Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-23
A SEVERE DROUGHT.
rhe CORN AND TOBACCO caopswlLl
Dc REDUCED ONE HALF.
Eeesntric Mrs psrnelrs WIN Sustained.
All Alliance Men Not Third.party
bfen--Sketch Of Mr.. coode.

fpcrreSrorecnce OF the Richmond Dispafsh.i
CaAsr ORR. VA. August pinot SINCE
1881 has tins section experienced such q
disastrous drought as is now prevailing.
The corn crop will be reduced one half.
and the tobacco nearly as much. Gardens
have become seriously injured, and vege-
tables are very scarce. In the forests trees
ere whitening. and the dogwoods look as
II they had been scorcned by flames. Many
people have cut down their tobacco be-
fore 1t metured to keep It from drying up
IA the field.
Information has lust been received here
that the will OF Mrs. Parnell. the eccentric
lady who lived near here and died IN Allan
sic City. n. j., by which all OF her property
was conveyed to an adopted child has been
sustained by the New Jersey courts. IL
was contested by her relatives on the
ground that she was mentally incapable
70 dispose of her property. The value OF
the estate il between 100000 and $4,000.
Mr.. Isaac Il. Bell. Of Lunenburg county,
was the Virginia counsel for the executor
IN support OF the will.
coon sPEAKERs.
Judge w. ". Mann, OF Nottoway, and
Captain Francis kives Lassiter, OF Peters-
burg, spoke 10 q large crowd here few
nights ago IN advocacy OF true Demo
cracy and Cleveland. Their speeches we're
stsentively listened 10 and made 9 fine i'm
preston.
The men Of the Third party are work.
ING hike beavers. They claim a large fol-
lowing in this county. IL can be safely
said that all Alliance men here are not
Third-party advocates. but large num-
Der enthusiastic Supporters OF Cleveland
and Stevenson.
THE CONGRESSIONAL SosuNKE.
Colonel J. Thomas Goode, recently
nominated by the Third party tor Con-
.gress from this district at their Petersburg
convention, is about 81 years old. While
at the Virginia Military Institute be was
appointed before his graduation b. Secre-
tary-of-War John IL. Floyd second leu
tenant United States army. Al the break
inc out of the war between the States he
united his fortunes with the Confederacy,
and az the close Of the war was colonel OF
Thirty-sixth Virginia Regiment, Wise's
Brigade. Since the war he has been re-
siding on his farm IN this county. deyotlng
his time more especially TO raising blooded
horses and cattle. He IL son OF Hon.
William O. Goode, who represented THIS
district IN Congress for many years before
the war. Roger A. Pryor succeeded him.
ADVANCEMENT.
There is great improvements on the line
of the Atlantic and Danville railroad IN TINS
county, and this advancement Is partlcu;;
larry noticeable between Clarksville ana
Buffalo Lithia Springs. New residences
well-cultiyated lands. and material pro-
eress are visible on oil sides. The coun;,
try is becoming more thickly settled ana
products and industries more diversified.
Rev. Mr.. Keen, Presbyterian minister
here. who has had u severe spell OF SICK
ness, Is to-day decidedly improved.
PERSONAL.
Judge John L. Jones, of Arkansas. is so
iourning here for his health. His only
dauchfer is the wife OF Major Jacob W.
Merton, of Keysville, fifteen miles above
here.
Governor Jones, Of Alabama, and re-
Gently reelected, rs a descendant of Col
opel Lewis Burwell, who is buried at
"Stonelaud," his old home. near here.
He is also nephew of Colonel Thomas r.
Goode. proprietor OF Buffalo Lithia
Springs. -:
Mr.. John +. Hughes. of this town. dis
tiDctly remembers Mrs. Adlai L. Steven
son. who was q little girl while he was
student at Hampden-Sidney College;
Colonel William L. Atkins was elected
last week county chairman OF the Demo-
cratic party for Mecklenburg.