Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-04
DUAL a ROBERTSON GIVE II.
DEED TO SECURE CREDITOR.
OTHER ITEMS FROM MANCHESTER
Disagreement Between Mesa.
Gregory and Ciements-TroubIe,
Growing Out Of the Horse Ca.
Court, Personal, and Other Notes.


the Office OF the Clerk OF the Hustings
Court Judge William |. Clopton and
Mr.. Ernest II. Wells are named as trus.
tees. The liabilities are placed at $500
and the assets are valued at rather less
The stock OF lumber and all the property
owned by the firm is conveyed TO The
trustees. The following are the creditors.
First Class-J. s. Sykes. note. $50; A.
L. Adamson, note, $50: Henry Fitzgerald.
note, s2D.2l; Mrs. Ar1a Payne, note. SOL;
another note, s202; Redford Lumber Conf
pany, s39l.27; NJ. =. Duyal, note, s3S 2.
r. s. Wood, note. $iOl.2l; w. J. White.
hurst, note, @A.O7; w. J. Whitehurst.
note, $5O6.G5; Mrs. NJ. A.. Bass. bond Tor
$500; Mrs. Sarah Ship. two bonds for So.
Mrs. T. c. Moody, note, $500 X. @.
Wood. note, $40; A. l.. Shepherd Lumber
Company. note. 500; Woodward & Son.
unpaid check, $3.50, in Mechanics AMI
Merchants Bank, OF Manchester: Wood
ward & Son. note, $50; r. l.. Chenery.
unpaid check, sl5l.7j; a. l.. Shepherd
Lumber Company unpaid check, SAN;
unpaid check, $l9l so; If c Beatte. on.
paid check, sol IS; A. l.. Shepherd Lum.
Der Company. unpaid check, so, V. ~
Jolly, unpaid check. 1886
Second Class-Henry Fitzgerald note
s225; II. c. Wood, note. 1885; another nols.
s225; Henry Fitzgerald. note. $50. Lyon &
Montague, note. s262.04; NJ. p. Duval. note
$i6S.50; A. j. Horner. note. Sl0i.42: Eiling.
ton C Guy, note, $35S; r. ID walker. note
SIPS; j. S. Sykes, note, $40; Miller q
Winston. note, SlO310; r. G Wood. ilQ
r. NJ Cheatham, note, Sl3234; r. h
Dean g. Co. note, $40; Taliaferro Co.
note, s2l5 w. j. Whitehurst. note. &llSN.
to T. Z. Stagg. note. 500. with balance O.
$3.50; holder OF note for Si.057.s0 holder Of
note for $780, holder of note for N2.
holder Of certain note for $iI5 +. A.
Shepherd, note, $l25; A. l.. Shepherd Lum-
ber Company, note. S227; a. Il. Lipsc0mb
note, $40: holder OF note for 81 0Z5, holder
Of note for sS75; holder OF certain note
for $3.50: Cottrell, Watkins & Co. $50.
Walden & Co., about SIS Lyon a Monta-
que, $60.6O Binswanger & Co. yl3i73, n.
linger & Guy, Sll5O: Warner Moore. So
THEY COME TO BLOWS.
Judge James NJ. Gregory had a hsti9
encounter with Mr.. Lee Clements. OF
Swansboro', yesterday morning, and while
neither the defeated candidate for the
House nor the merchant was injured, Tor
some moments excitement iran riot.
When the two gentlemen met words
passed of uncomplimentary nature and
in less time than IL takes TO tell II tho
Judge and Mr.. Clements were In an IN
distinguishable mixture. Several FRIENDS
rushed to the scene. and the combatans
were led away. The "lie" passed as well
as the several blows which, as matter
of course, followed 1t. There were no
arrests, and 1t is doubtful IL any official
notice will be taken OF the affair
MIR. HowLE NOT CRUEL
The case of Mr.. r. b. Howle. charged
on a warrant sworn out by Agent IN
NETT Taylor, OF the Society for the Pre-
yention of Cruelty to Animals, with cruel
ty to a horse belonging to Mr.. b. {.
Cole. which he had driven. was heard
before Mayor Maurice I'm the Police CouH
Yesterday morning, and forthwith as
missed. The courtroom was filed win
white people entirely, who had been
drawn to the tribunal by curiosity and
one motive or another.
Last Sunday afternoon, so went the cyl
dence. Mr.. Howle hired a horse from NJ
Cole to drive to Powhatan Courthouse
where on Monday he was to speak lhs
crowd at the courthouse was small anu
as a consequence Mr.. Howle, not speah-
ing at all, came home early Monday eve
ming. Mr.. Cole, fearing that the animal
had been badly used. sent for the esehs
OF the Humane Society Of Richmond, am
upon examination Mr. Taylor swore out
L. r.
HoWle was bailed then by Squire LIN
Cow for his appearance yesterday morn
Ing. Mr.. Howle conducted his own case
before the Mayor. and adduced evidence
10 show that he had consumed SIX bouts
In driving thirty miles. He showed that
the animal he'd been fed on new corn
without his knowledge. and that Wheh
he did ascertain II he took the creates.
precaution' to prevent collie. but couia
not. This. he claimed, was the cause o.
the animals condition, which Mr.. Iay-
lor had attributed to unmerciful drNihS
and upon this testimony the Mayor us
missed the charge.
TO SUE THE SOCIETY.
Immediately after the Mayor had as
missed the charge against Mr.. howe,
the latter engaged Mr. w. Hay 1aFhe's
as counsel, and will bring SUIT against
the Society for the Prevention OF Cru'lV
TO Animals Tor malicious and false pios.
cution. Mr. Howle asserted yesueiuay
that his arrest was an outrage. that lo'
the sake OF a. horse, for whose untorti-
nate condition ne was not responsive
and which could not be attribute9 10 lh'
territorial cruelty on the cart OF anybody,
he had been put TO the humiliation q
arrest and detention, besides expense. a
man had been made 10 suffer because q
brute had overeaten itself and had taken
sick in consequence. He was quite pN
ter on account OF tho treatment ne H"4
received.
Mr.. Cole finds himself in trouble 700,
on account OF this same sick horse
owns the animal, and has been rep0i.
10 the Commissioner OF Revenue TOT cou
Quoting a livery stable without q liceis.
Mr.. Owens, the Commissioner OF keFehv,,
reported the case TO the Mayor, VINO 80
Rave Mr.. Cole up in the morning "nsn
II win be decided what shall be ooh0 -
the matter. a,
The Hastings Court is still engaged III
the Nelson VS.. Atkinson case.
Miss Jennie Hatcher has returned IT,. ~.
Powhatan Courthouse, whese sue
been on a visit. Ii.
Miss Mabel Whine. who has peen -. ~,
ing friends In this city, left yestef0aS ~
her home at Old Point. .,.,s
Manchester Lodge No. IL. or MasDu,
will meet in the Masonic leuiVae
Saturday night. Nor.
There win be a dance given az Me.,
rissette's Hall. in Swansboro, .''
night. by the T. C.'s. Messrs. NJ
Binn, A. calienberger, c. Bohannon, In IN
8 c. Henry will have the ana~ ~
charge. AZ ard
Jessie. the young daughter OF MI -
Mrs Homer Wills, died at their resiu'' -
IN swansboro' Tuesday night Inc -,