The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-05
MUCH MUD.
FlRE-ENGINES CLEANING OFF THE
STREETS.
A NEEDED JOB BEING WE'LL
DONE.
PARsON JssrER DOWN AT THE
RIVER.
Fishing for MuiIcfs ana Cafs-CoIorcd
People get Him TO Tell Abouf that
Dream -Uutshintug wanomeftu
the ProphesyiDg EnsIDess.

Lower Main. Cary and Franklin
streets yesterday wore their wonted
look, having been cleared OF the river s
deposits. and looked as dry as If they
had never been under the water. The
sedimentory deposit is, OF course
greatest in the streets nearest the
river. The mud in front of the
houses in the neighborhOod OF
| Seventeenth and Dock was SIX
inches deep. and of the slimiest and
worst smelling quality. Two OF the
city steam fire engines. under the city
authorities. were pumping water out OF
the cellar Of the store and warehouse
Of Messrs. Davenport d Morris, and
with it washing Oft Seventeenth and
Dock streets. With the rapidity
with which they were work
ing yesterday morning il will
take but a few days to clean
up the entire Hooded district. This IS
a most needed work and of sanitary
character as well. as, If this river
deposit is allowed to remain, it Is apt
to produce much sickness and perhaps
an epidemic. II is already offensive
and only requires a day or two of hot
weather to become almost unbearable.
The river is now within banks. and
most Of the merchants have gotten
their goods into place. and II Is now IN
order 10 count the costs.
JASPER or THE RIVER BANK.
Early yesterday morning Parson
John Jasper. the renowned and scienti-
fic eXpOunder of the Sun do Move
theory. could be seen walking alone
down the street. vending his way TO
the river bank % witness tho extent Of
the fuliillment of his alleged prophecy
as to the destruction CccaslOned by the
flood. 1t is said that 1t is characteristic
of this cOlOred preacher never TO walk
the streets IN company with any one II
he can possibly avoid IT, nor does he like !
to stop ana engage in conversation. |
lie rarely speaks TO his acquaintance
on the street unless spoken to. and then |
only to notice their salutatiOu by a |
slight ducking of the head. IL is this /
taciturDity. and the mystery with |
which he surrounds himself. that |
makes the Doctor, as he is frequently |
called, such a power among his cOl0red |
brethren and sisters. Yesterday /
morning he was dressed in
regulation black, with straw
hat on his head, and a white neck.tie
around his neck, his feet being covered
with neatly BACKED footwear, which
was soon to become as muddy 40 the
back of a mud turtle. The ParsOn was
going a-f-hing" as we'll as to observe
the effect of the flood which he il said
to have predicted. lie did not mind
the mud and slime. but waded right
through. only hating when at the edge
Of the wharf at Seventeenth street. He
soon secured his fishing pole and tackle.
and cast mis- lines IN the dock, the river
bank icing impossible from the deep
deposit OF mud. COmplacently light.
ng his short briar wood pipe, he was
soon at home waiting for a bite from a
nulet or the first catfish that happen
I'll TO pass.
The colored people around the dock
would have the reuOwn parsOn 10 tell
bout his dream. He told about it but
his words were inaudible TO TIMES re-
'orter who CHANGED TO be in the neigh
Those who could hear him
aid that he talked about prophets and
ct his nearer know that MahOmet could
lot excel him in the prophesying bust
Tess.