Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-10-05
BuENA VIsTA'S IMPROVEMENT.
Y. NJ. G. A. Building and Fire Depart
ment-A Brutal Negro Murder.
Correspondence OF the Richmond Dlspatch'l
D.. Wan. Octohar 2 1S90-

tCorrespondence Of the Richmond Dispstch.l
BurSA VISTA, October 2, 1890.
A meeting was held in the Presbyterian
church last Sunday evening Tor the pur-
pose of organizing Young Mems Chrls-
tan Association. Alr. h. L. Daduluu' one
Of the State secretaries, was preseas an'
conducted the proceedings IL was ueter,,
mined that o sis 900 brick building should
loo erected here on lot given by the Buena
Vista company for the purpose. Inc sum
of O. 200 was subscribed st the meeting,
and n committee was appointed 10 soIclt
the balance from our citizens. Deep IN
terest is manifested in the work, ana there
is no doubt of q sufficient sum peinB
realized for the purpose OF building the
house.
FIRE APPARATUS.
We are TO have q FIRE department The
Council at its last meeting made an appro-
priation for the purpose OF buylng hose, a
hose carnage, and the necessary equip
ments tor the purpose. The pressure mere
from our reservoir is so great that q nre-
engine will not be needed. by attaching
the hose TO plug a stream can be thrown
over the highest house.
cH1LDHooD's HOME.
! Senator Mccormick, the millionaire
aprieultural-im implement man OF Chicago, 10
at the old home of his boyhoOd, near Ra-
phIne. in this county. having monuments
| placed over the graves OF number or ms
| ancestors. Mr.. Mccormick visits TINS
| locality several times during the year, and
/ il fond of amending O few weeks around
| the old homestead. His devotion TO the
memory of his ancestors Is very pathetic
and touching.
THE MURDERoUs RAZOR.
desperate negro named Granny killed an
i Cl,ftr "a
/ few DAYS ago. He literally cut his, victim
| 10 pieces with razor, besides shooting
/ him in the heart. jealousy was the cause
/ of the difficulty. Crany IS an ex-penlten-
/ tiary convict, having served two years Tor
/ cutting the late DIR. Walker, OF this county,
/ and manning his arm for life. The police
/ are on the lookout for him. lie Is OF small
/ statue and dark color The thumb of his
/ right hand was nearly severed IN the en-
counter.
BLOOMING sAyERSAKE-
Sayernake. the new town adjoining
| Buena Vista, is growing very rapidly; Du-
| ring the week 450 lots have been sold to
| London and American capitalists, and ar
1 ranpements are being made for the lmme-
date erection of fits buildings-ten store
houses and forty residences. The man
aging director, Colonel Dunlap, informs
me that he is about to locate several addi-
\ tional large industries. -,
A large number of houses are being built
| here. but still there is a pressing demand
/ for more. As fast as they are completed
/ they are occupied.
RICHMOND VISITORS.
The following is list of the Richmond
people registered here this week: w. IL.
| Sands, II. Seldom Taylor and wife, james
II. Crenshaw, o. b. Loose, j. w. johnson,
c. W. Smalley, |. ii. Kaufman, W. X. Par
ry. sos,
Mr.. W. F. Larrabee. grand master Of Odd;
Fellows of Virginia, instituted q lodge OF
that order here last night.
CAPITALISTS.
A great many strangers we're in town
this week, and among the number were
4. }. Kimball, president OF the Norfolk
and Western railroad, and Major Sands,
general manager of the same road. Mr..
sydney +. Tyler, late receiver Of the
Shenandoah-Yalle road, was also here.
This party spent the night and drove
over the place the next morning.
1t is believed here that as the Norfolk and
Western has become the owner OF the
Shenandoah-val road policy will be
inaugurated which will be highly bench,
cial to the towns through which the load
passes. Several of the directors of this
road have large money interests at Buena
Vista, several of them being stockhold-
ers in the iron company.