Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-28
PUSH AND PROGRESS.
NORFOLK FORGING AHEAD IN MANU-
FEATURING ENTERPRISES.
Her Sanitary Copditfon-Anofher Week oil
DIR. Wharton's Revivals-Dr. Car
tsr's Closing Sermon.
rcorrcspondcnce Of the Richmond Dispsscn.l

rCcrrcspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch.l
NonroLK. Va, September 81, 1890.
While the real estate market is active
hereabouts and the agents are busy as
bees, the solid businessmen are anxiously
looking around and working up plans for
establishing factories and manufacturing
enterprises of various kinds to give en-
ployment to the people and add that sort
of material development to the place re-
CURED to make its prosperity substantial
and permanent. Valuable az lind is. there
are numbers of enterprIsing gentlemen
who will give from five to ten acres near
the city to any enterprise that will employ
$50 or 200 hands, and subscribe literally 10
the stock also.
THE TRIP TO YANKEEDoM.
IL is with this view that the Business
Mems Association have organized the trlp
to New England next month so as TO come
in personal contact with the numerous
manufacturing concerns reported TO De
willing to locate in this section II the
proper inducements are offered them.
The variety actresses Leonora de forrest
and Nellie Ryan. who robbed Robert ii.
Brown, of Philadelphia, of I175 while p, at
the free.and-easy resort known as Inc
Club" Yesterday. were arralgned before
Police-Justlce East this morning. Each OF
the women accused the other OF taxing
the money from Brown and dividing II,
and were sent on TO court for larceny.
About S35 of the amount was recovered.
IN FAIR CONDITION.
The police have completed the quarterly
sanitary inspection of the city and report
it in fair condition. except IN the vicinity
Of certain wharyes where 1t seems almost
impossible to keep things tidy, The clean
illness of Norfolk is well looked after.
Rev. DIR. Wharton, the Baptist evange-
list, viii continue another week In Ports
mouth. He is conducting one OF the largest
revival meetings ever held in Portsmouth,
and over two thousand people are In at
tendance nightly, aud there are many con-
versions. DR.. Wharton breaches in the sam
Jones tabernacle in Norfolk tomorrow
afternoon.
AN ALLIANCE PICNIC.
The Farmers Alliance have picnic at
Princess Anne Courthouse on Monday, ana
Major Mann Page. the president OF the
State Alliance. will be there to address
them.
The United States steamer Richmond
will take on her powder on Monday and
then proceed to Newport. Il. |.
The Norfolk Light Artillery Blues have
decided to make contribution 10 the
Lowery monument in Richmond.
The colored religious element Is con-
ducting an extensive revival In the Sums
of Norfolk among the fallen women Of the
race.
The election in Princess Anne county to
decide whether the county will subscribe
S5O. 900 towards extending the Virginia
Beach road to the head of Currituck sound
will be held in November.
THE LARGEST BABGE-LoAD.
Twenty thousand tons of Pocahontas
coal were shipped from Lamberts Point
this week. The barge Independent lett
the piers yesterday with 4,017 tons, for
Portland. Me, the largest barge-load Of
coal ever shipped from this port.
Rev. DR.. George W. Carter. who has been
Temporarily filling the pulpit of Rev. DR..
Starr at Cumberland-Street will preach
his closing sermons tomorrow and leave
for Ashland to resume his duties as agent
of the Preachers Relief Society OF the VIZ
GINA Conference. DR.. Carter, though con-
siderably advanced in years, is yet bril-
liant and powerful preacher.