Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-19
Personals and Briefs,

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| Dor, Me.
Mr.. ID. s. Mccarthy and family are in
! Louisa county.
Mr.. II. II. Fox aud family have returned
| from q northern trip.
Mr.. NJ. F. Hudnall has returned from
Norfolk and Hampton.
Mr.. H. NJ. Bancroft. of Mineral City, was
in Richmond yesterday.
Mr.. Douglas Rider and family left yes
| terday for a visit TO the country.
Rev. James f. Cook breaches at En-
manuel Presbyterian church at o'clock
| tonight.
Miss Mary A. Slaughter and Miss Fila II.
| Hay left yesterday morning to visit friends
IN Middlesex county.
DR.. F. w. StiG. of Church Hill has re-
| turned from a months vacation spent with
| friends IN the country.
The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Powell
will take place from St. Peters Cathedral
at o'clock this morning.
Rev. A. r. Moore will commence service
at Jesseme e church. in Hanover county,
on next sunday morning.
Mr.. A.. f. Wait and wife left the city yes
terday morning for Niagara Falls, Leroy,
n. Y. and other places North.
The death Of Mrs. Powell will cause no
change in the management of the theatre
or the arrangements for the coming sea-
son.
Misses Julia and Minnie Saunders. of
No. 70l west Clay street. have gone to
Kanawha Falls, w. Va, to spend several
weeks.
Mrs. Sarah A. Powell left the city last
| week for two-months' sojourn with
friends in Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and
| Ocean View
Rev. c. II. Kuyk has returned TO the city
| from his summer vacation. and expects u
hold services at Weddell-MemOrial chapel
on next Sunday night.
Mr.. ]. T. Saunders, Of the Exchange
| Hotel, has returned from q visit to New
York and other northern cities, and Mr.
| II. X. Drewry has left on similar trip.
The ambulance was called TO Whitlocks
cheroot- factory Yesterday afternoon at
O'Clock TO attend white woman who had
| hysterical commissions. She was treated
! and left.
Peaches are very scarce in the Rich
moud markets and command fancy prices
| for this season of the year. WatermelOns,
| canteloupes and grapes are plentiful and
sell very reasonably.
Rescue Council, Jr o. U. A. NJ, will
meet tonight and attend in a body the
lawn-party held by the Building Associa-
tiOn of the Juniors. Mt their hall on Num-
| ford and Broad streets.
A regular business meeting of Powhatan
Club was held last night. James +. Flour
uoy, first yice-president, occupied the
chair. Only routine business of an unim-
/ portant character was transacted.
Colonel Meade Haskins left the city last
night for q few DAYS of much-needed rest.
after which he will return and open an
active and vigorous campaign a. one OF
| the presidential electors on the Demo-
cratic ticket
DR.. George Ben. Johnston has purchased
Of Major John II. Dinneen for 900 the
| handsome residence at No. 407 east Grace
street. DR.. Johnston will improve the
property and expects TO occupy it about
! the 1st of November.
At 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon
| Justice Frischkorn will hear the case OF
| Edward McGee. charged with an assault
on Mr.. Norman. the tollgate-keeper on the
Mechanlcsville turnpike. three miles from
the city. on the night of August 9th.
The case of Charlie billiard, .he postal
| telegraph messenger of this city. charged
| with committing an hsslulL on u cOlDTtQ
| girl on Wednesday, in Stafford county,
| was continued until the September term
of the court The boy was baiied in the
sum of 1000.
| gentleman who arrived In the city yes
! terday from North Carolina reported that
he came from Raleigh on the train with n
number of the delegates who attended the
J Third-party convention, and that they
were not at all enthusiastic over the nomi-
nation Of Exum for Governor.
The baggage-wagon of the Exchange
Hotel was run into and slightly damaged
Yesterday morning by an electric-car.
/ The vehicle was standing across the track
| in front of the hotel while trunks were
being placed in it. The car came down
and the motor-man says he was unable to
stop 1t.
| The little son Of Mr.. II. T. Ezekiel, while
on Main-street car with his father last
| night, was struck in the face with stone
/ from the gravel-shooter of some unknown
! person. Fortunately the cash made was
/ slight one. Bows should be more carefnl
about throwing rocks aud using their
| sravel-shooters on the streets.
Blr. S. l.. Boomberg Yesterday entered
| suit in the City Circuit Court against the
( Supreme Sitting of the Order Of the Iron
! Hall for $685. The attachment was served
! Oh the officials and trustees of the Hall
and also on the bank in which their money
/ is kept in this city. Mr. Bloomberg's
/ policy in the Iron Hail for $1,000 was due
| yesterday.