Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-18
rur R1cHMoND D1sPA SUNDAY. APRIL Is. 1886

II mONO AxO4 "A 4Ol
-. ,ssre,p isst week. The other mann.
tansn,crs on whom there are \ number. are
also making arrangements for their SAM
mer'B WORK.
The snti.local-optionists will hold
nn,ner meeting Tuesday afternoon. nj
which they win probably determine
whsther or not they Viii hold mass.
meeting and have speaking.
Now that the fishing season has COM
mepced and the fish are abundant MI.
craig the popular manager OF Mayors
hriSre and ,sIand, 10 doing good business
with his boats, Of which ne hast NUMBER
Of nice ones.
Two colored men, named Hayes and
ronss .ddressed large crowd In front OF
the market building last nisot In opposi-
ton to liQuor-license. Inere Were nun
her OF white people present. ana the SPEAK
en- were paid marked attention.
Rev. W. E. Evans, of Richmond, will
deliver lecture at the West End Memorial
,he nroceeds 10 be used for the benefit OF the
chnrch. Mr.. Evans is good speaker, and
will doubtless have good crowd TO hear
him.
The snti.local. optionists have their
headquarters at Toney's store, Eleventh
and Hull streets. Atemperance man day
or two ago, in reply TO question rs 70
where the locale ptionists headquarters
Mere said: They are all over town-in
every household"
Ashland.
BENJAMIN j. Peasants, ESQ.,, spent
last sunday In Richmond.
Mrs. Morris. of Richmond, is visiting
her friend Mrs. II. ,E. Robinson.
Mr.. Robinson, representing q Bslti-
more firm, is In Ashland on business.
Messrs. Joe Cox and Leslie Ellis
spent last Sunday in Washington, ID. @.
Miss Carrie Davis, Of Petersburg, is
visiting her aunt. Mrs. W. a. Shepard.
Mr.. j. Cloyd Houston spent last
Sunday with his mother. Mrs. +. S. Hous'
| ton.
Misses Hughes and Bryant, Of indie
pepdepce. Mo-, are visiting at Colonel A. w.
| Jones's.
Mr.. Arthur A. Simpson, OF Rich
mond. spent last Saturday night with Mr..
J. +. Cox.
Mr.. C. C. Cox, formerly Of Ashland
but now of Richmond, spent last Thursday
at his home.
Mr.. S. b. Stebbns has returned
from Louisa county. where he has been on
n business-trip.
Miss Carrie Ellis is spending some
time with her sister, Mrs. Floyd Tucker, In
Deatonsville, Va.
Miss Lulie Vaughan, daughter Of DR..
j. II. Vaughan. Of Hanover. is visiting MIS-.
j. Il. 7. Patterson.
Mr.. George Patton. Of Richmond,
spent last Thursday at his fathers. Colonel
John NJ. Patton's
Mrs. G. R. Nixon snd children left
last Tuesday on an extended visit TO friends
| and relatives in Washington and Baitl-
more.
A club Of fifty Michigan immigrants,
induced by the pleasant climate OF Virginia.
will arrive heie. as settlers, In Chartered
car this week.
Miss Virgie Allen, of Petersburg. and
Miss Richie Graves, OF LOuss., will spend
the Easter holidays with theif friend Miss
Fannie Leake.
Mr.. Thomas II. Drew, of New York,
who has been resident of Ashland for two
wears. died last Wednesday at the residence
Of Mrs. ID. j. Carr.
Mr.. Thomas Carroll has returned to
his home after spending the winter with
his da lighter Mrs II. o. Benton. OF Halifax
Courthouse, y. Z.
Miss Mamie Duncan, who has been
in Sparianburg, =, c., on visit for some
time, has decided to remain in the south
until the middle Of May.
Mrs. b. G.. Shackelford, who has
been on a short visit TO her son, Mr.. VI. l..
Shsckeiford, left on Thursday evening 10
visit friends in Fredericksburg.
Mr.. G. B. Gwathmey, father-in-law Of
Judge Holiday, has bought the homestead
OF Mr.. Henry Saunders, deceased, and In
tends making Ashland his future home.
Mr.. T. G. Leake, of Richmond, who
has been interested for some time in Colo
RADIO silver mines. with his wife is boarding
month here, preparatory to long west
EN- trip.
Mr.. Wilson G.. N. Carr, for some
years a lawyer in Baltimore. but for the last
year a resident OF Ashland. Is critically III al
his home, having been paralyZed for the
third time.
Henry Clay Council, Royal Arcanum,
met last Tuesday and inflated one new MEM
Der. The lodge now mum bers forty men, and
several applications for membership nave
been received
Rev. W. F. c. Gregory, Of Richmond,
preached two excellent sermons in the Ash
land Presbyterian church last Sunday, ADD
Rev. J. @. Anderson. of Williamsburg, Va,
Will ill the same pulpit to-day.
The young ladies of the Hanover Fe-
male Institute were to give soiree on last
Tuesday night at the Brintpn House, but u
was indefinitely postponed on account OF
Illness OF one Of the young ladies.
The public declarations Of the Wash
ington and Franklin Literary Societies wilt
take place on the nst and second Friday
nights In May respectively. and the public
debate on the 23d and 30th OF this month.
The ladies Of the Baptist church will
give p concert on Tuesday night next In the
Town Hall. Captain Frank Cunningham
and other thermometers will sing. Mr..
Farmer has promised the ladies several OF
his beautiful flute solos,
At the election held last Tuesday for
town trustees all Of the incumbents were
elected with the exception OF Messrs. Ciif-
ton Lee and j. Il. Gordon. DIR. &. h. Jones
and James W. Taylor. FISH,, were elected IN
place Of Messrs. Lee and Gordon.
A meeting Of the citizens of the coun-
court. house from Hanover Courthouse to
Ashland was held In the Town Hall yester-
day evening. Finance COMMITTEES and also
canvassers were appointed TO push the pro-
posed plan before the people at the election
In the fall.
Mr.. W. II. Barley, student of
Randolph. Macon College. died on Tuesday
morning after an Illness OF two weeks. His
death has cast a gloom over the entire VIII
LACE He was diligent student here for
four yea RS a. nd was much beloved by his COL
lege-mates. His remains were carried 10
Alexandria for burial.
The local-optionists held a meeting
In the College chapel Tuesday morning and
elected delegates TO the Convention at
Lynchburg. Considerable enthusiasm was
shown. although small number were In
attendance. and a sufficient amount 10 de-
fray the expenses OF circulating literature
in this county was easily raised.
Norfolk and Portsmouth.
j. Amber Jarvis, Of Eastville, Va,
is in the city.
Mr.. W. II. Fleming, Of Norfolk, is
visiting relatives in Alexandria.
Miss Flora Hallett, of Cambridge
port, Mass, is visiting Miss Dodson.
Congressman James II. Hopkins, Of
Pennsylvania, is stopping IN the city.
The fatbod;otv cf Dnrfcmorfh ora