Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-14
OLD BURG AND VICINITY.
The Washington Monumeht-nao
po,d.-Njstoric Gayels.

xz-I:ur,ou Monument-Bau
RoadS-Historic Gavels.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., VA, February l@'
(speciaI)-W. ]. Crawford, who ouilt 'ie
Washington monument at WaKeheiu' -
I'm the city. the guest of Councilman "
u Cole. Mr.. Crawford has been in WASH
inoton for several days conferring Win
governmental officials about the uhEeiiiiis
The citizens of Westmoreland, IL Is sdlI
will make it pleasant for all VINO al'e''N
Mr. I s York. OF Swift & York, pro-
rrietor of the Battlefield Granite |9udI-
ries here. has found it necessary 70 So
South for his health. lie leIt d Ae" u"'
ago for a protracted stay oo~-
Mr.. Cleveland put in an carry appeal
ance at Whitewater this morning "nI
no one was expecting him. 1t Is saiu tli'
will be his last sporting bout from Ooio-
mel Webb Walters blinds whlle ne -
president. Colonel Waller was here yes
,arday and said there were no ducks in
The river when he left home. They may
however, have arrived later.
THE GRIP.
The grip. in a mild form, continues 70
rage here. Some of the afiiicted nav
had as many as two or three atlachs eI,.'
winter. All accounts from the liouNN
ing country tell the same story
The activity in real estate here pre-
saoes well for a building boom this spring
eucb a. we have not had for several year D
More strangers are coming 10 town tiaui
Of any time for months. Many OF thein
extend their trips TO Richmond IN sedrOn
of location for homes and manufacturing
sites. u-.,,o ~
The seni-weekly steamboat service OF
the Weems Line from Baltimore 10 TINS
Mace will be resumed in the near IuluIe.
a, effort Is being made IN Nortolk anu
on the route between that city and the
Rapoanannock for the putting on OF
local line of boats. 49,
continuous cry goes up from those
travelling the Telegraph road between
this city and Alexandria or It's horiiple
condition. At many of the CROSSINGS vi
the numerous streams the lives OF nidi'
and beast are sadly endangered III an a.
tempt to cross No effort is made 10 menu
matters. that must sooner or later 'edu
10 loss OF life and damage SUITS
BANQUET IN PROSPECT
Tho Grand officers of the Royal Arcanum
who will visit the local lodge mere Moa',
dav night. will be rendered banquet az
the Exchange Hotel. Covers will be lalu
for seventy-fve. This organization -
very popular here, where it has PAID ou'
many thousands of dollars. IL Is IN
fourishing condition and constantly grows
In membership. ,,,o
Large quantities Of ring perch anu pm
are shipped from mere daily by express
TO Philadelphia and other northern MAJ
kets. where they bring good prices. Inc
fish are caught on the Potomac.
Numbers of wild geese killed on the ~
tomac are marketed here every day.
MIR. William j. Crawford, OF Bunalo
n Y, very well and favorably Know
here has made for the Masonic lodge OF
this place "a beautiful gayel from the
wood of a tree which grew within th'
cellar walls at Wakefield, where George
Washington was born. Mr.. CRAWFORD aug
the tree up when he excavated TOT Inc
foundation Of the shaft which he erected
to mark the birthplace Of Washington.
The gavel is highly polished, ana naS
silver bands on each end bearing appro-
priate inscriptions. 1t will be presented
! TO the lodge on the 22d OF this month tnal
being the l65th anniversary Of the birth OF
Washington. A companion gavel has beer
sent 10 DIR. Dunaway. president or tht
BAPTIST General Association, TO be pre-
! sented to that body at its next session.