Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-30
Nav MINING COMPANY.
Trouble d-Crops-Personal and Poll
teal Matters.
Correspondence of the Richmond Disoatch.l
SULPHUR MINE. LOUISA COUNTY, Va.

ICorresnondonce Of the Richmond Dispatch
SULPHUR MINE. LOUISA COUNTY, Va.
A new mining company mas contracted
for the flinders Flat" mining property
and has commenced work within one nun
bred yards of the suiphur-mines' works on
the main sulphur VEN ana Only q lew yards
from Contrary creek. This company Is
composed Of northern men having ample
cauital 500 .U00), and the intention as 10
push the business. They have already
raised the price Oi labor, paying ~ per uaY
for ordinary hands, ana indications are
that large force VIII be employed.
Already there seems TO be trouble ahead
for the other mines, especially the sulphur
Mines Company, which owns the Ialroad,
chartered under acts Of the Virginia Lc-
cislature. The new company demands
Transportation over this railroad for its
freight and the matter viii be tested IN the
courts nj an early day a 10 whether the
railroad can refuse to carry ircightS wncr"
CHARGES are rendered. Furthermore. tae
sulphur Mines Company has recently re-
fused to carry irelghts, ties, tanbark, @r..
for certain other parties who nave nocu
delivering at the mines. and these parties
have already employed eminent counsel
and ordered suits 20 be brought for dam
ages and to enforce the observance of laws
in regard to railroads and COMMON car
riers.
From appearances there viii he an ahur-
dant crop Of ,uitsand good d sal OF trOuhil.
There is an earnest desire for q depot and
freight facilities from the sulphur-mlnes 70
Richmond riG the Chesapeake and ONO
railway. of which the Sulphur-M. road
is a branch. The sulphur vein from all il
dicatiOns and explorations extend. from
the Chesapeake and Ohio railway 20
the narrOW-guagc RAILWAY IN Spoisvl-
yania county, q distance OF about twenty
miles. and II ls asserted GA good aulhorl-
~ that this ore ~ the best iu the United
States, perhaps IN the world: and that q
sulphur-mine pays better than any gold
mine, as the output Is certain ana thc
price constant. If so, Louisa and Spotsyl-
vania counties have "a va~tand magnificent
source Of wealth for the future.
The cattlc-hy, which has been dong SO
much mischief around Gordonsville and
elsewhere. has made It's Appearance here
abOuts 1t attacks the cattle abcut the
horns. eating into the flesh and causing
the cattlo-hy 20 get I'm lis WORK, the sore
often resulting IN speedy pcath. A mix
turc of aXle-grcaSc and sulphur l. used
with good effect to keep them away. Com
mon kerosene-ol Will drive away the filcs,
but il soon eVaporatcs. Cattle IN fields
without plenty of bushes against which
they can rub of the flies are IN greater
danger than those running on the COM
mons.
The crops here are poor. Wheat Is Of III
ferior quality and badly filed; corn very
backward and very unpromisng; grass
very heavy: oats much better thah tor
some wears. to Judge from the crop of straw.
There has been very little tbreshing done
yet. II rains continue the wheat VIII be
much damaged, and late river crops OF hay
liable TO be lost.
Captain Jordan. whose leg was recently
broken, Is now able to get about some.
The girl near here who WAS struck by
lightning and 50 badly burned and Scared
up Is now almost well and - able To walk
about anywhere. This has been very re-
markable case. both as regards the injury
and the recovery. She was certainly struck
bvhghtning and burned, marked. and blist-
cred from head TO heel, and blinded tor
dav or two, but survived and Will ap-
parentlv be as wellas ever IN month or so.
| have seen some parties iromSl ptsylya-
mia who say they have "A man there who
'can whip Sullivan. This man IS John
Lewis. living near Belmont. lie Is SIX feet
six inches high, weighs about 2iO pounds,
raw-bOned as aScotchman. andas why asan
eel. He eau Jump over IA slx-tOot fence
without touching il and has never found a
man who could stand before him or throw
hlm down. As a matter of fact, 70 seems
probable that had this man received any
training be would easily prove more than
match Tor sullivan. lie is certainly a very
extraordinary man and his friends say
would not hesitate 10 tackle sullivan or
any one else who bothered him without
cause.
The political outlook here would seem to
indicate a lively time next tall. There
seems an earnest desire for a good solid
man al the head of the ticket and warm
fight, with every man 20 the front. ii.