The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-30

at $500 tax each. SeVerai more AZ
censes may be granted later. but III
is not believed that the total number
will exceed If 1t reaches, the number
issued for the present year-thirty'
seven. The retailers claim that they
are not making any money, and some
that they are barely making living
at their business.
Death and Birth Record.
The report OF the Board of Health
Just issued shows total OF forty
eight deaths in the city during the
month ending April %. OF the de.
cedcnts, six were under one year old;
twelve were between sixty and eighty
wears of ago. and six were beyond
four score. Among the causes OF death
assigned are: tuberculosis. ., cere-
bral hcmorrhage, 10. cHdocarditis, 81
Bright's disease, Z The deaths among
the white population were %, and
among the colored 2s Seven bodies
were brought TO the city for burial
during the month and three were re-
moved. The rate of mortality of the
whole population was lo2o-ot the
white 1858, and of the colored, "a
per 1000 per aunum.
The city is free from all contagious
diseases, only one case of typhoid fe-
yer having been reported during the
month.
The number of births reported for
the month was forty-nine, one in ex-
cess of the number of deaths. The
stork visited twentynine white fam
lilies and twenty colored.
New Hebrew Synagogue.
The Orthodox Hebrew congregation
of this city has purchased an eligible
site on North Market. nearly opposite
Friend street. on which as early in the
future as possible II is proposed to
erect a handsome synagogue. The
price of the property was $1,000. and
the dwellings, on it will be RACED to
give place to the synagogue.
SnIe of City Property.
In accordance with resolution
city will on Monday SELL al public auc-
tion nineteen acres of its high service
reservoir property lying IN Prince
George county. near the city and OPP
posite the Southern terminus OF Sy
camore Street. The property is de-
sired for residential development by
private parties. and is to be sold under
strict conditions regarding the citys
water supply. No bid Will bs re-
ceived a less than 500 per acre.
New Passenger stntion.
The handsome new Norfolk and
Western passenger station in the low.
err part of the city. esected at a cos,
of between $4,000 and $4,000. will
be brilliantly lighted up and thrown
open TO the public tomorrow night
and thereafter the unsightly old sta.
zion nearby, which has been In use for
great many years. will be abandoned
and RACED. The new building is a
credit to the company and an orna-
| ment to the city. 1t has abundant
| room and conveniences, Is very hand.
| somely finished inside with oak. and
! has concrete walkwavs all around it
! The grounds about the building are
| to be beautifully improved. A TUNE
under the Norfolk and Western tracks
| will connect the station with the At
| lantic Coast Line trains going North
/ and South.
| Personal and Otherwise.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert NJ Young have
South, and are at home to their friends
on Marshall Street.
! A delegation of lawyers and other
! citizens went over TO Richmond to-
| day to see Governor Mann in behalf
/! of Hardy. who was convicted in the
| Circuit Court of Nansemond county
OF the murder of Z. G. Jones. and
sentenced to death. A petition for a
| Communication of sentence in this case
recently received many signatures in
| Petersburg.
| The Police Commissioners >ce still
hopeful of securing a police patrol
/ system for Petersburg. and the Com
mon Council seems disposed to es-
tablish the system. Provision for II
| will probably be made in the budget
| for the next fiscal year.
A. M. Organ. for great many years
the clerk Of Dinwiddie Court. and an
| honored citizen of the county, is re-
! ported as very ill.,
Fire in Diuwiddic.
The Rev w. r. Grant, pastor OF
the Methodist Church at Dinwiddie
Courthouse lost his barn and stables
by fire last night with its contents
feed. implements. fowls and COW. j
is not known how the fire originated
Mr., Grants loss is estimated at about
$500 or $1,000
A movement has been started, anc
with much encouragement, for the or
ganization of another military com
pany in Petersburg. to be known a:
the A. r. Hill Rifles.
AT O'Clock last pigSt at the resi-
dence of the brides mother, on Untol
Street. Miss Leila w. Grigs was mar
4 ried to w. A. Bonham by the Rev. J
T.. Bosnian. The young couple lief
on bridal trip. and will make thei
home in Danville
Adjutant Crawford and wife. o
PHILADELPHIA, officers OF the Salvation
J Army, will arrive in the city to-mo
, row, and will conduct services In TIL
army hall on Sunday
Ensign Woods, of TIM Salvatio,
Army, yesterday took under his car
! an aged woman from CHESTERFIELD
county, Mrs. Frances Buckall. sevent,
years old, and native of Poland, VIII
reported that she had been ill-rreate
and now had no tome,
WOUND MAY he Fatal.