The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-17
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
Interesting Facts About RIchuoud's C,ti.
and Other Matt.rs


| Sitterding. on Chestnut Hill.
Mr. b. II. Marsh left Yesterday for a
! two weeks visit TO Warrenton. Va.
Mr. John A. Johnson continues quite I'll
at his residence, No. 1913 Dance street.
Mrs. Myer Frank will spend her summer
at the Blue Ridge Springs and Northern
watering places.
Miss Ella Haurand. OF south Laurel
street. Is visiting Miss Mary Alice Gibbs.
OF Barton Heights.
Miss Ellen HoIleran and Bertha An
thOny will leave for Baltimore Wednes-
day to spend the summer.
Misses Ada Pauline and Edna Diville
Gold have gone to stanton. harrison
burg and Luray for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reinheimer left yester-
day morning for the Blue Ridge Springs,
where they Will spend the summer
I'LL Carter, Esq. who is Ill from. ty-
phoid fever at his home in Ashland, is
reported as being slightly better.
Misses Louise and Alice Cannon left
yesterday morning on a visit 10 friends
In Smithhed. Isle OF Wight county, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. William y Butt left yes
terday for Old Point They will visit
New York. Atlantic City and other sum-
mer resorts before returning.
Mr.. A D. Jackson and family have re-
turned to the city after visit 20 Old
Point, Virginia Beach. Ocean View,
Cobb's Island and other places.
Mr.. Shepherd Webb. the receiving teller
at The Merchants Bank. has accepted
position as bookkeeper and cashier for
the Virginia Paper Company.
Rev. r. p. Williams, OF Montgomery.
Ala, formerly OF Richmond. is In the
city but leaves for Orange county. Va.
to-day, where his family Is summering.
The parties arrested for breaking into
a small store at New Reservoir Park on
Friday night were before Justice Lewis
at the county courthouse yesterday. and
continued.
Mrs Fred stterding left Yesterday
morning for Bris.ow. Va, whence she
the first mass Of Father Aloysius. Of that
place, and visit friends.
Rev. Travis j. Taylor. pastor OF Laurel
street NJ %. church viii preach We'd
nesdsy night on A Strike that Succeeded.
minutes time I'm talking.
Miss Ida Cartwright, who has been VS.
itiug friends In this city. has returned 10
nSr h9me bI bby yT She was e.
Hi city. ''''e - VIC
The drought from Old Point to Rich
mond was broken by a considerable fall
~ rain Sunday evening The rain ex-
tended only some ten miles above Rich
m0nd. In Hanover. and other counties
near by the drought IS becoming a very
serious thing.
one OK Coxey's lleutenants went into
the Capitol Square yesterday morning and
began 20 harangue a crowd Of men ~
nally Mr. Pettis, one Of the Capitol Do
lcemen made the Commonwealth 90 out
OF the Square.
Chairman j. O. Mitchell of the County
Democratic Committee. has issued no
tee for the meeting Of his committee on
Saturday next FOR the purpose Of deciding
on the mode of electing delegates 10 the |
congressional convention. TO assemble i'm |
this city next month
Lightning struck the barn of Rev. 4. |
c. Brown. I'm Ashland. Saturday night |
about 30 o'clock. entirely consuming II.
one horse. three cows, wagon and carri- |
age We're gotten out safely. Loss about |
500 partially insured.
A large crowd OF Richmond people went |
down 10 Old Point on the excursion sun
day. Many Of them were bathing, when !
the storm came up and made the sea
very rough. Messre. Edgar Is White and /
Barney Frischkorn ventured out too far.
and narrowly escaped being drowned. !
4 sound Ike thunder startled the peo-
pie In the neighbOrhO0i Of Main and Eighth
streets about CLOCK yesterday afternoon. /
il was caused by the sudden falling OF an T
elevator containing thirty ient bags OF 4
oats in Sweeneys livery stable Two or
three darkies narrowly escaped being
caught under the elevator
Mr.. John Shelton, an inmate Of the /
Soldiers Home. celebrated his eighty !
ninth birthday a the Home sunday. lie
IS from SpOtsylvania county. and IS hale /
and hearty, and about as spry as the /
average man Of sixty. He served In the !
war as a member of LetCher's Battery. .
pegrams Battalion. and was always at /
his post when required
The excursion tonight for the benefit |
II the Union-Station Methodist church
will be I'm every sense a moonlight ex-
ursiOn. that Is. If clouds should not
bscure the rays Of Lunar. This is an
excellent opportunity. rot only for the
rom every section Of the city. to escape
rom the heat OF the city and enjoy for
4 few hours the breezes on the James.