Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-16
LEXINGTON NEWS.
Officers Give Bond-The Defunct
Dnut&-pcrsOnaI.

LEXINGTON. VA. June l5.-(Special.)
The Board OF Health has. by advice Of
Or. A. d. Estill, dispensed with his SER
vices as physician to the smallpox pa
tents at the hospital in tire "Cedars."
as the patients are about well. with one
exception. and he is conyalescent. The
inmates of the hospital will be kept under
strict guard for about ten days. Or.
Est.ll has left town, to enjoy a we'll
earned vacation CT several weeks
Sheriff elect Thomas a Sterrett and
three of his deputies-J. 4. Jackson, K.
l.. Morrison, and ]. T. Wade-qualifiel
Thursday before Judge W Il. Houston,
and all gave official bonds with the FL
deity and Deposit Company OF Baltimore.
County-Surveyor McFadden and Con-
stables J. V. Grinstead. j. ". Webb. and
$. H. Moore also qualified, and gave
guarantee-company security.
An interesting court was held at Ag-
ners Dam. on North river few days
ago. the case being the heirs Of Andrew
Agner against the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad. to compl 1t TO restore the old
canadian at that point, or 70 pay
damages 10 the Agner estate. The COM
mlssiOners-eX-C Congressman Paul G. 3D.
munds, OF Halifax. Colonel j. K. Ed
mondson, and Il. ID. Kirkpatrick. OK
Rockbridg the court, and they al
lowed the estate $500 for the loss OF
the waterright which furnished power at
a mill before the removal OF the dam
by the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
There were present NJ ssrs. Decatur AK
tell and Frank b. Isaacs. OF the Chesa-
peake and Ohio railroad, and number
OF witnesses. Frank T. Glasgow repre-
scented the estats. and the railroad was
represented by X. L. Parrish and Ii. /.
Wickham.
THE DEFUNCT BANK.
Colonel James X Edmondson, assignee
of the defunct Bank Of Lexington. has
effected an adjustment with the sureties
on the last bond OF Cashier G. NJ. Fig
gait. given in 1898. The bond was for
$50. 600 and Colonel Edmondson has ac-
cepted from the sureties In full settle
ment the sum OF ST 600 in cash and their
interest in the property OF c. VI. Flggatt,
which. a few days before his flight, he
decided to indemnify his sureties from any
loss. This property is estimated by the
sureties to be worth $4,000 and one half
OF IL. IL is assumed COS to the sureties
on the 1898 bond. This will be $1,000 in
addition to the sll.Oo0 cash, and make the
total estimated value of the settlement
S23. 600 There were twenty suretis on
this bond, and the sum OF $1,000 gross
was assumed by them, and by agreement
among themselves, they have apportioned
II among their number In varying
amounts.
This settlement OF the assignee Is sub
feet to the approval of the Circuit Court
and TO a majority. in number and amount
OF deposits. OF the bank depositors. A
ma nd a
10 per cent. dividend win be paid 10 the
depositors on the 18th instant.
PERSONAL.
Mr.. C. H. Efinger. OF Baltimore. is In
town, visiting his family.
Mr. Arch r. Withrow was In town this
week.
Mrs. +. T. Glasgow is the guest of
friends in Wilmington, y. c.
Miss Virginia Stuart and Miss Cor
nelia Preston. OF Abingdon, Va, are visit
ing Mrs. s. X. Moore.
IRE family Of General Fi,zhygh Lee
have moved to "Glugyle." near Glasgow.
for the summer.
DR.. Pepper, the distinguished Philadel-
phia physician, paid a professional visit
to DR. John A. Graham this week. and
gave a most encouraging opinion as 10
his case DR.. Graham was paralyzed some
time ago.
Miss Bruce Houston. daughter OF Major
+. W. Houston. OF the Virginia Military
Institute. has returned from Petersburg
where she has been attending ST. Parrs
School.
John Preston Allen was awarded the
Washington ard Lee University scholar
ship at the Arm Smith Academy. which
closed this week
Miss Matte Warner received the frst-
honor advsnced-clsss gold medal ~ Mrs.
8. r. Wilson's school.