The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-04-15
LYNCHBURG

LYNCHBURG
JOURNALISTIC MATTBRs-CHANGE OF EDI-
TogS-NEw PAPER AND PERiODICAL-PRES-
gYrERY RAILROAD OFFICIALS - POLlTI-
CAL-CONvJCTIoN OF HORSE STEALING.
correspondence Of the Richmoni pispa'ch.J
APRIL Is, 1880.
The personnel OF Lvncbburg Journalism
IL about 10 undergo considerable change.
Or the 18th instant Captain Thomas White
head retires from the Ne,cS, and will be
succeeded by Mr.. Alexander Mcdonald, Of
the Virginidn. Mr.. Carter II. Glass has
ALREADY taken the place OF local editor. late
" held by Mr. A. J. Dewitt. Mr. Melon
AIDS place on the VTgini0n will he filled
by Professor f. 7. Brent. late OF Norwood
School. Captain Whitehead has issued the
prospectus for an evening paper, ~ be called
The Advance, Of which ne will be chief edi-
tor, his son (Nlr. John WbitebeadD local
editor, and son-iD-law (lIr. John w. Muir
RELY business manager. Lynchburg will
certainly be well supplied with newspapers.
There will also he issued in Il few DAYS the
first No. OF the Virginia Eclectic, mara
zine to be published and edited by Mrs. u.
II. Nowlin, a talented lady Of this city, and
formerly OF Richmond.
TO morrow evening the Montgomery
Presbytery will assemble in the Second
Presbyterian church, Of this CITY. The
opening sermon will be preached bv the
Rev. Mr.. Dinwid6e. TIE body will be in
session several days.
The official eXcu'sioni-tS Of the Rich
mond and Allegheny railroad have reached
the rolling.mlls. three miles aboye the city.
which they are now inspecting. Some OF
them are stockholders in thit great esab-
lishment. Tue fires have been lighted
there and The machinery ~ at work. The
rartv will arrive here this afternoon and
PROBABLY spend The night
The Conservative Executive Committee
OF this city have fixed on The 8 OF Nav as
The time for the party TO appoint delegates
to the Richmond Conservative Convention.
and the County Commit'ee have called a
meeting on the second Monday 10 May for
the same purpOse.
IL Campbell County Court yesterday Will
liam Cole was found gully Of horse.sleal.
ing aud sentenced to four years service in
the penitpntlary. rhe horse was stolen
from preacher-Rev. NJ. l.. Bishop.
The builders in this t. have their hands
full. A number OF new houses are going
up. TELEPHONE.
THE RICHMOND AND ALLEGHANY RAILROAD
OPPICIALS-A wELLPLtAsED PARTY MA
JnR J. W. JOHNsTON-A NEW FURNACE
THE FRANKLIN RAILROAD.
fCoIrespoudence Of the Richmond hi patch.l
APRIL II. 1850.
The Richmond and Allegheny ia iroad
reached this city by b0at from
Buchanan to dinner yesterday, and spent
several hours here. The following is a COM
4. III l.
York, president Richmond and Ale .hany
railroad; II. Z. Pa>on,, vice.presldenl
Richmond and Allegheny railroad; Colonel
II. ID. Whtcomh. presIdcnt Buchanan aud
Clifton Forge railroad and consulting en-
gineer; Major k. II. Tcmrle. chief engl-
neer Richmond aud Allegheny. railroad;
George McKendi &c and r. u. Bolton, divi
sion engineers Richmond and Allegheny
j. I'll. Parsons, Coboes, n. Y; q
NJ. BaItbol ,mew, Hartford, Conn; F. A.
Bates, Cleveland, o.; j. d. Wilson. Rich.
mond and Allegbaiy Railroad Company
q. Mcneil, Wet Virginia.
Thev pas,ed over the line OF the Buchan-
an and Chiffon railroad, and found the
work going on very saii-iactCiliy. There
is to reason to believe that the contractors
will not have it completed by The srecItied
time-viz., the first 4 July next. A very
large force IA employed in addition to the
conyicts. From Buchanan down to Thu
cry they were very much pleased with the
situation and prOspec'. The engineering
difficulties, they say, have already in L great
mea-uie been overcome, nd the work Of
will be much lighter han they
bad anticipated. One OF the party expressed
the opinion that the road would he com
plett d down to this CITY in time for Lynch.
burg 10 get its next fa's supply OF coal by
I hat route. ULdrr the charter fifty six miles
above and fifty miles below Lvnchburg
must be finished within ten mon'bs. The
party visited thu Natural Bridge. and were
delighted with that grand Work OF nature.
They left bere In the evening to conn etc
their trip Of inspection along the entire line,
and may be expected in Richmond in due
time
Major J. W. Johnston, la'e president OF
the JAMES River and KanawDa COMPANY,
has, learU, accepted the position of coun.
sci OF the Ricnm nd and Allegheny ON
pany. and will locate in this city, where he
will also practice his profession. His salary.
it is SAID, aiIl be $4,000 year. They could
not have secured more valuable legal ad
wiser.
The erection OF a blas Turn lcn has been
commenced In this city by The LyDchburg
Manufacturing and Mining Company, II
which General Grubb, Of Pennsylvaria, +
president They ate already running a
rollng-miIi and foundry here. and an iron-
mine down the river. Thr furnace will add
largely to their operations aud TO the busi-
ness of Lynchburg.
Information from Franklin county is 10
the effecI that ouly Two miles OF rails re-
main TO be laid on The Franklin and Pitt
rslroad. and hat II will he CON-
pleted In feS DAYS. The length OF the
road Is thirty miles, and il has been con-
struc'ed IN Iittbe over one year. Jesse T.
Adams IL Co are the contractors. and they
have done their work well ana rapidly. 1t
bes been built bv e'aoty substitution, 6ist
mortgage bonds, aad small private sub.
seriptsOn. This rosc will do good work
IN developing the msnersl and agricultural
resourse- OF one OF the finest counties OF
the State. TELEPHONE.