The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-04

years old. attempted 80 end her life
in her home on College .Nllry to-day.
b. swallowing carbolic acid. She vas
severely burned about the mouth and
throat. but was hurried TO the police
station. where, by prompt and NiGor-
Gus measures applied by Or Hoy, her
life was saved. She WAS insane when
she took the acid. and VAS subsequent
~ adiudgcd insane by !, commission,
and committed to the Central State hos
pital. where she was formerly
patient
Snlcx or Lands.
II. II. Mann, trustee. to-day sold in
front OF tho courthouse in this city
a farm OF sevcnty-tw" acres in Ma
toaca District, In Chesterfield county.
seven miles from Petersburg. Pyle u
Co. Inc, became the purchaser, at
1925. The farm has upon II a house
/ OF three rooms and an orchard.
! Mr.. Manu-, as trustee. also sold
tract OF 100 acres OF unimproved land,
near Butterworths Station, I'm Din
widde county. c. II. Plummer, OF
this city, was the purchaser. at $3.50.
! Sale oc West Warehouse.
! deed from Carl H. Davis. special
commits sioncr, recorded In the clerks
Office conveyed TO Charles r. Collier
and others part of tho West I'm
Warehouse property. lying east or Sy-
camore Street. The consideration
named is $1,000.
Verdict for Defendant
The Hastings Court was engaged all
day yesterday in the trial of the civil
action brought Ivy the Pcrcivall Motor
Corporation to recover of w. RI. Fray,
the purchase pricc-Sl. S50--of an au-
tomobile, claimed to have been sold
] to the defendant. II was claimed by
/ the latter that the purchase was not
completed the automobile not coming
UP to certain conditions. and having
been returned to the corporation. The
jury at 1880 O'Clock last night. after
long elaboration, rendered verdict
+ for the defendant.
TO Erect Marker.
| A. p. Hill Camp. Sons of Confeder
ate Veterans, last night heard and
unanimously adopt I'd the Recommended
tons of the committee having in
! charge the erection of n marker TO
designate the spot where Lieutenant
| General A. =. Hill was killed, in Din
! widdie county. The committee was di-
reCtcd to begin At once prepare
! lions for the work. The marker Is
expected TO be In place. ready to be
unveiled and dedicated on the ID of
April. the anniversary of General
| Hill's death. The ceremonies will DC
elaborate and interesting.
The camp voted to cooperate with
the veterans in sending a. p. Hill
Camp to the reunion in Macon, Ga. In
May next.
General News Notes.
| c. NJ. Alternately. a farmer of Chcs-
! tertield county, had one OF his hands
badly cut and laccratcd in n corn
shredder yesterday. He was brought
TO this city and attended by DR.. w.
! c.. Powell.
! Commissioner OF Revenue Hugh II.
Smith has appointed the following
special deputies to take the personal
property tax lists for this year: y.
! G. Duane. r. a. Gilkerson, James i.
Prcntiss. James a. Collier and John
D. Ragland.
Fines collected in the Police Court
in January on account of violations
OF city ordinances, amounted to
$aa.50-much less than the monthly
average.
The funeral OF the late Joseph e.
Moore who died very suddenly Thurs
day night took place this afternoon
from Washington Street Methodist
Episcopal Church. Mr.. Moore was a
brave Confederate soldier, and lost a
leg in the battlc OF Five Forks. For
many years after the war he taught
school in Dinwiddie aad Chesterfield
counties.