The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-10-08
LOCAL MATTERS.
PERSONALS and RrIoGs-

%N.ANh " ANfN Y ONt. NO. ZD. tBiHDt
Army OF the Republic, Of Trenton. n. j..
will visit Richmond on Tuesday, October
18th, and be the guests OF the Old First
Virginia Regiment Association during ther
stay here. a meeting Of the Association
will be held at Singer Halle tonight for
the purpose Of completing arrangement,
Tor the reception Of the visitors. Other
business Of importance will also he con-
sidcred.
Mr.. w. p. Allen, elected a member Of
the police force Thursday evening, has
been rejected by the Police Surgeon on &C
count OF detective hearing. The Board
Will meet to fill the vacancy Monday eve
ming.
General Bradley r. johnson was in the
city yesterday.
At the meeting Of the City Conservative
Committee held last night final arrange
ments for the torchlicht procession and
ratification meeting on the l1th were made.
All the Conservative clubs OF the city have
been invited and urged to participate.
There will be visiting clubs from Peters
burg and Manchester. Two bands Of mt
sic have been engaged.
Pay your p0ll-tax for 1880 70 Andrew
JinkinS, clerk OF the IIustinss Court. You
can see if you are delinquent by examining
the dclinquent-liSt posted at the liu>tinRS
Court room door.
Dir. VI. c. Staples, OF the finn Of H.. L..
Staples & Co., was on yesterday commits
stoned as a notary public, both for the city
Of Richmond and county Of lIenricO. by
his EXcellency the Governor Of Virginia,
Colonel Fred. -. VI. Holiday.
st. Johns German Lutheran church,
corner Marshall aud Eighth streets, will be
dedicated tomorrow.
Demorest semi-annual "What to Wear"
/ (autumn and winter) Iiarper's Bazaar, and
+ lIapCr's Weekly, have been received from
/ y. Leonard, news-dealer, No. 99S Main
street
f WEDDING II NELSON.-At the residence
OF Che brides mother, ~ Nelson county,
Va, on last "Wednesday evening, was cclC-
bratcd the marriage OF Miss Lucy W.
Boyd. the pretty, bright, and interesting
daughter OF Mrs. Juliet a. Boyd, to Gene
raj George j. IIundley, distinguished
lawyer OF this city. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. George c. Sutton,
Of 81. James church, assisted by the Rev.
Thomas NJ. Boyd, the brother OF the bride.
The attendants were Major Marshall
/ Hanger and Miss Eva Barnes, MT. w. Il.
Bowie and Miss Lucy Cabcll, Mr.. Meade
HasknS and Miss Sallic Hunt, MIR. Robert
MaSSie and Miss Callie Mundy. Professor
Willis and Miss Maud LigOn, 1lr. Fitz-
GERALD and Miss Mary IIite, and Mr. ). G.
Jefferson and Miss Lila Boyd.
There was only small gathering, but
the extreme kindness and cordiality OF the
hostess and her household rendered the oc-
casion very pleasant and enjoyable 10 all of
those who were present. The bride and
groom left the next morning for a southern
trip, from which they will return in time
to participate in the festivities Of the York
town Centennial.
\ RETURN 10 WATER HOURs.-The fol-
lowing notice to water-takerS Is important:
The continuous falling Of the water in
the river renders it again necessary to re-
sort to the supply OF the city at intervals,
commencing this morning (Sth) at g O'Clock,
az which time the water will be shut OF
from the city and turned on again at &
O'Clock in the eYeninc-twelye hours ON
and twelve hours of.
This arrangement viii continue until re-
Lief is furnished either by rains OF the new
steani-pump. y. l.. DAVE,
superintendent City Watcr-Wcrks.
CONTRACTS FOR FEED.-Ai a meeting oi
the Committee on Streets held last night
the contracts for feed for the street DEPART
ment were awarded rs follows: Northern
hay, 3D.. .0j pcrtOn, TO Atkinson * Temple;
oats, 5Sc. per buShcl, to Briggs & Brother;
corn, zoe. per bushel, to Atkinson ~ Temple;
hrownstufi, S27.50 per ton, to Il. L. Alvey
& CO.. shipstuiT, $50 per ton, to Il. L. Al /.
yey 4 Co.; straw, 59c. per hundred, TO 7
Il. Il. Alvey Co.
AIDS APPoINTED.-H.A a. Atkinson, Jr., ,
ESD. chief OF the Fourth division of the .
Grand parade on the 2Gth, has appointed the .
followingaids : R. Z. Briggs, L. 5. Edwards,
s. II. Beach. John Maxwell, w. i. Gret-
ter. III. NJ. Smith. Jr., W. i. Woody, John
4. Cosby, John a. Meanly, Thomas Jo-
scph, II. T.. Downing. A. c. AttkisSon, \.
w. Weisiger, and Jake Blumelick.
These gentlemen are connected with the
various societies assigned to Mr.. Atkin-
sons division.
PonrpAIT OF IION. JOHN w. DAEIEL.-
There is on exhibition at the store OF
NlcsSrs. John Ii. Tyler a Co. a large crayon
port1ait of Hon. John W. Daniel, our can
didate for Governor, from the pencil OF
Sir. j. 4. Blankincslip, a young amateur
artist. OF Manchester. II is creditaDlc
productioH ior one whose opportunities ior
ART education have been so limited. Ny.
viii he remembered rs The
author Of some very creditablc works Ill
sculpture.
. ANOTHER FLOUR SHIPMENT FOG BRAZIL.
The American bark Fannie u. Tucker
CAPTAIN Z. II. Tucker, cleared from the
yesterday with $40 whole
md 400 hali-baTrels OF flour, valued al
s31. .172.7j. She Rad also 1900 eases OF pc
roleum and 2,G00 feet OF lumber, taken OH
It New York, Ysliied at S3,l0O; making %
M value OF ercsrgo go, i,2I2-'J.
V,gG1NIA PRESS AssoCIAGI0N.-A meet~ !
NO OF the resident members OF the w (
jnia Press Association VIII be held at !
,gnoey Hall this Saturday evening at l;lj
'clocN 30 take action on matters relating /
o the Yorktown Centennial n i1ll attend i
nee IS requested. 7
MEETING oP TUE OLD DOMINION CLUE y
PRESIDENT Sayll calls the Old DOMINION [
'lub 10 meet at the Office of Curtis FAR
er tonight at y o'clock to make arrange
,ents for the torchlight procession on me
ight of October 18th. It IL hoped that all q
&c members viii DC present.
MEETING OP FRExcISEN.-A meeting OF g
renchmen, citizens Of French descent, 9
I'd others will be beld at Monticello Han u
-morrow afternoon at 2 O'Clock to com
,fe arrangements for taking put IN Tie ~
orktown Centennial exercises.