Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-18

MT. AltNauhet HNhit' 'AS 'A'hN VI"
tadelphian preacherof Baltimore, will de-
liver a discourse at Central Hall to-day
at II 4. NJ. and S Z. NJ.
In the Police Court yesterday morn
inc WASHINGTON Gregory (cololed) was
sent on 10 the grand jury for feloniously
assaulting and wounding j. A. Stewart.
Billy Nash, the third basemsn, and
Ned Tate. catcher of the Boston Club,
who have been spending the winter
here, left yesterday morning for Boston.
General Joseph Il. Anderson, who hurt
his ankle badly last Thursday night (but
did not spraia il, rs has been stated, was
better yesterday. lie is still confined to
his room.
Mr.. j.. NJ. Selky, of The Petersburg
Indor- AppeGl, was in the city yesler-
day and attended tho performance OF
twelfth Night" given at the matinee
by Modjeska.
A co!ored boy named Jasper Hickman
was arrested yesterday, charged with
poisoning and thereby killing valuable
horse which belonged to Mr.. Douglas j.
Morton, OF Henrico county.
The union prayer-meeting Of the Bap-
list Young men Of this city will be held
with the Venahle-Street church this
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock. The subject
for discussion will DO "What 1t Is to
Know Christ.
William Robinson (colored) was before
the Police Court yesterday morning
charged with breaking and entering the
bar-room Of John Granger and stealing
S.. 80 in currency. He was sent to jail
for SIX months.
DR.. Frank r. Steele, who recently gra-
duated in the Dental School Of the Uni
versity of Maryland, returned to the
city yesterday. The Doctor received
honorable mention in both operative and
mechanical dentistry.
Mr.. J. Roy Atkinson. late book-keeper
for the Southern Telegraph Company
here, has been appointed to a similar po-
s;tion III the Western Union Office at Au-
Qusta. Ga. Nr. Atkinson leaves Monday
Tor his new field of labor.
The Washington STIR Of yesterday
SAYS g general order issued 10y Peyton
Randolph, general manager Of the Rich
mond and DsnviIle Railroad Company,
announces that the Offices of the auditor
and treasurer of the company will be To-
Gated in that city.
The Baltimore SIN gays: Miss Lulie
Reins. OF Richmord, Va, is visiting
Mrs. G.. ". Alexander, Druid-Hill ave-
nue.. Miss Reins is a niece OF X. d.
Ward. attorney at law, Richmond, who
was Colonel Alexander's adjutant in the
"ate unpleasantness.
In the report of the meeting held at
Chesterfield Courthouse mention should
have been made oil Mr.. George II.
JeNalt, of Coalfcld The many arRu-
ments used by him against the subscrip-
ton to the proposed railroad were re-
ceived with great enthusiasm by the peo-
pie present,
At the meeting OF the City Democratic
Committee Tuesday nightan error il the
plan requiring each candidate to get ga
majority vote" viii be corrected. The
word majority" will be changed 70
plurality in other words, the plan
will BE made to conform TO the ostab-
hshed usage Of the party.
Nr. John B. Davis, who was so Sc
vercly injured recently by the falling Of
o bale Of hay, is out OF danger. He
has recovered sufficiently TO be able to
be up and move about, but still suffers
from intense pain in the cnost. lie is
at his beautiful country home on the
Mochanicsyille turnpike, about mile
from the city.
A meeting Of the stockholders of the
CID Dominion Iron Gld NGil-WOrks
Company will be held on Monday,
March the 26th, when II is probable that
Mir. Blankenship's successor viii be
fixed upon. Meanwhile the company
affairs are under the supervision OF Mr..
Arthur h. Clarke, who was Mr.. Blanken-
ships right-hand man.
Major Gaines, the superintendent Of
the Capitol grounds and buildings, is
diligently endeavoring TO improve the
condition OF the Square-a work in
which he will have the hearty sympathy
OF the Virginia public. When Richmond
| is improving in every direction 1t seems n
pity that the Capitol should be less beau
tiiul than in years past.
The cases of Buck Spotswood, George
NJ. Allen, Timothy Freeman, Charles
Peterson, Henry Shields, Fred. Jordan,
William Stokes, Elijah Williams, and
Edloe Chappel (all colored), charged
with exhibiting and playing game OF
lottery called policy, we're called i'll the
/ Police Court yesterday morning and
/ continued until Thursday.
Mr.. G. y. Thompson, better known
as Gallv Thompson, who lives near
/ Beaver Dam, in Hanover county, was
/ paralyzed on Thursday last and is in a
critical condition. He is popular gem
/ ileman, and il a brother OF the DR..
Thompson who represented Hanover
county in the House of Delegates in
/ 1a69-'70 and several sessions thereafter.
2. Whitlock, John Maxwell, and
Charles II. Hagan, trustees Of Cont
mental Lodge, No. 394, Knights Of
Honor. have paid over to Mrs. Z. j. Nc
/ Ouin s., coo benefit Mir. f. J. McQuin
was member Of the lodge for only a
comparatively short time, and, although
the benefit certificate was in some way
misplaced or lost, the benefit was paid
as promptly as in any other case.
In the midst OF the snow-storm yester-
day afternoon the funeral of Ivy h.
Lee, Of Company 4, Sixth Virginia regi-
ment, took place from the Soldiers
Home. 4 service conducted by Rev.
DR.. Hoge was held in the chapel where
he made a very sweet and tender address
to the men, and afterwards oflicated at
the burial in Hollywood. u WAS very
inclement during the time OF the inter
ment, and more unpropltious weather for
sucn a service will hardly occur again
/ before next winter.
A ST. Louis paper has the fol-
/ lowing concerning a Richmond man
we'll known here for many years ::
1--WE regret to learn that Mr.. John Il.
Snyder was stricken with partial psraly-
sis in ST. Louis 90 the nth OF February.
Mr.. Snyder will be remembered by our
readers as the author of several interest
ing articles published in this paper few
years ago on iron manufacture, he having