Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-22
A DISAPPOINTMENT
occAs,oNEo BY THE CONDEMNATION
OF THE osslPEE AND BROOKLYN
s,,rr~nser. and Joiners DO Not Reap the
Harvest They Expected--other
Norfolk Notes.
,corro.ronaonce OF The richmond Dispa,oh.l

rccrrespcndence Of the Richmond pispasnn.l
NORFOLK. February 81, 1890.
uho condemnation OF the United States
~r1isers Oasipee and Brooklyn, attel
bynr,ng both here for repairs, Is grea'
a;sanpointment 20 hundreds of carpenter
and ioiners who expected steady JOB, on
sho Two shius. IL will be a long time be-
Gore tbe new iron ships and the monitor
hmnhitrite are sufficiently advanced e
furnish employment for the carpenters on
The ward, and the ships mentioned were
considered quite godsend. Inc Woyuen
vessels Of the navy are fast disappearing
There il some hitch about the constructor
of the battery of the new cruiser Balti,
more and nothing has yet been heard OF
che cuns coming. II is altogether prooa;
HE that the Baltimore will be here until
Jn,e n NOT longer. The adjustment oil
The intricate and extensive eiectrlcM ap,
plianccs on board is making great deal OF
work in that line.
cArTTAIIsrs.
Thu Chicago capitalists in town visited
Ncyport News and I.ambert's Point yester-
day. and TO-DAY are being shown tho I'M
proyements around Portsmouth. Io-mor-
row Commodore Bateman Will arrive mere
from New York 10 meet them, when proba-
hlv they will be shown the country from
here 10 Danville. Norfolk real estate men
are investing considerably In the lands OF
Southwest Virginia and around Bristol. -,
A number of Norfolk oyster-packers VIII
locate in Elizabeth City, n. c.. next season,
a. that territory is a very inviting one ior
the business. o,
The work of surveying the Belt Line
around Norfolk and Portsmouth Will com,
mence at once. and as soon as the rlSht OF
vay is secured the construction OF the ROAD
IN ....t.Il. aud no gnrnnlgf00 III
about six months.
NOTES.
The nsyy-vard, banks. exchanges. Gus
tom-house, courts. and post-othces OF tne
two cities will Zoe closed tomorrow IN
honor of the 22d. but there will be no
military demonstration until Monday next.
The Norfolk and Western Jallroad does
its own electrical lighting of the depot. Oh
fees. &c. now by power furnished IRON
the grain-elevatOr.
The new Mckendree Methodist church
is to be of octagon style, unlike any tedi-
nee in the city and similar To one III tlorl-
do. Ii will be beautiful in design.
Dir. John II. Bullock, one Of the Oldest
citizens of Portsmouth. died last night!
He was very well known.
The Harbor Commissioners have made
requIsition for 500 on Norfolk, Ports
mouth. and Norfolk county TO pay the ex-
pense Of their sitting the current year.
The doctors amputated the arm OF Jor,
dan Sulley yesterday afternoon. crushed
on the Norfolk and Carolina railroad.
The Methodist L9ymen's Society last
night authorized the borrowing OF $4,000
TO commence the Sam Jones tabernacle at
once.
Mr.. Warren G.. Elliott, the new president
of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
Company, will leave for Wilmington the
LIST OF March, giving up his practice IN this
city.
Judge Brooke will probably appoint two
meat inspectors for Norfolk. About $780,
900 pounds OF fresh meat is received q week
here from Chicago, and hardly less than
5000 pounds of fresh pork from Baltimore
and the fees from inspection will be large.
Intelligence was received to-day of the
death of Mr.. Roland Culpeper, formerly OF
Portsmouth. at Houston, Texas, suddenly
last night. tie was in the cotton business
and was a brother of Mr.. Joseph ). Gull
pepper, agent of the Old Dominion Steam
ship Company here. During the war he
belonged to Company l. Ninth Virginia.
The owner of the schooner F. O. DE- ne,
ashore near Station No. 4. on the Nirg mia
coast. is here making arrangements TO float
the vessel.
The Merritt Wrecking Company's steam
er Victoria Peed has returned from the
sunken schooner Frank Pratt Lee, and re-
ports her position favorable for raising.
The most of the fleet weather-bound III
Hampton Roads has put TO sea.