Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-10
UCHDISCUSSED
Young AND OLD ARE TALKING
ABOUT 1T IN MONTGOMERY.
thu HAPPENINGS OF BLBCKSBURG.
Has Deen Down TO
Seventecn-NeNys from the virginia
poYxtecbufc InStitute-The Field
Dav-Wid Geese and Ducks.

RLACKsBURG. VA. April 9.-(spe-
c.alD-During the whole Of the past week
the war. that is TO be. has been the t4p'c
af conversation with all here old anu
young alike
7, is strange 10 notice how II has STIR
~e4 g., many instances the deepest feel
,-rs o. some old Confederates-feehngs
,.1fcb have lain dormant for years per-
hans. The days Of from 1S6l-'C5 have been
brought wildly before their minds eye
md with them the feeling Of deep wrong
and Injustice which was done them ana
...,- land. one old gentleman who bears
,..rs scars remarked that if he went ne
would Join the spaniards; that he Would
,.,s % see them give the Yankees a good
..s,nr anyway. The justice Of what d.
r prrvear so well said I'm his recent ar
..rs I'm the Dispatch with reference 10
.-.e.+v practiced by some OF the horln-
.-- generals is thoroughly recoshI%eu'
Notwithstanding an this, the pulh "a O't
.....s stand ready 10 DO their whole uuly
.r.Ir country. should she need tneH
.-...ss Lieutenant David G.. Shanks mas
,..- received no orders as TO joining ms
..muand. though il is natural 10 eAPTeI
-.-t be- may. and i'm the event that ne
... +bare will occur here vacancy III
-.. office Of commandant OF CADETS
~t3r PI.ACK MARBLE QUARRY.
ne =. fe,r miles 10 the north of Blacks
D. roaqoidcent quarry Of black
marble owned by the late Dr. IL T. W.
Do, boorn times IL was sold 10 q syn
..-a-e OF capitalists for -0,oJO' an lHIeavs'
f..-, retained by the former owner mo
cash PAYMENT was made Dut o"'ls
..- financial crash when loiio"'" ~
boom no further payments "eIe iN1 '....
r-.s hitch in the title has provence 10y
environment OF the properly anu ~ -
OIL. fIe quite recently now, 'i' DS
.--...-.,-tse Dr. II. j.. Ribble, the eNecu-
tr ~ his father ana MS S'''l' ~
r..tt.-+ have come into possession Vi
Obi. valuable property asdlH W." "a o.
,.. win proper development anu Ia
...s Cor transportation IL VIII %
-...., worth perhaps ten times lhe pil0e
v...- 10 formerly brought. with the I'M
,..-.. 5cnoefts Of coal. Of limerick mn
..r,.. r,srpaucee-Ores, and the HaIpl1
,r,~~,. mentioned above. II cannot De
.--. tefora q railroad will be run up tHe
tsrsv between Brush and Prices noun
,s,-s 10 tap these valuable haluIai i0-
t'lrces .,,,il.,,s
r.. writer witnessed a most curious
v...orreron in the western heavens
s.g- EVENINGS since. az about hali-past
r,r,-s THE sun was about an houl
f.yh and shining brightly. To the nortt
a-f south of 20 were 10 be seen ulsIlllC', ,
two additional suns. almost egud.i'"5 5. =,
f-.urncv the central one uey W.
s.--..,rJsa by white cinOus clouds Whh'
...io .o me north OF one OF the pseudo
suns appeared on the Hoi 'N'''
and bright rainbow. eu.
Tho errearance was perhaps that OF M
sun or Gre-aogs. 50 frequently ho.'CV
'r higher attitudes but J nave henol 10y, ~
fr-o witnessed n here. The next eVeHli's
o. u o'clock. the moon was sur pu ti''..
ty the most brilliant ring that i nav
ever seen about her
DOWN TO SEVENTEEN
Since Monday we have had real Wlnle
Weather THE thermometer has gone a
low as " degrees. fahrenheit AT mig u,
and each night ice, IN places one n@,
on inch thick has been formed - - ~
tab- that an fruit. except late Spp,e
which had not budded mas .Deen 80 :,
The Young clover. which had come
uckIv was entirely Killed. ana was "
back as n hat the next day. III ~
all vegetation has been seriously ihJUto
by o..
Mr e. Gadsden Porcher, a graduate :
he Virginia Polytechnic institute VIZ
was assistant engineer on the N"oups !
now at Norfolk. has been transferred
the seryia stationed at Boston ana - 7
present Aling the position on that Fcss'
o. engnecr-in-chief. I'm,
Mr Robert Turnbull, OF LawrenceFi'i,
Brunswick county who gradualeu
mechanical engineering from mere,
June 1897 has been called from ms pos
Ton in the Baltimore and ONO SHOPS,
Baltimore. 20 m the place OF ehsihe'
ca The cruiser Minneapolis. -
Miss Margaret Patton. who has bee
ttsent ON a two-months' visit 10 frienc
In Richmond and stanton. has returhe
70 her home here. a.
Or. Charles J. McBryde returned III