Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-01
Personals and Briefs.

Miss Mary Alfriend is visiting friends in
| Washington, ID. Z.
C.M. Webber, sheriff of Roanoke, visit
ed the Capitol yesterday.
General Jubal A. Early called on Gov
ernor Mckinney yesterday.
CAPTAIN Richard c. Marshall, of Ports
mouth was in the city yesterday.
Mr.. A. Beirne Blair has accepted posi-
ton with the Security Savings Bank.
The funeral of Miss Rozelia Barefoot will
take place from Pine-Street Baptist church
at 3 z. Nj. to-day.
The newly-elected officers of Charity
Lodge, No. 5S7, l. o. G.. T., will be installed
to-morrowInight.
| Miss Rosa Lawrence, of west Clay street.
| leaves the city Monday to attend the
Grays' bazaar in Petersburg.
Mrs. r. II. Gaines and her daughter,
Miss Lena, are visiting the city, stopping
at The Raleigh, 9l5 east Grace.
A meeting of Division No. II Of the An
cient Order Of Hibernians will be held to-
morrow night at st. Patrick's school hall.
Bishop A. M. Randolph will administer
| the rite of confirmation tonight at st.
Philips church, corner of Leigh and Jack
son street.
There was not much change yesterday in
| the condition of the venerable Mr.. George
d. Fisher. In the afternoon he was thought
| to be rather weaker.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Mcdowell have re-
| turned from q visit of three weeks 10
friends in Baltimore and Waynesboro', and
are at No. 1908 Park avenue.
The Circuit Court of Henrico county was
engaged yesterday in the trial of the case
of Martin us. Wright. A verdict in favor
of the defendant was rendered.
w. F. Larrabee, grand master Of the In
dependent Order of 0dd-Fellows, viii pay
| an official visit to jefferson Lodge, No. 4,
on Monday night the I'd instant.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Lancaster and Miss
| Matte l.. Lancaster, of Selma, Ala, are the
| guests of Mr.. and Mrs. @. W. Tanner, at
the Denham." south Third street.
Mrs. William II. Gaines and MISS Lena
| Gaines, of WarrentOn, Va, are at Mrs.
Orr's, Fourth and Grace streets, and Miss
! Elizabeth Gaines is visiting Mrs. Samuel b.
Witt.
The semi-monthly meeting of the Cen.
trail Committee of the Association for the
Preservation of Virginia Antiquities will be
held at l07 east Grace street on Tuesday,
February Sd, at $3.50 Z. N.
Captain Marion J. Dimmock was the
| architect of the new Venable-Street Baptist
church, description and picture of which
were published in the Dispatch yesterday.
The church will be dedicated to-day with
three interesting services.
The devotees of Terpachore were afford.
ed an evening of rare enjoyment at Monti-
cello Hall Thursday night last, the oeca-
sion being the regular monthly soiree OF
the Leigh Social Club, under the efficient
management of Messrs Samuel W. Bigger
and Mack ID. Hart.
The masquerade ball given by Misses
Minnie and Rosa Thon last Wednesday
night was most pleasant entertainment.
There were some twenty couples en- Hdsqte,
and some of the costumes were striking.
The music was excellent, and the hostesses
received many congratulations.
Miss Booth, who Is the guest of Miss
Frances Scott, of west Franklin street, will
in few days return to her home at Carriers
Grove, James river. DR.. Booth and his
daughter, Miss Henrietta, left on yester.
day for Staunton, where Miss Henrietta
attends the Virginia State Institute.
Mr.. John A. Falstead, foreman of the
Chesapeake and Ohio blacksmith shop,
having resigned his employees, presented
him with q handsome gold-headed cane
and also pair of gold eyeglasses. Mr.
James johnson made the presentation
speech. MIR. Falstead responded appro-
priately.
DR.. Lafferty leaves on Monday to fill
lecture engagements in cities of North and
South Carolina, rounding up at Atlanta
He will return through Tennessee and
Southwest Virginia, making fourteen lee.
lures in fourteen DAYS. He goes to
Florida in March for the Chautauqua
platform.
Liberals Lodge Of Perfection, No. g.
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite oi
Masons, meet Monday night to confer the
seventh, eighth, and twelfth degrees on q
number of candidates. 1t is understood
that Amity Lodge, No. rs. will remove from
ITS present quarters, First and Broad, to the
Temple as soon as that building is opened.
most enjoyable evening was spent at
the residence of Mr.. Pat. McDonough, 20l
west Marshall street, on Thursday, the oc-
casion being an entertainment in honor OF
Miss Annie Bailey. The guests present
were Misses X. and A. Carroll, K and A.
Rankin. A. Perkins, NJ. Tucker, X. O'Don.
nell, Messrs. w. Boyd. G. Meadow. Mr..
Bibbs, Thomas Burke, and James Moore,
| of Manchester; Il. Moore. w. Butler, L.
Weimer c. Weisiger, b. Moran, j. Weber.
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