Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-08-23
THE WET SEASON AGAIN SETlN
A Prospect of Fine Crops for the Next Ten
Years-Materiai for junk Dealers.
tCorrespondence OF the Richmond Dispstch.l

ICorrespondonce Of the Richmond Dspstch.l
NORFOLK, August %. 1890.
The wet season seems TO have resumed
possession of this section again. Rain has
fallen every day this week, and COM
mencing at midnight last night 10 seems TO
have set in for q long stretch. Fortu-
natelv there is nothing much on the Nor
folk county farms except the sweet-potatoes
and seed Irish potatoes that the excessive
rains can now hurt. Up the Seaooard ana
Roanoke road in Northampton county,
where the lands were getting worthless
from repeated failures, the immense crops
of cotton, corn. and peanuts made this
wear have led the farmers TO declare they
are now going TO have good crops for the
next ten years. They think, however.
there will be no money III peanuts this
wear on account of the great abundance.
Digging will commence III thirty days.
pUII-srAsoS SHIPPING.
Sweet potatoes and apples form the only
Norfolk truck now shipped 20 the north
ern markets, the melons being too ripe TO
20 be handled Truck shipping at this
point is now dull, and the oyster vessels
engaged in running the stnf to the steam
ers from the farms are all laid up repalnt-
ing and refitting for their regular business,
which begins in about two weeks. Many
of the vessels have lately been engaged IN
planting oysters.
IN ROTTEN ROW.
The workmen Of the yard are now re-
moving the engines OF the old frigate
BROOKLYN. This famous old war-ship Is in
Rotten Row and will soon bo sold and
broken up by the junk-dealers.
TO BE Examined BY THE DOCTOR.
The Police Department is greatly exer-
cised over the order of the commissioners
directing that the members of the force be
examined as 10 their physical ability to
perform police duty and the early reOrsan-
ization OF the force.
Rev. DR.. j. Lansing Burrows, OF Free
mason street Baptist church, writes that
he il still far from well. He is now stop
ping with relatives in Harrisonburg and
thinks the Valley climate rs helping HIM
very much. The Doctor left Norfolk IN
very feeble health.
Rev. DIR. Gwin. OF Park-Avenue Baptist
church, Will preach the sermon at the
dedication OF the Baptist church at Cape
Charles next Thursday.
SAVED FROM DROWNING.
Mr.. w. j. Shepherd, of this city, was
saved from drowning at Virginia Beach
yesterday by the bathing patrol.
Fifty warrants have been issued against
the owners of unlicensed dogs IN. Norfolk.
Seven Norfolk wheelmen left this after
noon for Niagara Falls 10 attend tho ma
tional meet of American Wheelmen.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES John W. CAST
left last night for Washington TO confer
with Inspector General Dumont in making
up his decision regarding the collision be-
tween the bay steamers Virginia and
Louise.
Senator Edmonds was in Norfolk to-day.
The schooner Virginia Rulon. from the
York river 70 New York with lumber aud
which put In leaking, left tonight for
Newport News 10 90 in the dry-dock.
The steamer Manteo. of the Old Dopin-
Jon Line. plying between this port and
North Carolina, has been sold 10 a com
pany engaged ia trading in the Gulf Of
Mexico.
An excursionist here from johnson coun-
". N. g., was robbed of $40 last night by
the waiter girls in the Novelty Theatre.