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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-05

James F. Sheridan, th- new starter Mt the
Saratoga Tsce-cJurse, receives so day for
his services.
Mrs. Carnegie made a fine collection Of pho
tographc views during The coaching tour
from London TO Cluny Castle.
Mrs. John 4. Logan is having a portrait
bust Of herself made by Mr.. Fl9nncrY, the
sculptor who made buGt OF her husband.
Senator Ransom and his son resemble each
other in appearance 50 closely that 1t is not
easy 10 distinguish one from the other at a
distance.
jay Gould. who has not, bad fsbing-rod IN
his band since boyh0Od, viii soon leave sara
tosa for piscstorIsi expedition in the Adj
rOudscks, and later in the Cstskils.
Mrs. Ann Hardin, the frat woman married
IN Texas after It's annexation TO tie United
states, has Just died near Hillsboro,' I'm that
STATE, at tho age o. eighty years. She was
first cousin TO Governor Rector, Of Arkansas.
as we'll a. OF Jefferson DAVIS. and was known
al over The Slate rs "Grandma" Hardin.
The late Thomas Carney was the second
Governor OF the state Of Kansas, and the
first to die. There have been ten IN NIL. MI
Carney took Office in January, 1868, when
the credit OF TIE NtSlc "ds Iulhcu auu ~
bonds were scarcely worth twenty i've cents
on the dollar. lie vt once pledged bis own
vast wealth to the States credit, aud tl0ated
bonds almost al par.
Judge Bentley. whom the California Re
pubhcana have nominated for Chief Justice
OF the State Supreme Court. is IN Ohioan
aud graduate OF the University Of Virgil
mia, who went to the Pacific coast in 1853.
lie is al able lawyer, and served on the Dis
trict and supreme Bench Of Nevada for
many years. Ills record for ability and hon.
Csty is uuimpeachable.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-05

ltahla'a Ontilnrst.

GEORGE W. CABLE seems determined 70
sound the depths o, apostacy. Ever since
he turned his back upon the South bis bitter
ness against the whites Of this section bas
been increasing. In an article in the Forum
urging the negroes to vote he adds actual
crime 10 bloody-shlrti.m and Siiiiicaticn OF
the South, aud among other thiugs says:
"Three hundred thousapd white men
poured out their blood 10 keep you lthe ne
gfOesl bound other three hundred thou
sand died % set you free, aud stu The iull
measure OF American freedom isnot yours"
NO one knows better than GEORGE W.
CABLE that the South did not dght for the per-
pelualion Of the institution OF slavery. Ho
ought 70 know, also, that II three hundred
thousand Federal soldiers died TO set tue
negroes free the conduct oi the war on the
part OF the North was the most gigantic
irsud Of modern times. The claim OF the
North was that she fought for the preseTTa-
ton OF the Union. The slaves were enamel
paied as wsr measure and ia violation oft
oaihs and the consciences OF some OF the msn
who were most prominent Infringing about
their emancipation. However. one OF CABLES
statements 70 correct. The tat measure OF
American freedom I, not the noSro's seeing
that after his emancipation be was bonnd
body and soL to the Republican car. Tbs
Is true a. well in respect OF the negro ai tae
North as ia respect OF the negro At the South.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-05
Art Notes.

VI, Antokolski, the Russian sculptor, has
been elected ny the Academic DIES Beauy
Arts Honorary Foreign Associate in The
place Of the late Louis Gsllst.
The Indianapolis Soldiers and Sailors
Monument il 30 be erected after designs by
famous Berlin architect, Bruno SchmiH,
who was chosen ont % seventy competitors.
The shaft will be 26j feet high. Win a statue
Of Victory twenty-five feet high.
The existence Of a new art industry has
been discovered IN PARIS. This consists OF a
factory OF tRtttrcd historical Gags which
have braSed the battle aud the breeze; tho
emhroideries, faded eolOfs, and paintings
being ali mAryelOusly reproduced.
The RoyAl Society Of Painters in Water.
Colors have elected Miss E1hh HSrlineau
and hessrs. Waiter Game, Melville, and
Emslie A. assocttcs. Dir. Crane resigned
bis. position At the Royal Institute, as b's
principals would not permit blm 10 remain a
member oil corporate body"
The directors OF the Ecole dies Beaux
Arts, Paris, have decided that 20 student
who does not speak French shall be admitted
TO the school. Thus IL beh0Ovcs American
students who do not wish to he excluded
from the privileges OF the BeauX Arts TO
learn French before starting for Paris.
The alleged discovery OF masterpiece by
Memhng in New Orleans bss excited great
interest In that city. The work, which rep
resents the FligeliatioH Of Christ, rs painted
on panel, and was discovered under another
painting that was glued tO Il. 1t is ssid to
have been taken TO America by French
officer, who knew Of its having been stolen
from the collection Of the King OF the Meth
erlands.
RskemOnos, or hanging pictures. are one
OF the most nterestIbs products oil japanese
art. They correspond ss nearly as possible
TO the framed pictues with which we deco
rate the wslls OF our houses. they are not,
however, permtnent deoo7aiioTs-thst Is TO
say, they vary according 10 the tinie OF year.
In the winter, for instance, vister scenes are
unrolled, while brilliant representations OF
flowers and birds are set apart fer the sum
nier.
The Museum 1T Athens has just acquired
q magnificent bss.relief from EieUsis, one
metre la9out 393 ipcbeO high and 80 cent?
metres Wide, which had been hidden by
peasant. The scene represents group of
Demeier. Pegsephone. and Trlptolomus, and
is an exact copy, made IN the fith century
before Christ, OF the fine yctiye relief dis
covered BY LeuermeDt IN the same place,
aud belonging u the same aae.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-05
"our Barbarous Funeral Customs.

"Our Barbarous Funeral Customs"
Under this heading Rev. JOHN SNYDER has
IN the Forum Tor August an article which is
very severe upon these customs. II Is NOT
that be advocates cremation or proposes any
thing new as TO tho disposition OF the body.
lie simply objects to the gloom and 10 the
paraphernalia OF woe which it seems to be
the eudeayor OF the undertaken OF the pres
ent Slay 10 cast around funeral lie objects
10 tho "unlovely brood OF barbarous
,urviyas which surround the pre-
vaitng metbod." Of dlsposlng OF the
dead. He declares that this brood
j. surely the most pernicious and indefen-
pbleD lie AYERS that our funeral customs
are "inconsistent with good taste, intelli-
gent morality, and q spiritual religion"
Obat IS, We make too much OF the body
after the spirit has left IT'D that Christian
burial seems TO represent "nOt the sweet
aud trustful confidence OF an ancestral faith
bu, the gloom and chill Of an inherited de-
spair."
The reverend gentleman ridicules the Gus
tom OF wearing black HAnLETs "eustom-
cry" suit. lie cannot stand grsdes OF
mourning. second mourning Ae considers
entirely wrong. The unnecessary expense
20 which fue funerals aud fno mourning
dresses subject poor people is wrong that
f. done them by the rich, who never pause
20 reflect that what costs them nothing wor-
thy OF thought costs many poor man half
syear's wages, Sc, &c, Sc.
Mr. SNYDER's article Is worthy OF pcrusaL
il can do no harm TO ponder such matters.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-05
An ImnOrfant Blll.

We believe It has been heretofore stated In
fhe Dispatch that In July Mr.. DANIEL intro
duced into the Senate bill authorizing the
President OF the United States to appoint =
board 10 report the I've best Obtainable sites
IN the United States for the fabrication OF
guns and srmor plate, and for other pGr'
poses, which bill was read twice and referred
60 the Committee on Naval Affairs.
This may prove TO DO an important blu to
This State. The board is 70 inquire into aud
report the Eve best and obinuable sites In
the United states for the fabrication OF guns
and armor plate aud other material Of iron
or steel for the use OF the navy OF the United
States; one at some point Ia the Middle or
Eastern States for the north Atlantic coast (;
one In Virginia for NE south Atlantic coast
and Hampton Roads; one ia Alabama or
other adjacent State for the Cult coast; one
OF some suitable location for the Lsko States,
and one ri some suitable location for the Pa
cilc coast.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-05

Hot weather Esoamgsrs the Ripen.
fprGralu.r

A s.. Paul (Minn.) special saws: At no
season OF the year are the wheat.iicids Of the
Northwest watched with 20 much solicltude
~ ut the present, and the true value Of a
thoroughly relilb!e report Of the condition
Of the spring-wheat crop can oniy be real
fed by those who are constantly reading
conflicting statements often sent out by per-
SOFAS whose Interest cannot allow the publ
cation Of an unbiased crop report. Tue
following n compiled with great care and
by personal observation OF the best gram
men IN the sections mentioned. Reports
from the line OF the 81. Pau, Minneapolis
and Manitoba railway show IS stations with
prospects the same rs last season, 81 report
ing prospects better, and 80 reporting from
IS 10 40 per cent. less than last season.
The weather the last week has been very
hot aud has caused some blight. The
rust reported tie last two weeks
is still on the leaves. and hiss not
apparently damaged the crop. The damage
from not weather ana rust II mostly In the
late-sOwn whe,t, and occurred last week.
Very heavy rains bsyc failen on the Fergus
Falls aud BFeckinridge divisions. aud more or
less wbeat is lodged, which NAV result IN
quite serious damage. ArmY-worms have
appeared Al Fishers LandiVg, IN Minnesota.
and Hillsboro' aud Kindred, Dakota, and
are doing some damage. As near - can be
learned not more than an average crop can
be expected from this line.
Reports from the line Of the Northern Pa
cidc sre not as favorable rs last week. The
weather hss been too hot, aud that, with the
rust, has caused blight. 20 what extent
wheat has been damaged from this cause can
not be determined at present. There bave
been frequent rains the last week, followed
By hot weather, which has bad dsmsgiag
effect. The crop is not far enough advanced
along this line to be damaged a. much by
beat as further south, where II Is more ma
tured. Wheat Is blighted 10 some exteut,
however. The amount OF damage cannot be
ascertaiDed Until later. The general express
sion along this line Is that an average crop
can be expected.
From stations In the James River Valley,
on the Milwaukee railway, reports come that
the weather the past week has been very un-
favorable for growing wheat. Ii has been
bot, with hot Winds extending all along this
valley. and wheat has been damage what
extent Is not definitely stated. IL has riperRd
too fast, not having bad chance 10 lii pro-
perly, and will yield hess than was expected
one week ago. some conservative reports
estimate the damage done the last week 81
from 10 TO % per cent, hut no doubt it Il
somewh hat early 10 estimate the amount VI
damage from blight
Ten stations on the WiHona and 81. Peter
division OF tho thxestern railway ~
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-05
THE RICHMOND DIsPATCH-SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 1888

Richmond. who "a one Of our best dancers
and popular beanx, led, with Miss tarris, OF
Lewi.burg, W. Va. The merry party danced
untlf1 O'Clock, or. in other words, uniil lhey
could hold out no longer,
Mrs. Craddock and Mcbride rave = large
progressiye-euchre party last night, and qulte
number OF prizes were given. Among the
BOBBY prizes handsome biackng-orusn'
orramented with ribbons, was presented 10
A Young Richmond doctor. Although IDS
prize was not typically sentimental, 1t 10 not
by any means useless OF place Ike this.
We are oil looking forward with pleasure
to the arrival OF Adams Minstrel Troupe,
which will perform at our Theatre next
week.
This afternoon our grand tournament con-
test will come OF. aud to-nlgbfs coronation
ball will decide toe disputed question as 10
who is the belle OF the springs.
Among the recent arrivals from Richmond
7 notice Mr.. George sch0n, vile, ana
daughter, MR.. 4. II. Rahm, Miss MsrF
Rahm. Mr. Frank Rahm, SIR. John c. sha'
Ter. Jr.. Srs. DR.. w. +. Hatcher, Miss owe
l.. Hatcher, Miss LIZZIE lIatcheS Miss Edith
Hatcher, and Miss Judith Carrington.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-05

port need OF rain; the balance seem 70 hare
had plenty The weather The lest week bss
been very uufsyofable, the great beat causing
more or hess blight Ell along the line. A frea.
many complain OF heavy dew al night. with
hot sun coming out in the morning.
causing rust and blight. Ten stations re-
port prospects ag good as one year ag0;
three think they are better, The balance 81
ihe line report irom 10 b. - per cent. less
Than an average crop. The lass>Week hss
been favorable for chincb.bugs, and some
damage Is reported from thi. cause.
On the Chicago. -. Paul. Minneapolis aod
Omaha road the weather lsst week has been
very Uo.pvoFs5e. TIE beat and rust have
badly bhghted wheat, and with a few ex.
captions prOpecis are not ~ good ~ LAT sea.
SOP. The sieli promises small sud 50 In.
feltor grade on account % being shrunken.
From The IIastiugs and Dakora division OF
The Milwaukee railway east Of Silbank, tho
reports are fsgOrablc. The weather hss been
hot, bus there are no c0mplainis ~ damage.
Ibe,general opinion along thIs linsis that an
average crop can be cXp, cted. Tho wheat il
now "in The dough-" aud harvest Will begin
10 few days.
On the southern Ninnesoia division
81 the Milwaukee railway three sta
tons report want o. rain. The balance
81 The line has enough six sia-
tiOps report two thirds % a crop, tnl
expect hlli.cr0p. and one ono quarter oi
crop. Three report the crop above an ave-
rage, and the balance 81 TIE lire cXDerf ag
average. or about the same ~ lasi sffson.
The weather me last week hjs been veg U.-
favorable, the heat causing blight m glaat
many places. II also caused the Hbsa' /.
npcn too fast Chlnch-bugs are doing c.r.
siderable damage IN Fsrhaut aud bas
Eartu counties. Harvest viii begin gr..-
rally this week.
Governor McGnl has within The pls' 's.
days received notice from different 81
IN the Northwest OF The Appearance ir
numbers OK tlc aTmY-wOrm in the
fields. Tho farmers have become alT
and have written from various srcf'olt ....
ing that something be done b prevent
rsyages % this new euemy. on Iu..
evening the Governor dispatched Pr.i...r
Luggcr, the state cntomoiogisf, t0 lieau...
ia Ottertaii county. to investigate tae..
lion there, complaints hagus I.a
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lessor Lugger 70 continue his
tons in other sections. especially .f
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Hubbard county. lie today rec.
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saws: 4" The cut.worms doing .Ir
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army-worms have hrr. uH- ..fH. I...r..t
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-05
Confederate Veterans picnic.

Especial telegram 10 the Dspa-ehl
CHARLOTTE. y. c., August LARRY this
morning hundreds ~ Confederate veterans
with their wives, daughters. and sons began
nocking INFO town. Tie streets were soon
crowded. This day was selected as the day for
the first pc-uic Of Confederate veterans o.
this and adjoining counties. When the band
serted down Trvon street from lniepen-
dent Square fully ore thousand Old veto
faus fell into line and marched 10 the mu-
sic. The march was continued 70 The
erlded-.choo grounds, where, sitter SONS
time was spent m social conversation, orOcr
Nas called for sud the committee apuolOted
at the organization IN May made report on
bylaws. DC, which Was adopted. speeches
were made by General K. Barlngcr and
Others, after which ail repaired 10 the tables,
where good things M abundance were spread,
aud all eniogcd q soldiers picnic. Every
thing passed OF quietly, aad tue veterans
returned home happy.
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-05

A Cannory-rcr.ona, Notes, &c

Correspondence Of the Richmond Dspatch.l
CusrLoTTrsyIiIE. W, August (, 1S9S.
The citlZens ~ Charlottesville are taking
very mach nc present about fruit and Nege.
! table cannery, ana it j. expected that by iill
one or more will certainly be started. Par
tice from Baltimore and other places have
/ been here prospecting for this purpose, ana
several Of our citizens have been looking
/ into the matter and are ready O. invest their
money in such an enterprise. A good can
merry IS very much needed here. aud viii pay
anY CHe well who viii 20 into ihis enter
Prise. The farmers around charlottesville
| have m4uv acres of rich land now Idle that
| they would Doe glad 90 plant IN fruit and
vegetables IL tIcy only bad some place Ia
/ Giso0.p ~ item at even smll Profit
our physicians report 4 great deal OF sick
! moss IN the ciiy. Much ~ It is OF mild
/ form, though there are several cases of a
/ yerv serious character.
For several days vast one or more coaches,
| containing ircm fly 10 one hundred and
/ 1iiy fmigTanis, lale passed through here
each day over the Chesapeake and Ohio road
| gong West.
Th- scholsrs Of the Mt. Paran Sunday
school, this county, hold their snnual cele-
| braiion 1t that church to-day, beginning "a
| 10 O'Clock A. d. Addresses were made hy
! Mes,rs. John :. Chapman md y. j.. Early.
Hon. Jame> J.. Gordon returned to fhe
CITY Yesterday from ~fauDtOn. While there
Mr.. Gordon made An eloquent speech before
one Of the stanton Democratic clubs.
Miss Laura Allen, OF Washington, IS
spending tue summer with the family oi Mr.
v. X. Kent at Sorih Garden, this county
Miss Julia Mann, 81 Danyille, is visiting
relatives n The county.
Professor -. r.. Ynwter and daughter, OF
the Miller school, and Mrs. J. a. thanior
and sister. OF Castle Hill, were upon our
sucets YESTERDAY.
Mir. j. {. Patterson and Others returned 90
the city Yesterday from Gordonsyillc. where
they bad been Attending the Christian
Church Convention which was held there
August 1st-3d.
The first cranes Of the season are begin
ming 10 come into the Charlottesville market.
Tuey are very line aud bung-lYcsG Snt and
Champions ten cents per pound.
Rev. II. n. Hope, oi The Methodist
church, and Mr.. John ". Perey and wife
left on August "a Tor a short yisit to friends
IN Norfolk aud Old Point.
Professor william 81. Thornton, OF the
University OF Virginia, recently delivered a
fine lecture before the Normal Institute at
Alexandria.
Sir. L. p. Gouldman leaves to-day Tor
Custer City, Dak., where be will engage IN
business.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-05
Romantic Career or President Dia4

The career OF General POrirIo Diaz, re-
Gently reelected President OF Mexico, like
that OF all Mexican leaders, Is full Of romantic
adventure. lie was born in the rich State Of
OsXaca, which was also the birthplace OF
JuareZ, Meiia. Romero. Aarscal, and others
famed in politics and literature. Don Por-
iiriO's parents designed him for the law and
sent him TO the COlegio Carolina, IN Puebla.
which celebrated institution has graduated
many OF Mexico's most eminent men. But
Diaz at the age OF twenty-i0nr ENLISTED as a
private In the National Guard against the gov
erBment OF Saata Anna. Again, in the So
called war OF reiorm--in 1855 and 1S6l-he
won more substantial honors than the straps
Of an officer, and when his country was con-
yulsed by the French invasion Of 1869 Diaz,
then general, took prominent part in the
struggle. Once during those wars, when a
prisoner ut Puebla, he escaped by letting
himself down from the tower in which he
was confined by means Of a rope splced out
with his clothing. Another OF bis numerous
hair.breadth escapes was during the bloody
struggle by which be made himself President
for the first time. Having captured Msta-
moras by daring strategy, be was seized on
shipbsard by the Lerdisis, and saved himself
only by leaping into the ses. assisted by the
connivance OF French captain, whom he
aftervafd made consul ct IS. Nazaire.
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ROCKBIsEDO az.
immigration - Railroad Matters -
Wafer auDpIy.

Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispsichl
LExINGroN, August 3, 1893.
The fir-t annual meeting Of the Jamcs-
River Valley Immigration Society will he
held at the Natural Bridge on The Sth Of All
gust, 1888 special train viii leave Rich
mond on the Richmond and Allegheny rail-
road AZ 1910 A. ~. on the Ith instant reach
ing the Bridge that evening al O'Clock. The
present officers % the society ere Randolph
llgrison, Of Cumberland. president, and DO
seph Il. Anderson, Jr., OF Goochland, secre-
tary.
The society will be I'm session probably
several days. All the counties composing
the Jsmes-River Valley will be duly repre-.
scnted aud the exercises promise to be very
Interesting.
The Board Of Supervisors OF this county
st their meeting held July %, 1898, ap-
pointed c0mmtee consisting Of SuDeGyi-
sor A. r. Barclsy and COmmonW ealths-At-
torney u. l.. Moore 10 arrange and sgree
with the Valley Railroad Company and toe
Virguis Western Railroad CompanY for
the construction OF the latter road 90 Lex
ineton. Va, said improvements 10 be COM
nlenced sud completed within three years
aud bonds OF tbs county 10 the amount OF
Sl0S. 600 10 be ISSUED aud delivered upon the
completion Of the road 10 Lexington. Tbis
committee was directed 10 make report TO
he board At a future meeting, and upon the
coming in OF that reuOrt decisive action one
way or the other will probably he taxed.
Public sentiment Is largely in favor OF the
Virginia Western railroad making this poiat
us northern terminus, and there IS no
formidable opposition 10 the delivery OF the
bonds 10 that corporation il 1t eau be done
legally aud without subiectng the county
to any litigation.
The voters Of the town OF Lexington
having voted the additional appropriation OF
eis,000 to increase and enlarge their water
supply work Is now going on In that di-
Tcction and viii lie pushed forward rapidly
10 completely. The wster will come from
what is known - " Corners Spring" about
four miles from the town. IL IS pure. clear,
aud sparkling. II the quantity shall prove
enough 10 supply The present and future ne
cessHles Lexington wlll have the purest
water for It's inhabitauts OF any iowa In the
State 10 tue oplsion OF those who have
studied the question and have right there
fore 10 sneak, :.