Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-11-07

Mr. John Jackson has returned from
short trip 10 Europe.
Mr.. Alexander Hamilton, of Petersburg.
was in the city yesterday.
Or. Lawrence Ingram, coroner OF Man
chester, visited the Capitol yesterday.
Mr.. Harry X. Roberts, Of Charleston.
W. Va, Is quite sick at Ford's Hotel
Rev. MIR Meade, the Episcopal evange-
list. preached to an interested audience at
West Point yesterday.
In the Chancery Court yesterday a.
Deirne Blair qualified as administrator or
the estate OF Adolphus Blair.
Messrs. f. g. Crump, G. Roddy Tenssr,
and George T.. pittman. Of the Govern
ment Printing Office Washington, are in
the city.
The whole number OF deaths in Rich
mond last week was 32-H white and 10
colored persons. -Four persons died with
consumption.
Sergeant \. NJ. Tominson yesterday
recovered from pawn-Shop one ot the
four overcoats stolen from Mr.. John {.
Shafcrs residence last week.
Cards are out for the marriage Of Mr..
Henry Il. Nolte TO Miss ElnOra Y. Mid
dend0rf at St Mary's German Catholic
church on Tuesday November 18th
Mr.. l.. G. Shord. Supreme Arch Of the
United States. Will meet the Druids OF
Richmond and Manchester tonight at az
. Druid's IIall Seventeenth and Main
streets.
Mrs. John I. Boswell left yesterday on
the midday train for Danville, having
been summoned to that city by te!e-
gram announcing that her mother, MIS-.
NJ T. Elliott, was seriously H.
The contract for the new Masonic Home
building has been let 10 Mr.. Joseph W.
Thomas, OF this city, and not to MI. j. a.
/ Thomas as has been published
The Sunday-school Of Ieigh-Street Bap-
tist church had an interesting missionary
celebration Sunday morning. IhNre were
over coo in the school The mission boxes
distributed will De collected the SUNDAY
after Thanksgiving Day.
Hon. Joseph T. Iawless. Of Portsmouth,
was IN the city yesterday. He. Ike Hpn.
Il r. Pollard. Colonel Haskins. ana
others who were at headquarters Nestor-
day. predicts that the Democrats VIII
carry the state by a fine majority to-day.
\ large number Of persons were bap-
tiZed at Venable-Street Baptist church
SUNDAY night. where the revival watch
Rev Mr. Dill has been conducting. for
three weeks closed. There were sixty,
three conversions I'm the meeting, and
there were ffty-two additions 10 the
church.
General Peyton Wise returned to the
city yesterday from Washington. His
brother, MIR. John II. Wise. recently ap-
pointed collector OF the port OF san ran
cisco. has been named by the President
az the commissioner on the part OF the
government for the great exposition soon
10 b. held in San Francisco.
CAPTAIN Edwin c. Eyens. OF Taunton,
Mass, left for that city Sunday, having
I'm custody J. ". Walker alias W. III.
letter, who il wanted there FOR the lar
ceny Of two bicycles. a horse and buggy.
Walker was captured in Burkevtlle.
through the instrumentality OF Richmond
police and brought 10 this city.
The police have been unable to find the
body OF the man, w II. Simpson, who, as
reported In Sundays Dispatch, Is supposed
to have fallen of the Belle Isle bridge
Friday night and met his death in the
river below Several watermen were en-
gagged In looking FOR the corpse yesterday,
but their search proved fruitless.
/ Rev NJ. l.. Omer entered Sunday regu-
larly upon his duties as pastor OF the
Third Christian church. At night there
was an immense congregation, all the
I ether Christian churches In the city being
/ closed in order that their members might
unite In extending the new minister a
! welcome The services were very interest
ing.
! Sunday afternoon DR.. Hoge resumed his
series OF addresses on great events In
church history The subject was "Athana-
| seus." and his persistent and unsWerVlng
| fight against Artanism and championship
| OF the divinity OF Christ The address
1 aboUnded I'm valuable historical infOrma-
| tion and closed with a touching appeal
/ for individual conservation TO the work OF
speaking the truth.