Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-10-26
THE OYSTER TRAFFIC
INCREASED ACTIVITY ON ACCOUNT
OFTHE COOL WEATHER
Tho Breach In the Republican Ranks
Widenipg-Cioso OF the Temperance
Neetings-rhe Lost Barge.
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NORFOLK, October %, 1890.
The cool weather has caused decided
increase of activity in the oyster traffic,
and the packing-houses are forwarding
IN orders from the North and West, and
ovpect soon to be very busy. Orders for
select shell-oysters, which are shipped IN
barrels and bags, are heavy at times
The catchers who work on the rocks arc
not steadily engaged as yet, owing to
Tho light demand OF the packers. In
the local market the biyalves are con-
sidered well up in price.
INTEREST IN REGISTRATION.
both Democrats acd Republicans are
+oking considerable interest in the regis
tration going on to-day IN this section
and a fnll vote will be brought out. The
breach in the Republican ranks IS ap-
narontlv widening. Mr. b. ,: AcklSs'
United States commissioner, mas oesn
busy for several days swearlne IA tne
new supervisors Of election and deputy
United States marshals.
NAVAL NEWS.
The remaining portion of the stem OF
the battle-ship Texas was raised yestcf'
dsv and the torpedo-tubes placed IN po-
a;tfon A battalion of marines and bat
TALON OF blue-iackets from the yard and
eb;ns will attend the cornerstone cero-
a,,;oa in Norfolk next month. Assist
nt-Engineer Kenneth McAlpine, oil
this ward. has been ordered 10 the
Brooklyn maynard on temporary duty
THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE.
The Hon. Frances Murphy, the DIS,
tinCuished temperance advocate, Will
close bis meetings at tho Sam Jones Ia
bernacle tomorrow night. housing meet
ings are expected both tomorrow alter
noon and evening. Mr.. Murphy has
had tho most successful and wonderfuil
temperance revival ever known here, ana
five or six hundred people have been III
duced to sign the pledge. -,
A youth named Willie Meyers feli
from the roof of house in Portsmouth
Yesterday afternoon and received such
| internal injuries that it is hardly possible
he will survive.
Mr.. Fergus McWilkie, OF Portsmouth,
was appointed and qualified yesterday as
United States Commissioner o. the OH.
cult Court for the Eastern district OF
Virginia.
! DULL COAL SEASON.
Owing to bad weather ana other rea-
sons not quite seventeen thousand tons
of coal we're shipped from Lambert
Point this season.
Norfolk received 1869 bales of cotton
yesterdav-the heaviest one-days re-
CENTS this season. During the week
| RI. DID bales were received, making
III. COS since the LIST of September--an
increase of 70,339 over the same time
last year.
The yreckers are busy getting oil the
barges and small craft driven ashore
during the late storm.
ACQUITTED.
William Vincent, who was arrested and
iailed on the charge OF firing and de,
stroving Italian Hall and several colored
lodges in the county, was tried IN the
County Court for twelve hours yeterday
and acquitted.
The cornerstone OF another Presby,
terrain church in Berkeley viii be laid
next Wednesday.
HIS TWENTY-FIVE ANNIVERSARY.
Rev. o. S. Barten, ID. D., rector Of
Christ church, will complete the twenty
fifth year Of his ministry at that church
on the third Sunday in Advent, when he
will preach an anniversary sermon and
the congregation viii have special
service.
The steam barge lost OF the cape'
with all on board was not the Wemple,
but IS believed to DO the George D.
! Wright, of this port.