Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-08
persnnals and Briefs.

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Mr.. W. T. Terrill, of Culpeper, is visit
| ing friends in the city.
Mrs. A. II. Drewry is the guest OF Mrs.
| street.
Captain Lewis s. Dillon, of the Atlantic
and Danville railroad, is on visit TO MS
| parents here.
Mr.. Wilfred Garstang is spending few
| days with his aunt, Mrs. j. w. Aldefson' Oh
Anderson. W. Va.
Mr.. George T. Dean and wife have re-
| turned from a delightful trip to Washing
ton and New York.
Miss Mary Ct. Weeks is lying i'll at the
home of her friend. Mrs. Richard DUKE
120 west Cary street.
Miss Maude Hall left the city Yesterday
for Norfolk, where she will spend several
weeks with relatives.
Mr.. W. G. Hicks. of this city. is spending
some time in Philadelphia, acting as cor
respondent for daily paper.
Miss Mamie Elms, of Brooklyn, n. Y,
who has been visiting friends on Church
Hill, returned home yesterday.
The arbitrators have decided the total
damages to the Stearns Block at the recent
fire to have been S9.267.22.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Bliley have returned
| from their bridal trip, having been called
home by the illness Of the groom's mother.
joseph st. Clair, a native of England, de-
clared his intention in the Hastings Court
yesterday of becoming citizen OF TINS
country.
Miss Mamie Fl. Faston, of Church Hill,
is visiting relatives in New Orleans and
Texas. She will spend the remainder OF
the winter there.
Mrs. Judge William MerrIck, of Mary
land. and Miss Winnefred Beckham are
stopping with Mrs. O. IL. Read, Jr., 2O4
west Franklin street.
DR.. j. NJ. Frost, pastor of Leigh-Street
Baptist church, goes TO Louisville this
week to deliver three addresses IN the
Baptist Workers Convention.
Mrs. John f. and Miss Katie Lee Whitta-
ker have left for Mobile. Ala, for the
winter. During their absence they Will
visit New Orleans and Pensacola.
The Rev. DR.. Thomas Drew is the guest
of his friend, Captain w. j; Epps, 101 west
CLAW street. and will preach at the Church
of the Covenant this morning at Ii o'clock.
NTH. Schweichert. night yard-master
of the Richmond and Allegheny yard, has
accepted a position IN Savannah, Ga,
where he expects to make his future home.
The Washington Post of yesterday says:
Mrs. II. G.. Hollenbery, of Little Rock,
Ark. after delightful visit TO friends in
Washington, left last evening for Rich
mond, Va.
Mrs. T. busch celebrated her seventy
second birthday at her residence. No. west
Marshall street, last Sunday. when her
children, grandchildren, and few friends
were present.
The stamp cancelling machine which
Postmaster Russell Is expecting from the
department at Washington will greatly
facilitate business, 1t is claimed, as with 1t
one man can do the work of four.
The Acme Quartette," composed of
Messrs. J. L. Ferguson FIRST tenor. Jo-
seph s. Montgomery Second tenor. W. A.
Galpen (frst bass), and O. 9. Crump (sec-
ond bass), will sing at Broad-Street Metho-
dist church tonight.
While the new presses put in the Council
chamber for the storing of records are con-
venient they are not well suited Tor the
purpose. In the present state or affairs
fire would entail loss of records that
would be irreparable.
Mr.. hODerL Dl. DuTlOnt hOu OI DE W.
Leigh Burton. Of this city, has lately been
promoted to the responsible position of
assistant cashier in the Simmons Hard
ware Company, one of the largest estab-
lishments in st. Louis.
One Of the most delightful teas of the
season was given by Mrs. II. b. Fitzhugh
and her daughter, HISS Bessie, at their
home, 40 north Fifth street. Friday eve
ming. The young ladies assisting were
Misses Mosby, Howard, Edwards, Simp-
son, and Pulliam.
Rev. J. D. Sapir, Of Trenton. N. j., who
was to have conducted services at the
Synagogue Keneseth Israel yesterday, did
not arrive in time TO do so. 1t is expected
that he will, however. officiate next Friday
evening and Saturday morning, and DR.. s.
Bergman, of Newark, n. j., the week fol-
lowing.
Superintendent w. B. Ryder, Of the
Richmond and Danville, has returned from
the South, lwhere he helped to engineer the
party of which jay Gould is q member.
Mr.. Gould asked Mr.. Ryder many ques--
tions about Richmond, especially about
her commercial statistics and the opera
ton of her electric street-car lines.