tn carry the county
hv handsome majority.
Mr.. Thomas Il. Moore. who has been con-
fined 10 his home ht sickness is thought To
De- decidedly better to-day, and his friends
INDUCED the hope that be- VIII soon re-
cover.
Now that the 18th of October has passed.
the time fixed by law for the hunting of
partridge, tO commence. scarcely day
goes by that one does not see one or more
persons ON their way tO the woods ana
fields adjacent 10 the city in search Of these
birds. which are said 10 bc very abundant
this season. II j. also understood that
there are more Wild turkey, this fall IN the
adjacent counties than even known before.
There will Dee a Democratic gathering To-
morrow al Iee's Nill ia Prince George
county. There will be- several good speak
en-, i'm attendance. prominent among tho
number being the Hon. l.. 4. \enablc. j. D..
Cooke and Dr. j. VI. pleasants the latter
the Democratic candidate for the senate.
The people of Petersburg and the sur
rounding cDaniios aye maplfesiine more III
tcresi in the present Gal,.a li,aH eier be-
fore. and if the rest of tie state does ~ well
a., ~outhsidc irginia il certain to do, sig
nAi defeat awaits General Malone on the
day Of election.