The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-29
LAND CASES DECIDED
The Oakland Improvement COmpany's Suits
Against Petersburg Citizens Finished.


Against Petersburg Citizens Finished.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LAST MIGHT
Causes Considerable Damage to prop.
crty-A number or sumstroISe. Yes.
terdny, One OF which Proved Fatal
Chief OF Police Fined for Fighting
Governor May Pardon Doc Jones.
Petersburg, Va. July 2S.-speclal.-In
the Hastings Court to-day the thirteen
cases OF the Oakland Improvement Com
pany VS.. w. Il. Cooke, j. Cohen. j. IL.
Claiborne, j.. G. Ecklos. Il. .Eif2enbuun
FL Heineman. w. r. Mckenney, Isadore
Rennch. Samuel Rahily, n. Rosenstock,
Myer Saal. Gen. j. Scay and Augustus
Wright were called. and the plantin not
appearing to prosecute his motions, was
non-sutcd, ana ordered TO pay each of the
defendants s. damages and his costs
These cases are similar to the cases of the
Oakland Improvement Company Va. l. NJ.
Tucker and "a. r.. Wood. of this city, de-
cided on demurrer to the evidence during
the latter part of Judge Bernards life
time, III favor OF the defendants. The
company appealed to the Court OF Appeals
Tor writ of error to the judgement of the
Hust,EEs Court, which was refused ms
was also II petition for Il rchcaring OF the
application. The motions were made for
assessments claimed to be due on stock
subscriptions to the Oakland Improvement
Company, one of the hoom companies or
ganized I'm Roa early I'm 1891, and II Is
supposed that the judgement entered to-
day ends the case here.
Chief OF Police Pcrkinscn received n
letter this morning from Chief of Police
w. G. Brooks. OF Elizabeth cay, NJ c.
stating that the young man who gave his
name here as Castor was recently ar
rested in that city on the charge of forg-
cry committed In Norfolk, but that he
was released on n tcchnicality He gave
his name at Elizabeth City as Jas T.
Monroe. alias CASTOR. CASTOR left here
FOR Richmond, saying that he was coing
To his home In Brooklyn, n. Y.
There was n large crowd in the mayors
court room this morning, attracted there
Dy Il desire to hear the case of Chief Of
Police Denny Parkinson and JOS "
Friend, charged with lighting on the street
last night. Friend had charged Parkinson
with cowardice, and this led TO the die
iicuity. Yesterday large colored ex-
cursion party arrived here on the steamer
Ariel from Richmond, and during the day
one OF the negro men who came on the
excursion Is alleged to have grossly in
Suitcu n laoy on one of the street cars
Later in the day the negro who Il Is nj
legged had committed the ofiense was seen
on the steamer Ariel. Just before 1t left the
wharf, and Friend charged that Perlsinson
had not used due diligence to arrest the
negro and had shown cowardlce What
Friend had said was repeated to Pcrltin-
son, and the difficulty followed. The may
or lined Perkinson and Friend So each
Tho mayer on rendering his decision
stated that 1t would take very direct and
conclusive testimony to convince him
Night before last the Wholesale grocery
store OF Rogers IL Co., on Sycamore street
was broken into aud robbed of several
caddies of tobacco and n lot of groceries
DOC. Jones, the negro wife-murdercr
who was sentenced to be hanged on next
Friday. was Informed this morning by
Sergeant Charles Watson that the Gov
ernor had resp!;ed him until the 9th day
OF August next. Jones simply said
"Thank you; am very grateful for that" +"
MN Charles Bland, for whom Jones
worked. will shortly visit the governor and
endeavor 10 get His EXceilency to COM
mute :he death sentence a gentleman
was heard to say to-day that lie would
bet SO TO So that Jones would never he
hung.
The suit OF Tenant VS.. Dunlop will be
heard here sometime during the coming
fall. This suit is brought to recover the
value of certain tobacco brands, with
pronts. etc. 1t is understood that the
amount claimed by the plaintiff is in the
neighborhood of million dollars.
This has been the hottest day of the
summer.
Petersburg. Va. July 2S.-(Special)-
The Petersburg Baseball management
to-day signed as a pitcher, Person. of
Franklin. n. C.
This has been the hottest day expert
enced in Petersburg for years The ther-
mometer at noon registered 100 in the
shade. and remained at that point until
3 p. m. when 1t fell to 9S. Five cases of
sunstroke are reported. one of which
proved fatal. The victim was an Italian
named J. Wciano. employed at the Peters
burg Granite Quarying Co., in Dinwiddie
county. short distance from Petersburg
Several of the men employed in Iayinr
rails on the Halifax street line of tho
electric street railway were so overcome
by the heat that they had o>stop work
Tho almost unprecedented hot weather
was followed by violent electrical storm
Rain fell in deluge, and the wind blew
perfect gale. In some parts of the city
houses were unroofed, telephone wires
were badly disarranged and TELEGRAPH
wires blown down.
This afternoon party of Young ladies
and gentlemen left here on n nap;ha
launch for City Point, but up to midnight
nothing has been learned from them. ana
much uneasiDess is felt here ns to their
safety.
Kew Millrain L. Hayes will preach at the
West End Baptist church Tomorrow
night. After the service a letter of disnis
sal will be- granted him by the church i'm
order that ne may unite with the I?aniist
church at Marion. S. c., of which he will
assume The pastoral care next Sunday.