Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-27
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fCorrespondonce OF the h'cniiiO"u ''''
NORFOLK. MAY %, 1890.
xforo Raw State newspaper-meh aIe ~
.on,r 90 day They are from the supulD'
" tbc "Unb." and number about lnil.SJI
Eve including the ladies; Iney d I,oi,
This morning on the steamship i'oi .,,,,,;t
and we're met at the wharf by Ine OU'i I'm
toe appointed by the ShaihDDeI md az.
,,orce and the Naval Post Bann anu -
norted 10 the Atlantic Hotel. and iatet nv
yiaitors were shown around the cry. ~ (,,
ON earlv dinner the visitors were taAoitt va
.bc efeanner CITY of Chester to NesS W.
ell and made a trip on the Atlan,lcc W. VI
DanvilIc railroad through the tfucA-Hng,ig NJ
Of the Western Branch sectlOBI. -
LARGE lurlber.mlls on the Souther1 piai
The navy-yard and the big ships ouii', ,,nSi
and other points Of interest ~ tbe
visited and inspected. consuming VI W,
greater pert of the afternoon ""N
interesting the visitors. ,,-...,,1.l,,
This ovenincatG clock, IN the Assem- ~, ~,
room of the Atlantic, the Boston edli0i S'
| were entertained with a banquet ~ NJ
Chamber Of Commerce. Mayor =. VI;
Henry delivered n speech OF Wel1oule ~ m
MIR. 4. Starbuck, Of the Naltnhih I'
Press. responded. Othcr spTecle9 4
made by NJ. Glennan, OF the tggU,a"i"' ~
c. Murray, Of the LdndmdrF' ana OOuH0''-
man s. A. Stevens. ,, r,...-,l,.
+. " PufTer. of the NeJc England foin'T.
W. 4 Cook. of Milford. and Dr. jarvis. OF
Roston all expressed themselves delghted
with Norfolk and her people. Apou11, ~
| o,clnck the visitors left for Roanoke. Ihey
viii not yisi; Richmond. but 90 to WASH
jngton and take steamer from baltimore.
j. A. Pugh, of the Roanoke H@d9' pr's'ii
dent of the Virginia Press ASSOCIATION, anu
A. 4. Christian, Of the PWnsh7 NcrS' "eIc
| IF Htralpnm1nr
New ENGLAND editors ana accompany '4's
| them on their trip through the STATE
GOT AWAY IN GOOD ORDER.
There was a good-sizod Richmond excur-
| sion party here yesterday on the steamer
| Toicbostcr and soon after their arrival all
| left for Virginia Beach. Some retuFheu 10
| the CITY in the afternoon, but the MAJORITY
| enont fhe dav ut the seaside. All got away
ia GOOD order about nightfall tor home.
| The trial of the HOme-Bank cases com
menced in the Corporation Court to-day.
! that of judge George =. Oidheid coming
M first, under an Indictment charging Il
| instrumentation of the funds OF tle pam n;
| JudGe Olddeld il defended by Mr.. Richard
| Wake and Mr.. William II. White. Inc
prosecution is conducted by Mr.. Thomas
| II Wilson. Commonwealth attorney. lhe
cashier Of the bank. Mr.. II. c. Percy; VINO
| disappeared at the time OF the collapac'
! has never since been heard from.
| The LAWYERS got through with the argu-
| ment in Judge Oldheld's case at o'clock
| A flaw WAS found in the indictment ana so
| determined by the Court, rs the bank re-
| mort unon which it was based was not a
! sworn statement. and the jury was IN
| structed TO bring in verdict OF not guilty.
which was done. and the case was dismiss
ed. Noile prosog,tiS were then entered IN the
cases of the other directors. This ends the
Home Bank matter in the courts. Judge
A. =. Watts, of Portsmouth. presided,
NoCoUPoNs THERE.
A feature Of the charter granted the com
many which IL to put several millions III
| land and improvements In the Atlantic
| Civ section Is that all taxes ana other IN
debtedness due the State shall be paid IN
current money of the United states. ne
| landscape engineer IS now at work, ana the
improvement OF this property Is 10 com
| mence as soon as he gets through and IS
ready. -,
| the Confederate veterans TO Richmond
| but il is probable the military companies
will have TO 90 without a band.
The largest crowd since the season
opcned rushed to the seaside yesterday.
In the throng were many visitors from
Washington and Richmond down for the
day. All the private Lighthouses al ocean
View are now open, and on sunday are
crowded with guests Of the members from
the city.
Mr.. l.. r. Lelsies. heavy lumber manu-
facturer of this city, Is dangerously III al
his residence on Duke street.
THE NEW posT-oFTICE.
On Saturday night the truckers of this
vicinity shipped 5000 barrels of early cab
bage to Providence, the largest single
shipment of cabbage from this section fol
1t is asserted that the new pos: officc
building for Norfolk will be located on q
block 227 feet on Bank street, 200 feet on
City-Hall avenue, and 225 feet on Brewer
street. in which Congressman Bowden Is
| interested.
The Merritt Wrecking Company of this
CITY has resumed operations on the
stranded schOoners b. +. Poole and G. W
| Dame on Virginia Beach. The former will
| be dug out and the latter launched. q.
|