National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-15
VIRGINIA STATE NEWS.

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Labor in Richmond.
The public schools OF Petersburg will
close on the 2Sth and 3lst Of this month. 81.
The grand jury in Norfolk are again pro.
ceeding against the Dismal Swamp Lottery
Company in order to test the validity OF its
operations.
The widow Of Gen. j. T.. b. stuart Is
conducting tlourishing school for young
ladies at Staunton.
Strawberries are selling In the Norfolk
market at 10 cents q quart. The crop Is
very large and fine.
The historic Temple farm, near York
town, has been sold to Mr.. Criikshanks, OF
Boston, for $4,000.
The attempt to revive the Portsmouth
Water Company has proved TO be a dead
failure, os did the former effort.
Mr.. +. NJ. Wills, of Charlottesville, is the
Oldest druggistin continuous business IN the
state. He has been in business since 1916.
The Norfolk and Western railroad will
erect at once a new passenger depot In
Petersburg, which will be handsome build
ing.
| Prof. Chas s. Venable has been elected
| chairman OF the faculty Of the University of
Virginia, vice DIR. james Il. Harrison, re-
signed.
The trains on the Ocean View railroad
commenced running on May 10. The dis.
lance from Norfolk to Ocean View is only
seven miles.
| Danville has voted Sl50,000 to the At
lantic and Danville railroad, only ninety
| two votes being cast against the subserlp-
tion In the city.
| The Republican city convention NJ
4 pptprC bttrrr M NVnIpos1nt. To- 4
all the present incumbents, which gives
| general satisfaction.
| Mr.. George L. Cole, Of Fredericksburg,
has been appointed deputy revenue col
lector for the counties of SpotsylvanIa,
| stafford, and King George, vice Thomas w.
| Waller, resigned.
A new base ball organization is being or.
ganlzed in Norfolk, with good prospects of
success. The old association dlsbanded
last season after having made a most dts
astrous failure.
The revival in the city of Norfolk, result
| ing from the Moody and Sankey meetings,
| has added los members to the Methodist
| churches and about the same number TO
the Baptist churches.
Chief Justice Waite, after conference
| with Judge r. W. Hughes, has fixed upon the
| 25th Of May as the day for the trial OF the
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Exchange National Bank cases.
1t has been decided not to sell the Hygeia
| Hotel property at Old Point, and It will be
kept open under the management of Mr.. +.
| N. Pike, who was the private secretary of
the late Mr.. PhGbus for the last six years.
The shipment Of coal to Norfolk from
the Pocahontas mines over the Norfolk and
| Western railroad has commenced again, and
the fleet Of forty or more vessels that have
been waiting for coal will be loaded at once.
The city Of Portsmouth has been sued for
| 100000 by two colored ministers Of Baltl.
more under the civil rights act for brutal
and inhuman treatment on the ferry-boat
running between Norfolk and Portsmouth.
The Richmond institute for the education
| OF colored ministers will hereafter be known
| as the Richmond Theological Institute
| Rev. Charles III. Corey is the president. At
this time there are slXty-two students en-
| rolled.
The Farmer, Trucker and Commercial,
| published at Norfolk by l. n. G. Cole, has
been enlarged and greatly improved. 1t is
now well established, and is cordially sup
ported by the farmers of the tidewatcr sec
ton, and 1t deserves success.
OF the population of the city of Rich.
mond, 600 are colored. They have four
practicing physicians, one dentist, three
lawyers, and fifteen ministers in charge OF
churches. The value OF their church prop
erty amounts to about Sl50,000.
The truckers OF Norfolk county have
commenced shipping peas and Strawberries;
| the crop is fine, and the yield is abundant.
The fruit crops promise to be very large
| The shipments Of early cabbage, asparagus,
and kale have been large, but the prices
low.
Portsmouth is now without hotel since
the Ocean House closed, and with no pros
pect Of having one, as the advent OF the
Bourbon Democrats to power has practi-
cally closed the navy yard and killed all
business operations in and around Ports
mouth.
Many county treasurers who collected the
taxes from the people In money are now
endeavoring to pay the state In coupons,
thereby greatly crippling the finances Of
the state, AMI making 1t Impossible for the
state to pay the lawful demands upon her
TO her school teachers and others.
The National Compress Company of Nor
folk, OF which Gen. 4. ID. Groner is presl-
dent, have completed their powerful new
press, which cost about 100000, and can
give pressure Of 5000 tons to the bale,
enabling vessels loading them to carry
nearly one.half more cotton, aud greatly
reducing the cost of loading the cotton in
the steamers and ships. 1t is also having
the effect Of greatly increasing the receipts
and shipments Of cotton at Norfolk.
The Virginia Normal School and Col
legiate Institute at Petersburg, of which
Prof. John NJ. Langston is president is the
only institute of the kind In tie world,
with university, normal, and collegiate
features, that Is in the absolute control of
colored men, and by the law creating it
the faculty must remain so. The last Re-
publican legislature Of Virginia passed the
bill and appropriated the money to put 1t
into successful operation. And TO that
party all the credit is due.
Under Republican rule in Virginia the
state had taken the lead of all the southern
states In It's provision for the education Of
all Its people, white and colored. But the
last two years Of Bourbon rule has greatly
crippled all the schools, and the prospects
for the coming year are gloomy indeed
The school session now closing has been
the shortest for years. All over the state
the teachers arc unpaid and unable TO get
their money, on account of the misappro-
priation OF funds and the defalcatton of
Bourbon county officers.