Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-11-16
Personals and Briefs.

The Misses Howard. OF 302 west Grace street,
have returned from the University OF Virginia.
Mrs. C. C. Scott il in tho city and stopping with
her brother, Edward Alvey, No. Sl3 west Grace
street
Mrs. Barney WertheIm and children have left
for Jersey City, which will be their home after
January LIST next.
Suit was instituted yesterday in the Circuit
Court by A. Wehrle & Son against Preston, Craig
& Co. for 81, 1880.
It's Mrs. X. J. Christian who IA critically Ill at
her residence, on Church hill, ana not MI. Chls-
tiau, as has been reported.
Miss May Haskins left Sunday night on the
IO:45 train for CINCINNATI, indianapolis, and
Chicago, where she will spend the winter.
Hon. Claude A. Swanson, the congressman
o,act from the Danyille district, Is IN the city the
guest of his friend. MIR. Beverley b. Munford.
Rev. DR.. A. <. Dickinson and Messrs. j. Leigh
Jones and Norvell RylaDd and others have re-
turned from the Baptist Association at Danville.
Miss Mayne Burke, OF stanton, Va, who has
been visiting her friends, Misses Mayne Carmody
ana Maggie Hogan, OF Church HUI, will leave for
home to-day.
Charles Pbaup, OF 220 west Main street. who
WAS so badly hurt a short time since by two
drunken negroes, Is only years old, ana ls not
yet entirely we'll
| Father X. /. Carne, late Of Alexandria. will
succeed Rev. Father Iterney AT st. feters ga
thedral to-day. The latter goes 10 MS new
parish, near the former city.
The Hastings Court was idle yesterday. The
cases OF Messrs. Conley and Still. the YORK (Pa)
detectiyes, and George c. White win come up Tor
| trial at 10 o'clock this morning.
The funeral Of Mr.. John D. Longan took place
| Yesterday afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock from the
residence Of his son-in-law, Mr.: Thomas l..
Staeg The deceased was In his Slst year.
m for
nerly OF Richmond, died Sunday az the Con-
| federate Soldiers Home at Pikesyille' No. lie
| tonight through the late war and was In Plcketfs
| Division.
Two conyicts we're received at the peniten-
| tiary Yesterday: Robert Jordan (coloredl, Ale
| ghany county, burglary. i've years, and William
Lee (colored), Chesterfield county, malicious as
| sault. three years. 49,
The annual meeting OF the Masonic Home La
| dies' Auxiliary will take place at the Home to
| morrow. The train will leave seven fines sta-
| ton al II o'clock NJ, and returning Will leave
| the Home at $3.50 p. NJ.
| The lecture of Dir. Kerr on paris which he
| was TO have delivered at the Young mems Chr.s.
| tian Association Hall last night, wa postponed
| until next Tuesday evening ON account OF the In
clemency OF the weather.
The Common Council has not yet acted upon
the resolution appropriating S2o,OOu IN per
/ cent. city bonds for water-gss plant Inc mat
ter will como up Tor cOnhlutIhtioh ~ tho boSO"u
| Der session Of this branch.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. wendinger on Monday night
| celebrated the ifty-first anniversary OF theil
| welded life. All their children and large
| number OF friends assembled at their hospltable
home and the affair was most enjoyable.
Mr.. James +. Herrick (of the New York World
and wife are In the city. the guests OF MI. anc
| Mrs Horace Halves. Mrs Herrick (iee Terhune
| Il a niece OF Mr.. Hawes and, like her mother
| WNarion Harland," has taken high rank IN ths
literary world.
Mr.. w. b. Hancock, Of south Third street
| representing Williams, Kneeland 4 Co, Boston
| Mass, will come home from Arkansas TO take
| part In the Democratic demonstration Thursda,
night. Mr.. Hancock is familarly known a.
"Silyer-King Bill"
the ladies' Of the WostEnd Christian Ten
| perance Union have issued cards 70 parior 70
eenton at the residence OF Mrs. John I. Rogers
No. 6l2 east Main street, Tuesday, NoyemDel
| o2d. AT S:l5 Il. Al. MRS. l.. ID. Iydeman Is presi
dent and Mrs. Charles W. Fellows secretary o
the union.
Captain James A. Lipscomb, OF Manchester
| and Messrs. ii. f. Hrshberg, Z. O. Ihon. d. q
johnson, and j. t. Damn, OF Richmond, left yes
tesday afternoon for Philadelphia. where thel
90 AZ REPRESENTATIVES from the lodges OF the Sex
ennial League OF Richmond and Manchester Y
Investigate tho soivency OF the order.
mo seryces at washington-street Methodis
church Sunday were Of special interest In IN;
| morning alter the sermon the history OF tbs
church from its beginning, three years ago, wa
reviewed, ana most UNUSUAL aid gratifying pro
gress was noted along ali lines. Five new mem
night the pastor discussed 70 crowded house
- WHAT win Mrs Grundy say7" under whict
subject he reviewed the criticisms passed upoi
his recent sermons.