Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-24
om.rrousc extension and the new City

The Mercantile Club will give mop
on Thursday evening at Sanger HAL
Mr.. James Fox is the contractor ior
the improvement to A. Saks q Co.'S
new store.
Captain j. j. King has returned from
the Valley OF Virginia, where ne went
on business trip.
Miss Hayes has returned to summit,
n. Y. after q pleasant visit to her
| friend Miss Rawson.
The most conspicuous electric light
will probably be the one over the ioun-
tain in Monroe Park.
Fraternity Lodge, No. 265, knights
Of Honor, will meet Wednesday night
TO install the officers.
Miss Blankenship gave a handsome
euchre party to Miss Hubbell, OF Seneca
Falls. Friday evening.
James w. Allison sailed from Liver
pool for New York on the 10th instant
by the steamship Servia.
Miss Mary Thornton is the guest of
Mrs. Daviese and Mrs. R. G. Thornton,
of 30l west Grace street.
The convict-labor matter is still an /
absorbing question with Knights of La
Dor and others interested.
The Union passenger-depOt shed IS
about done, and rapid progress is being |
made on the freight-depot.
y. V. Randolph & Co. have just |
equipped one of the finest label-printing |
establishments in the South.
Mrs. James Baldwin, Of Stanton, is
stopping at Colonel Guys, on Mar
shall street near Ninth street.
DR.. James Waddy Davis, formerly !
of this city, is now the popular editor
of the St. Charles NJ. Cosmos.
Miss Louise Morehead, Of Charlotte,
n. c., one Of the bellies Of her State,
is visiting at $40 west Franklin.
Mr.. Andrew Pizzini is getting esti-
mates to build house next to his resi-
dence on Grace street near Eighth.
Mrs. Charles Z. Stuart, wife of
| Speaker Stuart, arrived in the city Fri
day. and is at the Exchange Hotel.
Rev. A. G. Brown, of Norfolk, Md a
former pastor of Clay. Street church,
will preach at that church tonight.
Miss Mamie Phillips, of Fredericks-
burg, who is quite favorite in Rich
mond, is visiting friends in Norfolk.
Mr.. c. II. S. Hillar, who came into
a handsome fortune some time ago,
contemplates opening store OF Broad !
street next spring.
Miss Baker, daughter Of Mr.. c. II.
Baker, chief engineer of the Washing
ton hayward, is the guest Of Miss Gay
Miller, l3 south Third street.
Miss Emily Anne Cunningham will
be married to Theodore Benedict Ly-
man, of Asheville, n. c., on Monday,
January 25th, at st. Paul's church.
DR.. A. E. Dickinson, of this city, is
announced TO preach at the Roanoke
| Association ministers and deacOns'
meeting next Sunday at Cascade, Va.
Mrs. Morgan L. Smith, Of Newark,
y. j., has sent DR.. c. II. Ryland,
treasurer of Richmond College, 81 900
as a memorial of her deceased husband.
Dafiodils, jonquils, hyacinths, and
other early spring flowers are due in
few DAYS, and will no doubt succeed
the Marechal Neil rose in popularity
| with the ladies.
Mr.. II. r. Pollard will leave for
King and Queen Tuesday to attend the
marriage of his wife's sister, Miss Ora
Gresham, to Mr.. Edward Butler, of
Caroline county.
The Piano Club, an organization Of
Young ladies', who gave several delight
ful sources last season, will give their
initial concert Tuesday evening at Ra-
moss music store.
Mrs. Newton, wife Of Professor New
ton, Of Yale College, New Haven.
Conn, and Mrs. BOcock, wife Of Hon.
Thomas S. Bocock, of Lynchburg, are
at St. Luke's Home.
Rev. j. T. Dickinson, the pastor
elect of North Orange, proposes to enter
upon his work there the lst Of March.
Until then he is going to remain with
his friends in this city.
Miss Mary Barbour, Of Orange coun-
ty; Miss Lucy Newly, of Warrenton,
and Miss May Fields, of Orange county,
are the guests of Mrs. R. w. Powers,
Of ll0l east Clay street.
Rev. j. L. Burrows, d. D., Of Nor
folk, is still in i'll health, and his church
is celebrating about giving him an as
sistant. The Doctor is now on visit
to his son in Augusta, Ga.
Our streets present very untidy ap-
pearance, the snow, having melted,
leaving three or four weeks accumulation
of dirt and garbage in its stead. A heavy
rain would wash them clean.
Sam. Jones, the revivalist, is as much
ldlhtu VI tO-udJ 40 do 4uis GNVOuJ Nhio
time last year. Republics, however,
ale ungrateful, and Mr.. Moody's name
is now hardly ever heard here.
The Richmond Howitzers have
changed their drill.night from Monday
to Thursday. Hereafter their monthly
sociables will be held on the first
Thursday night of each month.
The reception rendered by Mrs.
Thomas Duke, Jr., to her many friends
at her residence, No. 1908 east Frank
lin street, Tuesday the 18th instant,
was one Of the most enjoyable OF the
season.
Rev. John b. Turpin is very happy
over the success he is having in Char
lottesville. "No man has done better
, here" says Rev. j. 7. Randolph,
since DIR. John A. Broadus was our
pastor"
The vicinity of Richmond is ex-
tremely rich in Indian relics, such as
, tomahawks, arrow and spear-heads,