Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-14
A LIVELY FIGHT
BETWEEN THE RRpuBLrcAs yAcrYor.
AT NORFOLK.
she havy'Yafd sppOin;msnts-Ex.spera.
ting OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to
Be Lost-Psrsonal.
Correspondence of The Richmond p,sUsco.l

SoTfespondence OF the Richmond D,sn.,cai
NORFOLK, VA, April 10. 1880.
me kenu9lcsn politicians are greatly az.
ercised here lust now because Of tu,elliyenc.
from Washington that removals In Inc nsyv.
Ssrd and cOst0m-house are not hkelv IN oc.
eur before the lst OF May. II is claimed that
CONGRESSMAN Bowden will have the appoiut-
Snents oil toc master workmen in the yard all
here ny the last OF the month. az thev are
made ont. and one half are Malone Follow.
e's and The other bail OF the Wise. Brady
faction. There is lively hight going on.
but The uncertainty OF the situation Is very
tXsspcENi5g 80 those waiting for the loayes
snc fishes. and they do not hesitate 10 con.
dem. TO use mud term, the head, OF de.
paftmenis in Washington Tor not firing the
Democrats hereabou,s from position and
power.
over fifty bead Of cstlle and large nuns
Der 81 bank ponies persisted IN The late storm
on Body Island. Lower down the coast IN
The direction Of Cape Hatteras qusntities OF
live stock persisted in the floods.
Eve shad.boats LETT Roanoke Island lust
before the commencement Of the great storm
and bui one has been heard from II il sup
posed the others were driven 70 sea and lost.
lot Of shipwrecked sailors from the
vessels stranded a, Cope Hatteras will arrive
heIe tomorrow.
The Fourth street Baptist congregation
decided last night TO borrow the money and
complete their new edifce in Portsmouth
Immediately.
The export Of cosl from tits port this week
was only SAP tons.
Passed Acknowledgment 7. W. Meade. OF
The Marine Hospital Service. who has been
stationed IN Norfolk for year past left to-
day Tor Washington for duty In the Surgeon
Generals office.
Civi-Engneor I. u. Endicott, OF the navy.
yard, Is IN Washington on business connect
ed with improvements at the nayy-yard.
The workmen Of the navysyard will COM
mcnce tomorrow making a day and a half
on The Pensacola in order to finish the ship
a. soon IS possible.
The prsctice-ship Constellation will be
sent 10 Annapolis ss soon as she can be got
ten ready,
The Winter-Qusrter light-ship picked up
afript ST sea and iowed in here will have 10
De placed in the dry.dock at the navy>yard,
as she Is leaking and was damaged by the
Storm.
All The workmcn suspended on account Of
The sinking OF The Pensacola will be taken
IN the yard on Monday.
Dr. William II. Shepherd prominent
physician OF this city, died at his residence
on esst Main street TO-DAY after about twelve
hoh!s Illness, thOugh ne had been unWei
for long time from o complication Of dis
eases. Or. Shepherd was about fifty yesrs
old, q native OF Nelson county, this State.
Snd entered the Confederate service as pri-
Vate. He served calamity, and was after
ward taken from the ranks and promoted 10
the medical department as surgeon.
Shortly after the war closed he removed to
this city, aud had built M large practice
here. lie was health officer. physician 10
the slmshouse, and meuiber Of the Board OF
Health Tor several wears. lie leaves family.
A wrccking expedition was sent up Chesa'
peake bay to-day to work along the shores.
Coal and stores from the hayward were
cent down 10 the United States steamer
hesrssge in Hampton Roads to-day, and she
Will sail for New York on Monday with the
discharged men of the Taapoosa.
IloE. John GOode, Of Washington. Is in
Suffolk attending case in the Circuit Court.
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