The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-10
PETERSBURG.
Seeking the Shade-Upper Country Crops
Promising.

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This has been the hottest day of the sum
mer, and the shade has been eagerly sought
At I o'clock this afternoon the thermometer
in the shade at lOungs jewery store, on
the corner Of Sycamore and Bank streets
registered ~ degrees. On the 2lst OF juno
last, at the same place, the thermometer
stood at -.
II is learned this morning from gentle
man from Prince George county thai in his
section there has been no rain Of cOn5e.
Quence for six weeks or more, and, rs con.
sequence, corn is becoming ruined and
vegetables Of all kinds are being destroyed
The yestry Of the church OF the Good Shep-
herd tEpiscOpal), i'm BlandfOrd. met yester-
day afternoon for the purpose OF calling a
p lstOr 10 succeed Rev. Mr.. Jones, but as a
quorum was not in attendance no business
could be transacted.
Intelligence has been received here
through private letters 30 the effect that the
crops in the upper counties are looking very
promising, but that in the counties Of Not
tOway and Brunswick rain is very badly
needed.
Professor j. A. McGilvray, secretary OF
the State Board OF Education, and PrOtes-
sor W. +. Fox, superintendent Of the Rich
mond Public Schools. delivered addresses ai
noon to-day before the teachers institute OF
the Virginia Normal and Collegiate lusti-
tute. The institute now numbers more than
one hundred and forty teachers, all Of whom
seem TO be greatly interested in their work.
The most excellent course Of lectures pre-
pared for this year far surpasses all pre-
NiOus.
Miss Eva Leith. who has been visiting in
Richmond, has returned home.
Messrs. +. o. McCoke. Allen Potts. :. j.
Vanderslice, and William II. Mann have
gone TO the University of Virginia 10 take
the summer course.
Rev. II. h. Acree, pastor of the First Bap-
tist church, has returned TO the city from
Washington.
Mr.. William T.. Dibbell has leased, with
the privilege of purchasing. one of the gran
tie quarries Of George :. Bernard, Esq. OF
| this city. in Dinwiddic county, Immediately
on the Petersburg and Asylum, and about
two miles west of Petersburg. IL is be-
! lieved that Mr.. Dibbell. in getting cOntrOl
of the property, is representing syndicate
of wealthy Northern capitalists. whose al
/ tention has been drawn to il by the great
success with which the Asylum quar-
/ ~. in its immediate vicinity, has
/ been operated by the Petersburg Gran
/ ite QuaTying Company, Of which Mr.
| Dibben is the president, whose work
i'm the development Of this quarry has
/ been such as to fdyOrably impress all who
have been watching its operations. The
present management Of the company COM
menced active work on the asylum quarry
| less than eighteen months ago, at which
I time the opening was only one hundred feet
/ in length and fifty feet in width. Within
/ these eighteen months such has been the de-
yelOpment of the guarrlcs that to-day it,
/ length is three hundred feet and lis width
one hundred feet, with a face Of sOiid
and beautiful granite from ten 10 nj
teen feet in height along the whole
Of its three hundred feet of length.
The extent and importance OF the
work OF lie asylum quarries are not gene
rally appreciated by the people Of Peters
burg. lhe company has paid ont in wages
TO labOrers and others IN our immediate VI
cinity over one hundred thousand dollars,
and. having obtained some Of their cxtcn-
siye machinery here, have, IN addition 10
what has been expended as above stated,
paid out several thousand dollars of which
/ orr people haze had the benefit.
/ II is HOa proposed 10y Mr. DiObeil
/ 10 fully develop the quarry lu9l
| acquired. but whether the properly VIII in
future be consolidated with the asylum
quarries is not known. This deal IN granite
/ is tangible evidence that the Development
of our Dinwddie quarries is taking pracli-
cal shane. The Western and NorthW cstcrn
railway connections of the Norfolk and
, Western Haihoa1 Company, now being
pushed to completion, VII be a potent fac
| tor in Introducing to the markets Of the
! country tie granite from these qnarFie5'
and once introduced, t9e admitted superior
character Of the stone viii enable them 10
/ hold their own
Mr.. George Davis, prominent peanut
dealer Of this city, purchased to-day z1V
bags of peanuts Of Mr.. Alex. Llvesay' cI
Prince Gorge county. The price paid was
/ in the neighbOrhOOd of $1,000.
! CAPTAIN Thomas Pannill sold at pubic
auction so.day for Charles i. Collier, eNecu-
tor. farm in Prince George county, silu-
ated on the AppomattoN ufef, near Cil!
Point, containing ll014 acres. II WAC Yui-
chased by Mr.. William Dolan for Sl's1p'
/ The desirable farm opposite, oH The Chester
! field side of the river, containing ivV afits
/ ot yamable wood and open land, together
with a Ene sora and duck marsh, wac
/ Knocked out " ~, Richard Enpes, OF ClIl
/ Point, for 5000. ..
MIR. Frank Wright, weii-Enown sAog
merchant Of this city, aud Miss A"silsi
smith. also Of Petersburg, will be Marie"
| tomorrow night at 9 o'clock at Nesle! NJ
| l.. Church.