Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-04-30
Personals and Briefs.

Tho Hastings Court granted q number OF
liquor-licenses yesterday.
Mr.. G.. 7. wilkinson, OF Cumberland county, Is
on a brief visit to this city.
Mr.. s. III. Richards, Of Fort Worth, Tex, Is
visiting relatives In the vicinity Of Richmond.
Mr.. Preston A. Baylor, Of staunton, qualified
yesterday to practice law In the Chancery Court.
Captain W. d. Wren, who Is in III health, has
gone TO the mountains for an Indefinite length OF
time.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Wayne Belvin left New
York for Europe on the 2Bth instant 70 be absent
several months.
Mr.. Charles p. Stokes has returned from n
pleasant visit 70 the great stock-farms OF New
York and Connecticut
Misses Mamie and Minnie Brooks, Of Rich
mond, are visiting thoir grandmother, Mrs. Mary
r. Brooks, 317 Middle street, Portsmouth.
The Committee on Labor Of the French Cham
her OF Deputies has approved a maximum work.
ing-day OF ten hours for Industrial operatives.
Among the visitors at the Capitol yesterday
we're Jty.fgp McMullen, OF Greene; Il. L. Taylor,
clerk Of King and Queen, and Sheriff Spencer,
Of York.
Sheriff southward said yesterday that the re-
mort that he had Withdrawn from the contest Tor
the ofice which he nov nils was entirely without
foundation.
In the Circuit Court yesterday suits were en-
tered against 4. A. Naeu by j. NJ. Conrad's Sons
for $500 and Charles Watkins q Go. for 81 Loo
and attachments were issued.
Rev. J. r. Mason, Of ST. James church this
city, oriciated at the marriage In 81 Johns
church Washington last night OF Miss Anna
Meem Peachy and Lieutenant Beatty
Having rented the first floor and basement Of
the house at the southeast corner OF Main and
First streets, the Rosemary Public Library viii
move into its new and commodious quarters al
once.
Nessrs p p Winston g. Son scld at auction
Tuesday evening a small house and lot on Cedar
street for $3.50; also, another house and lot on
same street for S70J, and house on fenaDIe
street for 5000.
Mr.. and Mrs. William X. Farrell celebrated the
tenth anniversary Of their marriage on tuesday
night at their residence, No 362l east BROAD
street. Only immediate relatives were preseht
and the reunion was most happy one.
The handsome house Of the Commonwealth
CIHb, on the corner Of Franklin and Madison
sfreets will IL Is expected DO rooted in the next
two months and ready for plastering. The WORK
viii be completed some time during the summer
Miss Bessie Law, who was painfully injured last
week by falling through q hatehEay wnho -s sne
was on one Of the monitors, is improving Inc
sailor who left the hatchway open has been SEN
fenced to three months confinement to the mon
itors.
Surgeon Floyd Thomas, royal navy Of her
Majestys flagship Beilerophin for the Wee'
Indian squadron, was at the ESchange yester-
day DIR. Thomas has been on an extended tour
through this country, and will Join his snip al
81. John, N. II.
Judge +. r. Farrar, Of Amelia, will deliver
one OF his humorous and entertaining lectures
tonight at the East-End Baptist church.
His subject viii DO Lights and Shadows; or
The Story OF Lie" He will also deliver an
afterpieco entitled "The Halifax oVerseer and
His Wife, Susan Jane"
The funeral Of Mr.. Harry W. Taliaferro, whose
death was announced in yesterdays DISPATCH
! win take place at 1880 O'Clock this morning
from the Third Christian church, corner Twenty
sixth and Marshall streets. The deceased SUI
fered from n complication Of troubles, culml
mating In pneumonia, and had been In e1trefn'i
for several days. Mr. Taliafsrro was twenty-si
years Of age and had been married put nttl'
over one month. He was one OF the most popu
lar and efficient motor-men on the hsil-sHee