Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-07
TWO WATER SPOUTS
uu,cu FRIGHTENED THE NATIvEsiN
NORFOLK COUNTY.
..,~. for Trnckers--Damagc bv the
squaII in Portsmou'h-"ha' d"
Henry Willard Aftcr'
..,., ,.,.sr,m 70 tho Di,patch.I

No,xo,x Nav 6.-More heavy and soak
ahou,era fell in this section to-uaN,
' r;ss,;rg the truckers all the moisture tney
fi,lIIe g, ,rasent for their maturing crops.
po;r ras badly needed ell through inc
tarra;ro actions and was worth tnousanus
90 dollars TO the berry and pea-groWtls
alone. At Hodges's Ferry. IN tne ooiul. .'aa'
on Sunday afternoon tnere VIZ s,,o,,t Jsrk
Lnrst in tho shape of water-Po,uS' ualn
u'ad f,npel-s shaped. and az big as the dome
- the Civ Hall that greatly, frlsntaene,a
az ~. ~ .,oo,,ie of the neighhorhoOd ana HOOD
~ Itio yicin;fv with several inches OF water,
Jo;no some damage. A smaller water-spout
go, uo seen Ia the Tanners Creek seetion
about the same time. ,..oo;o.;o,,
Tho Young Mems Christian Associa.loIi
secretaries of Norfolk and PoItsns1utn 1Io
Tenn. 10 attend Che lnternatohai Oon'
sTr,oY WORK
GOOD force Of carpenters and iron
,rortcrs were nut 10 work To-Day on tne
ouble.turretted monitor Amphitrlte' ana
70 material can be delivered by the con-
factors with anv regularity there VIII pe
steady work on this ship FOR long time ior
Tho shipment of strawberries tomorrow
will he the heaviest Of the season.
Judge Edward Spaldlng ana wire n 1i.
rome TO Augusta, Me-, the judges motDer
having died on Sunday. .,;..o,,.
The Cedar-Grove property, inmeoilate y!
onnosite the navy-yard and belonging 70
Peters a. Reed and others, has been sOlu
for 5000. 900. The purchasers are not
known but il is thought the Norfolk ana
Western Railroad Company are the new
oyners For wears the property was Of
fered the Government for $4,000.
OFF TO NEW FIELDS.
The hand of Holiness Disciples who have
been holding reyivals III Portsmouth LOT
Inc last wear patked up yesterday and lett
for Illinois to open two months meet
NFF;chtv crates of strawberries brought a
Norfolk-county trucker $500 net IN New
York last week.
Mr.. A. Dezendorf, son of ex-CongTeSs-
man Dezendorf, left here to-day lor Cah-
fornia. where he will reside. -,
During the squat in Portsmouth this
morning half-fnished frame dwelling on
Henry Street belonging to James Robinson
was blown down and completely de-
The schoolship Portsmouth was towed
TO the ward from Hampton Roads to-day
The Democratic primary election com
menced here to-day. III VIII NC 'ci' i"
hour tonight before the vote IS canvasseo'
PERSONALS AND briefs.
The venerable Samuel r. Hand; road
master of the Seaboard and Roanoke rail-
road is dangerously ILL.,,
Mr.. Lloyd Nash, of the FIRST Audltor 5
Office. Richmond. is enjoying leave Of
absence at his home in Portsmouth.
4 barrel company with $4,000 capital
and employing from 100 TO 800 cooPers,
with an output Of 1000 to 5000 barrels a
dav. has been organized here. g,
The schooner Annie c. Reynolds arrived
here last evening for repairs, having been
hauled off Smiths Island, where she went
ashore last week.
Mr.. Henry Willard, the railroad magnate,
is here in his private car. Rumor has 1t
that be IS here in the interest OF the pro
1ected direct road from Chicago to this
port.