The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-04-03

INTERyAL-REvENUE C0LLECTI0Ns-sALts OF
ToBACCO-EPIsC0PAL CHURCH BUILDING
rIRE-ROCKINGuAM COUNTY, n. C.-THE
FAMILY OF JUDGE KERR.
fCorrespondence of the Richmond Dispatch.1
ePRIL 2, 1880.
The internal revenue for last month
amounted 10 S7l,1S9 81. the items OF which
are: Assessments. 1881; spirits, 81. 80;
special tax, Sl48.76; manufactured tobacco
and cigars, s60,915.44. The receipts for
March, 1879. an our ted TO S25, SO, the
item. of which were: Assessments, 81
3O2. GA: spirits, 1851 special tax, Sll5.9l !;
manufactured tobacco and cigars, e24,-
| S15 Al.
The internal revenue from manufac-
tured tobacco and cigars Tor the last SIX
months. which were the first six OF the to-
bacco year, amounted to S460.S93.84; Tor
the first six OF lat year. 1898 4S9.I3.
Mr.. z. w. Terrell. OF tue Tobacco AsSo-
citation, reports tbat the sales OF ieaI 10
brcco for the last month amounted to 3671.-
| 74S pounds; the valu" OF which was s4ol,-
3I9 "a, and the average, $l1.09. In March,
| 1879. the quantity sold was 1,492; PA
pounds; the value, $3.50, 1Ol.7l; and the
average. $40 AZ.
From October |. 1879, to Anrl 1, 1880. the
quantity # leaf tobacco sold in this market
| was 17.313,460; the value OF which was
1857. 7i4.16; and the average, SOB. In
the corresponding period OF the preceding
wear there were sold 9,497 G93 pounds; the
value, S1,02l6jI AS; and the average,
Sl0.75
The financial committee Uf the Episco-
nal church have raised funds sufficient for
the completion Of their building. am ln-
formed that the total cost OF the building,
when the key shlll have been turned upon
il, will not be under $4,000.
| The fret tells rang Yesterday morning
about O'clock verv vigorously, and so vIg-
oron,ly that people supposed that some
miscbief-makers had got hold of The ropes
end were making an all-foolS affair OF II.
| Ii turned out 10 be fire in the store OF
| Hannibal Guerrant, a colored merchant on
Union street, and this was quickly nut out
and with but little damage, the greatest
damage being that caused by the water
thrown IN by the fire companies.
The writer q dav or 20 ago ala some
travelling in Rockingham county, n. e..
and It was pleasant to find the people hope
| fuI as 10 business prospects, and preparing
for big YEARS work. THIS county was
named in nor OF The Marquis Of Rocking
ham. premier OF Esgland, and friend OF
the cOloniss. The surface is put down as
billy, undulating, with gray sandy and
clay soils. The products are tobacco,
corn, wheat, oats. rye, potatoeS. and
variety OF vege able. The fruits are
apples, peaches. pears. cherries, piums'
and berries. The tlmberS are oak, hickory,
and pine. The land is listed at 3lO.8S7
acres, and the value OF The land and Town
lots is 81, 462, 433 There are 50 public
schools for white people: 40 for colored
people. About 10000 acres are generally
sown in oats. LOO in clover, 1900 in
grasses, AZ IN milet. 33l used in truck
farms, go sOwn in turnips. 1900 used for
| orchards. 90 used for VINEYARDS, 80 planted
| in cotton, and CHA planted in tobacco %.
The yields are: Wheat, 10000 bushels;
corn, ~340,232 bushels; rye, 2,20l bushels;
sweet potsioes, "a $50 bushels. Irish po'a.
toes. l1.600 bushels; toblcco, 3,l60,9GG
pounds.
| ReiGevile seems to be fourishing town
Population about 1000. Here are three
newspapers-the Nelcs. the Star, and the
| Times three churche> Baptist. Methodist,
| Pres byterian; three warehouses for lie
tobacco; about thirteen tobaccO-honse-, and
several new ones are being built; number
Of excellent schools for kris aud BOYS.
| The family OF the late Judge John Kerr.
on whom reporter VINO bad beard him in
splendid efforts on the platform many a
tlme would have wished TO call, have moved
from RridsyiIle to the neighborbood OF
Burkevllle, va.
Rev. P. Ii Fontaine, a Virginian. resides
at Reidsvlle, and bis father, Rev w. >.
Fontaiue. lives near by. Mrs. p. II. Fon-
tame has won considerable distinction as an
amateur painter. Her rooms are full OF por-
| traits and sketches Of scenery-some from
copies, some from the originals. One OF
her paintings--a picture OF the devil-was
equal to Millions, IL is laid; but bv some
means has passed out OF her hands and been
| lost. ALPHA.