Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-19
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
TIE LATE MARX coheN's cHARlTA-
sLe HEBREW DONATIONS.
po,.ased 10 Earn tho Fines Inn
posed Upon Them-Appiieants for
IN. vacant Asylum Clerkship.
81 the RIchmond Dispatch.l

,co,.os,orsence ~ the Richmond Dispatch.l
pr1rRspuRo. VA. September IL, 1890.
The Hastings Court met tins morning at
II o,cIock-JudgeB Bernard presiding. The
Grand iurv found number of indictments
against parties for felony and misdeaInean-
or and several of the minor cases we're
tried during the day. The criminal docket
is such heavy one that 1t Will be some
davs before the civil docket IS reached or
before Judge Bernard will be able to rem
der his opinjons in the important cases ar
rued at the July term of his court
CHARITABLE REQUESTS.
Tho will of the late Marx Cohen was adj
,pitted 10 probate and Mr.. Charles Cohen,
son Of the deceased. qualified IA executor
of the estate. Among the requests MADE
in the will il one Of - 900 to the heoIew
0rnban Asvlum. al Atlanta; oneof 5000 to
The Raw. View Jewish Hospital, at BATH
more. and one of 500 to the Petersburg
Home for the Sick.
DISCHARGE OF PRISONERS.
Al their own request two white men
named DeCosta and Cummings were
brought from the jail into the husungs
Court to-day. They represented TO the
Court that they had been imprisoned IN
default of fines imposed for drunkenness
and asked that they might be dlschatgeu
from custody in order that they might
earn the money TO pay the lines. AS they
had been in confinement for some time
the Court granted their request ana per-
mitted them to go upon then promise "
pay the line.
PAINFUL ACCIDENT.
Mr. Lorenzo Traylor. carpenter, while
AZ work upop Mr.. W. X. Mokenney's Lew
residence was quite painfully though bct
seriously injured yesterday by the taiI Oh "
brick upon bis head. c.,
The board OF Visitors Of the Contra!
Lunstic Asylum at thor next meeting WIZ
have TO elect a clerk TO I'll the vacancy
csused by the recent resignation OF that
Official. The Office pays $500 year. anc j, is
understood there are several applicants tot
the place-one from Charles City county,
ono from Prince George, one or more nom
this CITY, and others from other points.
ADDITION TO The CENTRAL ASYLUM.
Work or the large new addition 20 the
Central Asylum is progressing rapldIy, ana
Will no doubt be far advanced towards
conpletlon before the cold weather sets
In. Ii viii give accommodations 10 aooat
one hundred additional patients, but luae-
inc from the number OF hppIicdbiOHS ~
admission TO this asylum all OF tins room
will quickly be occupied and more viii be
needed.
GENERAL NEWS.
The subscriptions in behalf Of the Pc
tersburg Grays' Band are progressing
very satisfactorily. and the probability IL
that our city will soon have very slpe-
rior band and the finest It has ever bad.
since the July term OF the Hastings
Court ll6 deeds and other writings lave
been admitted to record IN tie clerks
Office.
Quite large crowd of people Assem- oled
on the courthouse square this morning 10
witness the auction sale, conducted by the
CITY Sergeant, Of all the unlawful weapons
which during the past few months hau
been confscated by the Mayor. The as
sortment was large one but the articles
sold low. H..
II is rumored that one Of the three
Young men recently arrested for robolng
the grocery store Of City-Sergeant Eanes
has made a confession that Will add inter-
est to the case when 1t comes mp Tor trlal'
ROBIN ADMR.