Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-27
A BOOM.
TIE PRICES OF LAND MAR EoRYoLz
AND PORTSMOUTH
Court Mattsrs--A Pair for the rsniten-
tisry-Enterprise-A Painful Ex-
psrfencs-Eotea
Correspondence o, the Richmond DIsDatch.i

Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch.l
NORFOLK, January 90. 1880.
Perhaps no county in the Commonw wealth
f. or a greater boom just now than Noffoik
county, particularly near the cities and on
the water courses. The lands lying In . cir
cult from five 10 eight miles Of this city are
hlgh.priced-tbat is, they range IN price
from s25 to $500 en- acre according TO iocai'-
~, quality OF soil, and value OF improve.
meut,. Yesterday Captain W. II. Wise paid
$40, 900 for twenty.four acres at the mouth
OF the Western branch. Far back IN the
county, however. over 100. 900 acres OF land
are lying idle snd ~unproductive, and with
ten railroads now traverslng her territory
ard more roads coming, and the present
stimulating boom. this unproductlve section
ought 10 attract attention.
The United States Circuit and District
Courts adjourned to-day for the term ana
the jurymen were discharged or adjourned
over and left for their homes 10 various parts
OF the state. Bsnk-Director r.. Il. II. BAN
and Bank-Clerk Lindsa, Bnsky are quarter
ed at the st. Elmo Hotel 10 charge OF deputy
mMshais. ADD will be taken to the Albany
penitentIsry next Wednesday.
The schooner Edward Bement, which left
Norfolk for Annapolis with lumber and went
ashore In Pi.nkitauk river in the gale last
Sunday, lies with her stern high on an
oyster.rock and her bow depressed, and the
tide flowing In and out OF her hull.
Young Lindsay Busky, the embeZZline
bank clerk, was brought into court to-day
and formally sentenced. There were thirty
one indictments against him. He plead
guilty 70 stealing sl75, and the other thirty
indictments were pOfie pr0scquied.
One basket.fsctory on the Portsmouth
side OF the river is employing 80 hands
now, and will employ go next month.
Thieves broke into and robbed the sloop
Arthur Wilson, lying at the foot OF Nortn
street, last night and then set the vessel on
fire. The fire was discovered and exiln.
suished after some damage had been done.
General w. p. Roberts, late State Auditor
OF North Carolins. has returned TO Gates
county, 10 reside, and Will resume farming.
A considerable fleet OF the largest ocean,
going steam-tugs in the country now run
into this port and their powerful size and
sW,ftness constantly attract attention.
Captain j. II. Shepherd and wife and the
crew OF the wrecked schooner J. b. Ander-
son have reached here from Cape Hatteras
and relate a painful experience Of suffering
and exposure from being lashed in the rig
cling OF the vessel for twenty-four hours be-
for. assistance reached them. They greatly
blame the life. Saving crew at Hatteras for
their tardiness.
large school OF whales was sighted of
Cape Henry Ibis morning.
This morning the schooner Horstio
Nichols was In collision in Hampton Roads
with the schooner II. L.. James, and had her
maintopmast carried away and rigging
damaged.
Last night the schooner 4. NJ. Skinner,
from Baltimore 20 james river with railroad
ties, while beating in Hampton Roads, was
run into by one OF the New York. Philadel-
phia and Norfolk railroad tugs, and her bow.
spirit carried away close in board, with all
the forward rigging. The tug was unin-
jurcd. The skinner was brought up to the
CITY for repairs to-day.
The Nerrett wreckiug-steamer Rescue has
gone TO the assistance OF the British steamer
Albany, ashore near Cape Fear.