Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-03
Briefs and Personals

ne Governor some days ago aP-
proved the lOcai-optlon bill.
George ". Miley, ESQ, circuit clerk
Of Shenandoah county Is IN the city.
Hon. lint. Wood and Judge Morri-
son. Of scott county, are m the city.
,aptau George @. Gra,tan, ex-mem-
ber Of the House from Rockingham,
was ., the Capitol yesterday.
The biz 70 allow the voters Of Han
over county TO vote or the question Of
removing the courthouse 10 Ashland
has passed both houses.
Judge Warner 7. Jones. Of Giouces-
ter mas rendered TO the Governor his
resignation a. a member Of the Electoral
Board of that county. His successor
viii be elected 10y the legislature.
Governor Lee and wife will not have
ihelr usual weekly reception tO-mor-
row night. They have postponed 1t on
account OF the charity ball, and II will
take place Oh Tuesday night next.
The Legislature mas appropriated
$3.50 TO pay Hon. Waller r Staples
for services rendered the State in the
case Of Mayo rs. Parsons ID the Su-
preme Court o. the United States.
Mr. ". ". Hubbard. member of the
Board of Visitors TO the Female Normal
school al Farmville. has resigned, and
q. 7. Fitzgerald. ESQ.,, mas been ap-
pointed by Governor Lee TO TIL the
vacancy.
There were q large number OF gen
tlemen from Peter sbuTg on the floor OF
the Senate last night when the bill to
extend the charter OF the Virginia and
Carolina Railroad Company was under
discussion.
Mr.. Writ A. Chesterman, the con-
tractor ior the Young Mems Christian
Association building 10 be erected al
the corner Of Sixth and Main streets.
mas awarded the contract fOr the lum-
ber 10 Messrs. lalIalerrO q Co.
The Committee on Finance submitted
o suggestion at the Council meeting
Monday night that the resolution pro-
posing TO purchase Strecker's Hill as a
public park be referred to the Commit
tee on Grounds and Buildings, which
was agreed 10.
Fitz. Lee says ne is al right has
TWO scars on MS person from wounds
one while In the United States army,
one while IN the Confederate States
army. His cOlored coachman Is named
Abraham Lincoln. and another c0lored
man II his employ Jefferson Davis.
Mr. Massey's bill, providing for a
commission 10 meet the bondholders.
&c, was reported by the Finance Com
mIttee 10 the senate by vote o. TO 1
The committee propose as the cOmmis-
sioners the Lieutenant-Goyernor. the
Auditor. and the President OF the Court
OF Appeals.
c. g.. Jones, a bOok-keeper from In
diana, was brought to this city yester-
day from Isle Of Wight county by j.
T Norris, a detective from Spring-
field, O., and Detective Daniel Wren.
lie was lodged in the Second police
station, awaiting the Tequisitlon Of the
Governor Of Missouri. He Is charged
W th q felony.
Mr. Ashton Starke received the un-
divided attention Of the House for more
than half an hour yesterday evening
while he spoke II advocacy of the
Mechanics Institute bill. lie pre-.
sented MS case tersely, vigorously, and
practically, and proved himself al
altogether worthy champion OF the
cause he represented.
Miss Medora Il. Henson the soprano
who sang at the Mozart night before
last, Is the daughter of the Rev. 7. ;.
Henson. and is native Of Virginia. but
at an early age removed TO Philsdel-
phia, where she resided until the spring
Of 1882. when she. with the rest Of her
fathers family, removed TO Chicaso,
her present home.