Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-03-22
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
A VERY IMPORTANT MEETING OF vIR-
GINA FARMERS
An Fatsrpriss-Expscts 10 Be Deeapitsted--
6swspspsr-xsn and Offices
Public Printer.
throw our Rcgulnr CorrespondenLl

wAsHiSGroy. Msrch 2i.-Ap important
meeting WAS held here Yesterday ana ioe
particulars will no doubt be Of conldersbie
Interest both IN Washington and 10 virginia
As ~ we'll known the county OF Loudoun
has az many II not more foe farms THAN any
county In the slate; and Of recent years tne
people OF taat portion OF Nifgnla have heen
deyOiiug themselves largely 10 the establish
ment OF creameries, the laisiug Of the calle
and sheep. % we'll as poultry and iruit.
they have learned from experience that "
no longer paws for Virginia Farmers
10 raise wheat and corn on so eXien'
sive scale - formerly, as they
cannot compete with the producers OF these
cereals in the West. The meeting here ye'-
liefday was for The purpose OF orcsnzlng
STOCK company TO erect u sf6et'house ~
this city for the exclusive sale Of the pro-
ducts o. the people IN Loud0un county, ard
also N Fauguifr, ouotber county when mas
fine lands aud In which the people are largr'
ly turning their attention 10 the pursuits
mentioned above. II is proposed, 20 one
Of the interested parties informs the
I Dispatch correspondent, 10 erect
commodious building aud 10 send all ttese
products there: have managers 10 haudlci The
stuff and advertise to the people Of tbs CITY
that they can procure the Orst food products
At this Virginia market such a venture
would certainty succeed II properly handleo'
and the persons who sIe back a. the scheme
! think they can run It successfully. lhey
have an abundance Of means, and It is pro-
posed 10 spend as much s. 100000 as starter
IN the erection 81 the building. etc. Nosucn
plan has ever before been thought OF here,
and II carried out II will be stroke OF cn.
tcrprise tbst s novel one. THIS CITY IS
gro wing wonderfully. New hotels and fats
SIRE being erected every year, and the place
IA becoming popular WINTER resort Tor mar
ried men VITO have retired from business.
90 .ay nothing OF the thousands OF transient
visitors who come here IN the winter season.
Choice dairy and farm products generally
such as are consumed AZ tables command
GOOD prices, and the demand Ia bound 10
grow right along. Virginia and Maryland
euglt 10 supply q greater percentage OF
market ftuG than they do, aud II the people
would turn their attention more 10 what J.
ca'lei "smali farming" they would not
only drive out the competition from States
further removed from Washington and Bal
timore, but make great deal more money.
White immigration would IN tine be at
tracted IN large numbers and there i no
telling Whist boom could Ne created II The
proper efforts were pot forth.
"JERsEY" JONES.
Among the thousands Of persons attracted
10 Washington by the change o. Adminis'rn-
! ton Is noted character quite vel known IN
virginia none other tnan JERSEY" Jones,
VITO used 10 live in Hanover county. He
| lives now at Kansas City, and has come on
| 10 WASHINGTON 10 take q hand IN The strife
for spOls, though not Tor bimsch, II Il said
| He IL growing old RAPIDLY, tut stu hops
0rOund among the politicians az II he ma
the whole load to carry 20 far ~ me Admin
i.ttotion IL concerned. "Jersey" JOnc, has
had remarkable and varied career and l.
foil Of experiences IN politics.
The genial Major Robert Hunter, Of
Wincbester. whose duties have kept him IN
tue ief West for the past eight or nine
months. has returned 10 the ety. lie holds
an important position in the General Land
Office, and Ike all The Democrats appointed
! bl he last Administration expects tgat bis
scalp will be lifted before many weeks shall
have elapsed.
JOURNALISTS.
Among the Washington correspondents
the following are said TO want Office: VIII
liam l.. Curtis, Of the Chicago News. the
! Gillian Mission: Frank B. LOOMS, Of the
| Cincinnati Times.Star. anything that Will
nay him Wtll-a good consulate preferred;
| George Walker. OF the Cleveland Leader,
consulate IN Europe; Charles A. Ogden, OF
| the New NOrk Telegram aud Calilon MIA ~.
sociated Press. something lucrative in one
| OF the departments here; Charles +. Gray,
Of the It. Paul Pioneer-Press, Consul to the
! Bermudas.
Perry : Heath. OF the Indianapolis jour
nal. is a warm, personal friend OF the Presi.
dent. and has rendered General Harrison
prea, service, and will be we'll cared for,
though bis position n not decided upon.
Major John NJ. Carson, of the Philadelphia
| LEDGER. il a candidate for Clerk OF the House
oi Representstives Many Of the Republican
| correspondents who do not want places
themselves are putting I'm their work Tor
! their relatives, and most OF tuem viii not
succeed, ns It seems 10 be the policy oi
| Blaine and Harrison 10 reward the men who
| helped them. and therefore the men on "the
/ row." do not seem 10 be a bit bsshiul IN
making demands.
the contest for Pdblic Printer Is now be-
| tween Donath OF Pennsylvania, Meredith Of
| Chicseo, and eX-CODgressman Nichols OF
| North Carolina. The stter is hesyily bscked
| bv congressmen. Boss Qusy is behind the
! pcnDsylvsnIa applicant, and General lIarri.
son Il personally exceedingly friendly 10
! Meredith, who left Indiana OnlT few years
| ayo. Meredith was in llarrison's regiment
/ during The war. This counts heavily in the
/ scramble for Office here at present. aud really
better recommendation than having been
AT school with the present head OF the ma
/ ton. II Meredith does not get 10 be Public
! Printer it j. said he will succeed the Mug
] wuup Graves ~ chief 81 the Bureau Of En-
! craving and Printing. Next TO having
| gone to ire same school with Harrison
| and having beeu IN the Nar with him
an appliclnt for Office has pretty good pull
/ t.s1 txrffu
Daner that has supported Blame ana llarTi-
son Loyalty aud never said anything iAycrl-
! HE TO sherman and The balance Of the Re.
pubiicen aspIranls for the presidency. A
| Democratic cOngrt ssmau sad this morning
! 10 the DISPATCH CORES Ondeut; Blaine and
| Harrison seem 90 be making point 10 do all
| In their power for their political friends. and
rewards are being distributed right aud LEFT.
| They are pursuing an opposite course TO that
OF Cleveland, for the latter ignored the men
who did the most work for him. The con-
trsst is striking"
The gentleman who INDUCED In these re-
marks IL q northern man, and ne says also
that the nomination OF Fred. Grant to be
| Minister 10 Austria will raise howl Ia the
North IN spite OF the affection and regard for
General Grants memory. "The people OF
New York; said The Congressman, "Wil
he csneciallv indignant" Fred. Grant was
put un Tor secretary Of state ia New York
and was badly beaten.
Colonel Tim Lee, OF North Carolina, Is
here furnishing around extensively with
the Irish Republicans who are trying 70
work the Administration for places.
j. II. MacmurdO and c. 4. TAYLOR, OF
| Richmond, and A. l.. Van Ness, OF Char.
| l0lte>yille, are at the Metropolitan.
The successor 10 Joseph ". Hobson,
United states Attorney for Colorado, was
appointed TODAY. Mr. HobSOn is from Nir-
ginia. snd settled in COLORADO seven or
! eight years ago.
FATAL nYSAwFfE ExPzOSIOy.