The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-04-15
letter from lsanvtlIe.

PURCHASE OF GAS. AND WATER WoRKs-AUElcI.
PAL CANVASS -PLANTS-sPRINa BIRDS-PER-
soNAL-RELlGIouS.
Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch1
DANvLLE, VA, April Is, 1876.
After much inquiry and secret session
or. two the Council has determined to pur-
chase the water. and gas-works and all the
machinery, fixtures, and furniture of the
company, and Messrs. McDonough and Filz.
patrick, who represent the larger portion Of
the stock Of the company, have agreed to
the terms proposed by the Council. The
amount to be paid for the whole property In
bonds at par is Sl41, 500, and this amount is
to be paid as follows: $4,000 in bonds,
which had been paid the company in advance
"ss rental" is TO be counted as q part OF
the purchase-money; Sl3500 Is to be paid
the company in town bonds, which are to
run thirty years from the lst OF July next
and bear interest at eight per cent. per au-
mum; and the bonds of the company,
amounting to 100000, aud running twenty
wears at eight per cent. interest from the LIST
day Of July next, are to be endorsed (tbat
is, as it is explained to me, asSumeD by the
Council.
The property Is to be transferred on the
1st day of May. In the mean time Messrs.
Worsham, Smith, and Robinson, commit
tee OF the Council have been instructed to
prepare the necessary papers, and the Com.
nittee on Water and Gas have been directed
| to report on the 18th what labor will be ne.
cesSary to furnish supply Of gas and wa.
| ter, and make recommendations generally
on the subject.
The interest in the canvass for municipal
offices is undated. Nominating CONVEX.
tions sometimes fail to express the sense OF
their constituents, and perfectly satisfactory
method of conducting primary election has
not yet been devised. II seems to be thought
| best here that meetings something like ward
| meetings be held, and that the nominations
made there be referred to general meeting
of the Conservatives Of the town. Colonel
Stoyall, the superintendent Of the Conserva.
tiyes makes the next municipal election q
Iife-or-death matter with the city. &c Is
now organizing campaign clubs.
On the 2lsr OF March reported that the
cold weather of the several days preceding
must have killed many of the plants, but that
it was thought that second sowing might
be made with advantage. All that | can
learn about this since that time convince5
NE that many OF the piant-beds were ruined,
and that the plants from the second sowing
Go not do well. 1t is commonly reported
that the recent cool and dry weather has
subjected the plants to serious ravages by the
fly.
Rev. J. A. Davis, Christian Jew, who
was born in London, England, and has been
serving as a Baptist minister in this country
Tor forty years, was on visit to this city the
first part Of this week.
Rev. 5. S. Lambeth, aided by Rev. j. r.
Waggoner, has been holding services a! the
Main-Street Methodist church from night to
night since Sunday week, except on Satur.
day nights. Congregations large, aud the
services interesting; but no conversions have
been reported as yet.
Butter for the present cannot be had here
''for love or money" The vegetables of the
season, and fish, and canned and green fruits
are abundant. ALPHA.