Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-13
WELL MANAGED.
NORFOLK COUNTY ARD HER REVENUE
SCHOOLS.
Two Ynova to Have Boon Drownsd-The
Hsvy.yara--Chureh Matters
Dropped Dead


fCorrespondence or Tho ktchmona oisp''e'@i
Nogporx, April ~. 1889.
Norfolk county has reduced taxes TINS
year about 20 per cent, and her schooi ic.y
(. low. Norfolk county IS model county
in many respects aud we'll managed. M
the revenue derived from the liquor 'fAn'c
70 devoted 10 the pubic schools. ,.
Manufactures 20 be establsneu III No,loIe
hereafter are rot only 10 be exempt IRON
,sves Tor ton wears bit are TO DO furnished
free water bv the city for that length OF time.
Thi. Involvement will undoubtedly soon lead
N the cstablishncnt here OF various nddi-
tioael industries, as manufacturing estabiisn-
ments here ind that they can turn ont goods
at prices that enable them TO compfte sue
cessfully with the largest northern lac.Sries.
II IA now known that Matthew Grsubury
fcolored) and Robert Whuehurst (wh'tel
neri.hed wpen tue schooner Parrot went
down in Aibemarlc sound.
THE commissioners appointed by the
county courts 81 NSnsemond and Noriolk
counties 10 condemn right o! way ior toe
Postal telegraph cable Company along Tue
Norfolk and Western railroad are now al
work. .,,..,
The var-shlp PeDsacols was again place !
IN the dry.docS ihis morning, and toe wors
~ remaining her proceeds. The work OF
numning out toe simpson dry.dock. over
eowsd by the storm, will be completed To-
nigM r,.I
n f. reported that ex.Sherif Frank L.:
SHADE has been premlsed the collcctorship OF
this port.
To-day at noon an auxiliary society OF the
virginia Rambia Society was organlZeu ny
the ladies OF this section at the GRANNY
Street Methodist Episcopal church. very
enthusiastic meeting of the church people at
large was held at the Young Mems Christian
Association rooms last night 10 the interest,"
of the society.
The burned district IS TO be rebuilt a.
rapidly a. possible so as TO be teaoY lot 'he
cotton season m September. The old cotton
Txchanee belongs 10 The Atlantic aud Dan
Vile Railroad Company, aud will be rebu'l'
for the use OF that company In connection
with its compress-works.
The break in the DismslSwamp canal
locks At Deep Creek will be repaired by TO-
morrow and traffic resumed, as the WASH
outs AFT along the canal have been closed:
The centennial anniversary OF " ashing'
,nn,s inauguration Il likely TO be observed IN
NorfoIk. The Chamber OF Commerce has
adopted resolutions urging that the daf DC
observed as holiday here ana duiy ce'e-
brated.
The sea beach and the wrecks there no"
attract tbTongs OF slght'seeIs "uu o'O4'
train is well filed with people, gong or re-
turning.
The United States signal'ststion men on
The coast here succeeded IN nnuing the Gsoie
across Oregon Inlet connecting hl''y ia"N
and BOdy.Isiahd stations.
Rev. j. u. Powell, rector OF St. John
church. has gone to baltimore on account OF
his health. Rev. George q. Smith, oil
Georgia, is here in the interest OF Metho'
dist Suuday-school matters. Rev. Dr. ;. ;.
Lambeth, OF Richmond, will deliver Inc
commencement address before the Suffolk
Female College.
Augustus Lazori, provision dealer on
Church street, dropped dead to-day.