Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-10-12

Mr.. II. Page Dunnivant. Of the Pull
man car service. Is on flying visit to
Richmond.
turned home Tuesday after "a pleasant
visit to the Worlds Fair.
Old Dominion Democratic Club viii
hold a regular meeting at Its headquar-
tiers at $50 o'clock tonight.
The Italian Society will leave for Nor
folk this morning to attend the Columbia
day exercises In that city.
Mr.. Charles W. Tanner. wife. daughter
Ruth. and Mrs. L. G. Younger left for
Chicago Sunday afternoon
Mr. ]. J. Mulcare is out again, after
having been confined for two weeks at
the Retreat for the Sick by Illness.
Mr.. Michael Doyle. an old Richmond
how. now doing business In Lynchburg,
is In the city for few days.
Miss Annie Lee Jones. OF Nansemond
county. is visiting her cousin. Miss Minnie
Keesee, of 533 north Tenth street.
Mr.. Hiram T. Gates. who has been very
sick for the past week or two. Is reported
better and hopes 10 be out IN lew days
Mrs. Preston l.. Roper. OF Petersburg
Is visiting her mother. Mrs. Mary u. VIII
son. at the Madison Flats, south Fifth
street.
Senator Iovenstein left last evening
for New York to attend the jubilee cele-
bration OF the I. o. B'rai Birth, com
mencing this evening.
DIR. ]. F. Williams was unanimously
elected night before last. member OF the
Richmond Academy OF Medicine ana Sur
gerry.
Mr.. Charles Oneale, OF Toronto. Canada,
who has been visiting friends In the CITY,
left for Fairmont, West Virginia, yester-
day.
Mrs. L. =. Kuhn has left the city to
spend a few weeks with relatives and
friends in Philadelphia and adjacent
towns.
The eighth annual meeting OF the Nir-
ginia Field Sport Association VIII take
place I'm the Office OF the Southern Planter
at 10 O'Clock this morning.
The Chancery Court will not be in SEES
sion to-day. The Hastings Court VIII
meet as usual, but will probably not sit
long.
Rev. Mr.. Newton. who has recently re-
turned from Africa, delivered free
lecture at Leigh-Street Baptist church
last night.
The condition OF Mr.. J. f. kearney.
OF east Broad street, who has been
critically i'll for some time, was thought
TO be improved yesterday.
The Exchange for Womans Work an
nounces that in future it will be prepared
to furnish suppers, dinners, and luncheons
at public halls or private houses.
St. Johns Lodge, No. Sc. Masons, held
a stated meeting Tuesday night at the
Masonic Temple at o'clock, and con-
ferred masters degree on one candidate.
Extensive preparations are being made
for the celebration Of the twenty-ffth an
niversary of Syracuse Lodge, No. ..
knights Of Pythias, which falls on the
4th of December.
The work of distributing the hand-books
Of Virginia at the fair is progressing
nicely. Every visitor should get one.
They can be had at the exhibit of the
Department of Agriculture.
The public schools OF Richmond will
close Friday in order to give the teachers
and scholars an opportunity 10 attend
the State Fair. The report that the
schools would close to-day is without
foundation.
Squire Thomas Larus. OF Henrico
county. held an examination yesterday
in the case of John Stewart. a negro
charged with stealing potatoes rom the
farm OF Mrs. Wittcamp. The accused
was sent on the grand jury.
tary organizations have decided that 1t
would be inadvlsabe to accept the invi-
tation Of the Executive Committee to
attend the Fair. the Blues will not parade
as they had formerly intended.
Colonel Fenton Day. who was appointed
deputy internal revenue collector for the
Norfolk district, declines TO serve on ac-
count of personal business interests,
which require most Of his time. A new
appointment will be made in a few days.
Mr. W. n. Ragland. of Petersburg.
who filed the position of bonded to-
bacco deputy under Colonel Brady, and
Mr. J. NJ. Long, Of Norfolk. who was
Mr.. Brady's chief deputy, spent several
days at work in the Richmond Office
this week.
DIR. Taber has gone to Chicago. lie will
return in about ten days.
Mrs. John Talley. of ll5 north Nineteenth
street. left last week for Macon and Sa-
vannah, Georgia. Later she will be Joined
by Mr.. Talley and they will take a trip
TO Florida before their return, which will
not be before the latter part of November.
The little 3-year-old daughter Of a Mr..
Carncal was run over by the New York
Laundry wagon yesterday morning at
the corner of Ninth and Broad streets.
but fortunately was not much hurt. The
nurse. II is said, sent the child out into
he street TO pick up her hat, which had
blown OF.