Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-17

get from ~ 10 70 cents PCT Pounu lor
theirs.
Mr.. r. N. Lorey, Of Danville, is in
the city.
Mr.. William Meyer, with j. s. Mos
by & Co., is in the city for few days.
W. G. Dalton, q Richmond boy, now
with Strelitz & Co., Chicago, is visiting
friends here.
Mr.. Thomas L. Beazley, formerly
with the Telephone company, is now
with the Richmond Fire Department.
There will be q meeting Of the off,
GERS of the regiment Tuesday for the
purpose Of electing 4 major.
Captain William A. Brockenbrough,
of Richmond county, late Democratic
nominee for the House Of Delegates
from Lancaster and Richmond counties,
is in the city, the guest Of MIR. Thomas
W. peterborough.
DR.. J. L. Buchanan, the new Super
intendent of Public instruction, is ex-
pected to arrive in the city tomorrow.
1t is understood that, while he has no
vote on the appointment of county su-
perintendents which may be made be-
fore he comes into office, the Board has
invited him here for consultation in re-
ference to this and other matters.
After much effort gas-main and neat
gas-lamps were put on the Free bridge,
but the lamps have never been lighted
more than one or two nights. The ar
rangement will not work. The heat Of
the sun, to which the pipes are exposed,
expands them in such manner that
they spread themselves entirely across
the walkway, making the pipe-main
look like a long black-snake.
Judges z. G. Burks and W. r. Sta
pies and Major j. W. RELY, the Code
revisers, are at Ford's Hotel, and are
busy upon their great task. 1t is now
thought that their work may be ready
by next summer, and if so, it may
be laid before the present Legislature,
at a special session to be called to con-
slider it. Judge Burks has recovered
from his recent attack of illness.
The Nev England Historical Gene
illogical Register, Boston, Mass, is
publishing abstracts from the record
offices of Great Britain, made by Mr..
G. F. Waters, comprising wills, etc,
of representatives of prominent families
of the American colonies, including
many Of Virginia. These abstracts are
regularly annotated by Mr.. r. A. Brock,
secretary Of the Virginia Historical So
ciety.
One of the very successful mission
Sunday schools in the city is the one
under the care OF the Young Mems So
ciety Of the First Presbyterian church,
located on Oregon Hill, corner Of Spring
and Pine streets. W. 5. Donnan, Jr.,
is the efficient superintendent, ably Sc
conded by his assistant, Mr.. A. II.
Christian, and a faithful band of teach
ers. The school now numbers some
$50, and is in great need of more teach
eIs.
Many representatives Of patriot SOL
diers Of the Revolution will be glad to
know that the original minutes of the
Virginia Branch of the Order Of the Gin
cinnati, organized in 1888 by surviving
officers of the Revolution, is in the
possession of the Virginia Historical
Society, and that it is proposed to issue
these proceedings, duly edited by Mr..
Brock, as an annual volume of the So
ciety. It is hoped that the biographi-
cal notes will be complete.
The Virginia Historical Society has
just received from G. FOrtunatus Ju-
dab, Esq, Spanish Town, Jamaica, a
beautifully. engrossed copy of the royal
grant made by Charles H., September
81, l66S, to the Royal African Compa-
ny, which was granted monopoly Of
the slaye-trade, and which they per-
sisted in as profitable, despite of re-
monstrances from the over-Stocked
planters of Virginia. The House of
RurEossos imposed without avail dnfies
from time to time Of from 81 TO G2C
per slave, but their acts were negatiyed
by the British Board of Trade, and the
slaves continued to be brought.
Miss Belle Webb gave very delight
full progressive-euchre party Wednesday
night at her home on Franklin street.
Among those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. Blunt Mason, Mrs. Willie Allen,
Miss Boykin, Miss Willis Of Orange,
Miss Little Of Fredericksburg, Miss
Francis Scott, Miss Dewitt, Miss Will
liams, the Misses Alexander, (of Au-
gusta, Ga..) Miss Bsrksdale, Miss
Peasants, and Messrs. Watkins, War.
wick, Grant, c. S. Boiling, Stern,
Adams, Hudgins, Anderson, Spots
wood, and Rutherford.
The Virginia Mechanics Institute Ex-
ecutive Committee at their last meeting,
at which there were several senator's
and members Of the House, discussed
the propriety of combining the State
Library and the Mechanics Institute I;
also, as to providing rooms in the
same building for the historical So
cieties, Court of Appeals, and Adju-
tant-General, and, in fact, nearly all the
officers of the State. This would re-
quire a building five stories high, 24S
feet by 40 feet. The annual meeting
of the Institute will be held in the
Builders Exchange Tuesday night at
s o'clock for the election of officers and
other business.
Don't you know what progressive
euchre party is? Why, it is plain eu-
chre so far as the game is concerned,
but about twenty-four people play at a
time. four at each table. Numbers are
drawn in the beginning, and number
one plays with number two against
numbers three and four at the first
table, and so on to the foot Of the list.
When the first game is won on the first
table a bell is rung, and the defeated
couple at the first table go foot to table
number six 4; the couple at second table
which is ahead moves up to first table,
and the head couple at number three
moves up to second table, and so on.