Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-07-02
THE NEWS VT NEWPORT NEWS.
officers Enter Upon Their Dutfcs-A
Five Alligator.

NEWPORT NEWS. VA. July 1.-tspe-
clal. 1.-THE county officers elected In May
entered upon their term OF office to-day'
A goodly number of spectators were In
the Police Court room this morning when
Justice j. -. G. Brown. the popular young
attorney, elected to succeed justice ".
T. Moss, took his seat and called the
court 10 order He had lengthy docket
of trivial cases, which he tried IN
difnified manner.
The Methodsts living In Lakeviie'
suburb of this city EAST End II Is now
called are working earnestly 10 secure
funds with which TO erect a church IN
that section. They have purchased lots
for a site. and expect TO build house
of Worship next fall. Rev w. :. AMER
son. young Methodist minister from
Randolph Macon College. Is In charge OF
the work He preached in the East-tnd
public-school building yesterday mornins'
and in Bethel chapel yesterday afternoon
A LIVE ALLIGATOR.
a live alligator. feet long. was lassoei
IN the James river here this morning.
The catch created considerable excite
ment I'm the vicinity of the CHESAPEAKE
and Ohio piers. The alligator was brough'
here by Captain Seaborne. OF the Brit sn
steamship Blue Star. which arrived yester-
day afternoon from Pensacola. ms
morning IL made break for liberty by
jumping overheard into the river. Inc
negroes who recaptured the big reptiie
wanted to keep il to exhibit. but captain
Seaborne succeeded in recovering MS pet
He will take II TO his home, In Man
chester England. for which the Blue star
is bound The vessel came here for coal.
- Dab ,,>,is CiDDDrc held
a meeting Saturday night. and decided to
stop the practice which has been in vogue
for a long time Of allowing policeman
70 cents for every arrest he made. Every
police officer in the city was In favor
OF the boards action: In fact, petition.
signed BY all the officers. asking that the
step be taken. was presented 10 the board.
The policemen had been open 10 insults
and imputations on the part of the tough
clement who charged that arrests were
made for the sake of the fees that would
accrue. The board decided 10 raise the
salaries of the police officers y month
10 compensate them In slight degree
for being deprived Of the fees. II also
decided 10 add so a month TO the Chief
of Police
LOST AND FOUND.
Mrs. T. n. Ui.=Hr. of Richmond, who
is visiting IN THIS cltN urOppeu neT tOIu
watch and chain in the street this morn
ing 1t was picked up By a man named
Peter Mccain. Some one saw Mccain
find the watch and reported the fact
to Chief of Police Harwood, wi0 went at
once and obtained the tmepi, ce from
the finder. As soon as Mrs. Glib 'on dis
covered her loss she went 10 the Chief Of
Police and requested him 10 hurt the
watch up He informed her that A watch
had been found. and after she had de-
scribed her property he turned 1t over to
her.
The British steamship Boyne arrived
here yesterday afternoon with her pro-
peller out of order. she left Wilmington.
y. c.. few days ago for Bremerhaven,
with full cargo of cotton. When twenty
miles out from the North Carolina port
her propeller got loose, and she hal to
proceed slowly to this city for repairs.
The Boyne will continue on her course to-
morrow.
J. W. Foley foreman Of the motive
pow or department Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railway in this city. has been con-
nected with the road twenty years to-day.
The American Loan and Savings com
pany. of this city has declared it's regu-
lar semi-annual dividend Of 8 per cent.
on pa.6-up stock.