Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-16
TOWING.
BuLL-TEAMs USED TO MOVE UNCLE
SANS BIG WAR-shlpS.
me Now pslot-rsost "Reiief" Goes on tho
ostside stssion--rhe Squadron
OF Evolution.
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rcosrsspondeace Of tue Richmond Dispa'ch.I
NoNronK, Va. January Is, 1891.
The jamestown was towed down to
Hampton Roads this morning by hired
tug. No Government tug is kept at this
yard now, and in moving heavy vessels
along the wharf.tront the hauling is ac-
complished mostly by the bull-toans Of
che yard. primitive process. but tho best
available at present II takes about four
yoke of bulls to move vessel easily along
bat when they tackle big ship like the
double-turreted monitor Amphitrite the
bulls generally go down exhausted before
the hauling is over. In doing tug duty for
the past year the bull-team appears ~
new factor in the economy OF nayy-yard
adsirs.
ALAsl srARKxY AMI GRAyEs.
The new steam pilot-boat Relief. Of the
Virginia Pilots Association, arrived here
last night from Philadelphia. A number
OF the members of the association came
around IN her Her speed is sixteen and
Q half miles an hour, aud she Will do the
work outside OF the cspcs. She cost
$4,000. The Relief will 60 on her station
In o day OF two.
During the month Of December there
were fifty-eight deaths in Norfolk. over
half the number colorcd persons.
IN Tue ROADS.
The white squadron, or squadron Of evo-
luton, will rendezvous in Hampton Roads
before proceeding to the Gulf, and oil leave
by the end Of the month. The Atlanta and
Dolphin will leave the yard and drop down
10 the roads on Tuesday morning. The
squadron will 10 worth seeing.
During the year Just closed there were
500 deaths in Norfolk. the rate being 1911
70 the / 900.
The revival meeting in progress OF the
FIRST Baptist church by Drs. Tyree and
Jones il increasing in interest nightly.
Norfolk received nearly four thousand
bales OF cotton yesterday This tune last
year the receipts were six and seven hiiu-
dred bales day.
LEwTs-coDB.
Mr. Arthur Gordon Lewis and Miss Mario
Celine Cobb. of this city. were united IN
marriage yesterday afternoon by Rev.
Father Dougbsrty. OF st. Mary's, at the
residence Of the brides mother on Holt
street. After the departure of the couple
for Boston Miss Haloiso Cobb gave re-
ception to her friends. among them Miss
Mario Pizzini. of Richmond.
wAKEFfELD-CLRLvEs.
At Monumental Methodist Episcopal
church, Portsmouth. yesterday afternoon
nj s O'Clock Mr.. James Wakefield, young
merchant Of Hampton, and Miss Nj.
George Cleaves. daughter Of the late Cap
tain Lemuel Cleaves. were united by Rev.
DIR William T. Edwards and left for their
home in Hampton Immediately.
The cotton steamship Bretwaldo arrived
here last evening and reports rough
passage from st. Vincent in O hurricane
$50 miles of Cape Henry and had sails and
blown ETAnClSgO
Garguilo. with salt from Turks Island,
also reports being damaged In the Same
urricane.
CAPTAIN HUDGIEs DEAD.
Captain 7. J. Hudgins. commanding the
Seaboard AIRLINE steamer Little Nell,
died at his home in Mathews county to.
day after q short illness.
Judge II. j.. Bond. of the United States
Circuit Court. and Judge Seymour, Of the
Eastern district of North Carolina, left here
tonight for Baltimore. q.