The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-02
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S y, $. Patterson Wants TO Be Common.
ssIssallh's Atiorna4lt the City aicanoai.
' I|Il,l S. IS HELD BY THE AUTHORITIES.
AlAsS;blauana E:nttng Mn;ch nnd the Win.
,sssS ner Challenges the world 10 Eic-
gin Paying Dividends The To.
bacco Trade OF Richmond nnd Row
;ssfs ~ Has Sunercd-other Notes.

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5Ssss baSco Trade or Richmond uud Row
~ HAS Suaercd-otherN Notes.
aSSichmond. Va. Jan. 1.-tSpeciuD-
& 0oDacco tladu is Richmund suffered
Sllnofe last year, periia ps, than any other
sSbranch Of Industry. There was a laig,
4 Ia.ilinE off in the number OF hogsheads
5sanSpecteG and in the amount OF tobacco
q Stamps sold. The cisnietta business ap.
Npears TO be i'm a thriving condition. For
y Eexeral years the market here has been
ssIhitng back. Some dealers say il Is al
sSsuHe 10 the fault of the cXistcauce oil the
8 Amerlcan Tobacco Company. That con
& seeItn buys largely direct from the pro,
;S00cers and is iii q position to make and
summarize prices OH certain grades of 10.
s pncco. Taking all things into considCra,
& tlon the year just closed was a prosper
Y GUS one us far as 1t concerns Richmond's
i81ndustries Business men are hopeful
h and are looking for better times this
year
AS anticipated in this correspondence
sSyesterday Mr.. $. S. p. Patterson has de-
q csded to become Il candidate for Com
9Wonwealth's Attorney. lac announced
4 himself to-day. This contest which will
ABE triangular one. will be % much
D. 1nterest. Mr.. Patterson, who is Il very
popular young man, is brother of Capt.
ssCtaMm Patterson. of buckingham. He
was formerly chairman OF the City
democratic Committee and has been ac-
ssitive In politics for several years MIR
s5&sH. NJ. Smith, Jr., who holds the office at
q present and will run again. was first
%elected In 1890. Two years; later he was
u defeated by few votes, but won in
33islS94. He is a very successful campaign
81 en- and has large following Mir. d. c.
IS ttichardson, the third aspirant. is gen.
Sueman of great popularity. He ran two
8years ago III the contest with MIR. Smith
4 land Col. Tazewell Elicit.
siSlsss Joseph Pacetti, an Italian merchant
n on Broad street, while in Il tit of jcal-
4 oals rage, shot and wounded his wife this
morning. He has been accusing her OF
$Einttmacy with another Italian and after
,Hmtdnight discovered what he thought
ssBwas sufficient evidence 10 justify him
ain his act. The woman was not badly
L hurt and will he able to appear against
u her husband in the Police Court to-
u day. The man Is out OIL bail.
Es Maj. James II. Dooley and DR. r. 4.
= Patterson, two wealthy residents OF
;%1enrico, are fighting the proposition to
E5build an $4,000 Courthouse. 1t is hellcv-
sSed that they contemplate suing but an
s6anjunCtion to restrain the Board of Su,
$pervisors from proceeding further. 1t
Els understood that their ground of oh.
ato$ better advantage. Those who favor
q the scheme, or some of them. say they
#Euspect the Major and the Doctor would
i not oppose the erection of n new Court
sShonse if 1t were proposed to erect it on
q another site than the present.
On Saturday the Standard Telephone
II Company will begin the work of placing
9Spoles preparatory to putting their SER
5svice into operation here. The Bell pco-
sple then will probably show their hand.
STIt is said they Will apply for an in
Ajunction TO stop the work and will fight
In the courts to keep the Standard out.
s.. Harry Brooks, alias Melville, alias
Il F'vcra't af'"s 'Hvans. a'inS Mareton.
the crook, who was arrested by Officers
s4Ikelse aud Russell Sunday night on the
q charge of being u suspicious character.
was arraigned in the Police Cour, this
y morning. charged with being fugitive
IRON Justice. The police think he is
i wanted In Shelbyvillc, Ind, for felony
4 and are now in communication with the
Z, authorities of that town. Melville de
manded to know upon what legal ground
\ he was held and declared that he had
been badly and unjustly treated by the
authorities here. He was remandcd to
Jail for n further hearing temporary /,
7 IS expected that an officer will arrive
I here this evening to identify the pris-
oner.
We have had chicken fights. rat-klII.
Eng mains and "nigEer" prize fights. and
now, to cap the climax, two BROAD
street e!ebrities-Messrs Talman nnd
gBgPerkinson, INDUCED in the esctasics NJ
i e banana eating" match last night
The conditions of the match were n
I follows: Talman was to eat more bnna.
) mas In ten minutes than Parkinson o,
pay for the lot, otherwise n collection
was to he taken up among the crowf
4 or sports present to nav for thnr,,
lsThe conditions were faithfully observed
under the watchful eye Of Referee An
4 Grew Ginter. At the end of ten min
!. ntes Talman had concealed thirtv-nine
4 bananas and Parkinson had stored
away away but thirty-fnur. Talman is
the champion banana eata,
ito the world
tine railroad companies. banks, build,
.AlHs ana loan aSSncia, ione and rtho,
d concerns s1lns tomorrow will begin rayine
e l'Viaends. y is cs'inntet that MOI
less than $4,000 will he put into cir
Il snlar,nn The amount may reach half