Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-10-16
1Ae COLUMBIAN CELEBRATION.
Troops at Fort Monroe VIII Attend the
Ceremonies ut Eorfolk-Personai.

rcorrespondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.l
ON Pofyr CoMFoRT. Va. October D.
The troops Of the garrison are ueAchteu
that thew have been called upon To parti-
cipate in the celebration at norfolk on
FRIDAY next. With the exception OF their
visit to Washington every four years TO at
tend the Inauguration ceremonies they
rarely have On outing. and the chance to
get day of and have O good time is look
ed forward to with pleasure. The ceie,
bration will no doubt draw large crowd
from tha lower Peninsula and be red
letter day for Norfolk.
Surgeon General Wyman, OF the Marine
Hospital Service, who was here on tour
of inspection during the week, mas decldeu
TO let matters at quarantine remain as they
are tor the present, as he is not disposed 10
take any chances for the sake OF saving
few dollars.
Lieutenant Bethel, Fourth Artillery.
who reported here for duty with the class
September LIST, has been relieved on &C
count of trouble with his eyes, whlch
would be increased by hard study, and
will reioin his battery at Atlanta. ia.
Lieutenant T. Il. Lamlneaux, VINO relleVes
him at the school, arrived from Atlanta
Yesterday and reported for duty,
Or. Reynolds, OF the garrison, mas gone
TO New York on q short leave of absence.
CAPTAIN Charles Porter. Eighth Infantry.
arrived from Washington on visit Tues
Naior Tucker. ore Of the most popular
officers in the service, paid of the troops
Tuesday.
Mrs. Barroll, Of Baltimore. is here on
visit to her son, Lieutenant Morris X. Bar
roll, Fourth Artillery.
- Miss ClOssOn, the accomplished daugh-
ter of Colonel II. W. Closson. Fourth Ar
tilery, arrived from Atlanta, Ga. yester-
day, and will spend month with Lieuten-
ant and Mrs. BaTron.
OTHER PERSONALS.
Colonel j. G.. Fulton and Mr.. I. b.
Caller. cashier of the Hygeia. returned
from Richmond this morning, where they
have been attending meeting OF the
Grand Commandery and Mobiles OF the
Mystic Shrine.
Miss Hovey. of New Haven, Conn.,, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. James f. Ware.
Mrs. NJ Wesley Oler, of Baltimore, and
Miss Emma j. Hunt, of New York, who
have been the guests OF Mrs. Kimberley,
lett for Baltimore yesterday.
{" Rim Raps." by Emma Louise Barnes,
issued by the Normal School press, is the
latest thing out. OF the half dozen works
of the kind issued since the war 1t easily
heads the list and will be read with inter
est by the hGbiusS of Old Point. IL de-
picts the usual everyday life here, with
It's boating. bathing. dancing, and flirting,
in q light and breezy manner, and after
much trlbulation marries the heroine to
the man of her choice. In reading it over
some of the young officers may stop twirl-
ing their moustaches long enough to ask
"Where am att"
The Norfolk and Newport News Tele-
phone Company have opened an Office In
the Adams Express Company's rooms and
are now ready for business.
The appointment of receiver does not
seem to have improved the chances of
opening the Chamberlain Hotel for. the
coming season, as no sign of work about
the building ia yet visible.
The following Richmonders have regis
tered at the Hygeia Hotel during the
week: Landon b. Edwards. Irwin Wanger,
Garland Fenley. q. A. Tabb, Samuel s.
Elan, l.. p Routt. and George &. Smith
and wife.