Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-22
LOUD BUSINESS CUT.
rsrecr or SURPRISING THE OBJ
SCENE THEATRICAL BILLS.
n,..,no,nted Audience-The Ballard
VIII Case--The Grippe In Norio'A
County. &C.
,sooc,., telegram to the Dlspatcb.l

fsnocial telegram 10 the pispaVon'
Nonyorx Va, March 2i.-owing 70 the
oot;vitv of the authorities in suppressihg
The obscene theatrical show-oiiis pIs posi-,
throughout the city, the variety ehnio, .
zion AZ the Opera House last night did no.
coma mn 70 the expectations OF the grea,
,brong Of men and boys that packed
,bs bouse. In view Of the circumstances
and possibly the policemen present tne
MANAGEMENT deemed it prudent 10 cut
ont ali the extremely loud business.
SUFFICIENTLY LOUD.
II vas sufficiently loud, however, for all
.,~a.,;eal nr1rposes, even under the
p prnning' The billboard men made, quick
,vork Yesterday afternoon in covering up
tba o6ensiye posters under the orders OF
he Nayor and Chief of Police. Hereafter
Tho nolice department will pass upon the
nnde in art as represented on theatrical
paper.
The trial of the Ballard will case in the
Circuit Court of Norfolk county resulted
IN a hung jury, the vote standing seven 20
five in favor of the will. The case Will De
brought up again:
There is more sickness prevailing in Nor
folk county Just now than has been known
for years. 1t is chiefly of the grippe, order;
Much Of 1t also prevails In Noriolk anu
Portsmouth.
FULL COMPLIMENT.
First-I Lieutenant II. G. Fisher. United
States marine corps, reported at the navy
ward to-day for duty at the barracks.
There is full complement Oh marine
officers now on duty at the yard-some-
thing unusual.
A COMMITTEE coSFAB.
Judge Waddill, of Richmond, was here
on Thursday night in a confab with ex-
Congressman Bowden and Colonel Lamp
at the residence of the latter. Ihese
gentlemen compose amalority OK the state
Republican Committee. and II If suggested
that the conference was IN relation 10 the
business Of the committee.
William Rosenthal, O workman at the
nayy-yard, was terribly injured about the
head yesterday afternoon by pile OF lum-
Der falling on him.
Carrie Sinclair, the young white, girl
found wandering around the streets desti-
tute and i'll and cared for at the police sta;
ton. was sent to her friends in Richmond
to-day.
DEATH OF 6. g. GRESHAM.
s. s. Gresham died at his residence,
Charlotte street, this morning after, q
lingering illness of six months. Mr'
Gresham was born IN King and Queen
county. and settled in Norfolk twenty-five
years ago, since which time he has been
one of the most prominent of its business
men, always taking q deep interest IN
everything. He was a staunch Baptist
having been converted under the preaching
of the venerable Rev. Andrew Broaddus,
of the upper King and Queen Baptist
church, in 1889 and made deacon OF the
same church two years later ct the early
age of twenty-three. Since coming 70
Norfolk he has been one Of the most
Jealous and esteemed members OF the
Freemason-S Street Baptist church, lie
leaves family Of five daughters and one
son. His funeral will be conducted in the
Freemason-Street church tomorrow after
noon.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
The steamer Georgia, which was dam
aged come time ago near Crany. Island
came from Baltimore this morning, the
necessary repairs having been made.
The steamer Corsica, of the new Bay
Line, arrived in port at noon under COM
mand of T. G.. Kirby. The steamer IS an
attractive one and is handsomely fitted up