Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-22
BLACKSBURG POINTS.
THE BONDS ron THE INSTITUTE
WATER SUPPLY.
miner improvements Contemplated.
mr.. Cadets md Their Next Visit 90
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Forest and Bob
Ingersoll-rarm Work.

Yr.AcKsBURG. VA, March n.-tSpe-
e,,l,--The form OF the college oonds 10
- ,s,ued for $4,000 10 construct water
.-,-ts hos been received. and the bonds
IN no printed and offered for sale as
80, az possible. Meanwhile, the survey
., the tract OF sixty acres. including the
Inc which will DO purchased from
-. 1obn ID. Houston. ms been made,
srd colonel W. NJ. Patton Is now rum
-. a line Of levels. The price TO be
- for the tract Is l understand, 1880.
=, q nropcsed TO bring the water over
Z, the buildings by means of compressed
az A, the buildings large tank hold
A.. iaoo gallons will be- built. This
- will be sufficient for a three-days'
..,.,iv 80 that the engines and other
,,,rsinery can be utilized for about two
,h,ris OF their time for other purposes.
I, Is eaid 10 be the purpose Of the au-
,.orities TO remove the college barns
and stables from their present location
80 4, Mace them beyond the mill and
I.bind the beautiful college grove where
nv viii be out or site OF the institute
Grounds. X this is done the beauty OF
ne grounds will be greatly enhanced,
since these are unsightly objects that de-
tract from the beautifully-lying grounds
OF the institute and farm.
INTEREST QUICKENED.
AZ spring advances the interest of the
ro-Ds of cadets In the intended visit to
Richmond IN June. on the occasion OF the
iavlng Of the cornerstone of the Jefferson
Davis monument and the Confederate
reunion IA sensibly quickened. There is
more interest 10 be seen in all the mill
tarv formations, parades, and drills, ana
think the battalion may be expected to
give a good account of Itself on that
occasion. 1t viii be remembered that
Shen the Soldiers and Sailors monument
vas unveiled, two years ago, II acted Us
Governor O'Ferralrs escort and won for
itself golden opinions by its soldieriy
bearing. The band, too, which was so
generally complimented on that occasion,
Las been enlarged and very muct i'm
proved.
Councilman W. L. Lancaster who was
ronGned 10 his room for ten days from
,he effects OF Il blow which he received
while attempting TO arrest Robert w.
Camper. Is ON the street again, and bears
no visible marks Of the injury which he
sustained.
The annual election Of municipal officers
which takes place in May, will be held
under the provisions OF the new charter
granted Blacksburg by the last Legisla-
ture This extends very greatly the cor
p0rate limits of the town, ard VIII double,
perhaps, the number OF voters.
owing 10 the fact that the appropriation
s. exhausted, the public school has closed.
after a very successful session OF five
months Though IL is conducted by faith
lul and efficient teachers, necessarily
very unsatisfactory work to the teacher
must be done when the pupil is free seven
months out of the twelve. II is, there
fore. very much hoped that the increase
IN taxable values and receipts under the
new charter will be such as to enable the
authorities to extend the session at least
two months. I understand. however, that
several private schools Will be opened,
ana Of these parents may take advan-
tage.
FARM WORK.
The farmers OF the county are well
ahead In their spring ploughing. Much
land that has been IN sod for years is
being broken up. This has become ne
Cessary from the fact that the ox-eye
daisy is rapidly taking possession OF the
pasture-fields. IL is gratifying fact and
one well worthy OF notice that around
almost all farms there is an air Of thrift
and industry. and an evidence of more
careful and better farming. Notwlth-
standing the nocturnal depredations OF
Guns sheep-raising is becoming more and
more general On passing recently In
sight Of a flock i noticed but twenty-five
ewes and forty-eight lambs. and COM
merted on the fact. The owner kindly
ex aimed the unusual number OF twin
lambs by the fact that his ram was "a
twin" and he supposed that al his
progeny took after" him. Sheep-raisers
should notice this fact and profit ac-
cogdingly.
The Rev. Mr.. Lyle. q minister Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, North, has
moved to Blacksburg. Mr.. Lyle has a
ron. who, for two sessions. has been a
cadet Of the Virginia Polytechnic Insti-
tute. and ne moves here from the Radford
district, partly for this reason. He will
rlpi j. a church a short distance from the
town
THE Y. NJ. c. A. BUILDING.
Tie Building Committee of the Young
Mems Christian Association have secured
IN Subscriptions the handsome sum of
A5lQ for their new $4,000 hall, and have
as yet not gone outside OF the college.
The success OF the undertaking so far
he's been really remarkable, and its pro-
motors feel now sure that the building
VIII be put up at no distant day.
The following anecdote. related TO re
BY a brave Confederate officer, pointedly
Illustrates how vastly different is the esti-
mate sometimes placed on an individual
by himself and by others:
IL seems that General Forrest captured
Robert lngersoll. Upon learning who he
was Forrest called an officer and sent him
win the prisoner and a flag OF truce 10
me Federal lines with a note saying: II
rave captured a man named ingersoll.
We do not want such q man IN the South,
tnl 10 lee rid Of him will exchange him
iof O mule or anything, or you can have
Nm When we reflect that to-day q
southern audience will not listen 20 Inger-
sou We are induced 10 believe that For
rest knew well the temper OF his people
anu their respect for what Is sacred.
Didn't Pass.