Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-01
IN THE CITY HALL.
THE WORK or THE TRAMP CHAIN
GANG LAST MONTH.
ROGUES GALLERY And MUSEUM.
Chief Howard VIII Have Onc-Reso-
buttons of bench and bar on Death
to Law and Equity Court.


The Council Committee on Police met
in the City Hall last night, with Messrs.
Seay chairman, Peters, and Shea pres
cnt.
The report Of Squire Jones showed that
twenty-seven men worked IN the tramp
chain-gang during the month, an aggre-
gate Of 30 days. Clerk Mcdowell re-
ported the following balances to the credit
Of the department.: Payroll. Sle,l0L50
contingent fund, s7O7.9O; patrol wagon
S5OS.1S; contingent fund. special. SHIFTS,
The payroll and bills for the month,
aggregating 81, &A2O. were approved and
ordered to be paid.
Messrs. Peters and Shea were appointed
a Subcommittee with power TO direct and
superntend the building of the nsw sta
tion-house.
The Grounds and Buildings Committee
VIII be requested TO furnish glass case
for the office of the Chief of Police, to
be used Tor the display of burglars tools
and other curiosities taken from crimi-
nails
The subcommittee on streets viii meet
at Fifteenth and Franklin streets to-day
TO purchase mules; the Committee on
A AicN -tAdA MT VIII meet az IL - NiONh db
1913 east Main street; the Committee on
Light at o'clock, and the Committee on
Cemeteries at 7:S0 o'clock.
THE MEMORY OF JAMES PLEASANTS
Mr.. James Lewis Anderson presented TO
the Law and Equity Court yesterday
morning a copy of the resolutions adopted
| by the bench and bar Of the city upon
the death of Mr. James Peasants, and
asked that they be spread upon the
minutes.
i In presenting these resolutions Mr.. An
derson said:
Il was commissioned by the chairman
who presided at a meeting of the bench
/ and bar Of the city to take action upon
the death Of Mr.. James Peasants 10 pre-
/ sent the resolutions adopted at that
| meeting 10 this court to be spread upon
! its minutes, and in doing this ] do not
/ feel that ! can add anything to the beau
/ tiful sentiments so truthfully and well
| set forth in the resolutions which 1t is
my pleasure and honor TO present. And
yet just a few words may not be map
/ propriate. l have never known one in
| whose life there were more delicately
| blended the true qualities that go 20 make
| up a weli-rounded character than there
were in the life Of Mr.. Peasants.
Naturally endowed with an excellent
mind he had received at academies and
the University Of Virginia liberal edu-
cation which eminenty fitted him for the
! practice Of law, his chosen profession.
1.-The early acquisition Of a large prac-
| tice, especially I'm chancery causes, soon
placed him in its front ranks. His strict
| integrity, and the unwavering love of
| truth and justice, that dominated his life
and shaped his actions commanded the
confidence. respect. and admiration OF all
who knew him.
ITO those who were so fortunate as to
/ know him we'll enough TO see something
Of his inner life, there was disclosed as
| modest manner, a disposition as genial,
| and a heart as true and as gentle as ever
| man possessed. These qualities bound 10
him friends who indeed loved him; and J.
! as one of them, and on behalf or the
bench and bar Of the city, consider 1t an
honor TO pay this last respect TO MS
memory by presenting these resolutions,
which | ask 10 be spread upon the MIN
utes Of this court"
OTHER COURT PROCEEDINGS.
NIotions for Judgment were entered In
the following suits:
y. Z. Cofer against Gordon Tfller q
Co., laundrymen, for Sll76l.
Seaboard Tie and Lumber Company
against O. p. Dicken, for Sl0Oo.
A divorce was granted to Minnie ..
Corbin from T. w. Corbin, on the ground
of desertion.
In the Circuit Court the trustees OF
sixth Mt. Zion Baptist church, which as
under the pastoral charge of Rev. John
Jasper. were authorized TO cucumber the
property of the church to the extent oil
5000. to pay off its indebtedness.
The motion to set aside the verdict N
the case of Walter Everett against Joseph
Heppert was overruled by Judge wen
ford. and judgment entered Tor the ue-
PENDANT. A.,
A marriage license was issued by the
clerk of the Hastings Court to Robert
X Armour and Ida NJ. Anderson.