Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-06-09
Personals and Br,ess.


nounced hereafter.
Personals and Briefs.
Mr.. W. B. Hancock is in the city after
q three-months' tour Of the South.
Miss Blanche Harris is visiting Miss
Hobb McGregor, of Hanover county.
Mr.. J. Stanley Mouutcastle and bride
Miss Gude) have returned from Wash
ington.
Rev. Mr.. Leake, OF West Point.
preached at Randolph-Street Baptist
church last night
/ Colonel B. F. W. Carter, of Cincin-
natl. formerly OF Richmond, is on visit
to relatives and friends.
The meeting Of the stockholders Of the
Buckingham Railroad Company has been
adjourned to june 10th.
Mrs. j. j. Powell and daughter will
leave on the 18th for Brunswick, N. j.,
to visit Mrs. Powells aunt.
Mr.. Charles G. Cunningham was in
the city yesterday en- route from Norfolk
to Randolph Macon College.
General Joseph II. Anderson, Mrs
Anderson, and Colonel Ed. Hobson left
yesterday for Virginia Beach.
The final examinations in the High
School close to-day. Those in the dis
trict schools are still 10 progress.
Mr.. John T. Taylor, Of Lynchburg,
is on a visit to this city and is stopping
at 5l3 north Twenty-sixth street.
Ex-Attorney- General Frank s. Blair,
who has been in the city on business,
has returned to his home in the South
west.
Miss Matte r. Moseley and Mrs D..
G. Elicit, of Church Hill. have returned
from Old Point and Newport News after
pleasant trip.
Colonel Cutshaw, Mr.. Whitcomb, and
Major Myers are at Old Point attending
the annual meeting of the Society of
Civil Engineers.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Fl. Peasants,
of Church Hill. will spend the summer
with their daughter, Mrs. James II.
Crenshaw, at Bon Air.
The Carnival of Flowers will be re-
peated at Corcoran Hall tonight and
tomorrow night for the benefit of
Union-Station church.
Captain Charles II. O'Neil. of the
Chesapeake and Ohio railway, and Miss
Bolton were married at st. Peters Cathe-
dral. Tuesday evening at $50 o'clock.
Mr.. X. A. Justis. OF the firm Of Todd
& Justis, proprietors OF the Manchester
Mills, left Tuesday on a short business
trip to points on the Richmond and Dan
vile railroad.
The Jefferson Literary and Social
Circle has decided to postpone the cele-
bration of It's twenty-tifth anniversary,
which occurs next Sunday, until some
time in the fall.
DR.. w. W. Parker's son Willie was
run over last night by bicycle, and DR..
Parker is very anxious to learn who il
was that rode over him. The boy was
on the sidewalk.
Cards are out for the marriage of Mr..
William l.. Crump and Miss Maud Lou
Davis, daughter Of Mr.. 4. Wiley Davis.
The ceremony takes place at Trinity
church June 18th at o'clock P. III.
A telegram received from Mr.. George
Bryan, at Titusville, Pa, says his family
are all safe. The warehouse of his bro
Their, Mr.. Samuel Bryan, was destroyed,
but the loss is nearly covered by in
surance.
Arrangements will be made to form a
junior military company tonight at
Murphy's Hotel. 1t is to be composed
OF sons of Confederate veterans ranging
from ii to Is. The meeting will be
held at S:l5.
Messrs. William Lovenstein and J. B.
Blanks, the Virginia representatives.
took an active part in the proceedings OF
the fifteenth annual Supreme Council oil
the Royal Arcanum at Providence, z. l.
Both were put on important committees.
Secretary Tyler is in receipt OF letter
from DIR. J. W. Mcbride, president Of
the Virginia Agricultural and Mechani.
cal College at Blacksburg. asking that
q large amount Of space be set apart fol-
the accommodation OF their exhibit this
fall.
A reception will be rendered DR.. and
Mrs. George Cooper at the First Baptist
church next Monday night. The occa.
sion is the seventh anniversary OF the
pastorate OF DR.. Cooper at this church
and the twenty-first anniversary of his
marriage.
The Ladies' Auxiliary Corps OF the r.
L. Lee Camp we're to have held meet
ing Yesterday afternoon to complete ar.
rangements for levin party, but in con.
sequence of there being no quorum
present the meeting was postponed un.
ill next Monday afternoon at o'clock.
Mr.. A. Langstaff Johnston. who has
been in New Orleans for three months
rs consulting engineer OF the New Or
leans and Carrolton Electric Railway
Company, was in the city yesterday. Ht
is on his way to the meeting Of the
American Society OF Electrical Engi'
neers at Old Point.
The Ladies' Aid Society OF the FRS
Presbyterian church will give their an
nual excursion to Dutch Gap to-nigh
on the steamer Ariel, which leaves hel
wharf at 1890 o'clock. Captain Franz
Cunningham and others will sing ant
refreshments will be served on board
The electric-cars viii await the return o
the steamer.
The Board OF Police Commissioners
Who meet tomorrow afternoon, will re-
elect the officers whose terms expire Jul.
1st. with the exception OF Policeman Saun
ders. who is not candidate. Some on
will be chosen to take his place. As thi
will be the annual meeting OF the boar!