Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-03
months. The line IL TO be extended rom
Gadsden to Birmingham and Montgomery


months. The line IL TO be extended rom
Gadsden to Birmingham and Montgomery
Ala.
Furnace No. of the Bardeleben cOa,
and Iron Company at Bessemer. Ala, W.
blown in yesterday with elaborate ceremvl-
MES. The fires were lighted by tlce-frssn ,-
dent Milton II. Smith, Of the Louissn,ee
and Nashville railroad. who wsS proseII'
with party of the directors OF that ioa All
Another furnace at the same place WIZ
blow in next week.
The commissioner before whom was trieo
the condemnatory proceedings has ai9~ 70
the Vlcksburg and Meridian raluoa1 GU
per mile for the right Of way over us I'M rneS
to the Postal Telegraph and Cable oot h-
pany, which is seeking New Orleans W
way Of Vicksbnrg Work is being pushed
on this new telegraph line TO reach No"
Orleans at as early date "a possible
Yesterday the North State improvement,
Company, of Greensboro, y. o., .purchaaseu
the wharves at Wilmington OF the Ne"
York and Wilmington Steamship Com.
pany. This has waterfront OF 4Vy lees
and is a very valuable property. The price
paid was nearly $4,000. The property i
bought for the use of the Cape Fear am, anu
ladkin-Valley railway. which lS controhe"
by the Improvement Company.
News is received of destructive WIND
and hail-storm which swept over hbemarle
sound and did considerable damage 10
property near Edenton. j. II. WOOD sus-
TIMED considerable damage. his staoies
were blown down, q valuable horse was
killed. and serious damage was done 10
boats and fsh-houses. At SINNERS Point
the fishery owners sustained much INJURY
Several houses were blown down.
A dispatch from Pennington, Mo, SAYS
This morning the Crusaders, headed by
| Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Foster, opened
| their campaign. Armed with sledge-haIn-
mers they stopped Gus Thomson's beer
wagon and smashed six barrels, emptylng
/ tho beer into the street. The women then
took possession of the wagon and started
| for Delassus. four miles south. where car
| load Of beer belonging to the hiasmah
Brewery Company is side-tracked. They
intended to destroy all of It.
A woman giving the name of Mary Re
becca ShIpey, and her residence IA Staun-
ton. Va. was arrested in Philadelphia tor
shop-lifting, and about 300 worth OF goods
recovered. She professed TO be woman
of means who had read stories III the papers
OF the exploits Of female shOp-llfters and
desired TO experiment just TO see what she
could do. She processes TO have been
stealing constantly for two weeks. sue
intended to-day to invite all her victims to
dinner, tell them what she had done, and
allow each TO select his property. she Is
perfectly nonchalant, and doubt Is ex-
pressed as to her sanity.
Chauncev NJ. Depew and family, the
guests of John II. Inman, arrived IN Chat
tanooga Yesterday and spent tho morning
on Lookout Mountain. At noon Mr.. De-
! pew held public reception at the Opera,
House. He left Chattanooga by special
train for knoxville. thence 20 go to Ashe-
| Vile, and he will arrive at Washington to-
morrow morning.
c. VI. Depew and J. II. Inman arrived nj
| Knoxville Yesterday from Chattanooga on
n special tram in charge of committee OF
citizens, who went TO Chattanooga to meet
them. A public reception was held in the
evening and Depew made speech. he
SAYS he is astonished at the rich resources
of the South.
A Greensboro IN. c. special says that
since il has become q certainty that stee
and iron company was going to put plant
of Greensboro for the manufacture ol
steel and iron there has been created
great desire TO get possession OF real estate
in and about the city named. Seyera
strong land companies have been formed
and have control Of large amount OF lane
around the city. Another company, wa
organized Tuesday night and has beer
STYLED the South Greensboro Inyestmen
Company. The names OF the corporation
nre James D. Glenn, Joseph Hunter. W. 4
Burgess. A. T. Vernon, and Robert NJ
Douglass. The capital stock is 100000
At a meeting Of the Board of Aldermen o
| Greensboro an electric fre-8larm system
was adopted. and the proper committee wa
ordered to get one as soon as tine PEST sys
tom could be determined upon. Apphca
ton was made for the privilege OF con
structing street railway.