The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-15
CIRCUIT COURT TO
CONVENE MONDAY
JUDGE soUTHALL TO PRESIDE AT
TRIAL OF THE NEGRO.
GUS NEAL.
SMALLPOX IN CITY
FIVE CASES APPEAR IN ONE
FAMILY OF NEGRoEs-YoUyG
WHITE MAN rs GIVEN
THIRTY DAYS.
Virgfnian Bureau.

I Law Building, Phone 1887.
! Especial to The Richmond y!rginian.
PETERSBURG. VA. Dec. 1.-THE
! Circuit court Of Dinwiddte county viii
! convene Monday, Judge southa1I vii
| preside. Among the cases to be tried
| is that OF Gus Neal, the negro des-
| perado who is now In jail here. Nea
T, will be eried on two charges OF
burglary. While awaiting trial last
| summer. he broke out Of the Din
| widdie county jail. He was arrested
here several weeks ago.
Five Smallpox Cases.
There are Ave cases OF smailpox
In one colored family on Shore street
The premises have been placed under
quarantine.
Gets Thirty Days.
Richard S.sson, the young man OF
Richmond, who tried to swindie ].
o. James. shoe merchant here. out
was tried In Police court this morn
ing He was sent to Jail for thirty
days. An appeal was taken, and Sis
son was released under 5000 bond.
Sisson is only eighteen years old.
Real Estate Transfers.
The following transfers of real es-
tate were recorded here this week:
Roland Bryant and wife, to H. p.
Stratton,v exchange of lots on Hail.
fax street
Rosa Gregory. to H. p. stratton,
exchange Of lots on Halifax street
NJ. G. Jackson, to j. c. Robinson,
lot on Federal street.
C. n Marshall. to w v. Croshaw,
lot on Plank road
J. w. Poole, to w. A, Fem, lot on
Halifax street.
Petersburg Homestead corporation
to J. z, G-instead. lot on Oakdaie
avenue. S4oa
j. c. Robinson. to Fannie Fl. Hamil-
ton. lot on Federal street. SIS.
Amy Taylor. 10 Sarah v. Davis, lot
on Harding street
Montague wingfield and wife, to
c. 7, Lassiter. lot on Hickory street.
Tobacco Market.
The sales of tobacco at the various
warehouses here this week aggre-
gated sAssss5- pounds. Prices ranged
from 81 to 3l7. The sales for the
season to date are I 2s9,735.
Small Fire.
A email Are occurred at the home
OF Rev. L. M. Roper. on Adams
street. yesterday afternoon. The
damage was small. The alarm at s:zo
last evening was due to a small ere
on Short Market street. in n house
occupied by Mary Jackson, coIored.
The damage was SIS.
Barns Destroyed.
Two barns and a stable on the
form on Adolph Mister, In Prince
George county, were destroyed by
fire Thursday afternoon. The stock
WAS saved. but a large amount OF
feed was burned. There was no in
surancc.
Tn the Postofice.
No arrangements have yet been
made In the Petersburg postoffice for
into effect January LIST. Il Is thought
that additional clerical force will be
required to handle the parcels mails.
To Conclude Series.
DR.. Roper will conclude his series
Of sermons IN Religion in the Home
at the First Baptist church tomor-
row night. His subject will be The
Home Transplanted and Renewed In
Heaven"
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Gillian, Jr..
returned this morning from their
bridal tour
Joshua Beasley. who has been Wis
iting on Grove avenue, returned today
to his home in Roanoke.
The Home Mission Society Of the
Second Presbyterian church, will hold
sts regular month"; meeting tomor-
row after tire morning service.
Mrs. r. r. Allen Is visiting refa-
tives In Richmond.
r. Y. Mayes has moved to this city
from D!nwiddie county
Repairing Canal.
The large break in the canal bank
yesterday, which seriously tnte~fe~ed
with the electric power ard lights
Of this city. Ia being repaired as rap
idly az COS ib'e.