The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-08-07
PETERSBURG.

,,or ,rrcs-JoRGENsES' NOMINATION
HN,r,,S.-pR oBABILITY OF TWO CANDi-
rs N THE FIELp--CoTToS RECE1PTS--
49,, ,.r ToBAcco ISSI'ECTI0Ss--THE PETERS
NC RAILROAD scHEDCLE--FI.oUR FOR
"Nu ,yERIcA-srREET IMPROVEMENT
ACCIDENT.
'...,,oon,iencc OF the Richmond Dispatch.I
!'"' AUGUST 5. 1876.
-,,, poa,cal ward clubs of this city held
. ~ list night and elected delegates to
I" ''enrSn,itn to be held tonight to choose
'un ,oi,,ates 20 the Congressional District
ion' ;,atinr convention. OF the thirty-six
Not,s elected last night only two are
u," ,,', - bc in favor OF DeMortie. So that
h"""hh ovond question that in the Congress
i J. convention Petersburg will vote for
SION I,rrcusrn. None OF the counties have
~ oIcr,n.l delegates, but'it is'beiieved from
Hc hc,, information that can he obtained
. .. ne will also have majority OF the
counties in his ia'or.
,ho, Unfair means was usea 10 secure Jor-
l!I,s' "'' ,,rIrrution for this city; that the
gem, r,nntinrs we're called without notice
"H n;,,' nr hi. friends. and that whiskey and
'o '.'',, ,ycrc used to influence voters for
tI','', In this city particularly De
m+;.;r j. strong. Nearly every coiored man
.I'' ',,y prominence or influence is said to be
~ m;,n and il is known that he Is popular
:.t th. rolorcd masses. What course his
,.;nnss will pursue is not known, but the
'Is%aN;I;,y is that there will be two Radical
t'',n,,;la,cs in the field in this district.
NV. total receipts OF cotton at this port
49,. scrtc,nher |, 1878, are %, 1868 bales as
',.,ins- 2i,lH bales for the corresponding
'r-.-;nd Inst wear. The stock on hand. IS
: 80 bales against 1.S23 bales Tor the same
,;,l., last year.
=, i believed that the inspections of to-
,.,.r1 This wear will reach fully $4,000 hogs
,.aod.-hcing aconSi1crable excess over any
.,,.n, wear except 1872 -, when the crop
ga. yrIy heavy. and the inspections ran
.I,,y. J.. 900 h0g>hcad>. The stock on hand
:; very large. and the warehouses are
,.-,,yd,d for room in which to store the re-
r,irf>. In one or more instances apart
mont, have been rented elsewhere for
..or,.,r \ great deal OF tobacco is coming
IN from North Carolina.
colonel II. T. Douglass. president OF fhc
pctrr>bur: railroad, tclc-raphcd from Rich
,no9d today TO continue the present Sche-
HuIr II mail and passenger trains on that
-a,i until further orders. 1t was announced
> INA. on and after tomorrow one OF the 40
t..tE nllll lliEll~ Oh i!ii~ i''''' '''''N ~
,j-oupcd. and freight trains were to supply
i. place. The contemplated change caused
:, yood deal oi uncaSincS< here and south OF
~ and the announcement OF Colonel Doug
las will bc received with great favor by
thr public. -,
Nr>,r>. T. J. Calls IL Co.. millcrs. have
recently made large purchases .of wheat TO
Grind into flour for shipment 10 south
,,u.riro They contemplate ut IN early
,,arind >rndiiie 5000 barrels to Rio.
The Improvement OF Liberty street, and
n.auin. il 10 the uniform width OF forty
Zee, through from Sycamore to llal uaN
street. has at last been nearly accomplished.
Thr cost to the city for the lands condemned
was 10. Thus IN Improvement that was
inau..lIrated twenty years ago has beeh
made. some Of the owners OF property on
me street favored and others opposed the
widening of the street. and until recently
the opposition has prevailed.
The Indsr-ipp.H Publishing tompah!
will commence on Monday the publication
oI m evening edition. The new paper VIII
BE- called THE UaN. The Post comes out to-
morrow u mornn" paper.
Mr.. l.. ". SETTER, IN old and We!i-kno"n
citizen. while passing down Union street
last night fell to the pavement and was Sc
ycrclr injured. He was sent home by
friends. and medical attention called in.
ROBIN -ApAlK.