Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-07
Personals and Briefs.

DR.. Hatcher lectured IN Alexandria
Thursday night.
Judge Hughes is expected to return
from Alexandria to-day.
The Henrico Board of Supervisors
will meet at the county courthouse to-
day.
The political disabilities OF Oscar
Brooks, of this city, were yesterday re-
moved by Governor Lee.
Rev. DR.. Drew, of the Grace-Street
Presbyterian church, will preach at the
Retreat for the Sick tomorrow after
noon at ( o'clock.
Mr.. II. W. Hey, district deputy grand
master OF the Order OF Sons OF St.
George, expected to leave yesterday for
Birmingham, Ala, by invitation, to in
stitute a lodge Of the order.
Mr.. Z. VI. Rowelle deputy clerk Of
the City Circuit Court, who has been
kept at home by sickness for several
days past, is much improved, end will
probably be at the Office to-day.
Cards are out from Mr. and Mrs. John
T. Meredith for the marriage of their
daughter, Eva, to Mr.. Malcolm NJ. Kidd
(son of Mr.. j. b. Kidd, of Atlanta, on
April 18th, at p. NJ, in Moore Memo
rial church.
At a largely-attended meeting of Sir
Walter Raleigh Lodge, Sons of ST.
George, held Thursday night, Messrs.
Havins, Smith, and Sheppard were ap-
pointed to arrange for the celebration of
st. Georges Day.
DIR. J. r. Kendrick, of New York,
former president Of Vassar College, will
occupy the pulpit of the Grace-Street
Baptist church tomorrow morning. DR..
Kendrick and lady are guests of DR..
Hatcher at Cos west Grace street.
The exercises at the Chesapeake and
Ohio reading-room tomorrow at 2:45 p.
NJ. will be Of special interest to railroad
men. There will be short talks by
number Of Richmond and Danville men.
Railroad-men from any part of the city
are cordially welcomed at these social
gatherings.
The ambulance was called to No. BIC
north Twenty-third street yesterday
morning at half-past 8 o'clock, where DR..
Irving, the physician in charge, found a
colored woman suffering with catalepsy.
Temporary relief was rendered, and the
sick woman was taken to her home, on
Twenty-third street near Main.
"History of Richmond Randolph
Lodge, No. 10 first Masonic edIfce built
in America, 17S5), by Worshipful
Charles p Rady. Historian of the Lodge" "
is the title of pamphlet OF fifty pages,
lust ont. 1t is a valuable contribution
to the history of Richmond as well ms Of
Masonry. Mr.. Rady's work has been
ably and conscientiously done.
The James Saunders who was stabbed
to death Tuesday night near Chaptico,
st. Mary's county, Md, according to the
report published in the Baltimore Sun
of yesterday, hailed from Richmond
county and not from this city, as APP
peared from the item in yesterdays
paper which was copied from the Wash
ington star. AS far as known he is in
no way connectedwith the Saunderses of
Richmond.
A large delegation of the members Of
Sidney Lodge of Good Templars, with
others from Trinity, jefferson, Charity,
and Rescue lodges, visited the Soldiers
Home Lodge Thursday night, when the
officers of Sidney filled the chairs and its
members executed very interesting and
entertaining programme Of exercises.
The beautiful badges purchased by the
joint contributions of the lodges were
formally presented to the Soldiers Home
q. Freeman of Sidney. En-
met Glenn Of Trinity, Ollie Bates OF JEFF
ferson, G. H. Smith of Charity, and &.
w. Hawxhurst of Rescue taking part in
the presentation ceremony. W. X. VIII
liams, chief templar, received the badges
on the part OF the lodge in appropriate