Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-04-25
QUITE A RICH HAUL.
THE ENrsRpRlsiNo BURGLAR VICTIM.
ICES CAPTAIN ]. M. WEST.
rIahose's Friend In the Executive Com
mittce of n. n. I.--Tbc Ordinance
Against Gambling 20 Ise Tested.
tcorespondenoe o. tho Richmond DIspateh.I

Correspondence Of tho Richmond Dlspateh.l
PErxnssuno, Va, April M.--The resi-
denee Of Captain John NJ. West, on High
street. was entered by burglars last night,
nnd property Of considerable value belonging 70
Captain West was stolen. The burglars made
an unusually rich haul, taking me gold watch,
Q diamond pin, some sixty or seventy dollars in
money, bctwcen one and two hundred dollars 10
negotiable paper, clothing, and other articles Of
value. Entrance was gained by raising tho win
dow IN the front porch. There Is not The slight
est clue up 10 this afternoon to the Thief OF
Mrs. Rafus Daniels, widow lady aged about
sixty years, died this morning at her residence
on Bank street OF pneumonia.
FRIENp or tbs BOSS.
The virginia member Of the new Executive
Committee Of the Republican National League u
A.W Harris, a coiorcd lawyer Of Dinwiddie
county, strong political friend OF General Nh.
hone, and one Of the srnartest and shregdest
oolorod politicians In the State
TURNED OVER.
TIE newly-constructed addition 20 tho Central
Asylum, costing 100000, WAS to-day completed
and formally turned over 20 the Executive Com
nittce Of she board. IL IL heated, ike the bal
auce o. the building, by steam and viii accom-
ynOdatc over one hundred patients. The eighty
four patients under treatment In tho Pinel Hos
pital az Richmond viii ~ once DO transferred 10
fbia asylum and will be removed hcro before The
Isl day az May.
The validity Of the city ordinance in respect q
gambling win be passed upon by the Husting
Court at the present term. The case comes w
for decision on an appealfro the Mayors Court
r. w Walker was fined s50 for permitting
gambling at his house. The amount ~ sthk'
was less than a dollar. II Is cOntended that IN
ordinance Is In conflict with the state law, an
therefore invalid, because II imposes n penal.!
for a thing Il says Is gambling which tho Stsp
law says II not gambling The case was elsDo
rateiy argued to-day and tho matter taSch unue
hdvisement.
OF GREAT INTEREST.
The question OF the division Of the Episcopa
Diocese of Virginia into two or moro diocese
win DO tho subject Of greatest interest n the an
nual council, which meets In Grace church, u
This city IN May. IL Is exciting great deal o
attention In the Southside churches.
GERMAN CARP PLENTIFUL
A treat many fine German carp are now penn
caught by anglers in tho AppOmattOx river
They range IN weight from hYe 70 tWent!
pounds. This morning one OF these hsh, whici
bniqncod the scales at twenty POUNDS, wa
caught neal the wharf with hook and line, an'
II was noarly half an hour before II could o'
gotten out Of the wator
PERSONAL.
Dr.. Hunter Ashby Bond, son Of Major Thomas II
Bond, OF this city, has been appointed assistant
surgeon and physician at the Long Island Home
New York. He II n graduate OF New lofK COZ
lego: has hsd large experience IN the large Dos
pitnls OF that city, and promises great distlnc
lion IN his profession.
Lazarus Jones was caught stealing bag o
peanuts this morning from the factory OF IN
hsiz-Edwards Company. He was tried anI
sent 20 jail for thirty days.