Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-08
OLD DOMINION.
MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM THE
CITY ON THE DAN.
polisicai-How About the Legislative Cam
didates ?--Raiiroads--No sunday
Street-Cars.
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DASynI.E. Va, August Z. 1889.
There IL little or no talk here as yet as TO
who will be our next Democratic candi-
dates for the Legislature. The county
Democrats generally accord 20 Danviile
the selection of one Of the candidates, and
Captain Daniel Coleman was our repre-
sentative in the last Legislature. lie made
a good representative ana TOOK goou care
OF Danvilie's interest.
Mrs, Major Talley. Mrs. Alice Burch and
Miss Pattie A. Averett, the last mentioned
al Roanoke Eemale College, are ell attend
ING the National summer Music School In
Boston. Mrs. Talley enjoyed the distin..
guished honor on Thursday evening last OF
singing in one of the select concerts.
RAILROADS.
DanviIe Is still more or less stirred up
ON the railroad question. The City Conn
Gil recently declined to submit To the peo-
pie the question of corporate subscIip,,
lion Of Si5O 900 to a western extension OF
the Atlantic and Danville road. The OBJ
lection urged by the opposing members
was that the route was not sufficiently
defined 10 make il a safe proposition Inc
friends of the railroad scheme will pro-
baby submit another proposition whlch
will be so amended as 70 get rid OF the OBJ
iectionsble features. There Is strong
sentiment here IN favor OF the snoscrlp~
ton.
THE PosT-oFFIcE.
Democrats here are all in the dark as to
who viii get the pOst-ofiice in this city;
j. VI. Johnston, leading Republican and
a good worker in the late canvass, Is press
ing his claims. but il Is said that General
Malone favors tho appointment OF ID. II.
Pannill chairman Of the Republican party
in the county. II il rumored that {. j:
Barksdale now stands good chance OF
fGA
No changes IN the Government stamp
Office here have rs yet been announced,
though no doubt Mr.. McCaull, the col
lector, will put in his new force IN the
course of a week or two, as he takes charge
OF the Lynchburg office on Saturday.
NO SUNDAY srBEET-cARs
Danvilie could not stand Sunday street
cars and no cars are now run on the SAB
bath. Many people. however. do not take
kindly 10 the change and a petition mas
been circulated asking that the Sunday
service be resumed.
Rev. l.. Il. Betty, pastor of Mt. Vernon
church, has been sorely. afflicted. As
already announced two of his little chill
dren have been sick for some time past
with diphtneria and his wife's health IS
delicate. Mr.. Betty himself is not strong
and the anxiety and constant nursing nave
been great strain upon him.
The Roanoke RdpES Union, neat and
well-edited paper, published by the Roa-
noke Association, comes out tins month IN
enlarged form and contains an excellent
Likeness of DIR. Jetef. IT is IN honor of the
centennial.
Chief-of- Police Williams arrived hereto
dav from Richmond with Claud Wynn and
Thomas Smith. two small boys wanted
here for robbing cigarette-factory OF
cigarettes. a sum of money, and gold
watch. Both of the boys are less than Ill
teen years old.
There is a rev development in the Pin
nix-Coleman feud. G.. W. Coleman mar
RED 4 daughter of A. X. Pink, and on &C
count Of the row between the families he
separated from his wife and left the coun-
try.
The internal-reyenue Office here will be
turned over to the new officials on Satur-
day. Z.