Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-10-19
Personals and Briefs.

Personals and Briefs.
Mr.. r. II. Cook has returned from
business trip TO Baltimore.
Miss Lizzie Clarke. OF Newport News,
| Is visiting friends In this city.
| Mr.. Fred Woodson. OF Fulton, has re-
turned from the Worlds Fair.
Mr.. w. n. Hatch Of Arlington. grand
| chief templar OF Virginia, Is In the city.
Mr.. II. d. Cole and wife. of Williams
burg. are registered at the Exchange ho-
| tel.
Miss Eva de Treville has gone to the
Worlds Fair with Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
| Mayo.
CAPTAIN F.. A. Shepherd. adjutant Of the
| First Regiment Of Infantry, has returned
| from a ten-days' visit to the World s
Fair.
Mrs. ]. Guvernator, Of Church Hin. who
| hes been dangerously i'll, is slowly i'm
proving.
Mrs. James VI. Donnan leaves this week
| for Chicago. to visit friends and the
Worlds Fair.
Mr.. Clarence D. Wilkes has returned
from a very pleasant ten-days' visit TO
| the Worlds Fair.
Rev w. d: Thomas, d. D., will preach
In Richmond College chapel tomorrow
night at O'clock.
MT. George Davis, or the chesapeake
and Ohio railroad, stationed at Newport
News. was In the city yesterday on busi-
ness.
Mr. Thomas NJ. German, OF Durham, y.
C.. private secretary 20 Governor Carr,
was In the city yesterday.
Messrs Frank Davenport. William
Trigg. While Massie. and Thomas Atkin-
son have returned from Chicago.
Joseph Dellman, grocer at No. 2oi east
Broad street. has assigned to Max Nit
teldorfer, trustee. Liabilities. 900
Mr. James Hartley and niece. Of Fulton.
arr still in Chicago. When they leave
there his niece, Miss Ellen Clancy. will
go TO Ireland
Captain Frank W. Cunningham has pre-
sented Sergeant II. y. Thomas. OF the
Police Court. with very neat gavel.
During the recent storm the boat-hous
OF Mr.. G. Millhiser was blown To pieces,
and his naptha launch Rosalie was sunk.
Damage, about $3.50 to the boat-house.
Judge II. w F1ournoy has been forced
by the illness OF his wife 10 cancel his
appointments TO speak during the re-
mainder Of the canvass.
Messrs Henry Ellis, Jr.. Nixon Ball.
J; I. Nicholas, =. !; Claibourne. and +.
Great Northern Hotel, Chicago.
The Ladies' Auxiliary OF Pickett Camp
will have "A meeting this afternoon at
O'Clock a large attendance Is desired. az
business OF Importance viii be transacted.
Messrs. /. W. Throckmorton and w.
B. Christian have returned from Nor
folk where they went to attend the State
Council OF the Junior Order of American
Mechanics.
Richmond Randolph Lodge OF Masons
at its meeting Tuesday night voted unani-
mously TO recommend Worshipful l.. T.
Christian for district deputy grand master.
The Old Dominion Democratic Club
meets tonight, and will meet hereafter
election. The "Epps' resolution will come
up for discussion tonight.
Mr.. c. T. Mandeville. who was formarly
connected with the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad at Old Point junction. but Is low
with the Queen and Crescent r.iilroad at
Lexington, KY, was in the city Jestfr-
day. calling on his old frieAds.
The business Committee of the State
Committee will meet In this city in "A few
days to determine as TO where the next
State Convention Will assemble, Several
cities are anxious for the nonor, among
them being Roanoke, Hampton, Danville.
and others.
Special services are being held every
night at the First Baptist church, cJn-
Quoted by the pastor, DR.. Cooper. The
attendance last night was large. and tre
interest increasing in power. Tonight and
tomorrow night the meetings continue,
commencing al and closing at 3 O'Clock.
Tuesday. October l6th was the day for
the regular fortnightly meeting OF the
Central Committee OF the Association for
the Preservation Of Virginia Antiquities
Only two ladies being present all business
had to be postponed until November 7th
when a full attendance OF the members
of the committee, is desired.
CAPTAIN Albert Morecock, late Of the
steamer Ariel and Mr.. James Walters,
late OF the Richmond Towing and Trans
portation Company. recently bought the
tug f. b. Lane and have refitted her up,
and propose to use her In towing UP the
James and Chickahominy rivers.
Rev. r. ]. Willingham. secretary of the
Foreign Board. will address the Woman s
Baptist Missionary Society to-day at noon
in the Clay-Street Baptist church. Ii Is
hoped a goodly ATTENDANCE OF ladies' will
greet him at this. his first, appearance
before the society.
There will be an important meeting OF
Sidney Lodge. No. AS, !. o. q. r., at
Belvidere Hall Friday night. The nomina-
tion OF officers and election Of delegates
TO the Grand Lodge, which holds its next
annual session December 5th, at Falls
church. will take place.
Senator William Lovenstein has return
ed from New York. where he attended
the golden jubilee ef the Independent
| order of B'nai Birth. He received
much attention on that occasion. He
was one OF the speakers at the banquet,
and also made an address at the Home
for the Aged in Yonkers.
The railroad Young Mems Christian AS
soclation building at Clifton Forge will
be dedicated with appropriate ceremonies
tomorrow. State-Secretary Williams
MISUNDERSTANDING X. T.. Michaels. and
Mr.. John r. West. and probably others
from Richmond will go up. 1t IS ex-
pected that the meeting will be one OF
great interest
Yesterday morning X. l.. Bohannon
walked into the hall at No. los west Grace
street and helped himself TO an oyercoat
that was on the hall-rack. The hired
Girl saw him leave the premises and gave
the alarm. Two ladies In the house fol-
lowed the man TO Broad and Foushee
streets. where they met with Ofhcer j.:
]. Walton. who arrested the thief and
locked him up In the Second station.
The overcoat was recovered.
New fire-alarm boxes were put In yes
terday as follows: No. 3l6, corner twenty
seventh and Church Hill avenue. and NO.
Il2 at Wright az Co.'S tobacco-factory,
corner Twenty-fourth and Cary streets.
The latter is private box. No. 3l7 was
nlaced on Seventh and Broad streets.
To-day Superintendent Thompson will
place private alarm In the new grain
elevator of the Chesapeake and Ohio iail-
road.