Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-25

vicinity 10 rcst on their way north. aud
usually bring home loads OF wild fowl.
This is the last OF the season.
The 0cean-Shore Park Company, ope-
rating portion of Virginia Beach, have
reorganized oy the election OF John ID.
Kelley, Jr., of New York. president.
Petersburg Points.
II is believed that the progressive spirit
| which has been developed IN so many OF
the cities of this state and the South can
not long be kept away from Petersburg
Indeed, there are already many signs indi-
| eating that its approach is not far oil.
| Twenty-thrce persons were admitted to
membership in the Methodist churches at
| Petersburg on Suuday--five at the wash
ington-Street church, ten at Wesley church,
and eight at the Market-Street.
Rev. J. W. Wharton, the Baptist eyangel-
| list. of Baltimore, has consented TO visit
| Petersburg next month TO hold series OF
| meetings in connection with the pastor at
'he First Baptist church. .,
! The crop OF candidates for municipal
offices in the Cockade City is unusually
| large this spring. .,
Rev. DIR. Eandrum, of Richmond, will de-
liver lecture ut the First Baptist church
| tonight for the benefit of the Byrne-Street
| church.
James CITY Matters.
Williamsburg's young people have the
| lawn-tennis fever.
MIR. Henningham Harrison, son OF Colo
mel Randolph Harrison, IL III IN Williams
| burg with pneumonia.
ON the 18th of April n convention OF the
| Episcopal churches of Norfolk, Ports-
mouth. and Hampton will assemble IN Vii
| hamsburg.
Dr. John Cloptop. for many years con-
nected with the Eastern Lunatlc Asylum,
and who sewers his connection with that
institution on the 18th of April. has been
appointed surgeon on the Chesapeake and
Ohio road for the division between Rich
mond and Newport News.
Nsnsemond.
A collision between sections Of broken
freight train on the Norfolk and Western
road Saturday night crushed the main pipe
OF the Portsmouth water supply, and that
city was dry until a new section could he
secured Sunday. The accident caused
some delay in running trains.
Yesterday Assistant Bishop A. Nj. Kan
doiph held two services IN ST. Pauls
Episcopal church Mt Suffolk. At ~ VI. he
confirmed eight white persons, ana al L.
NJ. six colored persons.
Lynchburg Lugs.
The United States Court at Lynchburg
adjourned formally for the term yesterday.
The papers in the trademark case OF Is. r.
Gravely & Sons rs. b. L. Gravcly Go;
were taken to Baltimore, and Judge BOND
will inform the counsel OF ms decision
A large but old and dilapidated tobacco
factory known as the "Old Hockaday
factory, situated on Twelfth street, fell
Yesterday. but as il had been urtenanted
for years no one was hurt.
James City.
il. T. Bnns. dental doctor, died sun
day night at J0ano; aged seventy years.
He attended church in the morning and
talked pleasantly with company III the
evening, and retired as well AS usual.
About 3 o'clock ne awoke his wife, COM
planning of intense pain in the chest and
back He asked for dose of camphor.
and was dead in ten minutes.
\ Few Items frori Culpeper.
4 letter from Culpepcr SAYS: Since the
cold snap of last week SO effectively fin
lshed up our fruit crop the weather mas
been 50 damp with almost daily rams as TO
prevent all field and garden work.
At sale on Saturday in the town con-
siderable boom was developed IN real
estate.
Mathews.
Sunday Captain Richard Respess. of
Mathews county, Va, had removed by DIR.
a.
was entirely cncrusted with a calcarcous
deposit. and had caused an apparently IN
durable catarrhal disease for about twenty
years.
state Personals.
Granville P. Valentine, of Richmond, is
visiting Lynchburg.
The condition of the venerable Rev. DR..
Pryor. of Nottoway county, IS said TO be
much improved.
DR.. james Ridley Taylor, an eminent
New York physician, is visiting Captain
Nathaniel Burruss IN Norfolk.
Rev. II. J. Beagen, assistant rector of
Christ church. Norfolk, has accepted call
to the pastOrate IN Youngstown, 0.
Rev. j. NJ. Pitcher, of Petersburg, super
intendent of the Baptist General As5ocia-
ton of Virginia, preached in the Suffolk
Baptist church Sunday morning and at
night.
Mr.. S. d. Calvert. son of Mr.. J. F.. Cal
vert, of Petersburg. passed credtable ex-
animation i'll Washington on Friday, was
accepted, and assigned to the signal-service
station at Chicago
Mrs. Shumate, Of Henry county, yester-
day celebrated her one-hundreth birthday.
She was born March a. 1890, She is quite
active, aud goes around as lively as most
people of fifty. She has four children living,
one over eighty. aud more than one hun
bred grand and great grandchildren. She
has good many relatives living.