The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-17

An Army Comrsde Wanted Sergeant Thomas
to Pay Back n Loan.

The lawyers seats in the police court yes
terdsy were as vacant as the rear pews in
Wednesday night prayer meeting. and the
audience was as small as the attendance upon
a funeral on q rainy afternoon but justice
was there in full resaa scales, flowing robes
and all
Molie Winston was charged with I'M
lawfully moving and secreting one lounge,
one clock, bureau. carpet and list
of innumerabIe other things that make
| home happy Mollie was indebted slight
| iy to real estate man for the occupancy
| of mansion IN which she recently made her
abode The furniture was distrslned upon,
but the officers did not MAINTAIN pos esson,
and while they slumbered and slept Mollie
picked up her bed with the various other
home comforts. and walked. The Judge held
her guiltles and dismissed tho case
James H. Il. Tate white Is from Louisa
| county and was soldier IN the late war lie
is q man of wonderful traits, and for memory
! he has no equal on the face Of the earth
| James was raised in the county where hens
| lay every single day and from his youth up
he has been fond of eggs. Now eggs come
| high: they have disappeared from the free
! lunch counter like straw hats from the heads
| or the pedestrians. still James soul painted
for eggs like the hart for the water-brook.
Mr.. F. L. Palmore had eggs and 10 spare. so
| James. in n fit of fondness for his orite
food. forgot the divine command and surrep-
| titiousy appropriated unto himself the fruits
Of the henery which Mr.. Palmore owned. He
was sent up for sixty days
As James sto9 ID in the dock his mind seem
ed to take swing ar und the circle of his
youth and after moments pause he spoke
TO Sergeant Thomas and said Il want you 10
pay me the g. ! loaned you in 1862, and
want it rlghtno ~ When they were together in
the army at Fort Donelson James got 3 Il from
the pocket of a Blue Jacket who was left upon
tho feid. None Of those soldiers had seen
''greenbacks' at that tune, ana as curiosity
James distributed it. Sergeant Thomas was
given s. ~ q memento, and yesterday. after
nearly thirty years, he was asked 20 return
IL. This sort OF money should be cultivated.
and possibly would bs but for the fact that
borrowers are in the majority. and TO them
such a long drawn-Out money IS unpopular
Rowlett Bro ks WAS charged with breaking
into car Of the Richmond. Fredericksburg
and Potomac Railroad Company with intent
TO commit larceny The car contained Bel
gian blocks Of stone. and rocks was given
twelve months in jail. The idea OF mans
breaking into a car loaded with blocks OF
stone. weighing each possibly twenty-five
pounds. filling his vest pockets with this
treasured freight. putting few blocks under
his arm and then filling his hat with these
rare morSels 10 bestow upon his hungry
family IL is theft. and the railroads 81 uld
be protected, and thanks 20 tie eternal vigil
lance OF the officers. Brooks IS now placed
where ne cannot indulge his epcurean tastes
for Injuries. but will be compelled TO submit
10 the common fare of convicts
Robert l.. Gibson. Eliza DOdson. Thomas
Carter and Mary Ii. Parker oil paid the pen
atty for being drunk.
John Crump was fined $50 for creating
disturbance IN the house Of w. H. johnson,
both colored.
William Brown, colored. was sent on 10 the |
hastings court on the charge Of stealing q /
watch valued at 600 from I. NJ j. Morrisey. /
Herman J. arshautke was fined &l0 ;or being /
drunk and disorderly. and % for assauting A. /
Hall IN Dan Murphy's saloon.
Henry Graham paid $50 for assauiung !
Royal Racks. Jr.. with q stick.
Andrew Fields was fined $3.50 for play |
ing craps in the yard If Roland Williams.
The following judgments were rendered /
from the civil docket b. j. Hughes in favor
Charles III. Page. 81 Willie Duke in favor .
George T.. Riley. 222.3j: A. p Shield in favor .
Stokes q Dunn, S2l: !. Fem IN favor DR.. j. G.. /
Deaton. 8. W. n. Fore in favor j. ~ Whit
lock. SAT. Laura White in favor John J..
Powers SIS; J.. Lewis in favor OF HarwCOd /
Bros K Co.. $40: Z. s. Walden in favor
Henry Cohen. $3.50. Henry Jones in favor NJ.
A. v Powers. Sl5. David Anderson in favor
same. 1923. Sol Kaufman In favor same.
$3.50 Julius Meyer & Son in favor Enter
prise Shirt Manufacturing Company $50.
Chqncery C0wt-Judge Leake yesterday
eDtereO tetiee III inc case 81 the Abihtlt
National Bank against the Davis Shoe Com
pany and others by which orders that the
trustees OF the Davis Shoe Company shall
forthwith report 20 the Court the terms aud
conditions ofthe sale ottheN Virginia pr0pertyOf
the company the names OF the purchasers and
afull inventory and apprasement the prop
erty sold. Also all the circumstances attend
ing tho sale and the reasons for making the
same.
The trustees are also ordered to deposit in
the State Bank of Virginia 10 the credit Of the
court in this suit the proceeds Of the sale and
return a certificate 10 the court. The trus-
tees shall also deposit in the State Bank the
net proceeds of the sale of any Of the goods
OF the Davis Shoe Company on hand in Viz
ginia at the time Of the institution Of this
suit or which have been manufactured in IT.
einia and sold since that time, making the
deposit Is soon ~ practicable They shall
also report at once all their sales, receipts and
disbursements in the Virginia business from
the period covered by their last report down
TO the present time.
The trustees shall also make full report
upon the present condition OF the $50. 965.45
of chooses in action which arose from the Viz
trustees entered upon the administration of
tho trust
Mrs. Ida v Long. widow of Charles r.
Long. who was killed by an electric car in
several days ago. qualified yester-
Jay as Administrative OF his estate.
Cib Circuit Courf.-Tho following suits
were instituted yesterday:
The Powers Taylor Drug Company against
c. j. oth. lr Debt for s2S9s3.
=. Blanchard against Porch a. McFarl and.
Case Damages $500 ,