The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-09-03

:.r.,i.r-. AGRICULTURAL, AND OTHER &EH
ITEMS.

ITEMS.
-,..~.,.>, ~. al !mr Richmond Di>,Ht"h.l
Nn>.t.lMgLANp. IA. August -. 1878.
~..r. ny list communication "c have been
...... wi;a rain in abundance. Our crops
... greatly improved. adding much 10 the
,... - ~ ear i'ro.I".
~, !, iar season Of protr1ctcd meetings,
.. and following, each Of which iii THEN
-..... .l-,.-" IT," attention oi those specially
.',rc-tei.
Enr Mr.ao3i>.< held fair AT Warsaw on
l-!4:h and 18th lur the purpose ot building
..ic. IL tia; location, and succeeded III
-..-,H. :,ao.u live hundred dollars clear.
iui- W5'a t.!r individual subscriptions will
,.a.i. ~ n L. complete their new house Of
r.,.~ l..p - the i,guhHhe cost 81 5000.
The Eartist> ia! Il meeting OF interest 90
... Ha II Tie same time 1T Jrru>Hicm church,
...at -iN miles distant. under the direction
ut L. ;. &. Il. Northam. the pastor OF tAe
,aunh. IEr several rainy day Interrupted
he meeting, bat The pastor adopting the
w>n., custom IL >;lr>-ii the day Is rainy, the
..,.Ai fir day hyin@ generally understood
,hr !acytjrG continued on through the week
with IH,yi>cu success.
NtrAuloc church is row engaged i'll Il
u,rtincc>nductcd 10y Rev. C. ". Bcalc, the
pastor. assisted by lev. G.. II. Nortiam and
+. H. hrAlc. Quite number have protc> sct
.Dj-iun.
The Mrthodisls hello woodS-meetn@ near
Nomoni Grove. which WIS. broken up by
tArirr4U"nt rains.
Farmers ale following for wheat, and
from lUc>cn. indications there will DC Il con.
siderable increase on last Years seeding this
.ll.
The trade in fruit this season is pcrllap,
more than double, from this section OF thu
country, the shipments Of former seasons.
The fruit I'll his Year settles the question
tout it> quality. We CAN raise as tine ant
delicious iruit on this Peninsula rs anywhere
rl~r on the globe. Our soil and climate
>"rIL peculiarly adapted TO the growth OF
every variety Of fruit usually raised for
mrh"t.
some five years age 4 gentleman residing
~ OHIO. engaged in Embarrassing in that
state. visited Richmond county, aud as an
experiment bought one hundred acres OF
oltr poorest aud most broken land and SET
out about one thousand peach trees. This
ycr ho returned 10 see what his investment
would make him. lie realized from his
''r>t picking the net profit Of six hundred
dollars. After spending about three weeks
here picking and shipping his fruit, he re-
turned to Ohio with The snug little sum, it
J. said. OF Il 800 in his pocket, realized from
III orchard, which cost him some five years
3-p-laul, trees, and all-abOut one thou
and dollars.
frut-riising is on the increase in this part
81 our State, and we may reasonably expect
from the Success of this years experiments
that our farmers will turn their attention
more to this branch of farming enterprise
thtn ever before.
Crops of corn have greatly improved,
much 10 the qualification OF our farmers, and
hopes are now entertained that the crop will
exceed that Of last year.
i man By the name Of jenkins, 4 pauper
Il the poor-house, killed negro woman on
Friday the 18th. who was waiting on him.
When She brought hini his breakfast ne
seized Il club, with which he inflicted blows
that resulted in her death in about two
hours. He is now lodged in Jail at Warsaw,
Richmond county, supposed TO be insane.
y considerable business is now being done
III railroad ties. We have the finest heart
>prucc-plnc timber that can probably be
iouud III the state, and large contracts are
no" being made for this quality of railroad
TIMBER Railroad men say that heart spruce
i'ih" i the next best timber TO white oak,
anu that railroad COMPANIES will have TO re-
>'lt IL this timber 10 keep up their roads.
Il does not rot a. quick rs chestnut, nor is it
Iui :" Hattie 10 split. and will hold the tie
h"ii~ equally ~ we'll and is long. and must
Dee IN "Ieot demand in Il few years. The
spruce pine OF the Northern Neck is pccu-
HrIy Aucd for this work, ~ it is generally
@" -ood heart and twisted so much Us not to
'ish easily. our people cordially invite
contractors to pay our section OF country a
VIII. TlTuS.
lHE ATLANTIC BALLooS.-Thc New York
''rap''c announces that its great trans-At-
.an'Ic. balloon, ii the weather proves fayora-
1r. VIII ascend from the Capitoline Grounds,
"'"phtyh, New York. on "Wednesday after
noon, September ~. Mcssrs. Wise and Dom
.'a'on, HE actomuuts, will be accompanied
y " reporter OF the Crdphic and an eype-
."E"rH >caInan, who vii! malIage The life
"vh attached 10 the balloon in case the party
'"''' lVrAcIlangc mir for water. The balloon
- N'>c!l"ed H. llG fee: high, $50 feet in cir
'''iAlrItnc", and Will contain 600, 900 feet of
.''' 2a>, WITH power Of G,G00 pounds
Ihe "cIonaul> arc confident that from eighty
- one hundred hours trayc! will lind them
i'HiO!" IN English acrOnalit, who is
'" 10 De eminent in his vocation, Mr..
'''Ar! I"N"e!!, has written Il communities
ION - Tie London Ielcgropi, in which he
t""sota The opinion that Mr.. Wise is mis-
'''H Dom a. TO the current blowing from
,"'>l 10 cast a0d The lifting power Of the gas.
d" lard TO the first he says that his own
*lfl"nces do not confirm the theory. The
<'4rhsc balloon is 70 be on exhibition from
""d.y next ill the time Of ascension.
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