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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-05-13
TRCCK-FARMING

has greatly increased in this county. aud is
carried on by the farmers on a much larger
scale than formerly. The pea crop Is look
ing we'll Owing TO the cool weather In
April early vegetables will not be on the
market as early As last season.
A building and loan association has
been recently established here, with &. ID.
Cake rs president.
General sherman, accompanied 10y the
Hon. Sackyille West. reviewed the inmates
Of the Soldiers Home yesterday, aud in
spected the Artillery School at Fortress
Monroe. He is expected TO remain some
time at the Fort. and will enjoy fishing. as
the season has opened, and am told he i
fond OF the sport.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-05-13

Entered at the Post-oiiice at Richmond. Va, as
second-class matter.l
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-05-13

The disturbances In Wu-Chang have been
repreesed. and thirty five leaders Of the up
irving hxYe been btheeded,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-05-13
OoO RDsTAN-BARK WANTED.

Ne viii contract for 100 CORDS CHEST
NIjT-OAK AND SPANfsH-OAk BARK, To b.
pealed this spring. Terms: Cash. For price, &e.,
mae Mills. or address 20.
A. ID. sHoTWELL & Co.
fe 1s-2m Manchester. Va.
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8itlmond 4ispatth,

Ca THE CIRCULATION OF THE DISPATCH
rs LARGER THAN THE COMBINED CIRcU-
LATioN OF ALL THE OTHER DAILY NEWS
PAPERS OF TIE CITY.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-05-13

MIsFIT sTORE-s7 for ALL-WO0L CASSI-
MERE SUIT guaranteed to be
worth sl2.
MIsFIT sTORE-Ss for PURE INDIGo.BLUE
FLANNEL SUIT guaranteed ia
be worth STA.
MIsFIT sTORE-s9.25 for BLACK CHEViOT
SUIT guaranteed to be worth
SIS.
MIsFIr sTORE-slO.5O for IMPORTED CHE
viOT SUIT, choice from four
teen patterns, guaranteed 10 be
worth SIS.
MIsFIT sTORF-sl9 for ENGLISH WORSTED
SUITS worth s25.
AusFIT sToRE-sle so Tor CHOICE DRESS
SUITS in MELTON CLOTHS,
CASsIMEREs, and WORST
Ed. ANY Of these SUITS are
well worth $50.
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with view to supplying them all with
regular preaching.

SECOND DAY.
Permission was granted 10 Lexington
church 10 prosecute call 10 the Rev. DR..
j. A. Hoyt before the Presbytery Of Nash.
vile.
The Rev. X. VI. futile, OF Central TexAs
Prcsbytery, received permission to supply
Union church until the next stated meet
ing.
The Rev. +. q. Railey, after the usual
examination, was received into this body,
and the call OF Mossy-Creek church placed
In his hands.
Mr.. William II. Miley, Of New-Provf-
dence church, and MIR. Robert +. Camp
bell, OF Lexington, son OF Professor
Campbell, were received under the care Of
the Presbytery rs candidates for the minis
try.
Mr.. George Buckle was licensed a. pro-
bationer for the Gospel ministry.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-05-13

are lively. Both parties parade the streets
nightly with fife and drum. and hold meet
ings in different portions OF the county
daily. The Straightouts and the Malone
ties have tickets in the field, both claiming
to be Simon-pure Republicans. The Demo-
Gratis have made no nominations. but win
support the Straightouts, as they have
placed several Democrats on their ticket
IL is thought that the Mahoneites are losing
strength, as some Of the leaders that sup
ported Libbey IN his congressional election
arc
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-05-13
.u,UE BOOKS OF THE HoUR-THE

BOOKS OF ALL TIMEs."-RusKIN.
We have the largest assortment in the southern
states of BOOKS, In all the departments OF lite
rn,ure. modern aud ancient, cheap and library
editions
Catalogues of NEW books mailed 10 any address,
j. w. RANDOLPH & ENGLISH.
my 6-d&w
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-05-13
ALL LINES OF TRADE,

and it is said that they all do Il good busi-
ness, which has been steadily on the in
crease ever since the completion OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio railway to this place.
There are seven churches, representing the
Baptist, Methodist, and Episcopal donomi-
nations, as follows: Four Baptist three OF
which are coloreD; two Methodist Zone OF
which is colored, and one Episcopal.
The Rev. j. J. Grayit is the pastor OF the
Episcopal church. II is an old historical
building, and was built in the year 1868.
Rev. +. X. Boston is the Baptist and Rev.
Mr. Mitchell the Methodist preacher. There
are
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-05-13
WORKING WITH THE sTRAIGHToOTs.

Among them is Rev. Robert l.. thornton
(colOred), who last summer displaced Rev.
Dawson, Of Williamsburg, as moderator
Of the colored Baptist state Conference
on account OF Dawson opposing the Ma
honeite candidate for congressman at large.
Thornton at that time was Mahoneite,
but since then has changed. The Norton
brothers are losing their influence with the
colored people, and are taking little or no
interest in the canvass.
The MasOns OF Newporfs News will or
ganize Masonic lodge next week. II will
be named the Brcmond Lodge, in honor OF
Mr.. VI. l.. Bremond, formerly OF Rich
mond, and now general agent OF the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railway Company at New
ports News.
Deputy Postmaster s. Il. Wood resigned
his office a few days ago on account OF his
being unable to cooperate with the Ma
hOneites.
The spring races Of the Peninsula Turf
Association have just ended. They were
well attended. ARANINTA.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-05-13

WOOL WANTED.-Iiayingo orders d.
w rect from factories. We are enabled To pay
"higbcsf cash market price for WOOL, delivered
10 any wharf or depot. Ia our store. l2O4 east
| cary street Remittances promptly made sacks
| md shippine-tags furnished free, torr.,p"hu-
| enre soIicited II. WALLFRSTEIN q son,
| IZO4 aast Cary street, near Twelfth.
PS-Parties having large lots Ia s''ll and by In
| forming ~ will call ON item.
| NV 2-dW FxSulm&wlm
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-05-13
wOoD AND COAL.


lust RECEIVED, fkEshLi -hiN N, Ed
81 RrsT ANTHRACITE COAL, In egg, stove,
and chestnut sizes. .,..,,,.
foREsT PM WOOD. sawed ana spnt'
WfsT VIRGINIA STEAM COAL; -,
IEIIIGH LUMP COAL, for founarie,., por "es'
Goals t,urchasers wanted. ;. y. LAihhOI.
M seventeenth street. at Ilraw-brose.
DEsT ANTHRACITE COAL IRON
from A. 6O 10 As rs per ton of 1000 POUNDS |,
PIKE woop, 90 20 $3.50; OAK. s2;gS: 49,. io csss,
aud SAN Ed and kINDLlNc Ht iow OWE c0 ossT
prices: all Kinds OF hNGlNE COAL ana sv SUI
COKE. Broad street opposite Theatre ana lSVo
east Cary street, or Telephone No. 49,, ,.cp
api3 ChAhLEs ~. w..
A LII KINDS OF
s.H. HAYES
.elt Eighteenth and Cary streets.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-05-13

CORN! SHUCKSl HAY!-I will pay
" highest market prices for CORN. HAY, and
sHUCks deliverable az railroad depots or on nasi-
fable streams Bags furnished free. and settlement
made by bill-lading weights. Correspondence So
lcited CHARLES J.. TODD,
southwest corner Twelfth aud Cary streets.
flo D-eOIl
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UOOL WANTED.
ap 22-dtJeISwiJel5
~
WANTED. WOOL.

W -. -,
Having an uaiimited order for WOOL. we VIII
pay the highest market price, delivered al any ic
Dot or wharf, thereby saving the shipper freight,
lrayage, and commission. Remittances by return
mail sacks furnished free. - -
A. X. ELLERSON A co,
an D. I'm 1870 ttrS sit't.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-05-13

Hampton, the comty-seat OF Elizabeth
City county, is on the Chesapeake and Ohio
railway, .eighty-twO miles from Richmond
and three miles from Fortress Monroe. II
is not Incorporated, but has population
OF 1000 people. nearly two thirds Of which
are blacks. The people are thrifty and en-
terprising, and are engaged either i'm truck
farming. merchandising, or following the
water. The County Court is held here on
the fourth and second Thursdays in each
month-llon. John Booker Judge. There
are are forty stores, representing
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-05-13
HAMPTON.

A VISIT TO AND SOME DESCRIPTION OF THIS
PENINSULA TOWN By "ARAMINTA TRUCK
FARMING AND INCREASE OF BUSINESS
P0LHlCS-MAH0NETTE REPUBLICANS GOING
OVER TO THE sTRAIGHToUTs--NEwP
NEWS AND OTHER ITEMS.
Especial Correspondence Of the Richmond Dis
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PETERSBURG.

DEATH OF AN OLD MERcnANT-PERsoSAL AND
OTHER AATTERs-MsPECTiNG ToBAcco-FAc-
foRiEs-RAvAGEs or THE TOBAcCo-FLy--
PkrERsBURG's ANCIENT CANNON, &C.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-05-13

And now what are the lessons that these
freollent deaths in our ranks teach uss
In the last twelve years what a long, sad
list we have here In this ball placed on the
black roll OF death
How many funeral dirges have been
heardi How many new-made graves OF
our brethren the survivors have covered
with flowers!
THE question Is, Who shall be the next
N iall into the procession OF the deadf
Let these scenes at least teach US this les
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-05-13
MIsFir STORE

WE WANT YOU TO LOOK AT OUR
$3.50
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-03
The ''MOOnshine District"

The moonshining or ''blockading, :"
as it is called in the South. e., ''run-
ming the blockade to market, of the
Revenue Bureau, is in the main con-
fined to the mountain country of
Georgia, Tennessee and the 'Carolinas.
The Floridian may, and does some
times, make ''run'' of rum from the
''skimmings' of the juice OF the sugar
cane, but this is very infrequcnt. The
Blue Ridge Mountains of Georgia, with
their unnumbered spurs and ridges. and
the wooded SUBMITS of the Southern
Alleghanies in Western North Carolina,
the ''Land of the Sky" described in the
charming story of ''Christian Reid" is
the land of the moonshiner. Why the
people of mountain countries should be
the steady and implacable enemies of
the Excise laws has perhaps not baen
explained, but the fact is undeniable
The mountaineres of Western Pennsyl-
vania inaugurated the whisky rebellio n
of 1898, which led Mr.. Jefferson to make
that denunciation of the system as Sin
fernal, which has been the text for so
much oratory in the National Legisla-
ture. No doubt the trouble is in the
difficulty and expense of transportation
of the crops of corn and grain over
roads almost impossible. The mount
ain roads and streams, however pictur-
esqe, are eXasperating to man and
beast, and sure destruction to wheel
carriages. A ford on Tiger Greek,
Rabun County, Georgia, bears and
merits the expressive name: Smash
Vaughn" But the same designation is
descriptive of almost every ford where
the mountain torrent is ventured by the
hardy teamster. It'll common saying
in North Georgia: at is worth two
loads of corn to haul one load to
market, " The price of bushel of
corn is sixty cents, of gallon of corn
whisky two dollars, and three gallons
of whisky can, by the illicit process, be
distilled from one bushel of corn, and
transported with as little cost Similar
conditions existed in Pennsylvania in
1893, and the hostility to the tax under
these circumstances produced so violent
an inflammation that we find recited in
the memoirs of John Quincy Adams.
our Minister to Holland at that time, a
conversation with Pichegru, General
in-Chief of the French army there, and
the interesting topic seems to have been
the same whisky trouble. atlanta Con-
Of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-03
A Peculiar Tale.

James McCroy's reasons for robbing
a man known as the Doctor" at q
saloon on the Lebanon Pike near the
corporation line, Wednesday, were
pronounced by Sergeant McAllister, to
whom they were related by the pris-
oner, ''as being open to criticism, to say
the least"
McCroy is an old offender and when
Officer Fletcher brought him in yester-
day he insisted on making statement
of his case, declaring that the thing
would be so clear to the officer that he
would discharge him without further
ado. He went on to say that he made
it his business when he saw drunken
man, likely to be the victim of some
evily-disposed tramp, tosuccor him and
ease him as much as he could, as he
knew how it was himself. Officer
Fletcher smiled and Sergeant McAllis-
ter looked askance at the prisoner as he
dilated upon his philanthropical ten
denotes.
well" continued the relator, ''you
may laugh, but 1 found this man sit
ting in the saloon, and he was all gone
to pieces. | built him up, but he
wouldn't stand, 50 [ made bed of my
coat in the back room and laid him
gently upon it. He was so grateful for
my kindness he put his hand in his
pocket, he did, and said to me: Jim,
pay yourself, and keep the rest for me
till I feel better / did as he wanted
me, and got out of the back window to
make short cut home. Some men
around the saloon got up story about
my robbing the doctor, and when 1
went into the back window to get my
coat Officer Fletcher told me how the
man was scandalizing me, so 1 thought
I'd come down and explain the mat
ter to you, sergeant, and have it
stopped"
''Lock him up was the sergeant's
short and sententious reply.-Ndshville
american.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-03
A Desperate Pledge.

Men who have so weakened their
will by indulgence in drink that they
can not be certain of their own promises
might do worse than to call in the aid
of their wives to siren then their feeble
resolution. We find noted in foreign
journal an instance in which woman
of Pesth, Hungary, has endeavored to
exercise more than "lOcal CONTROL
over her worser half in the matter of
his drinking habits. In a newspaper of
that city there recently appeared an
advertisement which excites our COM
mendation as well as our wonder.
1t bears the heading: "This is printed
to please my wife," and goes on thus:
81 the undersigned, declare that in
future | will never set foot in a cafe,
wine shop, or beer house, and l beg my
friends or acquaintance never to invite
me to frequent these places of perdition.
In token of my good faith and earnest
resolution" continues the advertiser,
II authorize any one who may meet
with me in any of the establishments
alluded to to claim fine of fifty tlorins,
which shall be handed over to some
charitable institution"
The advertisement is duly signed by
the husband, who evidently is not want
ing in certain sort of courage. He is
ready to run the risk of being derided
as a henpecked husband rather than the
peril of falling into the drunkard's folly
again. The mans appeal to his COM
rades not to entice him to wrong-do-
ing, and his declaration that self-im-
posed fine is to be eXacted for every
backward slip, have deep pathos
which almos tevery one will appreciate.
And we heartily wish that the waver-
ing purpose of the repentant drunkard
could be more frequently confirmed by
the vicarious substitution of woman's
strength of will Union Signal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-03
The Inventor.


at Is all very well to talk about
working for the heathen,'' said one, as
the ladies put up their sewing, "but I'd
like to have some one tell me what |
am to do with my husband" '.What
is the matter with him?' asked sym
pathetic old lady. civilian is good
man. continued the first, waving her
glasses in an argumentative way, "but
William will invent. He goes invent
ing round from morning till night, and
l have no peace or comfort. | didn't
object when he invented fire escape,
butt did demonstrate when he wanted
me to crawl out of the window one
night last winter to see how it worked.
Then he originated a lock for the
door that wouldn't open from mid
night until morning, so as to keep the
burglars out The first time he tried
it he caught his coat tail in it, and 1
had to walk around him with pan Of
hot Goals all night to keep him from
freezing" "Why didn't he take his
coat Off" 81 wanted him to, but he
stood around till the thing opened it
self, trying to invent some way of I'M
fastening it. That's William trouble.
He will invent. A little while ago he
got up cabinet bedstead that would
shut and open without handling. 1t
went by clockwork. William got into
it and up it went Bless your heart he
stayed in there from Saturday afternoon
until Sunday night, when it flew open
nd disclosed William with the plans
notifications of a patent wash
y, sTya Ist, spehd uld tip over just when it
hen. Me result was that l lost
"a az = "a IN, 9ae w ID hreastpin down the
waste pipe. Then he got up crutch
for man that could also be used for an
opera-glass. Whenever the man leaned
on it up Invent, and when he put it to his
eye to find William, it flew out into q
crutch and almost broke the top of his
head off. Once he invented rope lad
der to be worn as a guard chain and
heightened out with a spring. He put
it around his neck, but the spring got
loose and turned it into ladder and
almost choked him to death. Then he
invented a patent boot-heel to crack
nuts with, but he mashed his thumb
with it and gave it up. Why he has q
washtub full of inventions. One of
them is prayer book that always opens
at the right place. We tried it one
morning at church, but the wheels and
springs made such a noise that the sex
ton took William by the collar and told
him to leave his fire engines at home
when he came to worship. The other
day saw him going up the street with
model of a grain elevator sticking out
of his hip pocket, and he is fixing up
an improved shot tower in our bed
room. "-ETeha1qe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-03
Suspicious Wolves.


1t is fortunate for the traveller that
the wolf is one of the most suspicious
animals in existence, in connection with
any object with which its eyes. nose, or
ears are unaccustomed. A stick plant
ed in the earth with some tlutterihe
piece of linen tied to it is often sufficient
to preserve the carcass of slain buff
falo or deer for the hunter. When a
Siberian finds his sleigh pursued by
wolves he very frequently fastens a
coat or some spare garment to piece
of string, and tows it behind. So sus-
picious are the wolves of this novel
object that this is often sufficient 10
keep them from advancing ahead.
When trapped the sensation of confine-
ment seems to deprive this ravenous
animal of its native vigor and energy.
and it has been known passively to
allow itself to be dragged from the trap
to meet its fate. - Chambers Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-03
American Yandals.

An outrageous act of vandalism is re-
ported from Warwick The castle
there on the banks of the Avon
is one of the sights of the king
dom alike from its historical
associations, the beauty of the
scenery, and the rare collection of an
tique and valuable curiosities which
are contained within its walls. 1t is
open to the public under certain reason
able restrictions, and the privilege thus
accorded is largely taken advantage of
by visitors from all parts of the civ
iilized world, who gratefully embrace
the opportunity of seeing the beauties
nj the neighborhood and the treasures
in the buildings and grounds. One of
the principle sights of the castle after
the far-famed Warwick vase, which
stands in a pavilion in the grounds. is a
unique table set with precious stones,
which is valued at some thousands of
pounds. This interesting and magnifi-
cent article has Just been found to be
considerably Clipped and the frag-
ments carried off by some marauding
modern Goths. During the absence of
the attendant and Immediately before
the discovery party of Americans
had obtained access to the interior of
the castle and the outrage is attributed
to them. Need we wonder, when acts
of this kind are possible, that the gates
and doors of many places throughout
the country which are well worth see
ing are closed against the public p
English Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-03
How Alcohol Affects the Heart.

DIR. N. B. Richardson, of London, the
noted physician, says he was recently
able to convey a considerable amount
of conviction to an intelligent scholar
by simple experiment The scholar
was singing the praises of the Ruddy
Bumper" and saying he could not get
through the day without it, when DR..
Richardson said to him:
VIII you be good enough to feel my
pulse as I'stand here?''
He did so. l said: Count it care
fully! what does it say?"
"Your pulse says seyenty-four." /
then sat down in chair and asked him
to count it again. He did so, and said:
'Your pulse has gone down to seventy"
then laid down on the lounge and
said: "Will you take it again?''
He replied: "Why, it is only sixty
four; what an extraordinary thingr'.-
L then said: 'When you lie down at
night that is the way nature gives your
heart rest. You know nothing about it,
but that beating organ is resting to that
extent; and if you reckon it up it is a
great deal of rest, because in lying down
the heart is doing ten strokes less a
minute Multiply that by sixty, and it
IS six hundred; multiply it by eight
hours, and within fraction it is five
thousand strokes different; and as the
heart is throwing six ounces of blood at
every stroke it makes. difference of
thirty thousand ounces of lifting during
the night. When 1 lie down at night
without any alcohol, that is the rest my
heart gets. But when you take your
wine or grog, you do not allow that rest,
for the influence of alcohol is to increase
the number of strokes, and instead of
getting this rest, you put on something
like fifteen thousand extra strokes, and
the result is you rise up very seedy and
unfit for the next days work until you
have taken little more of the 'ruddy
bumper, which you say is the soul of
man below" His friend acknowledged
that this was perfectly true. He began
to reckon up those figures, and found
what it meant, lifting up an ounce SO
many thousand times, and the result
was, he became total abstainer, with
every benefit to his health, and, as he
admits, to his happiness. l would like
those who take stimulants to give them
rest, just to take the opposite side of the
question into consideration, and see how
the two positions fit together. -NGtiona!
VteU.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-03
How Diamonds are Cut.

"There are three processes necessary
to be gone through with between the
rough stone and the diamond as YOU
see it here" replied the jeweler.
First piece of stone the required size
must be cut off. To do this we use a cir
cular saw made of sheet iron and with
out teeth. 1t is worked like a wood,
workers saw, and two men stand ii
the treadle. One man holds the stone
to be cut tightly against the edge of the
saw, while the other, using a small
leather dipped in oil, applies diamond
dust to the edge of the saw The saw
is made of very ductile metal, and the
particles of diamond dust becoming
firmly set in it soon wears through the
hardest stone. Now the piece of dia-
mond passes to the cutting table,. upon
which is strapped wheel running par
allel to the top of the table. The stone
is fastened by cement to the end of a
stick six inches long. The lapidary
takes the stick in his right hand and
holds the stone firmly against the wheel
until one facet is ground down. Dia-
mond dust and water are constantly APP
piled to the wheel. The table and up
per facets of the stone are cut this way
and the stone is then removed from and
readjusted to the stick before the lapi-
Diary cuts the under sides, callets and
remaining facets. The stone is manip-
ulated the same in the third or polish
ing process as in the cutting process.
The wheel, however, is composed
mainly of tin, and tripoli and rotten
stone are used in the polishing process.
--Cereld9d Herald.