The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-07-27
ERsBURG.

ooxvpAcTs AWARDED - IMPROVED
BVihOD','sss PROSPECTS, PORTSMOUTH bhIiST
'S,,.r,oN-TuR OWNERSHIP OF BLAND
ASSN 'cnrscu-HEAvY DthAND FOR La
FVkp ,s-stglNeNrAL ORGANIZATION, &C.
Boh'"o nee Il The Richmond Dispatch.I
iC0'ieS'''N' JuLY 26 1881,
Williamson & Routh, whose large
Ne> f,,.,oyy. with machinery and stock,
teoa''eo.en,ly burned. have given out Tue
va ~ ,or me erection OF large and
contra, ,.,nyoved building on the same site,
mere ,nev hone 10 have finished by the
weEn 80 The fall. Mr.. J. {. Wool, whose
mlouW ,aring.mjll on the wharf was also
hiAv .,y burned, Is making arrangements
ItV, u,cl6 AZ once, with greater iacllltleS
70, WORK than heretofore. ,,.,.
io, '.,rcss has been better IN petersburg TINS
bun fnr many years b OK IN all the de-
!eMo,ts ~ trade, and our merchants are
pauiu''.;rc, larrc and profitable fall trade.
p7'O re be>i evidences Of prosperity Is the
one " is,,e uuildlng contracts that have
paul ;se9 ont. The freight traffic on our
been ~ bs. bcen unusually heavy through
railroads oa' o''
GU, ,n' portsmouih Baptist Association,
10y ,,races the churches throughout
W. -'.,,,,rc sec ion from the SesDoard 10 the
in> w" and thence to the AppomsttoX
hV'u'"i AN ,,ae, In annual session at WaVerly
TNtl'" ", mouth. These annual meetings
eHN - largely attended, and the sessions
h' w. '"" ,or tb,ee or tour days Since the
eou''u"tt ,be Association has lost three OF
la'' -, -. os'roo,inent members by removal TO
IL NV, sot1. Dr. Eaton hiss gone TO Louis
or OH ~. Thomas. Of Norfolk, has removed
.I"T pi.1mond. and Dr. Flippo, OF Suffolk, is
nrelcbing in Alexandra ,.,.u,
rho civ attorney has rs yet made but IT.
81. orcorsss in the matter OF determining
~. .o 'no.ner.h,p OF old BlSndf)ld church,
tu' tbe resolution some time ago passed
'no cannon Council. The church Is
.d - The prOpefty Of Bristol parish.
T",.il reouire the examination OF many
"a cord, before the opinion ~ the attor-
can pe rendered, and, unfortunately,
ro of The mos. valuable records, which
20 IN po,SeS,iOn OF the County Court OF
p,,.eo George, were destroyed during the
late war. should the church come INTO
sion Of TIE city il Is probable that 1t
l,;n he % rcpaired as 20 admit OF religions
ss,y;ceS being again held In it by all the de-
nominations. 10 Is Just now very much In
"ssd Of repairs for its actual preservation.
Nllbe mills 81 our city aren)w working
an ful time. ana the millerS are buying all
,be wheat that comes 10 market.
The number of lsbOrers who have been
..nt from this city and section to work upon
tbr railroad, IN other portions OF the state
and 10 do service in other States is 80 large
tba, rbeir absence - felt. On many OF The
trm> m the sdj9ceni counties there Is not
10 he found an ab.e.b0died colored man
and none but women and children are leil
rs iahOrer>. .
The Petersburg GrayS have been invited
g. i,ir IN ,b, formation Of the Fourth regI-
mon, ~ Virginia infantry. which it i pro-
nos.d 10 oreanizs in the Tidewater section,
bnt lbey are 80 far distant from The Other
compgGie> Of The command that 1t Is hardly
proh1blc they will accept the invitation.
Mr.. James NJ. Alley, aged >iX'y'elgb'
wears. @ mnch.respected citizen, died las
evening ROBIN ADAGR.