The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-08-06
DANVILLE.

HOW THE NEWS OF HE NOMINATION. WAS RE-
CRIvED-THE RECENT HAlLsT0RM-EXTEN-
sIyE BUILDING OPERATIONS-AN OLD ENGI'
NFER ON VISIT TO RELATIVES IN DAN
ymLE--A RELIGIOUS REvIvAL-OLD STOCK
FOR NEW.
Correspondence of the Richmond Dlspatch.l
AUGUST 5, 1891.
The wire has announced this morning the
nomination of Major Daniel. and the news
has been quickly circulated all over town.
II has been enthusiastically received. About
s O'Clock Of a morning large crowds OF the
business men meet at the pO>t-ofhce, ana
while they are waiting for the delivery
OF the mail things and men are talked
about. DanVile's choice from the begin
Ming" said one. Capital nomination."
said another; "nOw for a fight on princi-
ple." THE ReSdiusIers and Republicans
hate him more than they do any man In the
State" said another, "but he Will unite all
parties against the coalition, and victory
under his lead will he glorious" lie
ought to have been Governor or United
States senator long ago." said the fourth
citizen. 81 am glad OF his nomination"
said one of the few ReSdiusters; "he Is
the easiest man to beat in your par
ty.n "Yes,v was the reply OF the sixth
citizen, because he will night for the
honor and honesty of Virginia. and
Won think they are not worth breakfast"
And so the talk was kept up, many people
taking a hand, till somebody said there
were fifty wagOn-loads OF good tobacco at
one OF the warehouses, and then under the
pleasant influences of good breakfast all
round and OF Daniels nomination people
went off to business. But in the mean
| time Peasants, the c0lOred man who is
route agent on the Midland road, aud was
a Republican ReSdjuster in Senator Sto'
yai's day, was sitting on the stone step al
the post-ofice door, aud Captain Fernald
was leaning over and pouring words into
bis ear, aud while Fernald was talking most
anxlously Pleasanis was smiling most COM
placently. But now for business.
Tue h9il.storm of which | have written
the Dispatch was remarkable one. II
seems TO have been formed in the White
Oak mountains in this county, and these re-
ports show that II passed In a narrow
stream across the Spring Garden section in
this county and over across the Catawbf
aud Chldrey sections OF Halifax county
doing much damage as 1t passed. On somt
OF the plantations the tobacco was rddled
Said one OF the planters, "My tobacco
would have been riddled TOO ii il had been
large enough for the hail TO bit, and II was
! well for many OF US that our tobacco was
small"
Captain w. 4. Clark, once a member Of
the Legislature lsenatOr) from this county
and now retired grocer-merchapt, Is eX
tensiyely engaged 10 BODYBUILDING. He
has Just bad his residence large frame
building, which stood on Main street
moved round over one hundred yards tC
Ridge street, and has had large addition
put 10 the rear Of that. In this house hC
will reside I'LL be can have grand dwell
| ing house erected on Paxton street. Now
he Is having erected on the lot on which bis
dwelling house once stood, on Main street
large brick building. This building is &c
consist Of four suits OF tenement apart
ments, three stories high, with three rooms
on the grst door Of each, three on the sec