Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-24

Miss Bette McCaw has gone on q visit
TO Midlothian.
Captain Robert e. Lee, Jr., was in the
city yesterday.
Mr. F. r. Brown, of Newport News, is in
the city on business.
A called meeting of Old Dominion Club
will be held tonight.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles II. Page have gone
10 the White Sulphur.
Captain John f. Mayer has returned
from a brief trip to Philadelphia.
A swarm Of bees has taken possession Of
tree in the yard of the Westmoreland
Club.
Mr.. George NJ Muse, treasurer of Roa-
noke county, was III the city yesterday on
official business.
Mr.. John J.. Culligan, of Ford's Hotel
has returned from visit TO number OF
northern resorts.
Mr.. Z. B. Lewis, of Texas is on visit TO
friends in Virginia for the first time in
twenty-five years.
Mr.. George w. helms, who has been
visiting friends IN Richmond, returned to
Newport News yesterday.
MAYOR Ellyson is attending the Apo
mattox Baptist Association at Liberty
church. Appomattox county.
Mr.. A. Nj. Tyler, secretary of the Vir-
GINA Exposition, left Yesterday afternoon
for the races at Cape Charles.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Flegenheimer re-
turned yesterday from Atlantic City. n. j.,
after an absence of two weeks.
Mr.. John L. Boltz. of south Laurel
street, has improved very much and u
now able to attend TO business.
DR.. J. f. lynch, of Florida (formerlv Of
Richmond. and Mrs. Lynch are at Ford's
Hotel en route to Madison county.
Miss Joanna Wall, Of Lynchburg, is
visiting Mrs. John Nugent, of Church Hill.
and in few days will return home.
Messrs. O. II. Funston and II. II. Har-
wood, Of this city, were registered at the
st. Louis Hotel, Quebec, on the goth.
Mr.. William j. Woods has returned to
the city after an extended trip to Hamp-
ton, Old Point, Norfolk, Washington, and
Baltimore.
Wiley Gibson (colored) was received at
the poniteDtiary yesterday from Lee coun-
ty TO serve term OF three years for
HOUSEKEEPING.
MIR. and Mrs. Thomas McLauchlan left
Yesterday for Norwich, Conn, aud Mrs. d..
4. Richardson for New York, all ria the
steamer Old Dominion.
The Methodist Sunday schools recently
organized at the Soldiers Home and Bar
ton Heights are growing rapidly and great
interest is beng taken in them.
Rev. DR.. r. II. Pitt, Professor Charles
H. Winston. and Mr.. L. II. Elicit Will at
tend the meeting of the Blue Ridge Asso-
cation at MartinsvIlle this week.
Rev. +. b. Pollard of New Haven. Conn.
who is or a visit TO his father, Professor
Pollard of Richmond College, will preach
at Clay-Street Baptist church tonight.
The ambulance was called last night at
1905 o'clock TO the Third-Street engine
house 20 cOlored man who was SICK but
he left before the arrival of the physician.
Mr.. NJ. Med. Puchard. general agent OF
the United Banking and Building Com
panv. has iust returned from pleasant
visit 20 Atlantic City and other northern
summer resorts.
DR.. j. b. Moore, of Ayletts, Va. was in
the city Yesterday with his daughter, Miss
VIC. The latter was on her way 10 Smith
vile. Tenn. where she has accepted a pro-
fesso.5bip III the Fountain College.
Mrs w. ID. Harton and her mother,
Mrs. Il. Holleran have returned from
Baltimore, New York, and Saratoga much
improved by their trip. They were ac-
compamed home by Mr.. j. j. Holleran.
MIR. Emmett Richardson, who lives at
Quinton, on the York-Riyer Division OF
the Richmond and Dauville railroad, had
l 900 cords of wood burned on Sunday. 1t
is not known here what was the origin OF
the tire.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Mardaga and their little
granddaughter, Nina Sutherland, left for
their home, in Baltimore, on Monday after
q weeks visit to their daughter Mrs. w.
Ii. Burkert. Of north Twenty-second
street. Paramount.
An agreement was admitted to record,in
the Chancery Court yesterday between the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Compan
and the Missouri Car and Foundry Com
pany for the purchase by the former from
the latter Of 1000 box-cars.
A horse attached to an open buggy ran
over one OF the fences on the boulevard at
New-Reservoir Park Monday afternoon.
With the assistance OF Mr.. IL. Calder,
keeper of the park. the animal was extri-
Gated without serious damage to animal
or vehicle.
Mr.. James A. Gentry, who has for some
wears been editor OF the Keynote, the organ
of the Mozart Association, has severed his
relation with that little sheet. IL Is un-
dcrstood that the paper will IN future be
conducted under the auspices OF the MUSIC
Committee OF the association.
The alarm Of FIRE from Station No. at
1855 O'CLOCK yesterday morning was occa-
stoned by the discovery Of slight blaze
in A room OF house on Clay street near
Booke avenue. Some clothing mad caught
Ere frOm gas-jet. They were quickly ex-
tingushed and the damage was very slight.
Rev. A. II. Moore is holding a meeting
this week at Gethsemane church. III dan
ossr county he will enter upon ms
duties as pastor of the Marshail-Street
Christian church the first Sunday IN sep
tenber. Rev. l.. A. Cutler. untii recently
pastor OF Marshail-Strces. IS now dong
eyangelistic work IN Southwest Virgins.
He will probably DO similarly engaged IN
this section Of the State after September
LIST
The report OF the Baptist city missionary,
Rev. q. +. Williams, presented al the meet.
ing Of the Missionary Association SUNDAY
afternoon, showed thai he had conducted
noonlide services al the shops and meet
iues at the mission-tent at hight during
the past Month lie preached "a sermons,
baptized 1. z were reclaimed, protested
faith and over 90 requested prayer, he
tent meeting ia Fulton closed SUNDAY
night. The report of his assistant, Miss
N. Apperson. also showed good work done
by her