Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-30
VA. A. & N. COLLEGE.


Correspondence OF tne O"p~~F
BLACKsBURG, VA. September w.
The twenty-fourth session of the virginia
Agricultural and Mechanical College open
ed ON the 2Sth. Students. both old ana
new. have been pouring In constantly
since. They are now on the GROUND osss
500. and all who were entered nave ho'
yet arrived. This Is much the largest
attendance that the school has yet haa,
and there ia every promise that this VIII
be its most prosperous session. There
are present thirteen students from Hich-
mond city. two from Baltimore, number
from Charleston. s. c., ana at ieas' &c"
States are represented. The matricuia'
ton for this session will amount. II -
probable. To s37 students. which Is an IN
crease OF 100 over the session or lSss- ~.
Even with the new barracks BUILDING tne
quarters for accommodation Will De
BUSINESS REVIVAL.
Business Is looking up great uea. u,
this section. I am told by merchants anu
trades,nen everywhere that the reviVai
since the passage OF the tariff blu Is almost
unprecedented. This. too. has Increased 'ne
interest in politics. The weah-Anesu
brethren who were commencing 10 queS
ton Democratic policy have been ihIuse.
with new confidence. 1t was my pleasant
privilege 10 hear the fine speeches from
Major y. ]. Otey and Judge Staples on
the 18th. I could not but be struck win
the audience that they had. lntelhseht
farmers and businessmen from every sec,
ton OF the county were their interested
listeners.
NOT DOUBTFUL.
The fortunes OF the Democrats are
Frightening each day and your Washins
ton correspondent may with confluence as
sure the Republican managers In Wash-
ineton that this Is no doubtful district;
that on November 9Th, God willing, Major
p. ]. Otey will lead the Democratic BAN
ner to high victory, and j. Hampton
Hoge will be left in the und!sturoea pfac-
tice OF his profession.
shooting club and game protective
association was organized here on the
| 2ith. The club consists Of thirteen mem
| bers. all belonging to the college faculty.
| It's objects are mutual pleasure ana en-
| ioyment and the protection Of our game
by aiding In the detection and punish
ment OF all who violate the game laws
either by trapping or hunting out OF sea
son. DR.. McBryde was elected president
and DR.. E. z. Niles secretary and trea'
| surer.
The weather for two days past has
| been so cold as TO necessitate brisk fires
Mr.. w. c. Warren, a prominent busi
| ness-man from Bath county, Is IN town.
and has entered two brothers In the col
| lege.
| IMPROVEMENTS.
Thompson. Hogan & Co, druggists. OF
| Christansburg. are actively engaged III
| fitting up a house on Main street. In
which they will open a branch drugstore
Mr. w. r. Elicit. who in the spring OF
| 1894 graduated third out OF large class
| of applicants, will nj the position or pre-
| scription clerk. There Is probability
| too. that two other business houses VII
| be opened here I'm the very near future.
| The Athletic Association Will at once
| proceed to organize and select their clever
for the football team for the coming sea
son. There IL fine material for stronl
club. Mr.. Massie, who played for tn
| past two seasons on the University o.
| Virginia eleven. has been urged TO come
| and act az trainer.
Messrs. John NJ. and Charles McBryde
sons of President McBryde. will in a few
| days return to Johns Hopkins University
where the former will pursue his cours
in philology and the latter in medicine.