Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-11
THE COTTON SEASON.
THE GREAT RUSH FOR JANUARY w
EQuALLEp FOR YEARS
Truckers Preparing for Early Irish Pots-
tsss--Meetfng OF the south-Border
Investment Company.
porsspond.ucs OF tho Richmond DlsDsschl


NORFOLK. January 10, 1890
As generally stated by the cotton-dealers
at the outset the season win run very
late this year, rs great deal OF the crop IS
vet to come in. The receipts here are
picking up again, and over all the lines
Norfolk received yesterday SAIL bales,
against LIZA bales tho same day last year,
which is considerable rush for the month
of January and uneduslled for years. The
receipts to date ut this port are 4s2,sS2
bales, on excess of 1853 bales so Tar over
last year.
The truckers Of the county have COM
menced to prepare their landsfor the early
crop of Irish potatoes. They plant next
month the usual large area.
THEIR FIELD OF OPERATIONS.
The South. Border Investment Company.
of which Mayor j. Taylor Ellyson, OF Rich
last night at the Office of the Danville and
East Tennessee Railroad Company and at
tended to various matters in which the
company is interested in Southwest Viz
GINA, their particular field of operations.
The cold snap has caused considerable
sickness in this vicinity from severe colds,
coughs. etc. but the doctors are not par
ticularly busy.
The new house of worship Just COM
pleted by the Queen-Street Methodist
Episcopal church will be dedicated to the
worship OF God tomorrow at Ii o'clock
by Bishop Il. X. Hargrove, ID. d., OF Nash
vile, Tenn.
COMING HOME WITH HoSoRs.
De. L. Landlord, Of Norfolk, has passed
the necessary examination and been adj
IS he
genealogical Society and will sail for
home on the 10th. He is now in Berlin.
CONGRATULATIONS.
Mr.. Arthur Gordon Lewis, manager OF
the Opera-House. will wed Miss Marie
Celine Cobb, of this city, on wednesday
next.
Captain Thomas Hudgins, OF tho Sea
board Airline steamer Little Nell, IS dan
gerously i'll at his home IN Mathews
county.
The Common Council has authorized an
ordinance providing for the appointment
OF an inspector of buildings. In making
improvements several buildings have tum-
bled down here lately and an inspector Is
deemed necessary.
Rev. j. f. Hutson, the distinguished
Baptist evangelist, commences series of
meetings at the South-Street Tabernacle
in Portsmouth tomorrow night.
sThe United States steamer Dolphin ar
rived at the hayward from Hampton
Roads for supplies.
DEATH OF W. A. SMITH.
Mr.. W. A. Smith, q prominent citizen OF
Portsmouth, who has been i'll for a long
time, died this morning. He wa, about
| ffty-six years Of age and served the city
| in various positions of honor and belonged
| to several orders. During the war he was
attached to the signal corps of the Army
Of Northern Virginia.
Brass bands will be in demand on Lees
birthday, as 1t is highly probable no, Gov;
to engage for that day.
The Confederate Veterans Of Southamp-
| ton county will celebrate Lees birthday
] with demonstration at CORTLAND.
| THE COUPON JURY.
In the Circuit Court to-day commenced
| the trial of the coupon cases. All the casei
| in which William l. Royal was represent
| ed were held in allegiance. The Court thei
proceeded to take up the other cases, ant
| in the first the coupons were verified b,
| the production of the bonds from which
they were cut. When the second case wa
| called, w. II. c. Ellis. Esq, representing
the Commonwealth, demanded another
jury and stated that he would ask for
new jury IN each case. Inc Judge orue.e'
O new jury to be summoned for, Mondaa
and stated that in the mean time be woul'
examine the law under which the deman'
ia made. As there are over a hundre'
cases to be tried. If jury is summoned i
each the costs to the city will amount +
over $1,000.
PAINFULLY INJURED.
To-day a steam-pipe connected with tn
boiler in the American Peanut Company
factory burst and the escaping steam causes
a panic among the hands. One OF them,
colored woman named Annie Elliott
jumped from the second-story window an
striking upon pile Of lumber was pair
fully injured.
GAVE BOND.
NIB. Fielding and Charles II. Cromwell
recently appointed receivers of tn
Atlantic and Dsnville railroad, to-day file
their bond.