The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-07
PERSOHAL AND GENERAL
Interesting Facts About Richmond's Ciu-
,eps and Other Matters.

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is In the city on business.
MIR. +. c. Ramsey. Of Baltimore. IA
visiting relatives In the city.
Mr.. Thomas Mooney is dangerously
III at his residence, No. ISIS Q street.
The wife Of Rev. DR.. r. y. sledd is
at home again. but is still quite feeble.
Mr.. Charles Harris has returned from
Norfolk, where he went to spend the
Fourth.
Mr.. Edward S. Nourse. OF Norfolk
passed through the city yesterday morn
Ing on his way North.
Mr.. George T. Wyatt. OF No. 81 west
Main street. who has been seriously i'll.
is reported better
Mr.. William II. Bailey. Of the Davis
| Shoe Company. is on a visit to New
York and Boston.
Mr.. Thomas c. Bethel. Of No 412 south
Pine street who has been quite sick. is
able 70 be up.
Mr.. Thomas r. Thompson, and wife
have returned after three weeks visit
to the Worlds Fair.
Mr.. c. c. Gary, deputy sheriff Of King
William county, called at the Capitol yes
terday.
Miss GussIe I.liley. OF Clifton Forge. is
visiting the family OF Captain Hunter at
go north Ninth street.
Mr.. John Baker White. private secre-
tacy 10 Governor McCofKle, Of West Vir-
ginla. visited the Capitol yesterday.
Mrs. NJ a. Burgess and children. of els
north Ninth street, have gone to Flu
wanna county to spend several weeks.
Dr. Z. L. Booth, Of The Grove. James
river was I'm the city Wednesday and
was a caller at The Times Office.
The swimming pools in the James adj
jacent TO Richmond We're crowded yes
terday with young men and school boys.
on Tuesday the Richmond and Man
chester Railway Company carried be-
tween fourteen and fifteen thousand pas
sengers.
Mrs. A. ]. Pyle and her daughter Gus
sic have returned home after pleasant
trip TO Des Moines, Chicago and the
southern portion Of Michigan.
Mr.. Gayle, of 7Ol north Ninth street. has
been quite sick for the past six weeks
with infammatory rheumatism. DR..
Tompkins is attending him.
Virginia Lodge, knights Of Pythias.
installed officers last night. The Grand
Chancellor was present, and the fraters
thoroughly enjoyed the evening.
1t should have been G. L. Barker. and
not G.. l.. Baker. in the report Of the cleo
tion Of officers Of the National beneficial |
Association in yesterdays Times.
Mr.. II. T. Meloney clerk Of the United
States Circuit Court Of Appeals, who has
been indispOsed for several days. was at
his desk in the custom-house yesterday !
There will be a meeting Of the execu- |
tive committee OF the Society for the |
Prevention OF Cruelty 10 Animals next |
Tuesday evening at $50 o'clock at their |
office, els east Main street.
Messrs. William Robins and Charles |
Robins. Miss Mary Robins and Mrs. Hem
~ Taylor will return to-day from Chica-
20, where they have been visiting the
Worlds Fair for ten days.
Governor Mckinney was taken sick
again yesterday and had 10 leave the
Capitol 10 return to his residence. He
expects 10 leave on July 18th for Blue
Ridge Springs. where he will spend part Of
the summer.
Mr.. Henry Flegenhelmer has returned
from a delightful trip 20 Atlantic city
where he went as a delegate 10 the
Heptasophs Convention. He speaks in
high terms Of Atlantic City as a watering
place
Or Frank r. Steel. who now resides at
Colon, Panama. and who is practicing
dentistry, has received the good wishes Of
the Colon Telegram Of June 9th. He is
doing excelenty well in his new home.
lie left here the SOth Of May.
Unity Lodge. No Sc. /. 0. 0. F.. will
have public installation and social cele-
oration tonight at Powells Hall, Church
Hill avenue. The committee Of arrange
nents consists OF Messrs. w. +. Need
nam. r. X. Rogers. j. NJ. Leidy. u. S.
Thompson, ". w. Chldress and r. r.
Roper
Mr.. BENJAMIN Brockenbrough. the ana
Ne and popular quartermaster Of the
richmond HOUltZers, LEFT yesterday at
'clock for Chicago. his future home
several Of the quartermaSer's comrades
vent down 10 the depot 20 bid Benjamin
odspeed in the Windy City.
Among the guests al Ford's Hotel are
lr. Frank Kaucher. Of st. Joseph, No,
'ho is building the new grain elevator
or the Chesapeake and Ohio Company
I Tenth and Byrd streets. and Messrs.
iampson Gary and Sidney r. Perry, Of
he University Of Virginia.
Mr.. S. l.. Carter, Of the Virginia Mill 1
iry Institute ball team. who was pain
lily hurt I'm Wednesdays game. was |
luch better yesterday afternoon, and
as able 10 take a short walk. lie was
iade comfortable by HIS cadet friends
Ford's Hotel.
The number Of applicants for positions
the civil service here is said 10 be
ny large There Is not n vacancy
the positions subject 10 the civil SER
CO law, and those who pass the exami- u
tion will have TO await the death, res -
nation or discharge of some one.
\ s)iored citizen. named Isaac Plenty,
no resides in the rear Of the house on
e corner Of Ninth and Hull streets,
anchester, sustained quite a serious
SO Yesterday. In his absence some one
oke into his house and carried off thlr-
five cents. The thief has not yet been
pretended.