The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-01-28
RECEIVER Is ASKED FOR.
BILL FLIED x0AIxsT THE PETERS
BURG STREET RAfLUAf.
n ALLEGES Inso,vencv-Cspdida for Gen.
BoliIng's Receipts OF TO-
bacco-Y. N. G. A. Meeting.

PETERSBURG. VA, jan -'--'fo
To-day the Mcclure Manufacturing 'o"
many. OF Chicago. through their counse'
Mr. Richard u. Davis. filed bill In inc
Hastings Court asking for receiver 70
be appointed TO take possession OF the
Petersburg street railway. and for sale
of the property TO pay off the liens there
on. The bin is founded upon Judgment
against the company for upwards OF seven
hundred dollars. which was obtained py
the plaintiffs last summer upon claiih
for electric machinery furnished the com
pany The bill alleges that the company
IS fnsolycnt and unable 10 pay inc '"us
Ynents against II. and is also largely III ue
fault IN the payment OF interest o"o ofO
its mortgage bonds
AZ the request OF the plaintiffs the
nudge entered an order directing the COM
pany TO appear on the 9TH day OF req
ruary next and show cause why the
prayer OF the bill shall not be granted
and a receiver appointed 10 take charge
OF the property There are two mortgages
binding the property. which secures the
payment OF bonds amounting in the agSrc-
gate to 100000. and II Is charged that there
Is a very considerable floating debt also
due BY the company.
Damage Suit.
The HustirSs Court has been engaged
to-day in the trial OF the suit Of Infant
Ampey against the Norfolk and western
Railroad Comp9ny for $500 damages.
Some time during the latter part OF De-
cember. 1891. the plaintiff had his hand
so badly crushed while coupling cars on
the defendant company's road that it had
TO be amputated, and therefore the suit
The trial OF the case will probably &C.
cupy the attention OF the court for two or
three days.
F1avius Lindloy. the lad who was ar
rested here some days ago as tramp.
and also on suspicion, and who has been
held by the police. received a letter this
morning from his mother containing
railroad ticket to his home in Logan o..
and postal-notc for forty cents with
which to bur him snack. The father
Of the boy refused to extend him any
help. and the mother borrowed the money
from some OF her friends with which to
buy the railroad ticket she sent to her
hayward son. The lad was taken to the
Union depot by the chief of police, where
he took the Atlanta special for Richmond
and from there he will 70 home via the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad.
Postms~t.r BoIiing's Term.
The term Of General Stith Boiling as
postmaster of Petersburg expired to-day |
He has been in Office four years and four |
months. There are four candidates for |
the postmastershp. They are Captain |
John II. Patterson and Messrs. Hugh r. |
Smith. Freeman W. Jones, and T.. NJ. |
Clements. OF course 1t is not known who |
will be appointed to the Office. but it is
thought that Mr.. Smith will be General !
Bolling's successor.
Mr.. r. NJ. Seay. whose illness has been
announced in this correspondence, died
this afternoon. The deceased was father
of Mr.. George j. Seay, assistant cashier
of the Petersburg Savings Insurance Com
pany.
a largely attended dance was given last
night at Disputanta. and the tripping of
the light fantastic toe" was kept up until
an early hour this morning. Those pres
emit were: Mr. Freddie Temple with Miss
Susie Gee. Prof Il. Il. Claiborne with
Miss Maud Harrison, Mr. Wade Temple
with Miss Lettie Belscher. Mr.. Joseph
Heath with Miss Emily Gee. Mr. Herbert |
Belscher with Miss Annie Rawlings. Mr..
Emmett Bishop with Miss Minnie Spain,
Mr.. r. +. Bland. Jr with Miss Callie
Smith Mr.. Howard Shelton with Miss
Royal. and Messrs. J. NJ. Newcomb, Jr,
w. e. Boisseau. George Armstead John
Leath, and DR.. Thomas Temple The
music was furnished by Rockwell
Brothers band. of Disputanta. During
the evening fine supper was served at
the Il,futdllJh Hotel.
During the past week 273 bales of cot
ton were received at this port
Receipts of Tobacco.
The receipts of tobacco at the ware
houses for the week were Cos hogsheads:
sales of loose. ITO pounds.
The Evangelstic services which have
been held for more than three weeks at
the different churches will be continued
next week at Tabb-Street PRESBYTERIAN
church. One night last week these SER
vices were attended by fourteen hundred
people There have been over one hum
dred conversions.
The Young Mems Christian Association
Will hold public meeting tomorrow
afternoon at Tabb-Street PRESBYTERIAN
church. An address will be made by Rev
w. g. Starr. ID. u. Reports will be read
by Mr.. John r. West. of Richmond. chair
man or the State Executive Committee
ana State Secretary H. O. Williams.
The lumber dealers from Pennsylvania.
Ohio Indiana, and West Virginia, who
nave beer on visit 10 Richmond. ar
rived here to-day shortly before noon on
a special train en- route for Norfolk
NJ the regular meeting of a. Il. Hill
Camp or Confederate Veterans to he
held on Thursday night next Comrahe
v. II. Vaughan win deliver an address
before the camp on "Rccoilcctions ami
Reflections Of Cavalryfnan Of the Bat
Ties OF the Wilderness Spotsyivania and {
Yellow Tavern. 5th TO 18th ~ Nav. 1851"
The medical examiners for the Royal
Arcanum lodges of this city have receiv-
ed instructions relative To n rc-vaccina-
ton OF its members. Several deaths {
from smallpox in the order. i'm differ {
ent parts of the country, have been re-
Gently reported officially
A young lady OF this CITY, who is
teaching Ut Lewisburg. writes that her
school viii probably be broken up by n
threatened epidemic Of smallpox in that
town.