Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-09-14
Pnrsonnis and Briefs.


Mrs. Donnan and family returned home
on Saturday last.
Captain William II. Maxwell left Monday
on business trip.
Mp. Il. Gentry is back from pleasant
visit to his old Kentucky home.
Mrs.. q. Wallace, cashier Citizens Bank,
has returned from Nimrod Hall.
Mr.. Charles Wortham's family have re-
turned from the White Sulphur.
Mrs. Ashton Starke, with her two sisters,
returned from the White Sulphur on Satur-
day.
Colonel A. G.. Dickinson and family e1-
pect TO make Richmond their home Tor the
winter.
Mr. A. Kelley, of this city, was registered
on Monday at the Paris ONCE OF the No"
York Herald
Mrs. Barton Grundy and family are at
home after a pleasant summer at the
White Sulphur.
Miss Carrie Shields, who has been visit
ing Miss Sallie Talbot, will leave this
week for st. Louis.
Captain-Robert H. Pannill. local agent
of the Chesapeake and Ohio at Lynchburg,
NJ
Mr.. w. X. Pemberton. of S0l west Mar
shall street, left yesterday to visit rela-
tiyes in Bedford county, near Mt. vale.
Drs. Edward and Stuart Mcclure left
Yesterday to attend the meeting OF the
Medical Association at Allegheny Springs.
DIR. R. n. Pitt and wife left yesterday for
the Cold Sulphur Springs, where they will
spend ten days or two weeks.
Sir Roger Cameron, of Scotland, now a
resident of New York, was In the city yes
terday etopping at the Exchange Hotel.
Mir. and Mrs. J. b. Lightfoot, Of Rich
mond, Va, were registered at the London
Office of the New York Hsrdh on Monday.
The World of yesterday records among
its contributors to the western campaign
fund Mr. Charles L. Whitlock, OF this city,
for $40.
Professor Edmund Harrison has so far
recovered as TO be able to visit friends IN
Huntington, after q brief stay at Old
Point.
In the Chancery Court yesterday Cath
crime X. James qualified as Administrative
de bonis non c. {. a. of the estate OF Joseph
s. james.
Colonel II. III. r. Talcott and family. will
90 to New York this fall to live. Colonel
Talcott is engaged in the "Hudson-River
improvement"
Mrs. Emma F. Hatton returned home
last evening from Staunt0n, Where sne
went TO enter her son, Willie West, IN the
Stanton Military Academy.
The Methodists are holding nightly
meetings at the Soldiers Home this week.
The laymen have them in charge, but are
.;do1 hxv tho citv naatOrs
Rev. r. P. Williams, accompanied by his
wife. left Yesterday for vacation OF two
or three weeks. They will spend most OF
their time at Richheld Springs, n. \.
Bishop John G. CRANBERRY, who recently
had very painful operation performed on
him at John Hopkins. is improving rapidly
and hopes TO be able to resume his duties
In few weeks.
1t is reported that the post-ofnce ct
Winder, Henrico county, will be discon-
tinued September 18th. Mail will DO
served by a mounted carrier from the
Richmond post-oftice.
Mr.. Bradshaw. of Owensbor0, KY, is
the guest of Mr.. F. ID. Barksdale, OF this
city. He reports favorably on the tobacco
crop in his section and predicts good
prices on all old stock.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Walker and
| daughter, Miss Eunice, who have been on
an extended trip to New York. Saratoga.
Niagara Falls, and other northern places,
returned home Monday.
Mr. Henry Keenan,, who fell from the
| yeranda of the st. Charles Hotel Sunday
night and sustained fracture or the skull,
is getting along very we'll. He is being
| cared for at the Retreat for the Sick.
Rev. DIR. W. w. Landrum left yesterday
afternoon for King William county. tie
| will officiate at the marriage OF his sister
| ip-law. Miss Ryland. and Mr.. Robert II.
Crump. which will take place to-day.
DIR. Dickinson and several other promi-
nent Baptists left yesterday morning to at
| tend the meeting of the Portsmouth Asso-
| citation at Shilo church, near Petersburg.
| This IS the last of the district associations
| to meet.
MIR. George Plateau and Miss Susie Sizer
were married Monday afternoon at the
residence of the brides mother, No. All
east CLAW street. by DR.. George Cooper.
| Dir. Plateau is n young Businessman OF
| Newport News. and his bride daughter
of the late John I. Sizer.
St. Johns Lodge. No. SO. A. F. and A. NJ,
held its regular stated communication at
| the temple last night. Right Worshipful
| Brother William Ryan, district deputy
grand master, paid the lodge an Official
visit and presided in the East. One can.
didate was raised h. the sublime degree oil
Master Mason.
Little Orrin White. the only child OF Mr..
| and Mrs. p. j. White. who has been SO
dangerously SICK, had very delicate and
skillful operation performed upon him last
evening by Drs. Ed. Mcclure, George Ben.
Johnston. Paulus Irving, and Lewis
Wheat, and the little fellow bids fair, 1t Is
thought. to recover.
A mass-meeting of Italian citizens will
| be held in the Police-Court room tonight
TO perfect arrangements for the celebra-
ton of October 18th. 1t is understood
that there will be parade in the forenoon
and big banquet at Sanger Hall in the
evening. Prior to the banquet there VIII
be display of fireworks at some place on
Broad street, probably near the City Hall.
The entries in the trotting trials to come
Of at the big Exposition next month are
started the ball rolling by the entry OF
May Handy ebay flly) in the yearling race,
The management of the Exposition are o.
the opinion that the races this year VIII
be full and exciting. The trotting entrie;
close on Monday next the 18th at II r.
NJ Entries IN ali other departments close
September 10th.
Rev. Preston G.. Nash, rector of Chris
church, is expected 10 reach home to-mor
row or Thursday. He arrived at quarantine
from Glasgow. Scotland, on Sunday night
Mr.. Griffith, who has been conducting ser
vices at Christ church in the absence
Mr.. Nash. will return to the seminary. a
Alexandria on the 9th. The Intervening
time he will spend in the country amoni
| friends. A welcome reception Will be ten
| tered Mr. Nash rs soon ne he eets homo.