Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-30
THROUGH THE STATE
THE NEW ASSESSMENT IN TINE
COCKkDE CITY.
IL shows nm Increasc-The Figures
Arrested on SuspiciOn Of Having
Committed Murder-Thc Part Play
ed By . silver Dollar.

PETERSBURG, VA, June 2o.-(Spe-
cial)-Messrs. James b. Blanks and +.
S. Seabury, the assessors OF property In
this city, have completed their work
They have been steadily engaged IN their
duties since the LIST day OF January last
and have faithfully and satisfactorily
discharged them. They carefully mea-
sured with tapc-line over two thousand
pieces of property, and made alterations
In 1.5J0 items on the land-books.
The new books show the following:
Assessment for ashland. N'1o'f"'
buildings. S,S03.9lO. Total. s6o6i.3lo.
Assessment for 1ss0-Land, n.io0,es;
buildings, s3,ss5,l3S. Total, s5.5so.Iot.
Increase of new assessment-Land. $h,-
ISL: buildings, s4ls,772. Total. A'3.606.
The increase OF assessment over 1891 Is
$3.50.
There was added to the LANDLORDS this
year for new buildings and Improvements
s6S 100. and for machinery In manuiac-
turing establishments, ISL 200. and for IN
crease of valuation, SSs,l65 making
total OF 500. 065 The assessments re-
duced by the assessors amounted 10
s92,535, leaving n net increase over
1894 OF slO5SO, and over 1880 OF A'5,ooo-
or nearly half million.
ALLEGED MURDERER ARRESTED.
A negro man. whose name could not De
learned was arrested near Waveriy iast
evening on the charge OF Causing inc
death of the man whose dead BODY was
found on the side OF the track OF the
Norfolk and Western railroad about TWO
miles this side of that station on
Thursday morning and about whose per-
son there was nothing to establish iden-
tity. 1t was at first thought mat thc
man had been knocked from the track
by passing engine; but examination
OF the body Showed conclusively That this
could not have been the case. The only
wound noticeable was on the foreneah.
The jury OF inquest rendered verdict
that the deceased came to his death from
the effects of blow inflicted by some
person unknown TO the jury.
is THE PRISONER THE MURDERER?
The deceased was last seen IN company
with a negro who somewhat anSHers the
description Of the prisoner G We Gay
on which the body Was foua negro
wearing a blue cap and coat win biass
buttons arrived in Disputania, where ne
was unknown, and where his actions Gre
ated suspicion. He made small pur-
chase In one store. for whlch ne paid
in a coin on which there was spot re-
SPnblnE the STAIN VI Dip'hs ~ "''''''N'
store he asked TO have a slO-note changed.
As soon as the negro left Dlsputanta
a Geographic description of the sup
posed murderer was received, and this
description doubtless caused the arrest
of the prisoner at Wavery.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
Mr. Robert Tucker, well-known citi-
gen of Ettrick, and prominent Eed-
Man. died last night. after brief H.
ness. His funeral will take place from
Woods church. in Chesterfield county, to-
morrow, and the burial will be under the
auspices of the Order OF Red-Men.
FIX Governor T. W. Mckinney passed
through the city to-day on his way
home from Norfolk. where he had been
summoned to testify in the libel suit
against the Pilot newspaper. The eX-
Governor says he hardly expects TO be
placed on the stand before the middle
Of July.
Captain w. Gordon McCabe will leave
tomorrow for Charlottesville, TO attend
a meeting OF the BOARD Of visitors Of
the University Of Virginia.
Mrs. Fowler. OF Georgia, who has for
several weeks been a guest In the family
of Captain W. Gordon McCabe, left this
morning for Allegheny Springs, where
she will spend the summer