Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-05
chapel in the interest Of the sunday-school

Miss Alma Huneerford win spend the
month Of August in Caroline county.
Mr.. George Griffith, Of New Kent county.
is on visit TO friends In the eastern part OF
the city.
Misses I.essic wendlinger and Annie Red
mend are summering at the Bedford Alum
Springs.
Mrs. william II. Pollard and child have
/ left for Yorktown, where they will spend The
! summer.
Mrs. 7. Goddard and child have left Tor
| Greenwood, Va, where they will spend the
summer
Misses Mollc and Laura Quay, OF west
| Grace street, are visiting their COUSINS IN
! Staunton.
| Mr.. John ]. Hunt. OF north. Seventeenth
street, has gone 10 West Point to spend
| short while.
Mrs. John A. Kratz and family are sum-
merlng at their farm, "Bfoad Rock" IN
/ Chesterfield.
Mss stella Cornell, Of 1908 east Yenable
street. is visiting friends and relatives IN
! Seo,tsville. Va.
Mr.. Spreuli sailed from New York yester-
/ day for glasgow, where be expects to remain
! for a few months.
Or. Hunter Mcclure and wife are in New
| York, where they arrived Friday by the Old
| Dominion steamer.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. schwGckert OF Nine
| teenth street, have returned to the city from
a trip 70 Gordonsyille.
Rev. j. A. French. pastor Of the First
| II -. II T. IL xfaitinr
| his mother at 22e4 east Broad street.
Rev. DR.. Hoge Is expected TO sail from
! Liverpool September 7th for home, and will
| reach New York about a week later.
Mr.. Charles T.. Flemming, Of Marshall
/ street has zone 10 Goocbane county TO VISIT
his family, who are visiting his parents.
Mr. James II. Wiltshire and wife, Of west
| Marshall street. have gone on protracted
trip 10 his former home, in GoochIand coun-
| ~.
Mr.. Sittcrding, the contractor for the Ex-
/ position building, expects 20 complete 1t IN
/ lew days and turn it over TO tue Executive
! Committee.
Mr.. jefferson Nelson, formerly OF this city.
! bnt now engaged ct the Richmond and Dan
| Vile railroad offices, Washington, is on
visit to friends here.
Mrs. George II. Wiltshire, OF Church Hill,
and her little daughter Ellen left yesterday
on a visit to their former home, GAINESVILLE,
King william county, Va.
Miss Emma Dcrbyshire, Of west Main
/ street. IS at Norfolk. She will visit Old
/ Point and Ocean View, returning to the city
about the tst OF September.
Misses Bessie and Mary Berry, daughters
Of Mr.. Beoiamn II. Berry. are visiting Mes
/ Wesley. OF Acw York, at her home, "East-
wood" in GOochand county.
Mise, Maggie b. Allen. Marie Kelly, Sal.
/ he SnelincS, aud Mrs. Weir, OF Church Hill,
/ left yesterday morning for Variety Springs,
/ where they will spend the month Of August.
The work Of r me- the seats IN the
| Academy, which eng thoroughly over
! hauled aud remote. u. wss begun Yesterday.
| The decorative work will begin tomorrow.
Miss Cora Pritcbard, OF stanton, who has
| been visiting on Libby Hill, Will return
! home Monday. She will be accompanied 10y
| Miss Amelia Powers, who will spend few
| weeks in stanton.
Miss Mary Mcnamara, formerly Of this
/ city. and for several years past resident OF
! New York, T. here on visit, a guest OF
| Mrs. James Hayes She will leave for New
/ port News next week.
There will be no services at the Soldiers
/ Home This afternoon, but the second song
service Of the summer series will be held at
The Male Orphan AsElum at $3.50 this after
noon. Rev. W. +. Evans will oficiate.
Miss Bessie V. TayIor and her sister-in-
law, Mrs. Mary N. Taylor. have left the city
to visit friends ana relatives in southampton
! county. TDey will visit Old Point, Virginia
Beach. and Ocoe1 View before returning.
Conundrum: What is the difference be-
tween 7. g. Barnum. Of circus fame, end
Benjamin Harrison. tine Republican candl-
date for President:
Answer: Barrum has the greatest show
/ on earth; Harrison has no show at all.
A lawn party, under the auspices Of Pc
muuky Tribe. No. As, / o. II. NJ, will be
held ut TIE corner Of Pine and Main streets
Tuesday night for the benefit of the widow
OF the late Thomas Grafton. who was men,
Der Of thu tribe. Among the attractions will
be music and dancing.
Mr.. william j. Trent. OF this city, son OF
Or. W. 7. Trent, who is an A. VI. OF The
University Of Virginia, bas been elected TO
the char Of history and English literature in
the University of tue South, at sewanse,
Tom.
Mrs. Sprague, Of Providence. and Mrs.
Shannon, Of Waterbury, Mass, who baye
been the guests Of Mrs. John T. Rogers,
Grove avenue, left for Campbell county FRI
day, WHERE they win visit Mr.. John H.
Rogers, superintendent OF the Virginia Iron.
! Works.
Yesterday afternoon as an ice-wagon was
- a
Fourteenth streets, aud a strcct-car was
passing down at the same time the wagon not
! beng able 10 clear the track, tfrre was a
slight collision. but fortusatcly for both
there was no serious damage done.
air. j. Il. Fu.scll, superintendent Of
schools ior Iicnrico, was busily engaged Of
the county courthouse yesterday examining
applicaats tor license 10 teach school in the
county. There we're eighteen ladies and one
gentleman examined. On Friday thirty
three coloTed applicants eight male and
TWENTY-FIVE iemale-were examined. There
are fifteen vacances IN the county and fifty
one applicants.
The Richmond Yacht Club left at 6 P. NJ.
Yesterday in the slOOp-yaCht Melvin X. Drew,
Captain Thomas l.. Wade. for their second
annual cruise around Old Point, CObb's
Islsud, and the Cspes. The crew is as fol-
lows: Admiral. James +. Read; Commo.
dore, II. +. Francisco; Commander, George
Schllei; acknowledgements, j. y.
Burch, Jr; CoXswaln, Joseph ;. Mont
gomory; Steward, julius Nessler Seamen-
J. Y. Brown, J. +. Ferguson, w. Lacy
Lester. w. {. Hughes, w. c. Grantsnd, j.
II. Lester, c. e. Cottrel, John Messer-
schmidt, Gus Warren. A. 5. Rust, and Ben
famin Peay.
Rev. John Jasper's LeeturinC Tour.
Rev. John Jasper returned to Richmond
some time ago after on extended lecturng
tour in the Northwest. lie left here on
the 9TH OF June, accompanied by Deacon
Charles Lemus. sud arrived In Pittsburgh
on the 9Th, where he remained until the
Sd Of July. While there he delivered
several lectures with but n meagTe pecu-
MARY success. lie left Pittsburgh OH the Cd
Of July, reaching Cleveland, o., that eve
ming, and lectured in the Music Hall there
that night. On the 9th he left for Chicago,
where he remained twelve days. delivering
two lectures during that time-one in tke
Emmanuel Baptist church and the other in