Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-13
INLAND WATERWAY.
rur pIsMAL-sWAMP CANAL TO BE
W,pENEp AND pEEPENED.
v.s..,. OF Large Glass to Pass Through
I,-sscond District Convention
Possible Candidates.
,c,,...ro,s.oce Of tho Richmond DIspa,ch.l

tcorrespopasnce Of the Richmond Dispatch.l
NORFOLK. September II, 1890.
About ffteen hundred laborers will be
mt 20 work the first Of the month widen
mo and deepening the Disrnal-Swamp canal,
40 90 .o admit vessels of large class passing
nm and down the coast by the inland wa
,eruav Five or six hundred men will be
worked NJ the Deep-Creek end and the rest
will be distributed along the route 10
South Mills. in Camden county, N. c.
There are four locks on the canal, and oil
u;ll be done away with but one. The IA
none George Law, the New YORK Million
CIV. ,rorked ON these locks "a common
laborer when they were hrst constructed.
Considerable money Will oe expended IN
improvements by tue new company before
they get Though.
POSSIBLE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES.
The District Executive Committee IA
changing the time OF holding the Sunoik
convention to the 9TH OF OCTOBER penese
that Inc partv will be benefited by the
nostnonement. Judge ID. Tucker Brooke,
of this city, and Captain John L. west
g,perintendent of public schools OF NOT
folk county. are also spoken of as possible
candidates if the convention decides III
expedient 10 make nomination. mere
;s a strong disposition to place candidate
in the field, bat a vigorous hgnt VIII pe
made against 1t by number OF Democrats
who wouldn't hesitate TO make sacrihceS
to defeat Bowden, whose record on tug
force bill and other violent measures Oh
the South hating Republicans stinKs III
the nostrils" Of every good Democrat.
AN APPEAL TAKES.
This morning in the matter OF the ap-
neal of the Crawford-street property hoiu-
ers TO the Court of Appeals TO decide me
right of the Seaboard and Roanoke RAIL
road COMPANY to lay tracks on SAID tho
rouChfsre. the Circuit Court OF Ports
month ordered bond of $4,000 to be
given. and granted sixty days to prepare
the case. IT.
A voung German named Joseph TRAINER
is in jail for robbing roommate IN Oapo
Charles City of S3G. The money was
found and he confessed the THEFT.
FAREWELL DINNER TO SAM. KIMBERLY.
Captain Sam. Kimberly was given com
plimentary dinnerat the Ocean Club yester-
day before ne left for Central America. Mrs.
Kimberly accompanied him. CAPTAIN sam
thinks "rough-visaged war Will nave
smoOthed its wrinkled front" and every
thing will be serene and happy by the
time he reaches MS pOSt' I'd, e.,
The late showers have greatly benefited
the Norfolk-couuty truckers.
HARD on THE COPS.
Officer Daniel Ryan was dismissed from
the police force last night for drinking
glass of sarsaparllla from bar-room WIN
dow. One of the Portsmouth police com
missioners made a vigorous effort TO nave
Lieutenant Only. of the force. dismissed
for going into bar-room to arresta United
States deserter. -,
Intelligence has been received here OF the
death of DIR. George Beverly Gheiselin, son
of the late John ID. Ghelselln, OF TINS ety.
which took place in New York Yesterday:
DIR. Gheiselin was about seventy years OF
age and born. reared. and educated IN Nor
folk. He spent much of his life IN South
America Mexico, and California engaged
in mining operations. The last three years
he lived in Chicago and Europe.
The United States steamer Standlsh was
taken out of the dry-dock tins afternoon.