Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-11-30
Persnnnls and Rriefs.

Mr.. F.. J. Burton is Ill at his residence, in the
Belyidore fats.
Ma. John n. Higgins has been confined at home
several days by indisposition.
The condition OF Colonel W. W. Gordon was
somewhat improved yesterday.
The Walker Light Guard will have n full-dress
uniform inspection al the Armory tonight.
There has been an advance in the price Of
broOins. owing 90 the short crop OF broOm-straw.
The Board Of Police commissioner will meet
at = o'clock Thursday Afternoon Ia the Office Of
Major Poe, Chief OF Police.
Miss Katie Griggs, OF Church Hin, Is very
sick with the grip and pneur1onia, but her
physician thinks sac Is conyalescent.
MIR. Henry c. Davis, chief templar Of Sidney
Lodge, J. o. G.. 4, is critically III with pneu-
monia at his home, 4l3 south Laurel street.
The Board OF state Canvassers yesterday
mailed certificates OF election to the electors and
members Of Congress as per tho returns.
There Is at the Third Police station awaiting
an owner a pair OF old-style buggy-cushions that
we're found Last week near the corner OF Henry
ana Leigh streets.
The marriage Of Miss Louise Evritt Anthony
t. Nj. Charles w. Parker, Of Charlotte, n. G.. is
announced to take place at the Churcn OF the
Covenant this evening at 6:15 o'clock.
Major A. H.. Drewry. of westover, passed
through the city Monday on his way TO New
York. Major Drewry is very much Interested in
the proposed new toat line on James river.
The French and German Glasses Of the Young
Mons Christian Association VIII shortly be Or
ganized, and Professor /. \. Hasseieff, the we'll
known linguist Of this city, will be the instruc-
tor.
MIR. ". w. Archer, Of the state. left yesterday
for CbarlCttesyille. whore be will spend Two or
three days with his brother-tn-law, Mr.. LOWS ID.
AyIett. From Charlottesville he will 20 TO New
York for u short visit.
There were two new convicts received nj the
| peuitontiary yesterday from southampton
county. as follows: Wilson benson, house
burning, two years, and Anna Smith (colored),
iufan:icide, hye years.
Marriage-Ncense have been Issued by the
Clerk Of the Washington court TO Carlo Mag
main, OF Richmond, Va, and Antionetta Ctov0,
OF this city: Lee A. Turner ana Laura Shelley'
both OF Manchester, Va
Tho first rehearsal for the entertainment 70
be given for the benefit of Lee Camp, was held
az the Academy OF Music yesterday afternoon at
, o'clock. Everything passed on smoothly ana
pleasantly and she affair II an assured success
Another charge was entered yesterday against
John Williams, the negro man VINO - now IN
tatl awaiting bis trial for larceny, for entering
the dweling.h house OF Mr.. Lewis H.. Blair ana
stealing an oyercoat belonging TO Il. ID. Graham
Rev. J. X. sturgis, pastor of the Methodist
church on Hog Island, who was one OF MT. CieNe-
land's callers Monday, was "a lew years ago pas-
tor OF Trinity Methodist church In this CITY. he
is row on the superannusted list Of the virginia
Conference.
Colonel G. r: +. BurgwyD, president OF the VIZ
ginia Dredging Company. is In Wilmington, y.
C., arranging to on the large CON
tracts that bis company has for river WORK In
hat state. He will probably carry his drodges
down IN "A week or ten Gays.
The ambulance wHs called yesterday morning
at ll:25 o'clock 20 TWenty-t0ufth ana MAIN
streets to q white man, whose finger had been
mashed. He was treated and left. IL was
aTnin summoned at 1898 o'clock p. NJ. to Whit
locks tobacco factory 10 a white woman snner-
ing with commissions. She was treated and lett
The special meetings now being held at Mar
shall-Street Christian church are attracting large
congregations and much interest Ia manifested
! Rev. A. n. Moore, the pastor, delivered g pow
! erful sermon last night. His subject was What
Mpst the Sinner Do 20 be Saved % Tonight he
will preach on "Tbe Value and Possibilities OF
the Soul"
Robert Mills. a colored youth, was arrested IN
the Second Distinct yesterday by P~ohcenan II.
ID. Austin. charged with feionlously staobing
Arthur Hatcher with a knife. The two negroes
engaged In q difficulty In Walter Jacsson's bar
room, corner OF Eighth aud Broad streets, mon.
| day night, IN which Mills drew a pen-Snite and
cut his a~ssailant across the breast. The case Will
DO heard this morning.