The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-09-02
MILITARY B1SE-BALLISTS.
Petersburg to be Matched Against Rich
mond-Oiher News.

MUM ~ ~'N7'
PETERSBURG. Va, Sept. Especial THE
Petersburg Grays. Captain +. r. Lassiter.
have received a letter from Mr.. Charles II.
Kinderyarten. secretary Of the Richmond
Grays, inviting the company TO visit hIch-
mond Saturday next TO witness the game OF
baseball TO be played on Island Iark between
a nine from the Petersburg GTays ana a team
from the Richmond Grays. The latter team
was defeated in a game played here a week OF
two 400 by IA MIN from the Petersburg
Gravs. The invitation from the Richmond
company will probably be accepted.
A picnic will be given at Woods church, in
Chesterfield county. a short distance from
Petersburg, tomorrow. Addresses will be de-
lyered by Rev. II. G. Cheatham and Rev.
A. G. BledsOe, of Petersburg.
The eighth annual convention of the sun
dav-sch0ol Society of Prime George county
will 10 held ut Prince George Courthouse to-
morrow.
A protracted meeting will commence Sun
dav next nj Zion Disciples) church at Ford's
depot. in Dinwiddie county.
The United States internal-revenue collec-
tions in the Second district of Virginia for the
past month were Tobacco, s9S, 500 30 cigars
and cigarettes. s55. 2sS.l IS; specials. s1,222.OS;
brandy. 1923. so; beer, $1S5; lists, 1851. "a.
Total, s156, $3.50 :.
The publlc-school estimates for the month
amounts to S563.05. The schools will open on
the 18th instant.
king sora was killed near the lake at West
End Park this nothing by Police Officer
Dyson.
is very poor and the nuts are fast falling
of the vines.
Before the mayor this morning was Mr.. j.
Is. Williams. "a citizen OF Chesterfield county,
residing near the Glover Hill coal pits, who
was charged with having assaulted Mrs. Mary
Il. Satchheld. of this place, with whom ne
had some words. Several witnesses were
examined and Williams was required to pay a
I'M Of $40 and costs.
IL is learned from q very reliable source
that General Malone says that II will be
some time yet before the address OF The Ite-
publican state committee viii be put IN the
hands Of the printer.
Postmaster Otis Russell. Of Richmond.
came over to Petersburg yesterday afternoon,
and called on General Malone.
Miss Lizzie Boiling, a daughter of Postmas-
ter Stith Boiling, IS very sick at the Buffalo
lithia Springs.
Officer Cousins, Of Richmond. was in the
city TO-DAY.
Mr.. Roy O. Crowley, Of Petersburg, but
now a resident Of New York, is IN the city.
Misses Olivia Matthews and Mary Lou
Hawthorne. of Lunenburg county. are in the
city. ,
term of the Circuit Court Of Prince George
Thursday 10 hear the case Of the Postal Tele-
graph Cable Company against the Norfolk
and Western Railroad Company. This case
comes before the court OF appellate proceed
ings.
PETKRspURG's SCHOOLS.
At the meeting OF the City CoIncil this
afternoon the annual report Of DR.. ID. NJ.
Brown, city superintendent of schools, was
received. and the committee on claims was
instructed 10 have five hundred copies of 1T
printed at cost not - exceed :l0O.
The report shows the school population OF
Petersburg by the census Of 1920 to bo $50
white. $40; colored. 4.042. Whole number en-
rolled. 3, l55- white. !, 1896; colored, !, 059. Ave-
rage monthly enrolment. ~2.676-white. 1,2ll;
colored. /. 46t. Average daily attendance 2. 27S-
white. l,0l5; colored. l.235. Per cent. OF school
population enrolled. 42-white. Al: coiored,
ance. 3l-white, 80. cOlored. 81. Per cent. of
attendance in total roll. 72-white, 70;
colored. 10. Per cent. of attendance
in average roll. ~S5-white. SC; colored,
81. Number of schools opened, IS
white. n: colored. 81. Number OF teachers
employed. a. whites. %; colored. n. Aver
age age Of pupils Whites. lo.9; colored, 1915;
total. 1877.
The report shows tho schools 10 he in Il
healthy and prosperous condition. The OK
penditures Of the schools for the past year
were s25.295.7i. of which the city contributed
Sl3.066. 20.
A meeting Of the directors and stockholders
OF the Petersburg Alliance Exchange was
held IN. tins city this afternoon. when II vas
decides 10 open "a warehouse bore az once.
News has been received here of the drown
ing of Nr. Beverly A. Moss. Il former citizen
OF Chesterfield county, at Washington. n. G.