Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-20
Personal. aud Briefs.
This is Whit Sunday

The rooms OF the Grain and Cotton Ex-
| change win be closed tomorrow.
OF 2s1 liquor.dealers here only 1870 have
paid their state licenses for this year.
Hon. John Randolph Tucker was in the
city yesterday and called on Governor Lee.
Rev. J. Calvin Stewart will preach at the
| Soldiers Home chapel this afternoon at 4:3O
O'Clock.
Governor Lee was confined to his bed yes.
terday with painful Inflammation OF one OF
his eyes.
The marriage of Mr.. G. Adolph Thilow TO
! Miss Anna Hillman Is announced TO take
| place Tuesday.
All trains oyer the Richmond, FredericS'.
| burg and Potomac railroad ran on schedule
| time yesterday.
Alr. and Mrs. Edward S. Pegrsm arc
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. W. l.. White, 7l3
east Franklin street.
At the residence OF the BRIDES mother,
1906 west CLAY street, many friends were
gathered Thursday night 10 witness the mar
! rage Of Miss Fannie G.. Bowen and Mr.. Il.
f. Iyey.
! Judge Hughes, Of the United States Court.
! WHO HIS Dftu III tuC Guy lVi ttN'lH NnJo
/ hearing cases 10 chambers, left yesterday
afternoon for Norfolk.
! w. Dellie Sutherland Yesterday received
| telegraphic order for one hundred carriages
for the use OF the New England Baptist ex-
cursionists next Wednesday.
Miss Mintar Ford, OF 100 west Broad
street, and Miss Jennie LIpscomb LETT the
CITY last week for Baltimore TO visit Trends.
From there they will visit the Blue Ridge
Mountains.
There was the usual large Saturday crowd
at the county courthouse yesterday, but
there was really very little done. The pub
lic.sch0ol tescheTs Of one OF the districts
were paid OF.
A called meeting OF the Firemen's Asso-
cation Will be held in the Hustings-Court
room on the 23d instant at 8 p. NJ. 10 elect
delegates 10 the Firemen's Convention 10 be
held 10 Roanske next month.
Ex-Congressman Mayo did not attend the
Petersburg Convention, but his brother
william, the ex-State Senator, 0id. and he
withdrew with Mr.. Wise and is on the com.
mittee appointed to prepare an address.
The Swedish barkentine Aldeblran, 275
tons. o. OLSEN, master, cleared for Pelotas,
Brazil, yesterday, with 1920 barrels flour,
shipped by the CALICO Mills and The Hax-
all-Creushaw Company, valued at Sl6,4l2.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. o. Enos, OF Baltimore,
are visiting relatives and friends IN the city.
Mr.. Enos was formerly connected with
Bradstreet's Richmond office, but is now
engaged upon the repOrtoriai staff OF the
Baltimore Office.
Mr.. T. Eckert and Mrs. j. Wetzel (his
=. oil I pvt frnf Net
York for Europe on Saturday next, enter
tanned at their residence THURSDAY evening"
the First Virginia Regimental Band, and the
evening was pleasantly passed by all present.
Mr.. L. c. Walton, OF the Stanford (Kv.)
interior JOuvnol, is visiting this his native
state, and after paying his respects to Presi-
dent Cleveland and taking in the sights OF
Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and
New DIRK. is now stopping with his sister
at 1913 east Marshall street.
Mrs. Kate N. Blankenship, widow Of the
late X. L. Blankenship, Esq. has purchased,
through ]. B. Elam, agent, the block OF
three fouT-st0Iy stores Nos. 1913, 1918, and
1O17, on the south side OF Cary street between
Tenth and Eleventh streets, having fronts
on both Cary street and Basin bank, for
$4,000 cash.
Rev. W. c. Biting, pastor OF Mt. Morris
Baptist church, New York city, wife and
child, who were guests Of Mr.. II. Theodore
EHyson, Sl4 Park avenue, during the meet
ing Of the Southern Baptist Convention,
have returned home. They stopped at
Washington on their way to New York to
attend the Northern Baptlsts' anniversary
meeting.
MIR. Gallon and George Lsmkin, Esq, OF
NoTwalk, ohio, have been IN the city as a
committee appointed to examine and report
upon the working OF the electric railway.
They left here for Old Point and at that
place met Frank Cunningham, to whom they
expressed themselves as much pleased
with the railway, Richmond, and Virginia.
They spoke IN grateful manner OF the
courtesy shown them here.
Rev. W. II. Nichols, delegate from Kan
sas to the Southern Baptist Convention, who
was taken seriously i'll on his way here, ar
rived at Ford's Hotel on the 18th in semi
comGtose condition. The next day be was
conveyed 10 the Retreat for the Sick, where
he remained In a critical state for two days.
His condition bias improved IN the past few
DAYS, and his physician, DR.. Riddell, says II
no relapse occurs he will recover.