The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-02-08

IMPROVEMENTS IN LExINGTON-COUNTY PRO
RgCrs AND PoPULATIoN-THE TIN-ORE EX
CITEAEST-TnE LATE EXC GOVERNOR LETCH
Kg.
Especial correspondence Of the Dispatch.l
LEXINGTON, February 8, 1884.
E0ckbridge county is now one OF the
&sremost counties in the State. Up TO a
few years ago il was isolated and compare
tSyeiy unknown, but now it is penetrated
by four railroads-the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad, the Baltimore and Ohio
Elilroad, the Richmond and Allegheny
pzjIroad, and the Shenandoah Valley rail-
nund- Lexington, ITS county-seat, with q
Fapulation within fraction less than three
Thousand souls, is improving more rapidly
than any town in the State, and 1t is safe
an predict that within the next decade its
population will be nearly five thousand.
ff5cre are no less than ten handsome pri-
zskc residences in process OF erection, and
rhs Town Council has already taken steps
towards extending the streets Of the town
and laying out new building lots.
A handsome hotel has been put under
.sautract, which will be an ornament TO the
town. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
.CsnpaAy has erected beautiful and at
uaetiye depot, which is model OF its
gisd-
PRODUCTS.
Al kinds OF grain are raised in this coun-
~, and the quality is fine. Every court
sdsy commission merchants from Baltimore,
Esnchburg, and Richmond are on hand,
and the competition is lively in the extreme.
According to the census OF 1880 Rock
bridge produced speaking approximately
10. eco bushels OF wheat, 100000 bushels
A hxxc1 .xtc - 49, Ana
bashels Of oats, $4,000 tons OF hay, $4,000
0x tobacco orchard products, $3S, 62G.
Thcse figures have been largely increased.
MINERAL LAND.
nockbridge Is rich In mineral products.
The discovery of tin-ore on Irish creek
hxx created great deal OF commotion, and
capitalists are flocking here from all parts
Al the country. The ore has been tested
az Professor Campbell, OF Washington aud
Lee University, and has been found TO con-
nun about GO per cent. OF pure tin. The
eAenaud0ah-V Valley railroad, In building
IL branch to that great natural curiosity
@csaotree Falls" will 20 through the tin
seaim.
LAND SALES.
Land Is In demand, and Is readily sold al
80 and $40 per acre, aud indeed in some
Ratsons Of the county II cannot be had At |
ANY price.
The great Iron and Steel. Works Asso-
esztion OF Virginia. at Goshen, Is a NAM |
moth establishment. 1t Is the Target estab- |
fkxhment OF the kind IN the country. and
fsogned and operated by British capital |
exclusively. The whole establishment i
nBder the control OF Mr.. w. ". Page. n |
Hkrxsinian, and q young man.
Wsckbridge has population OF 20,003--
nn5ts u twenty-one years and over white,
]. DOG; colorcd, 1,033-total, 4,344.
At ~ O'Clock yesterday general meet
asx Of the citizens OF the county was held
d The courthouse to pay their respects to
~ enc1iory OF Ex-Governor Letcher. Colo
vi .. G. Shields presided. and made some
Nprsprfate opening remarks. Colonel Ed
z1nd rendleton, on behalf OF the commit
~ appointed for the purpose, submitted
Omc resolutions on the life and character
( the deceased. Hon. j. u. Tucker spoke
and feelingly on BIS life, charac-