Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-19
THE SAD SEA WAVES.
The NEWS GATHERED At NORFOLK
AND PORTSMOUTH,.
A SLIGHT rrceze--La Grippe Takes 90
cure Hold-Matters mt the
Navy-Yard. SC.
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No,vo,r Janu,ry IL, 1890.

n-or,.,pondeuce OF he Richmond Dispstoh.i
NORFOLK. January ~. 1890.
The committee Of the Boaul OF trace
and CITY Council Of Portsmouth appolnteu
to receive the Danville visitors mex. WI
have secured all the necessary tunos nnu
ara making good progress. but the Cnainio,Yt
Of Commerce and other bodies OF Noriola
have heard nothing more from connal,Duvtiicc
Bateman about the opening of the Atian,ic
and Danyille road and the coming OF the
nm. country visitors, and have done notn'ns
i'm the way of providing for the receptiun.
The businessmen, however. VIII give .no
visitors a warm welcome and hanosolne
greeting. even If IL should be gotten up
hurriedly.
SLIGHT FREEZE.
There was another slight freeze in TINS
section last night, and the weather Is inoIo
seasonable and comfortable. Inc countIy
roads were frozen stiff for the first time
this winter.
A sECrRE MOLD.
II NAV now be fairly stated that the
grippe has n secure hold on large prOYoi-
tion OF the people Of this section, ana so
many are incapacltated that uslDess ~
fairs are considerably interfered with. Inc
police of both ct es feel the tull ehects o.
The maladv. Delegate IL. l.. MGynar 1, o.
Portsmouth. came home from Rlchmonu
last nIqht suffering severely, and Is quite
i'll to-day and confined 10 his bed.
RAILROAD FINED.
The Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad
COMPANY was fined $50 yesterday Tor run
ming trains through the streets OF PORTS
mouth faster than three miles, an hour;
The coal shipments from Lambert Point
last week ran up TO 22,OJO tons' o"lns W
the good sailing weather.
The cases against the English cotton
firms Of this city for having brought 10
this country contract labor will come up
for trial the last Of the month IN the United
States Circuit Court before Judges Bono
and Hurhes. The cases growing ont OF
the employment of Canad ans at "est
Point will come up in Richmond.
Mr. X. c. Murray quail fed yesterday aS
superintendent of public schools OF Nor
folk. -
One ocean-barge carried North from
LamDcrt's Point yesterday 4.OO2 tons OF
coal.
DISCHARGED.
Forty vorkmen employed on the iron.
cruisers at the yard had 10 be discharged
last night for want of material, the con-
tractors being DELAYED at the mills. NO
thing ia now doing on Cruiser No. 5.
The schooner Susan Ellen. Captain Ferry
from James river to Boston with Wood
mas arrived UtAt WAil al NC -''i'
away and loss of deck-load, having oeen
in the late blow on Chesapeake bay. Inc
Board Of Survey ordered her 10 repair
damages and proceed ~ soon as possible.
superintendent /. :. Kimball has lndi;;
Gated that the lite-saving station petltIoned
for on Lynnhaven bay VIII be established.
Mr.. l.. q. SYKES is IN Kansas CITY as q
delegate TO the international Brlcklayers'
Union from this city.
Rev. Il. J. Smith, y. D., a Baptlst MIN;
ister of Rochester \. y, Is visiting ana
preaching in Norfolk.
One hundred acres Of land have been pur-
chased by the city in Princess Anne county
at Sc 500 for the new almShouse. and an
Sts 900 building vii be erected upon It.
The farm is located hva miles from Nor
folk
The schooner A. Heat0n. Captain Handy.
from Baltimore TO Boston With cargo OF
coal. went aground of New Point Comfort
on Thursday night and sprung eleak. She
arrived here to-day leak ~ 600 strokes an
hour. The Captain noted protest and
survey was held 10y the Underwriters.
The SeabOard and Roanoke railroad tug
Little Nell and Il barge loaded WITH railroad
cars went ashore III the In tern Branch to-
dav. The steamer Lurav and tus COmmo.
dore tried to pull them OF. but were I'M
successful
NIr. Joseph Smith, q well-knowu citizen
OF Portsmouth, died vestcr lay from iulu-
ries resulting from fall IL the hayward
while at work a rigger. ".