Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-20
Personals and Briefa


DR.. F. W. Shf has returned to the city.
Mr.. f. p. Murphy and Miss Bridget Muir.
ply are at Atlantic City.
Mr.. G, III. Page is quite sicx at his resi-.
dence, III west Main street.
Mrs. Emma s. Kelley. Of 9ai west Mar.
shall street. left yesterday for West Point.
Mr.. Norman +. Short is spending his
vacation at his former home IN Peters
burg.
Mr.. +. I. Starke hss returned, after q
very pleasant visit 10 Philadelphia and
Baltimore.
Councilman w. r. Pitt and family. Of
Manchester. have returned from trip TO
Powhatan county.
Mr.. Mel. FERGUSON. Mr.. J. :. Moore. Jr..
nnd Mr.. T.. w. Moore have returned from
Luray and Natural Bridge.
Mr.. W. p. Lawton. Clerk of the Hastings
Court. has returned 20 the. city after Va:
cation pleasantly spent in the western part
Of the State.
Mrs. s. G. Ballauf. Mrs. f. B. Breeder.
Mr.. A. ID. Bailauf, and Mr.. Z. l.. Bai,auf
left yesterday for Niagara Falls ria Wat
kins Glen, n. Y.
Captain w. p. Davis has sold his place
known as Roslyu. in Chesterfield county,
TO northern gentleman, and expects to
locate in Manchester.
Mary Robinson. coIored woman. was
arrested in the First district yesterday
charged with stealing a pVcket-book, the
property of slrs. Brenner
Mr.. Robert l.. Richardson has returned
from his vacation, during which he wene
as far as Big-Stone Gap. Mrs. Richardson
and children are in Buckingham.
Mr. F. C. Ebel has returned from vaca-
ton trip of a week to the Virginia seaside.
He visited Norfolk. Virginia Beach, New
port News, Hampton, and Old Point.
Mr.. CT. Wormlev Yesterday received o
telegram from Mr.. Z. l.. Wormley stating
that their father. DIR. G. W. Wormley. who
is at the White Sulphur. 10 somewhat i'm
proved.
Mr.. L. r. Tucker. better known as
Lonny." OF Philadelphia. native Of
Richmond and an old member Of Parker's
battery. is in the city with his wife and
children.
The Band Of Hope have rendered tho
ladies' of Grace-Street Baptist church an
entertainment in tho Tabernacle next
Friday night in aid Of the carpet and fur
nishing fund of that church.
Rev. DR.. George Cooper il visiting the
! BAPTIST associations on horseback. He
| left Richmond last Saturday, aud Monday
| and Tuesday was at Hanover Association.
| He will continue his trip to the Valley.
CAPTAIN Philip snider. who has been
| conductor on the Richmond and Danville
| railroad for thirty six years. is To be trans
| serred to the West Point Line, and Cap
+ tain W. c. Westbery. Of the latter line,
! goes on the main route between Richmond
and Charlotte.
| DR.. Oppenhimer, President of the Board
| of Health. said yesterday that oil the talk
| about the great preyalencs II diphtherIa
| in Richmond was absurd. There are not
MANY cases, and the vital statistics viii
prove that the number Of deaths from that
| much-dreaded d ease have not been large.
Miss Claudia Il. Goddin. daughter of MIR.
Charles w. Goddn. Clerk Of The s'hanccry
| Court. and pleasant patty Of her rela-
| tiyes left Yesterday for Buffalo. Niagara
Falls, Watkins Glen. Montreal, and other
places Of interest. The party consisted of
| her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. John 1.
| Goddin, Miss Elise w. GOddin. and Mas
| ter Arthur W. Goddin. They expect 10 bo
absent for about two weeks.
Mr.. r. II. NJ. Harrison. King. acting
high priest of Washington Royal Arch
Chapter in the disability of Mr.. John III.
| Powell, has announced the following ap-
pointmenls: j. A. $ Brine. captain OF
host X. w. Jeffrey. royal arch captain
W. VI. Wortham, principal soiourner: j.
J. English. Jr.. master Of first vail; ). n.
Brown, master of second vail, and q. W.
Dunstan, master Of third yau.