Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-31
Personals and Rriefa.

The William Taylor who was before the
! Police Court on Thursday Is colored.
Miss Mary Bigger is in Newport News on
a visit 10 the family of Mr.. Boyd Chandler.
Mr.. Albert Ross. the novelist, who is
| making tour of the South, IS at the tx
change Hotel
Miss Bette Page Cooke, of the TIniyer-
| sity, Is visiting the Misses Weddell, No.
| $500 east Franklin street.
Judge n. 8. Turnbull of Brunswick. Is
| in the city for few DAYS on visit TO his
brother-in-aw, Hon. John jackson, who Is
! improving.
Miss Lizzie Terrell, daughter of DR..
! Charles j. Terrell, of Hanover county, Is
visiting tho Misses Bigger, No. 9O2 east
| Leigh street.
The new six-clrcuit repeater for the Fire
| Department was received on Thursday and
was being placed in position at the central
! Office yesterday.
| At the meeting of the Ancient Order of
! Hlbernians on Monday the 18th beauti-
! ful chalice was presented to the Rev. Z. j.
! Donahoe, of st. PatTick's church.
Rev. Michael j. Ahern, of Martinsburg,
| who was ordained priest on the 18th by
! Monsignor Satolli, is on visit TO Rev. j.
b. O'Reilly, of the Sacred-Heart church.
Mr.. Joseph II. Shepherd, chairman of the
| Grand Lodge Committee Independent Or
| der of Good Templars, requests O meeting
| OF the committee tonight at 8 o'clock at
| the Young Mems Christian Association.
Father James Kenefck, who has been
assisting Father O'Reilly, of the Sacred
Heart church, in the absence of Father
! Carne, will preach at the late mass on
/ Sunday, and Father Ahern will celebrate.
Mr.. Dorsey G. Ogg, of the Chesapeake
and Ohio railway, who has been spending
the HOLIDAYS at the Hot Springs, Ark. re-
! turnei Yesterday. He leaves to-day for
another stay Of a month at that healthful
resort.
Policeman J. A. Priddy received informa-
ton Yesterday that valuable hunting dog
belonging TO him, which was lost near
| Sturgeon Point on the 10th of this month,
has shown up IN Prince Edward county,
where be was raised.
Messrs. Hurt Jordan. of William and
Mary College, and A. Chambers Ray, OF
! Randolph Macon, who spent their CHRIST
| mas holidays with the family OF Rev.
George Ii. Ray, of Church Hill, have re-
turned to their respective schools.
The Christmas-tree entertainment for
the Sacred Heart Sunday-school children
took place Thursday night. many leules
and gentlemen took part in the pro-
gremme, and number of very beautiful
presents we're distributed among the chill
| dTen.
The following suits were instituted yes
terday in the Circuit Court: W. f. Jen-
Rims against A. Il. Robinson and James l..
Capston for SlOO, John r. Abney against
Iohls +. Bossieux and Julia A. Slayton for
5000, Citizens Bank against +. l.. Wood
for 800.
A still alarm turned in at No. engine
house Yesterday morning was occosioned
by the burning Of store No. 1918 east Nam
street, occupied by Conrad Tauber as q
confeotionery. The blaze originated from
a stove-pipe back of the store. Damage
about S2j.
Al the annual meeting of Section 202.
Endowment Rank Knights of Py:hias.
Thursday night, the following officers
we're elected tor the ensuing year; Presl-
dent. George II. Matthews; ice-President,
n. ~ Woodall; Secretary and treasurer,
George T.. Bowden. After the business OF
the evening, the members partook OF re-
| frashments