Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-07-14
NORFOLK'S NEWS.
A visitation that May Mean somethinE--
Terribly crushsd-Tas rrucksrs-
Political Notes.
rcorre.nonaonce Of the Richmona DIspatch.l

rcorrespondcnce of tho Richmond Dlspatch.l
NORFOLK, VA, July u. 1855.
All the chief officials OF the Atlantic snd
DanyilIe Railroad Company are here IN con-
sultstion over plans for pushing tue con-
struetiou. work with % much vigcr IS POSI-
HE. The officers say they will move towards
D.nv,lle as speediy as II II practicable Tor
them 10 do So. BY the middle OF October
they expect TO have a fuliy.eqnipped stan
dard.gauee road running from Norfolk 70
U,cksford. on the Petersburg and Weldon
road. large number OF railroad aud trans
nortatiop men have been visiting and making
a business survey OF the port aud It's sur
roundings this week, which may mean some
thing not yet developed.
when work starts up at the navy-ysrd
again small steamer il to be built Tor the
Pensacola navy-yard.
The new iron ferry steamer City OF forts-
mouth Is TO make trial trip to Lower Bran
don With the officials OF the city and county
on her arrival here next week.
The fig crop OF this sectlon-a choice iaole
or preserving fruit Is reported very large
this season. A..
IL is said that the thirty miles OF the
Cbowan and Southern railroad between tne
Chowan and Roanoke rivers when sold re-
Gently brought 100000.
MIR. Griffin Bull, OF this city, who is
delegate from Hampden-Sydney College with
the great evangelist Moody at Northampton.
Nass.. reports an assembIage this year OF
hundreds of Bible students from all parts OF
the world. J..
The Richmond tug Ajax was inspected TO-
day after having been thoroughly repaired
here. =, 10,
and the trains 20 the seaside are only mode
rately patrouiZed.
The elegant steam-yacbt Meteor, belonging
10 Commodore Bateman. the New YORK
banker. is again II the harbor with party
of pleasure-seekers on board.
The potato crop OF the couHty Is being
rapidIy marketed, along with cucumbers.
only a few OF the truckers have made
money.
Ex.Postmaster A. II. Lindsay and Colonel
George Il. Wollace, who made about niteep
thousand barrels Of potatoes each, have done
we'll on that crop.
Judge George d. Parker, Of the County
Court, who has been very Ill, Is able 10 De
out.
The colored Republicans are actively en-
gagged IN organizing Harrison and Morton
clubs both In and ont OF town, but the whites
take very little interest as yet.
A barrel Of sugar which was being hoisted
out OF the New York steamer yesterday
broke loose and fell on darby 'longshore-
man named Dennis, crushing him terribly.
1t Is thought the man cannot live.
The oil-house at the Norfolk and Western
railroad depot caught Ere Tonight and was
destroyed. causing great excitement in the
pelghborhood and attracting an Immense
crowd.
Leo Riddicll, a fireman on the seaboard
aud Roanoke railroad, died to-day from the
effects Of eating too freely OF oysters and
whortieberries.
The steamship Seneca, the largest OF the
Old Dominion fleet, which has been chartered
by the Morgan Line TO run between New
York and New Orleans in place OF the steam
ship Eureka. sunk some time since oil the
cape> In collision with the British steamship
Benson, came in this afternoon, 1t being her
last trip TO this port. she leaves Tomorrow