Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-17
TIE OxTOsD CELEBRATION.
List OF the Members Of the Chamber
of Commerce Going

members each from the Chamber OF
Commerce, Grain and Cotton Exchange,
and Tobacco Trade, and the other thirty
tickets have been sent to specially in
vited guests.
A committee of the Chamber of Com
merce having been appointed to assign
their forty tickets met for this purpose
yesterday morning. 1t was a somewhat
difficult matter to divide forty tickets
among more than 200 members The
work was, however, done by first listing
those members of the Chamber
who had, in response to the published
invitations, applied for tickets and the
balance of the complement was filled by
selection from the roll.
Following is list OF members receiy-
Ing tickets:
Donnan, Cannon n Co. Powers. Blair 4 Co,
| AlsOp. Mosby & Co.. Hall, Powers & Co., Warner
| Moore. Owens & Minor Drug Company, L. 7.
| Christian, Powers, Taylor = Co, Drewry e co
! A. Seks tc Co, James &. Cotucll. Thomas Chris
! tan. Thaxton Z Watkins. Allison q Addison, B.
J D. Chaikley 4 Co., :. d. Crenshaw, Cringan,
! Watkins & Co., Davenport x Morris, BOdeker
/ Brothers, \. ID. Hargrovc, :. II. Hawes, John a.
kratz, r. e.. Leigh. Jr., a Co., Levy & Davis (hlr.
/ Ezekiel, McAdams s. Kerry, Millhisor b Co., j.
| !. Montague. II. r. Phillips * stein, George d.
/ Peasants & Co.. Potts, Stokes x 90. PurcolL
| Ladd " Co.. Ryland & Lee. II. VI. Smith Co,
| SPOTS & Gibson, Watkins, Cottrell & CO.. X. f..
| Williams & Co., Antrim 4 Sous, Wingo, Elicit "
| Crump, l. C. Younger, Whiiehurst Owen.
The tickets are good for three days,
| but most OF the Richmond men will re-
| turn here tomorrow night.
Personals and Briefs.
George Bryan, Esq, has returned
from Florida.
The Henrico County Court will be in
session to-day.
East Hanover Presbytery will meet
here on the lst of May.
General James G. Field and wife, of
Albemarle, are at Murphy's
| One small suit was instituted IN the
City Circuit Court yesterday.
Two dozen extra benches have been
ordered to be placed in Chimborazo
Park.
Governor P. T. Woodfn, of the Sol
diers' Home, Hampton, was in the city
yesterday.
1t has been decided to set apart the
lower terrace of ChImborazo Park for
fast driving.
Mr.. William Turpin qualified in the
/ Chancery Court yesterday morning on
! the estate of the late a. Il. Woodson.
| Governor Lee yesterday appointed Lee
| d. Craig. of San Francisco, a commis-
sioner Of deeds of Virginia for Cali
/ fornia.
There will be reunion and sociable OF
| the Monumental church congregation to-
morrow night in the lectureroom OF the
church.
A good many of the clerks of election
are making ont their tally-sheets so as to
expedite the count OF the vote the night
of the primary election.
The Andrew Jackson Democratic Club
of Monroe Ward will hold an important
meeting tonight ct Columbus Hall, cor
ner Third and Broad streets.
There are now 1872 men at work on the
new City Hall. In this number are II
bricklayers, 9 carpenters. ~ stone
cutters, 10 cap-cutters, blacksmlths,
and jj laborers
The committee Of st. Johns burying-
ground will meet at the store of Mr..
Montgomery, on Franklin street, to-mor-
row for the purpose of opening bids to
build an Office in st. John's burylng-
ground.
At the next meeting OF the Council an
amended ordinance prohibiting fast drl-
wing on the Boulevard and other roads
west of the city leading to and as far as
the New reservoir will be presented by
| the Committee on Grounds and Build
ings.
Mr.. II. B. Taliaferro, who had recently
recovered from a serious eye trouble,
had a relapse on Sunday, and for awhile
his condition was extremely critical.
Yesterday, however, he was much i'm
proved. and the probability is that ne
will soon be well.
The first issue of the Baton (the organ
OF the Mozart AssociatiOn), under the
new management of Mr.. Jefferson Wal
lace, appeared last night. From the ap-
pcarance of the sheet Mr.. Wallace is 60
ing TO make it as attractive as when I'M
der the able management of his prede-
cessors.
Richmond Lodge, Independent Order
of Odd-Fellows, celebrated the recep-
ton Of its new charter last night ut Bel
videre Hall. An address was made by
Colonel Spotswood, and song was given
by Frank Cunningham. The charter
was beautifully engraved and handsomely
framed.
A requisition was yesterday issued by
Governor Lee on the Governor of Ohio
for Eta Tibbs, who was recently in
dicted in Spotsylvania county for arson.
The property burned was barn OF Mr.
Robert 4. Branton's, which. with its con
tents, was destroyed on the night of the
18th of February.
Governor Lee left here Sunday night
for Washington in response to a tele-
gram saying that his brother, Captain
Sidney Smith Lee. OF Staunion, had died
in Washington about 9 o'clock that
morning. This, of course, will prevent
the Governor going TO Oxford to the
railroad celebration, as he had intended.