Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-03
Tol 10 follow the statutory
RAILWAY OFFICES.

yt.. t1e officials here object TO being
.fI,iagaliy. il is learned that they
.t. C. rtain that the general Offices
r. ,. southern railway will remain in
...,,t.u and will not be transferred
atlanta. The committee Of business
vino went 10 New York 10 confer
H. President Spencer have laoored
n ..rr.-y % bring about the change'
fh. company own valuable property
,.,. and they will hardly care 10 pull
H. s,.tee and move to Atlanta.
Il r..r.seutativc swanson has gone 10 the
1c...-nr.er White sulphur Springs, where
H. ,l attend the meeting OF the Viz
L . Bar Association.
Il 'fr Parkc Agnew, eX-postmaster OF
L r.,.rIfia. was among the Nirgnians
tA. city 20 day lie was invited TO
/ ,-.nI the Malone conference at Peters
| r- but was too busy to put in an APP
/ rance even had he been 50 inclined.
Il d.. e4vs that so Ear as he has been abe
| ..l-n. no one went 10 Petersburg from
H.. .,.meliatc section OF the State.
THE WALTON LAW.
| s.. to the Walton election law Mr..
| teltw says he regards II very saus-
| f..try law on the whole, though re IS
| ,...saI 10 having only one constable
| 90 tho voting booths II the law were
amended so as TO provide for two or
..u more conetahles he does not see
r..r. any fair-mindcd man could ma
...ff with the system. He thinks tnat
,r there three or more tickets IN the
f.tI each party ought 10 be allowed
constable az the polls. Then, according
ID bis way of looking at the thlhs' II
would BE- eminently fair 10 all voters.
Mr. Agncw Is one OF the most lhlHeh-
Y,l Rcpubllcans in the State, but he Is
nnI does not dab
Die much in politics. He made one race
FOR Congress. and was postmaster Of his
CITY during the Harrison Administration.
ale has never affiliated 10 any extent
with the Malone crowd.
The Post to-day prints nearly column
Tank with Secretary Morton, In which h.
udvises people who are looking for good
md cheap farming lands TO settle IN
Virginia. The Secretary has several
tlmes been quoted briefly on this subject
I'm the Dispatch correspondence. lie IS
,-orv frienlly TO the Ola Dominion. and
vii he art To have cordial welcome at
Nfouasgag on the 2lst instant. when ne
aII,csse, the Farmers Institute at that
place. -..,..l. No.. ,,tpr,,>-r,
Abo,t "a month ago attention was called
a. ms corresp0ndcnce TO the fact that
nan. PENNSYLVANIA farmers were selling
ma lands In that state and moving TO
Ntrinla along the line Of the Southern
,al between Alexandria and Orange
counties They are buying the Scrub-tim-
Der tracts adjacent 60 the railway. ana
,t.f accounts for the marked improve
mont I'm Northern Virginia. II is under
stood that steps viii be taken 20 have
tl.t whole country cleared up and sold
q. r.v settlers. II viii be money in the
rockets NJ the people who sell the lands,
an "a few years steady work will put a
f... .n tle country that VIII hardly he
rr7.l by those who have not visited
Virginia for some years.
H.. Ice s. Ovcrman. Of Salisbury, is
rr..r. tn. visiting North Carolinians.
p.ef-.H..s have been established as
follows.
Nr4Irt- chestnut. Amherst county, FL
lu d. TuViu, postmaster
Eurh Car1uua-l.ilac. Davidson county,
laus g. Elliott, postmaster
After August 10th. star-mail service
from pN-tim 90 Lexington, y. c., viii be
Discontinued.
Major d. J.. Biscoe. president Of the
Virginia Democratic Association. of this
eItt BIAS recovered all but 500 of the
-.o stolen from him by Smoot his alb
f.au..s lo'k-kccper. whom he caught
yesterday 40 Fort Wayne, Ind.
WELl-KNOWN PEOPLE
Am.r- he arrivals OF wel-known
yaHi'. .r. General Ransom. Minister t.
q 81 .Nr Senator Daniel. and Representa-
tive l.r.- ef Virginia. The latter, ac-
g c1mur. hy Mr Lloyd Y. Smith, Of
Il Nortf m..rlrl county. will attend the
Virginia IIr A-spriatlon meeting at the
White sulphur springs
Alex g uMHay, OF Raleigh. is at the
Nctror .tau