The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-07-21
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch ]

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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, July 10, 1881.
There are hundreds OF people here for
their health, though few OF these are con-
fined TO their rooms. Most Of them Join
the crowd Of pleasure-seekers and pass for
well folks. This is particularly so with the
men who are seeking to undo the work OF
overwork. Rest from business is a good
thing; rest and cheerful society better.
In the groups Of men fcimed on the
porch or under the shade OF the trees
TIE sTORY.TELLER
has full scope for his genius. What Is 1t
that they do not talk abouti The Garfield
shooting, the Virginia debt, the Revised
Testament, bookkeeping, music, stocks,
railroad enterprises-all these and thou
sand other subjecs. Every fellow tries to
tell what he knows and to conceal what he
doesn't know.
Sleeping, eating, drinking sulphur water,
hearing or telling stories, walks, drives,
Iten-pins and lawn-tennis, getting and send
ing letters, gathering in the parlor immedi-
ateIy after supper and In the ballroom
at 0 O'Clock, about constitute the round
here. There is fine dressing among the
ladies, OF course, but / doubt il they have
unpacked their very best yet. One lady
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has opened more than eight as yet. The
Others are probably held in reserve, their con-
ltents to be used to dazzle when the crowd
is at It's greatest, as it will be in 4 week or
en- days.
TIGHT.ROPE
walker has been giving performances here,
land very good ones, too. His socks ran up
TO his throat, and were OF the fashionable
stripes. Lawn-tennis continues fashiona-
bic pastime. II is very mild exercise.
There are many visitors from the North and
West who are anxious TO visit Richmond.
Numbers OF these say that they chiefly want
Ito hear Rev. John Jasper. So the fame OF
lour city spreads. CARRIER, who is doing the
transfer business here also, has a iour-horse
omnibus running from the White Sulphur
Ito Dry Greek and the Beauregard swim
ming baths. Every indication is that the
Yorktown Centennial celebration will be
lattended by tens OF thousands. Richmond
will have to house and feed nearly all OF
these, going or coming. The Centennial
will benefit all Of the Virginia springs, l
believe, inasmuch as many persons Will
stay at the springs until the time comes for
moving towards Richmond aud Yorktown.
The Rev. DR.. John Harmon (who is at
Dry Creek is as vigorous walker as he is
a preacher. He has long stride.
SUNDAY MORNING
Rev. DR.. j. William Jones preached at the
Methodist church; Sunday night at same
place, Rev. DR.. Graham, Of Winchester.
Rev. DR.. Brank Presbyterianl, Of 81.
Louis, preached in the ballroom Sunday
morning. Rev. Mr.. Mason, OF the Episco-
pal church, conducted services Sunday
morning and afternoon in the reception
room of the derot. This reception-rcom
is quite a nice place. III there is any such
in Richmond equal to ii forget where it Is.
There are plenty Of pretty girls-and
not a few rich onCs-here, but the supply
Of beaux is not yet quite equal to the de-
mand. Still the dancing goes on at lively
rate every night. The girls make the best
possible use OF available material.
Excursion parties may now leave the
White in the morning, 90 to the Natural
Bridge, remain two hours, and return by
supper.
Mr.. john F. Allen and sisters are at the
Dry Creek Hotel-Calwell House is its
name-which is under the same general
management as the White and on adjoining
property.
A gentleman now here informs me that q
Washington journalist made $1,000 on his
first days dispatches about the President
That is more than most tneWspaper-men ave-
rage per month.
| notice the following
RICHMOND PEOPLE
here r. A. Lancaster and family, Mrs. b.
II. Nash, w. II. Lucke's family, G. b,
Davenport and family, Thomas Nowlan and
wife, +. r. Scott's family, Byrd Warwick
and family, Marx Downey, James Alfred
Jones's family, Parker Campbell, |. Ii,
Darlington aud family, Mr.. and Mrs. Boiling
w. HaXall, John L. HaXall. +. B. Snead,
Miss Pelerkn, d. AXtall and wife, John Z.
Branch and family, Judge Robert Ould and
family, f. l.. HObsou and family, +. Cuth-
bert, II. w. Fuller and family, &. W. Smith
and wife, A. Osterloh's family, James III.
lDooley, +. r. Archer, +. ID. Dean, Miss
Matoaca Gay, z. l.. Wormeey and wife,
Colonel w. w. Gordon, T.. f. Belvin and
wife, j. ii. Mayo, Alfred T. Harris, f. D.
Cabell, z. ID. Il. Myers's family, j. 2. Brin-
ton (president OF the Richmond, Fre1ericks-
burg and Potomac Railroad Company and
family, and w. l.. Royal.
The University Of Alabama has conferred
upon the
REV. JOHN HANNON,
OF Park-Place Methodist church, Richmond,
the degree OF ID. ID. DR.. HannOn, who Is
now here temporarily by an exchange Of
pulpits with Rev. Mr.. Jones, pastor OF the
White Sulphur Methodist church, is Il ma.
tive OF Alabama, and was about the begin
ming Of the war a student at the institution
| which has conferred this honor upon him ;
1 but left il to enter the army. The war
lover, he connected himself with the Metho-
dist Church, and in 1868 entered Randolph
Macon College, and In due course took the
degree OF A. NJ. He is about thiity.six
years OF age, aud is remarkable for his
enthusiasm, original sermons, and effective
regival work. The
COMMITTEE OF THE WEST VIRGINIA LEGIsLA-
TURE,
consisting of J. II. Ferguson, OF Kanawba ;
w. y. Hubbard, OF Wheeling; 4. Boyd
Faulkner, OF Berkeley; Robert r. Dennis,
OF Greentrler, who are here, and Alexan-
der Monroe, OF Hampshire, who is absent,
are not, as has sometimes been stated, au-
thorized to revise the laws OF West Vir-
ginia, strictly speaking. They are TO offer
suggestions merely, am told. The West
Virginia Code, like ours, has been badly
butchered by the Legislature, and really
the chief object OF the committee Will be to
ind out what is and isn't law. They are
proceeding on an economical schedule in.
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