The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-27
DEAF, DUMB AND BLIND
The Beard Of Visitors Of the staunten Is.s
stltute To Elect a New PfInelHaI.
A GREAT RUSH or PEOPLE is ExpEerEo.

o"lhi hoon Ut rEUfLL 10 EArEGiepss
The Charles Broadway Ronss ConfaYa:
ernte Museum Mailer no he sesti "a,
at the Reunion -The 10 bacco croisj
smhiI-The Chesn npeaRe ana 6hts
Firemen-w wysnoke re,nentocs.
Richmond. Va, May 26. jSpeciap
The Board or Visitors OF the Deaf Di,fhfs
and Blind Institute will meet at StaiIh-l
ton In few days 10 elect a principal.
II is pretty we'll understood in advance
ina, mat capt; Doyle will not be chosen
The gentlemen most prominently mefls;
Toned for the place are IGssrs. lanes
II. Lindsay, editor OF the CharfottesyilIaS
Progress. and Mr.. w. "A. Bowles. forss
merly principal OF the High School Id
Richmond. Mr.. Lindsay Is q asfer az
the sign language, but Mr.. Bow1ss is ntt.S
ms FORMER has the advantages also ~,
being perfectly familiar with the institI-;
ton. He has been endorsed for the posi-
tion by the Board OF Directors Of the
association for the Deaf. Dr.. Franllifts
Pierce, member or the House from Isis
or Wight is u formidable candidate and
has many friends who are backing hifns
there will be fully 10000 people In the;
parade here on the occasion of the laying
of the cornerstone OF the Davis monlfSs
.ndnt Two-thfrds of them will be yet4-I
rams and one.third military. On thar
day there, will, no doubt, be 100000
strangers In tho city. The railroads wilt
be taxed TO their fullest capacity to bring
all the people here. The ChesapeakeS
and Ohio Company Is now at work gct-
Ting every available car in shape for usesi
Perhaps the grandest feature OF the re-s
union will be the open air concert dur
Ing one night. One thousand voices wilt
be In tina chorus and will sing SodthefE
war songs and plantations melodies.
Ing the chorus.
The matter of the site for the Charles
Broadway Rouss Confederate Museum
Is to be. settled at the reunion. Mr.
Ftouss, who ia an ex-Confederate,,i ,is now
y New York millionaire merchant He
has agreed to give s1O0, 900 for; the 1nit-s
scum. which will be available wheneyeri
the amount ls duplicated. Ricnmond.
New Orleans, Atlaraa. Nashvills and
Nashville has raised $65,o00 among Itas
citizens. besidss 1t offers a fine site free.
No other city Is prepared to make such
liberal offer and Nashville is going f0s
be very much in the race.
It cannot be stated positively whether,
or not General Longstreet will attend
the reunion, but he Will receive a most
cordial invitation to be here. He, cana
TO the unveiling of the Lee monumefSss
and was highly honored. Generals Johni
b. Gordon, Wade Hampton, Stephen d.
Lei- and most of the noted soldiers now
living will be In attendance. Generals;
Gordon Is to be the chief marshal at the
cornerstone laying.
Reports from various sections of the
State Indicate that a very small crop OF
tobacco is being planted this year. The
farmers are Annually cutting down the
acreage. This Is due to the low prices
of farm Saibor. Much more attention Is
being given to the cultivation ofytrucls
and the growing OF fruit than Formerly
S4t ls,3t
The Chesapeake and Ohio hrefien had
big rally at the Academy OF Music to-
night. A special train brought In ses-s
eral hundred from all along the line
from here to Cincinnati. Grand MaArf
ter Sergeant Of the Brotherhood OF Los
comotive Firemen. and other grand cffl&'
GERS and Chesapeake and Ohio officials.
made speeches.
Mrs. Charles T. o'Ferrau anh Mrs.
John S. Harwood have received from
Dr. A. c. Jones. the quarantine officer,
at Newport News, gifts that the highly
priced by them.
The following letter from DR.. Jones':
to Col. Harwood saccompan MED the pres-s
en.s: s
"I am sending You by this evening ss
express a couple OF chairs that werGeS
picked up among the wreckage BthatS
loa.ed out of the old Wyanoke when
she went down on the morning of Apritg
2S last. Knowing the .fondness for
the old ship held by most Of youi
Richmond people. had the painter
make these two as respectable as 5pos-aa
sible, and the jeweler embeflish them
with a plate so that they may be kept;
as my convenient mementoes of tfisy
old side-wheeler that for so many yee.fA;
Confederacy and the chief city Of Yanss
keedom. And especially have u
thought they might be priced by any
one, who, like yourself. has been conSs
nected in a mercantile way with thfa
interests Of our capital city, One of i
| these chairs is for the wife of the Hon.
John s. Harwood, and the other is fors
| tho wife of our excellent Goyerner
Charles T. O'Ferrall. Please do me
the honor to present the same to these
| ladies with my compliments"
DR.. Jones had the painter to make I
these chairs into beautlfui ornamentaa
| for parlor rooms On the silver piate4l
their history is inscribed.
There Is another person. talked ID ia
| for the nomination fer Governor YeSt ia
year. and ne Is Col. Morton Mafyss az
present Auditor OF Public Accpnsilsss a ]
Recently his name has Been snent .oa ea
by Quite a number of pepule d hi ssf,l III