Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-12-23

rhe RatIroads-A PhiioSop'ler-
Minor Nores.

Correspondence % the Richmond Dispatch
CHASE CITT, Va, December -. i.ss.
The people I'm tins county ave no. g,r1'ly
Interested in regard 10 the line To Zoe c.'ai.
U.bad for the ktantic and Dnyille railroad.
sevprsi SURVEYS have Lcen made aud OiACr-
will be verg soon. That TIE line Will pi-.
near B0ydion. the cOuuty.seat, has be- dee
fnitelv determined. This the writer w-
informed by the general manager 10 Soc
folk last week.
There was q meeting Of the Durham, Hu'
Wing and ClaIksyiis hal0fd Comp.
held on Wednesday a. ClarSsyIi'e AMI Z. ".
l.. Holt was elected pre-ideut, kll- AIMS
vice. president. and Ihomls Elslfy secretary
and treasurer. or this road ave mile. 100
now graded ard tWeu'y-ihrcc pormlue as
located This company Is anviou- Tor 'lf
AtsnsIc and Danyiuc . adopt their line from
Clarksyillr, rs The grades are easy and t1.
rich copper-mines Of Blue VIM. h. Person
county. y. c., will give INN nse ife'ght-
and "a route through new aud undeycOre
country rich in minerals and timters, auc
thus avoid The rugged country adjacent o.
the Dan river.
The railroad facilities here have been
great, improved. one year ago there wa, 3D.
short live RON Keysyille 10 Chrk-yille VITA
q Pas. cngcr coach attached to q freight ,r.in.
with .lo.g speed. NOW wc hsye adulg train
from Raleigh va Durham ana oxford WITH
elegant coaches ami fat time; ana i0u-
freight trains pass here daily. Olc old c'-
zen snd be Thought 10 first one freight trim
a week would be sufficient for tlis road, and
now be- " wonder, where SO much ,inii cJpl-
FROM" he Is eighty years OLD. sud / asked
him Il d. did not tl.nl, the railroad d great
Improvement 90 The transportation taclNtic.
Of his boyhood day-. lie replied 81 fo
not. and il htd by way / would 80 back io
r0ad-wagons AMI negroes M ne toJlccc-
fields. There was more money then aud the
people better conicntcd; an1 go much travel
ling make, country people idle. ii-conlrrt-
ed and poor" The Old geGuemlu is GER
taioly philosopher to some extent
There have been q great many huntsmen
IN this county recently. They are mos y
from state, north OF This and com" with dogs
and all ihe trapping, for hunting They
Kill quantities OF game, which they send
away. aud the only persons who derive any
benefit from them are the hoie-kccpnrs.
The game g. 10 some extent source 0f sup-
port for che farmers. The boys mike j.
profitable. For insiarce. at the Clafksyill
depot the express agent Informed me thll
for some time he bad shipped about 500 RAD
bits every week Tor country merchants. In
that section The rabbits are almost IS plentiful
as IN Australia, judging from the quantity
caught.
There bave been an unusual number OF
marriages in this county recently. Among
the mum Der OF this week were SIR. Frank
Irving Darlington. Of Bremo Bluff, Flu
wanna county. to Miss Anita Russell, daush-
ter OF Richard Russell. Esq, % Abb7ylIle,
this comfy, and Mr. }. H.. Goocb, OF This
town. to Miss Beulah n. Mason, OK near
Boydton.
Although this is 4 "dry town" the effects
% the ardent can be daily seen, and shows
that prohibition does nat prohibit. II 3
almost impossible TO enforce q law iuiicil,ly
imposed when there IS an OVERWHELMING
public sentiment against It. Illicit sales Will
continue.
The young ladies here gave Crnmaiic en-
teTtsnmcnt on Friday night For the benefit
OF tae military compluy nov ors4niz ny a.
this place. which wa. well attended, aud re-
auZed nearly one hundred dollars.
The sales OF loose tobacco have been very
good considering ihe uniayorable weather fol
handling. Tue new crop j. not oi good
quality, and prices rule low for all comuion
grades. Good tobacco, rs It always does
when offered. sells az satisfactory prices. j.