Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-07-17
VIRGINIA ITEMS.


Judge Martin. AZ Norfolk rendered his de-
cision ia the TREE Burruss suit broaght -
overthrow Tho property transferred % Mrs..
Burruss prior 60 the assignment % DorrusS.
Son + Co.. bankers. Counsel for the de-
fsnse wanted receiver Garnett made party
20 the suit. and consul for plaintiff de-
INJURED. Judge Martin decides in favor q
the plaintiff. and Receiver Garne.t will not
hc made party 90 the suit. The answer -
Mr-. Bgrr,--- O. rricc' suit viii b. heard la
Judge Martins court next week. Gu Il ,l.,-
Ponds the trial n the case on its merits.
There was suite lively war between m,
landlords and tenants - Stsunton. A few
weeks ago the city council changed the water
ordinance 20 a. 70 make the landlord pay th.,
water tar IN place of the renter When The
semiannual water tickets We're distributed a
Few days ago they were made out in The
uame oi the landlord. but contained Also the
name ~ the renter ana were lcf. with the
renter instead 20 being sent 20 the landlord.
This lett thc matter 81 who should raw
the tax o. hc settled between landlord and
tenant. ~ renter bad any desire o. paw
an obligation ~ his landlord. so Saturfas.
which was the iast day % grace. circulars
were distributed al over The city .tHtingthat
unless the water tax WAS paid that tay ten
Ier cent would he added. ana within ten
DAYS. nnies- the tax was paid the Wat.r
would he cat or from such premises The
tenant. AZ once realized thAt tho landlord
did not care DO the water was rst OF. SD the
ngAt ended in a majority % cases ia the
renter paving t1e tax which was made out
% another person. in order to save himself
leaving the matter stil open % a certain
extent between himself and his landlord.
Many. people. who do uot object 20 pavins,
the water tax. IL the bin l. made %; again-e
them 30 object paying biil made 0ut agains.
another perssn. who gets credit for pay
ment not u.Rde b hun. IL IL und@rstood
that the nexs distribution of water tax
tickets will be mae direct 10 the landlord
aud that the name ot the tenant viii not ap-
pear on them.
Two boys. John Taiiey. aged twelve and
Brown Greyheart. aged ten 1naie an at
tempt % wreck the Baltimofs and Ohio
freight train from Harriscnburs- due at
StRunton at Il 40 A. NJ A crosstie wac piaa'-
ed across the tracks az the north end % a cut
one and a half miles north % Staunton.
where their Il a sharp curve. aud stones.
some ot the size OF a half busEel measure at
the south end OF the curve.
NJ. r. Beard. a freight conductor on the
Norfolk and Western Railway. was found
dead under the wheels of his train az Grot-
toes, on the Shenandoah Valley division OF
the road. His head was crushed and one Of
his hands mashed oil. As 20 onc saw the
unfortunate nan until his mangied body
wac found on tho track IL Is not known *
actly how the accident occurred. The rs-
mains We're taken 20 shenandoah. where the
widow and several children ~ the dead man
reside. IL had been employed on the road
Tor nine years and was held IA high esteem
py those under whom be served
Miss Isabella Graham Ball. a native OF
Leesburg died at the Home COR Tncurahle- nd
Georgetown u. g.. Ia the seventy-ninth year
"a her age. She was a laughter of the lat.
Or. Charles b. Ball. q granddaughter o
: Col Burgess Bali aud great-grantnie,e oI
F Gen. George Washington. o. whom she wa.
related through both mother and father.
While a freight train on the Norfolk and
Western was pulling out of the depot var,
+ IN Petersburg it ran into "A train OF passen.
ger coaches which was standing on "A sid,
trac< and several Of them were badly dam
aged. The accident was due 10 a misplace,
switch
Judge Hanckei AZ Norfolk. granted a char
ter 90 the Pacific Coai Briquette Company
whose purposes are 20 acquire. hold. sell
manufacture aud dispose Of Inventions I'm,
4 Yrovements, letters patent licenses relatlnl
. artificial or agglomerated fuel. etc.. L
hold lands. mortgages. tenements. etc. 4
contract with corporations and hrms wit
regard 70 Inventors. The capital stock
S25.O00 10 $500. 600 divided into not le.
than 500 nor more than 10 600 shares OF ia
par value Of $50 each. Five hundred acre
Of real estate is 10 be held and the principa
ofice will be In Norfolk. The officers are a
follows Charles W. Kohlsaat. New York
president; John I. Davis. New York. vice
president Clarence A. Blanchard. NeS
York, secretary and treasurer These. Wit
George r. blanchard, Alfred II. Brown an
John " Surrtns. all OF New York. consti
tute the board OF directors.
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