Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-01
SEVERAL FIRES.
TIE FIRE DEPARTMENT or NORFOLK
KEPT BUSY.
A Fire in Portsmouth-visitingv Veterans
Political Mattsrs-rer-
sonal Notes
correspondence Of the Richmond DispsscA.l

correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.l
NORFOLK, April30, 1888.
The fire department was called out by
general alarm twice this morning, caused
by small fires on the suburbs. About
the same time O fire broke out in the
grocery and liquor establishment OF Will
liam Pearson, on Green street, in Ports
month, destroying the Matchmaking de-
nartment and some stock. The main
establishment was saved by the fire de-
partment
This morning at s o'clock the veterans
III tho First Massachusetts, Artillery AS
ISOLATION arrived here on the Boston
steamship and spent nearly all day IN
visiting points Of interest in the two
cities They were in charge OF Confed--
crate veterans. They left on the 4
O'Clock Petersburg express.
The truckers are shipping strawberries
from Norfolk county this week. The
weather has been excessively warm for
the last two days, and n rain only Is now
needed 10 wipe out within q week all
traces OF the late frost. Only the pota-
toes that we're up and the snap-beans and
tomatoes were damaged. The potatoes
of the largest growers were not mp, and
the dav the snap-beans we're killed they
were replanted before night Several OF
the largest truckers escaped injury en-
tirely.
Tie Democratic primary election IN
Portsmouth takes place on tomorrow.
There are seventeen candidates tOr the
eight offices TO be filed.
The steamers running on the hsh
routes have oil been withdrawn and sent
North, the season being over.
The water commissioners and city en-
c;ncer. who have been North inyestl-
eating the methods Of @rstion and purl-
fcstjon Of water. have returned and
will make their report at the next meet
inc of the board. The condition of the
water 10 giving the commissioners a
great amount of trouble, as IN the mat
Ter Of purifying considerable expense Is
10 be incurred. There are many who
believe Norfolk will yet have to go TO
Lake Drummond for her water supply,
the juniper color of which Is only OBJ
jectionable
Rev. Joseph S. Smithson, Of Scot
land, who has been in this section all
the winter, preached his farewell ser
mon last night and leaves for Michigan.
Rev. DR.. Vesey, of Chase City, Va,
ia visiting this section and preaching.
The new railroads building and just
built are now doing a paying business
in this section.
4 force of wOrkmen were taken in the
hayward to-day to work on the new
fre,engine building.
The frgate Franklin is to be placed
in the dry-dock and her engines and
boilers taken out and refitted for re-
ceiving-ship purposes. The Franklin is
too expensive to be used as n cruiser.
Colonel John NJ. Robinson, president
OF various railroads and transportation
lines, has returned from Europe and is
here looking after his varied interests.
Only $40, 600 WAS lost in the destruc-
ton OF Harrelsville. n. G.
Mr.. John j. Spratt, late of the Board
Of Supervisors, and an old and we'll
known farmer OF Norfolk county, died
suddenly of heart-disease at Deep Greek
last night. He was about sixty five
years OF age. u.