The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-18
PETERSBURG HAS
FEW FEVER CASES
CRY ENJOYING BETTER HEALTH
THAN IN YEARS, OFFICER
SAYS, -
TYPHOID GERMS SCARCE
ONLY THREE PATIENTS REPORTED
80 FAR THIS MONTH WHICH
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PETERSBURG, VA, July IL
From the small number OF cases OF
typhoid fever reported 10 the ioca,
health department. Health Officer
Martin to-day figured that Petersburg
this year VIII have fewer cases Of
the disease this July than In any
corresponding month In the last i1vN
years. So far there have been but
three eases. There have been sew
ersl cases OF the fever brought TO
this city Tor treatment from Prince
George county but this number IS
smaller than that CT any previous
July since 1905. Last July there
were Il cases In the city up TO July
-. The year before there were %.
Expect Marx Lloyd
General Manager Mel, Euffln, al
the Southside Fair Association. ex-
poets receive 4t-s4rtt- tf,ts-~Fcesit
from General Manager Mark Lloyd.
Of the state Fair Association. Mr,
LloSd will probably coIe TO Peters
burg to- morrow. While here he viii
visit The new fair grounds.
summons Hastings Jurors,
City Sergeant Evans spent to-day
yav7noning Jurors for the July term
of the hastings court. which will con-
vent Thursday Of this week. There
Will be business before the court until
next Monday, when the Jurors VIII
report for service. on that day
Judge Mullen Will hear arguments
on motions 10 be made in the Appo-
mattox bank cases against Charles
Hall Davis and Carter r. Bishop.
Sunda. school Report.
Reports made yesterday afternoon
ST the monthly meeting of the Metho-
dist Sunday School Union show that
the average registration of the schools
is alas: the average attendance L.
SS5; and the collections. $lob+GS
There are eight sunday schools in
the organization. those OF High street
Washington street, Market street
West street. Ettrick, Matoaca, Yves
ley and Blandford Methodist churches
The board of governors of the union
VIII meet al Washington stree
church on the third Sunday in Az
gust.
New Bible Class Study.
The new addition In the Methods
church at Matoaca, room for tht
Mems Bible Glasses Of the Sunday
school of that church, has been com
pieted at a cost Of $500.
Drcdgers Keep Busy.
Two dredgers are now at %or'
clearing the harbor OF the Appomat
toX river, and by the middle of sep
TENDER. when the work is expected L
he completed, there Will be a ehannt
IL feet deep from Petersburg To CIT
Point The work is under the direc
ton Of Captain 4. j. Nichols, of thi
city, and is being done by ''dipper
dreage and an hydraulic dredga. Tn
clipper Is doing the work in the Vi
entity Of the sunken island and IN
hydraulic nearer the cit%.
Crap shooters Fined.
a dozen negroes, charged wit
shooting crap, arrested Sunday, WEI
srraigned in Police Court this morn
ing Five OF them. caught In on
party were fined ST each. The other
were taxed $25e For stealing toiie
articles from a fve and ten cent stor
James Brown, eolored. was sentence
to jail for sixty DAYS, The value Q
the goods taken by Brown ~as 5
cents A half dozen drunk case
completed the docket.
Merchants Plan Outing.
Secretary Martin. Of the Fhanqf he
Of Commerce. and several local mer
chants will GO 10 Hampton. Wedne$
day. 10 attend the convention of III
Retail Dealers Association Of Tir
ginia.
society Notes.
Miss Settle Gilman, ~ Richmo r(
ss visiting Mrs. David Gilman.
Eev. and Mrs J. T. Bosnian an
sons, Robert and Gorge Bosnian L.,
to-day for Willoughby Beach. wher
they Will spend the vacation. Re-
fsiosd r. Moore and Eev Dr w {
Taylor will occupy the pulpit at III
Market Street church next Sunday !
the absence OF the pastor.
Frank X. Clements, proprietor {
the Shirley Hotel. III to-day for HI
Springs, Ark, for his health.