Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-04
DAY AT THE CAPITOL
A WOMAN FINDS HER LONG LOST
BROTHER IN THE ALMsHOUsE.
COLONEL BICGER'S 10Th BIRTHDAY.
unIc and Hearty Mt Threcscore an"
Ten-sickncss In General N"iies
.,,n,itv-Commissio kOipcr on
Fruif-GrOwing.
Eruif-GrOyvlng

Owing probably 10 the absence OF seve-
raj heads Of departments az Farmvilie'
whittier they went TO attend the funeral
Of Ex-Governor Mckinney, yesterday was
a dull day az the Capitol
The publication of the request which
Mary Boxley. a negress Of Baltimore
made Of Governor Tyler that he would
help her find her two brothers, whom she
had not seen since slave days, and VINO
we've thought TO be living in Spotsylya-
MIA county, resulted in the discovery OF
Buck Perkins, one Of the brothers yes
terday Buck Is at the City Almshouse'
and is in extremely poor health. lie
knows nothing of the whereabouts Of his
brother. Private-Secretary owen at once
wrote to Mary that her brother had been
located.
COLONEL BIGGER'S BIRTHDAY.
Colonel John Bell Bigger. the veteran
Clerk OF the House Of Delegates, ana Que
of the st-known Democrats IN virginia
and among the most staiwart IN the
world celebrated his seventeen birthday
Yesterday. on March g. 1879, Colonei BIZ
Ger was horn I'm this city. the day before
Andrew Jackson's inauguration rem
,-rovn children. a wide family conhec-
ton and hosts of friends throughout me
ola Dominion wish the Colonel very many
happy returns Of March 30. -
Adiutant-General Male wrote 10 cap
tain W. w. Barrow Of his once yesle,ii
dan, that his two little boys are critcaHy
an Tbcv had measles, which developed
into rnofmonia. Tf- -t-1- girl who has
been quite IN. IS about recovered. il VIII
probablv be some time before General
NaUe can return 10 Richmond from his
home. in Culpeper.
FRUIT N VIRGINIA.
The Commissioner Of Agriculture. Mr..
Koiner is greatly interested In Virginia s
possibilities. but upon no phase Of this
subject does he dwell with more emEhasis
than upon what is possible for the - arm
ers Of the state TO accomplish in this d.
rection. He has contributed an article 10
the current Southern Planter, I'm the
course of which he says there is an err
roneous idea that fruit cannot be grown
i'm Middle and Tidewater Virginia, ana
continues:
"NIore is known generally as 10 the
gratifying success I'm fruit-growing ID the
great Piedmont section OF the State. This
section can compete with any part Of the
n
ing applcs. The fruit from numbers OF
orchards brings from 5000 to $4,000 per
annum. being more for the same number
of acres I'm iruit than I'm any other State;
vet there are thousands Of acres in Ped
mont Virginia now idle, which can I'm the
near future be made TO bring millions or
dollars into the fruit-growers' pockets.
I believe fruit-raising I'm our state is Yet
I'm its infancy. and capable Of great ad-
vancemcnt 4 million dollars may seem
to some rather extravagant as 10 value
but iust look what Michigan is doing now.
twenty wears ago She did not ship an
apple. now she Is shipping from 400 70 600
cars per week Fifteen years ago Califor-
mia shipped no fruit; last season she snip
ned $500 cars of fresh fruits. 1850 cars
of oranges. 100000 600 pounds Of raisins.
ga cars of dried fruit. and 5000 cars OF
wine and brandy. Virginia is to-day snip
ping more apples than any state on the
atlantic coast. except New York, and
She equals that State. She grows nearly
AS many peaches as Maryland and Della