Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-04-01
ROBINSON SPEAKS.
AZ will CARRY THE cRAwFoao-sT.
FIGHT TO THE uTTeRMosT LIMIT.
A schooner Ashore and Bark In DIS
tress--strickcn with Paraiysis-An Al
legged counterfeiter in Custody.

fcorro.nondsnce o, the Richmond Dispatch
NoproIK. March 3i.-Mr. John NJ. Rob
inson, of the Seaboard Air Line, arrived
here this morning, and by invitation wili
address the Board OF Trade Of Portsmouth To-
night in regard 70 the improvements his com
many win make IN Portsmouth II the Crawford
stree, railroad matter Is decided favornbly 70 the
road by the Court Of Appeals. He says the
noonle of Portsmouth viii stand by the Air Line
he win carry the tight In the courts 70 the utmost
limit. The Crawford-street property-hold
cav IN they lose in the Court OF Appeals tney VIII
taking OF private property for pubic uses H.
wolves constitutional question
OTHER WRECKS.
Tho schooner Rose McDavitt, loaded with steer
rails for the Norfolk Southern rairoad ana DC
fore reported ashore In the bay, has gone 70
pieces and viii be total loss Inc WLechets VI
this city hope TO save her cargo. IL II also
thought that the schooner Matthias Danncck,
loaded with coal, ashore near BLACK rVer' mas
gone 10 pieces.
A wrecklng force left here yesterday 70 render
assistance 20 the bark Albemarle, ashore IN
Chesapeakc bay between Windmill Point and
Wicamica and from Havana 20 Baltimore, with
guano. The bark is lying easy, and the WrecKers
expect % save vessel and cargo
Mry. H. J. Beaton, the wife OF the Rev. 4. d.
Beo.on Of the Virginia Conference, was stricken
with paralysis OF the right side yesterday alter
noon, and her condition is critical
SENT on.
The young white man, John A. Poythrcss, from
Henderson, n. c., who robbed his roommate, MI.
G. X. Hall, at the Purcell House, has been sent on
10 the May term Of the Corporation Court. lie Is
said to be wanted at Florence, s. C., for commit
ting similar offence.
A NEEDED RESI-.
Rev. Vernon Hanson has closed his passionate
with the Third Baptist church and goes 10 nis
farm for few months before entering upon his
work Of education in Texas. The Third church
people have extended n very urgent call TO Rev.
j. Nj, @. Scott TO become their pastor
A white man giving his name as James Bro,
but who registered as j. w. Brown at the Purceu
House, Ia In custody on suspicion Of passing coun-
terfeit money.
Res. ". Z. Edwards, d. D., has again gone 10
Lynchburg on account OF the illness OF MS latner,
Rev. John L. Edwards.
STILL ANOTHER.
The schooner Sarah r. Carson, Captain Robin
son, bound from Baltimore 10 Pensacola, with q
cargo Of general merchandise, arrived here this
morning In distress, having lost anchors and
chains and sustained other damage In q blow on
the mouth Of the Potomac river. survey VIII
be held and repairs made.
PRESIDENTIAL YACHT.
The United States steamer Dolphin Is
coming here 70 be extensively fitted out as a
yacht for the President and Secretary Of the
Navy. Somewhere about seventy-hve thousand
dollars will be expended on her. Her poop-deck
will be extended and new state-rOOmsadded, and
the rooms viii be elegant IN furnishings and ap-
pointments. The Atlanta and Petrol are also
coming here for attention, and the Newark Will
stop in here for coal and supplies on her way
down.