Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-19
Personals and Briefs.

Mr.. LIP Routt will leave Friday on
visit to his home in Orange county.
Mr.. Peter J. Burke. who has been quite
sick, is able to be at his business again.
Mrs. A. j. Haynes. of south Pine street.
who has been very i'll, is greatly improved.
Mr.. Charles +. Roper, of Norfolk, for
merly of this city, is on visit to friends
here.
Mrs. Maggie A. Brian, of Fredericksburg,
formerly of Richmond, IS visiting friends
in this city.
The big temperance meeting at Old;
Market Hall will be held the 25th of April
instead of March.
The Southside Social Club has been re-
organized with Sergeant +. p. Hulce as
president and Mr.. w. G. Freeman as secre-
tary.
Mr.. John +. Saunders. of Baltimore,
who is well known in Richmond, is one OF
the delegates 20 the Ancient Order United
Workmen Convention.
DR.. Hatcher entertained Rev. ]. I. Dick
inson, of Orange, n. j., the Baptist minis
ters of Richmond, and few other friends
at breakfast yesterday morning.
Cards are out for the marriage OF Miss
Lola G. Folkes and Mr.. Walter N. Cosby,
both of this city, at Union-Station Metho-
dist church on the 26th instant at 1880
Z. NJ.
MYRTLE Lodge of Juvenile Templars was
organized at Pine-Street Baptist church
Monday night With thirty members and
Mrs. John B. Wood as superintendent.
Mr.. Orin L. Cottrell and his brother
lanes are at Aiken. 5. c., and both are en-
loving the change of climate, though for q
| time. they write, the weather was as cold
there as it has been here.
Mr.. William II. Peasants. member OF
the Council from Marshall Ward, has been
called TO Middle Georgia on business and
left Monday morning. lie will not return
until the latter part of the week.
The Richmond Choral Society. Mr.. VI.
b. Leonard musical director, has decided
to sing in tie musical festival Saturday
night, MAY Sd, and will join the massed
chorus. which begins rehearsal April 10th.
A series of exchange visits contemplated
by the different branches of the Order OF
Eouitable League in Richmond will be in
augurated by Church Hill Court, No. %,
the members of which will visit Marshall
Court, No. 9, tomorrow night.
Grand Master Whitehurst, OF Ports
month. will visit the Odd-Fellows' lodges
in this jurisdiction ut the rooms of
Roane Lodge next Thursday night. A full
attendance from all the lodges in Rich
mOnd and Manchester is desired.
Colonel John Bell Bigger has been
nressed by many prominent buslness-mon n
in Madison Ward TO become a candidate
for the Common Council. They have urged
him go earnestly it is very likely he Will
consent to the use of his name at the pri-
mary.
At the commencement exercises of the
University of Maryland to be held tonight
in the Lyceum Theatre Baltimore, MIR.
Wray Wythe Davis. o son of DIR. II. Wythe
Davis, of this city, will be. among the
graduates, and will receive the degree OF
ID. ID. s. He will remain at the University
another year to complete his course IN
medicine. and expects then to receive the
degree Of NJ. d.
AIr. 1T. Nichols. one of the delegates to
the Ancient Order United WOrkmen's Con-
ventiOn. is connected with the Erening
Noes. a sprightly and bright paper pub
lished at Bridgeton, j. He began life IN
n printing-office and worked himself up TO
the editorial chair. He formerly owned
the Pioneer, published In the same state.
and has had the honor to represent his dis
trict in the State Senate.
Monday II. Il. Richeson, commander; j.
N. Fossett. treasurer, and K. W.. jenkins,
secretary of Richmond Lodge. No. 10, Or
der of the Golden Chain, called on the
widow of Il. J. Mcdowell and pre-
sented her with a check for $4,000 in full
payment of the benefit certificate held by
her late husband in said order This claim
was settled within ten days after proof OF
death was sent to the Supreme Lodge!
Richmond has some little friends in q Sun
day-school class at the Holcomb Mission
school. Louisville, KY, taught by, Mrs.
Helen Fueton. Recently the boys all con;
tributed money for a pictorial album and
voted to present it to some little afflicted
boy in Richmond, to be selected by Rich
mond lady, to whom the album was sent.
This lady concluded to send it to the Pres
byterian cot at the Retreat for the Sick
where in the course of time it will contri-
butte to the pleasure of more than one boy
or girl. as this cot is frequently occupied
by invalid children.