Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-10-16
FARMER WAREHOUSE
rnARrsR DELAYED BECAUSE or DE-
FEcTs IN THE PETITION.
Ruling High--rhree Murder
Cases To he Tried.
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PRTRRsBuRo, Va, October ID, 1890.
An application has been made to
Judge d. NJ. Bernard, OF the HustiLgs
Court, for a charter OF incorporation OF
the Farmers Alliance Warehouse Com
pany, the warehouse Of which is to be
located in this city. In consequence OF
some defects in the petition IN the mat
ter OF signatures the granting OF the
charter has been delayed for several days.
That a business house under the man
seement and control Of the alliance will
be established here at an early day there
is no doubt. The matter has been fully
discussed and agreed upon in meetings
of representatives OF the alliances of oil
the counties adjacent to Petersburg.
40 FRosrS
The predictions OF frost in this Sec
ZION last night failed OF verification.
There was decided fall in temperature
by sunset last evening, but the brisk
wind which prevailed all night prevent
ed frost. The fine season We have had
has enabled the farmers to house all OF
their crops, and there is nothing left IN
the fields now which could be seriously
injured by the frost The tobacco crop
OF last year was injured by an early
frost.
TOBACCO SALES.
The offerings Of both dark and bright
tobacco at the warehouses to-day were
large. and for the qualities offered the
prices were highly satisfactory While
The bI4ghts ranged no higher in grade
than medium and were generally in
lerlor and nondescript, sales were made
as high as from $50 TO $40. Fine ship
ping and good dark wrappers brought
from Sl3 to GIG.
The market is entirely bare OF peanuts.
The old stock having been exhausted and
the new not yet coming in, except IN
quantities not sufficient to justify quota
tons
MURDER CASES.
Three cases Of murder are on the
iockets of the courts in this section, oil
of which will be tried within the next
few weeks. One of these cases IS IN
Greensville county, one in Sussex, and
the third in Surry county, and IN each
the evidence against the party accused IS
very positive. In Greensville the de-
PENDANT is a negro youth who killed an
old colored man nearly seventy years OF
age with a fence-rail because of the lat
ter's remonstrance with him about the
threats TO whip his son. lu Sus-
Sex county Henry Beleher IS IN JAIL
for the murder of Wesley Ridley,
whom he killed by strangling, and whose
body he threw into a pit for conceal
ment.
The Surry county case is that Of
Orney Briggs, who shot and killed
David Walker at Claremont a few days
ago. Briggs claims that the shooting
was done in self-defence and has en-
ploved counsel to defend him. All the
parties to these cases are colored, as
were also their victims.
IN STATUE QUO.
There is no change in the status OF
the Virginia and Carolina railroad, and
no indications of any steps looking to It's
construction as vet. 4 gentleman from
Dinwiddie county said to-day that at diff
ferent points the road-bed is used for
travelling purposes by the farmers and
the bitches serve rs receptacles Tor the
surplus water from the farms
Among the bidders and frequent buy
ers Of tobacco at the sales in this city Is
the Merchants Tobacco Company, to
whom many lots of brights are knocked
out.
ALLIANCE MEETING.
An adjourned meeting of the repre-
senta,iyes of the Farmers Alliance IN
the counties adjacent to Petersburg will
be held in this city on Tuesday of next
week to receive the charter of incorpora-
ton, which has been applied for At
that meeting board of directors of the
company will lie elected and this board
will elect a general manager. After
that the company will go to work.
ROBIN ADAIR.