Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-09
IN OUR SISTER CITY.
Yesterdays uNPPEviNGs ACROSS
THE RIVER TOLD IN DETAIL.
Proceedings I'm the Mayors Court.
Liberty Council, Jr. %. L. a. Vs.
,..ou omccrs-t Successful Opc-
r.tion Pcrformcd-Other Items.


Squire owen again occupied Mayor
Matrices seat in the Police Court yesie.-
day morning. The first prisoners TO race
his Honor were Fred. Robinson ana
Th~nas King the two colored men VINO
were arrested Tuesday for fighting in the
street They were fined 81 each.
Rebccca Fallen. charged with cursihs
and abusing Rosa Thornton, was given a
hearing. From the evidence deduced from
several witnesses 1t was found That Ne-
becca had really done very little, so she
was discharged after paying half OF the
costs. The plaintiff paying the other hail.
Laura Robinson, an old colored woman
whose mind seems TO be somewhat al
fected, appeared against one Corhehus
Woodbridge an old colored man, whom she
charges with cursing and abusing her
woodbridge lives next door to Laura, anu
she claims that ne stands in MS Dach
ward and curses her after she has gone To
bed. From the evidence Squire owen was
thoroughly convinced that the prisoner
was innocent, as he said he had never
before seen her. and did not know tha'
she was his neighbor. Woodbridge was dis
charged. .,-
Hezekiah Wright was fined 81 for letting
his COW run at large.
OFFICERS OF LIBERTY COUNCIL.
At "A meeting Of Liberty Council, JUNIOR
Order United American Mechanics heIu
in swansbOro' Tuesday night, the iollo"-
ing officers were installed by Past-COuh-
c..ior Titus Losen: Councillor I. H. Key
nolds; Vice-Councillor. w T. Fuqua; Ju-
Barrett.
cording Secretary. w. J. Morrissett; AS
sistant Recording Secretary, J. W. Iur-
ner: Financial Secretary. S. c Nunhdliy'
Treasurer. W. y. Toler; Conductor, ~
Jackson. Warden, 4. 4. Avis; lnslde
Guard. j. Il. Alters; outside Guard. H. &
Jennings; Trustees eighteen months, W.
C. Clements. twelve months j. {. Red
ford (six months a. r. Toler; Assistant
Relief Committee First Ward, }. T.
Hogwood and j. Il. Beasley; second warn,
O. j. Anderson and j. W. Turner; Ihiru
Ward. r. NJ. Redford and II. {. Jones;
Fourth Ward. j. B. Blanton and j. j.
Nrurrov. Swansboro'. W. II. Hutson and
]. w. Trevllian; Chesterfield l.. W. Bur
ton.
A very delicate and tedious operation
was performed on Mr.. Orrin Bass, of No.
All west Seventh street, Tu sday after
noon. with a result 80 far successful, the
patient having been reported yesterday
as doing well Or. Lawrence Ingram, as
sisted by DIS. j. y. Ellis. John BrodnaN'
and Merchant performed the OPERATION
which consisted in removing tumor
from the left side Of the neck just over
the arteries.
The Sunday schools Of Meade-Memoral
and Oak Grove churches were 10 have mad
their annual picnics yesterday, but the
events were postponed indefinitely on ac-
count of the weather.
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
The prolonged rain has done much
damage 10 the streets Of Manchester
Miss CAarlStto 9ulliam IS visiting Miss
Minnie WeisiSer, on Perry street.
The Ordinance Committee Of the cry
Council VIII meet in tn Council chamber
next Friday night at o'clock.
MIR. Ainsley Scripture. of Dallas, Tex.
is the gcest Of his cousin, Mrs. James ,.
Baird II east Twelfth street.
Mrs. ". r. Gregory. who is visiting the
family Of AIr. y VI. Fenley. at Fourteenth
and Porter streets, was taken very III
Tuesday night, but was reported to be
considerably better yesterday.
Miss Myrtle LithgOw leaves saturday
morning for Crowe. Va. where she goes
as the guest Of Miss Lizzie Amos for
several weeks.
Mrs Dr. Sidney NJ. Walke'e condition
was reported to be little better yester-
day.
Mr.. w. c. Pulliam and Misses Maufe
Patteson and Louise Willis left yesterday
afternoon for King william county, where
they will spend several weeks.
Mr.. l.. John. who has been quite sick
for the past several weeks, IS improving
rapidly
Ffth-street Methodist Sunday school
will run an excursion to Providence Forge
the sd OF this month.
Mrs b. ". Sweeny, Of Concord, Va, is
stoppiug with the family Of Rev. j. o.
Babcock. JM Decatur street.
DIT. r.. F. Mathews is detained at home
by sickness.
Mr.. John Friend is visiting friends IN
Chesterfield county.