Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-18
OLDFIELD TURNS UP.
ABSENCE CAUSED BY MENTAL DE-
paessIoN-BoND RENEWED.
pr..,dent KimbaIl's Prediction OF NOT
folks OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ers Holding Too Hard.
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correspondence OF tho h'SNiA'oN
NORFOLK, May II. 1890.
Judge Oldfeld. the president OF tne iate e
Home Bank. returned 10 the cHy shis
mant a7ter him TO North Carolina. lie
rront INTO court at IL o'clock and renewed
he bond in the penalty of S2o.OOo. HIS
E;anda sav that trouble over the trlal OF
H. hank officers affected him mentally and
he left town without knowing where ne
was going. and when his MIND recaine
clear he found himself alone IN the WOODS
of North Carolina, where he had q, arlv ven
his horse and buggy. Judge Olohelus
and be owns n very handsome property IN
his immense brick yards. which are located
inst north of the city. The BANK cases
will be called again in the Corporation
Court on the 26th instant.
NoRTo1K's HALF MILLION IN 1900.
President Kimbal, of the Norfolk and
Western predicts that there will he popu-
lation of half million on this harDor
within the next twenty years. lie ls SUD-
stantialIv backing his faith by uniting
With his friends in making large invest
ments in property and improvements
here. There are many others VINO De
lieve like Mr.. Kimball, when accounts
for the values in real estate running up so
in tine country adjacent to the two cities.
n nuI ans too bad. andsthe booming specu-
iator as well az the solid, conservative
buyer looking for sites for the establish
ment of manufacturing enterprises may DO
kent out and the natural resources and al
yantages of the locality utilized ana ue-
yeloped very slowly in consequence.
To-day being circus-day here immense
crowds of people are in from all the sur
rounding country and retail business IS
brisk. p.;o.
church. Baltimore, who has been visiting
in this section for week or two, returned
home Yesterday.
The first full train-load Of tobacco oven
the Atlantic and Danviile railroad arrived
last night from Baltimore ana was ior-
warded bv the Cape Charles route without
breaking bulk.
INCREASED COAL SHIPMENTS.
Mr.. G.. II. Hughes, general superlnten-
dent Of the Norfolk and Virginia Beach
railroad. has resigned to accept position
on fbe Baltimore and Ohio, and Mr.. q. u.
Dickcy has been appointed his successor;
Coal shipments of Pocahontas from the
Lanbert's Point piers made Jump up to
nearly 23,000 tons this week.
BRIEF TOPICS.
There was an enormous Ihlllaii III '4'
| Princess Anne section Yesterday.
New Irish potatoes in this market from
the North Carolina section sell at Sc bar
| rel. -,
new 1000. OOO-gallon pump has been
placed in the pump-house of the city wa
| ter-wOrks. -,
4 party of businessmen from Danville
will arrive here tomorrow.
Hon. John Goode has accepted the invl-
tation to deliver the Grafton on Memorial
day in Norfolk, and Amistead, Gordon
ESD. of Stanton, has accepted the invita-
ton TO deliver the poem on the occasion.
Mr.. W.. }. Rogers, one of the local re;
porters of the Norfolk Vrginldn, suffered
an attack Of paralysis of the whole OF the
left side this morning. and his condition IS
serious.
There was no street-show of Barnums
circus to-day owing to an accident on the
road and delay IN getting here.