The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-02-16
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WATER SUPPLIES IRREGULAR AND ptfkl'
Tiyg-PrBLic CoArLAINTe- ADDRESS OF
ing roBAcco AssOcIATIOx--THE LATE FoR'
ornrKs-pEArH OF AN OLD CITizEN--RE.
cgxr AssArlTs--sALh or KgsLTY-MfNiNG
OPERATIONS, &C. .r3
rcorfcspondence Of the Richmond Dispa'eh.i
FEBRUAEY Is, 1881.
The call al Richmond for stage.coaches
10 sunnIement the so-called "fast mail !"
ards an echo here In the desire OF the people
Tor tho old.iasbioned DAYS OF wooden water.
nines IA tal:e the place OF their more modern.
exoensiye. and unreliable service. do not
tnn,y the exact number OF days during
WHICH people have been cut OF from the use
~ wafer as furnished by the city hydrants,
| but the extent Of such deprivation has been
snf,icIept TO cause very widespread exas-
ncra,ion. Much new machinery has been
purchased, new reservoir butt, aud anew
nump. house; and the upshot OF the whole
thing Is. people have TO 90 to wells ana
springs for water TO wash In and drink.
Peop,e appear TO have q pretty clear idea
Of where ibe responsibility properly lies Tor
this state OF things, aud the thing Is ind'g-
mainly discussed wherever housekeepers
meet together. II would not surprise your
CORES pondent TO know that the present
feeling on The subject found pubic express
sion ere long in some shape or other.
The Tobacco Association OF the city nave
issued nm address u the planters OF Nirginla'
North Carolina, aud Tennessee, rehearslng
the peculiar advantages oil Ibis marker. lpe
Association numbers eigh'y-three nIms' IN
cludinp nine commission houses. The ad-
dress siaies that the demand here is greater
than the supply, and that 'ooaeco Is sou
here AZ a profit which is bought in and
hroup bt from western markets. the ADDRESS
Is signed by q committee consisting OF
Messrs. John II. Flood, John Il. Edwards,
and James A. Ford.
Tbe last a,ccrtained facts IN connection
with the late fol geries Of Major William T..
Hart are TO the effect that Mr.. Davies,
during his visit to Martins, attached pro-
nerty in that neigbborboOd in which Hart
was interested, by which 1t is hoped the loss
that fails on Mr.. Dawes may BE- consider.
ably if not entirely covered. MIR. Cioyd
acknow Lodges the endorsement OF one note
for Hart TO the amount OF $4,000. Nothing
has beep asceriained With reference to the
whereabouts OF the forger.
Mr.. Il. Ii. Dowdy, a respected shoemaker
Of the city, and a good soldier in the late
war. died Yesterday at the age Of seventy
Two wears, This morning the funeral 81
Mrs. Hannah Giles took place from the
church OF the Holy Cross.
An assault was made yesterday on Colonel
A. S. Grigsby. Of Campbell, by man
named HeZ kiah Ford. Colonel Grigsby is
venerable gentleman, seventy years OF
age. while Ford is strong, young man.
The trouble grew out OF difference OF
opinion with respect to the proposed open
| ing OF the Silem pike.
Rumors are afloat here that the recent
death OF a Young married woman 10 this
CITY was due to severe castigation received
at the hands of her husband the night pre-
cediue her demise. 1t is stated. however,
that the coroner OF the city has declined to
hold an inquest. There is good deal OF
talk about The matter upon the streets.
| The house and lot on Main street formerly
occurred by Mr. Fayette Steptoe were sold
Yesterday for S2. 050 TO William Mclaughlin.
The Virginia Central Iron Company pro.
pose during the spring to put on a force OF
2, 900 hands to push their mining operations
now in progress land which have been Tor
several years. about Rlveryille, Greenway,
and Stapletou, few miles below the city.
This is only one OF several firms that are
operating about here largely, and mining
for shipments OF magnetic ores to the North.