Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-01

cation.
18th Meeting at the Theatre in the in
terest Of Colonel Buford. =.
30th Arrival Of Mrs. Jefferson Davis. Mr..
and Mrs. John Purcell celebrated their
golden wedding.
Slst. The reinterment Of jefferson Davis.
JUNE.
lat. Bodies of ex-President Davis's
sch and grandson buried near him. 81,
80. Return OF Mis-. DAVIS and her family
60 New York.
9th. Marriage of Or. Thomas Nelson
Page and Mrs. Henry Field. in Chicago,
18th. james Lynch indicted for the
murder of the one-armed man near Ches-
18th. Ed. Frayser Ccolorcdl shot and
fatally wounded by William Hill. ROBBIE
T.. Fox drowned in the lake at paramount
Park.
18th. Marriage Of Mr. NJ. B. Leonard
and Miss Moilie Evans.
10th The Richmond Theatre SOLD 70
Colonel John Murphy. Charles w. wat
kins killed Al the Dixie Plow- Works.
18th. Charles Shaw, the notorious bur-
clar. released from the penltentiary.
2}d. Result of the City-Hall inyestlga-
ton laid before the Council. MIR. Charles
u. Conrad. Of Danville, killed while on his
way TO Richmond.
9Gth. Pythian celebration at tho Expo
1t on-GrOunds,
7th Mr.. James b. Marshall committed
suicide. A..
dock. IL,
10th. Moore Memorial church called
Rev. John J. Grayatt. of Hampton.
nth. Cornerstone of the new Unlon-
Station church laid.
10Th. The Negro Press Association OF
Virginia held its first meeting.
18th. The State newspaper Office closed
its doors 20 union cOmposltors.
18th. LeftVich Brothers plcture-store
! hnrned. ". J. Nichols fell from q wind Y
and wss fatally, injured, Little Gle
Moore. Of Manchester, hllC at fcTesl-
| Hill Park.
18th. The Dover Baptist Association
convened IN It's 10th session at Barton
2ist. Mr.. Page Lewis, of Gotham,
| drowned IN Davenport's pond.
oath. Plan for nominating delegates ior
| the guberuatOrial primary agreed on.
18th The Private Soldiers and Sailors
Monument Association adopted MIR. Shep-
! pard's design for the Libby-Hlll statue.
9th. Mayor Ellyson tenderedsthe Walk
| er Light Guard a reception.
AUGUST.
1ft- Herbert Jackson (colOred) killed
| by falling from an electrlc-wlre polo III
front Of the Davis House.
4th. Primary election for delegates to
| the gubcruatoriai convention.
9TH. The Common Council held an im-
portant meeting. James kOyster (colOred }
| trIod 10 murder his wife aud mob tried
10 lynch him.
9Th. Sir. Charles i Saunders commit
| ted suicide.
9Th. The Clearing House Association
adopted the frty-doilar check limit.
18th. Miss Lucy AJmistead Booker,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Booker,
fatally injured IN "a runaway. The cert-
fed check system was put into operation.
18th. The congregation of Bethlehem
Evangelical Lutheran church celebrated
the 18th anniversary of I!s dedication.
18th. The Board OF aldermen agreed
that $500. 0e0 Uaby bonds be issued.
Two hundred employees of tho Richmond
and Banvillo Railroad Company put OIL
Annual meeting Virginia Farmers ALL
I7th. Hon. Charles r. O'Fcrrall nomi-
mated for Governor X. G. Kent for Lieut.
tenants Governor, and Il. Taylor Scott FOR
Attorney General.
2lst Newspsper-printers struck.
odd James Lynch given eighteen wears
Tor the UlufDtt III llt OIt-tiiINA SNihh6Ni
OF Chester. Blues left for Fayetteville.
2stb. Another stranger murdered at
Temple Station.
3Oth. Wilson Tanner received the prize
for writing the best letter for the Ora
matte Mirror.
3lst The new water-gas plar inspected
and received The first issue o. ne Rich
mond Star appeared.
SEPTEMBER.
5th. Mss Amanda G. Kibble, an inmate
of the city almshouse, found TO be helress
TO $40, 600.
9Th. Mr.. William Ryan appointed Col
lector of Internal Revenue. Colonel j. X.
Miller nominated for Governor by the
PrOhibitlonlsts.
sth. Trouble between the printers and
the Richmond publishers adjusted
9th The Chesapeake and Ohio Steamship
Line opened.
18th. Escape of George Clarke and Drew
Smith from the penitentiarv.
Dist. Tho Bostonlans at the Academy.
22d. Mayor Trout, of Roanoke, arrived
here from Lynchburg.
sd. Mr.. Howard Waite drowned in
James river.
2Gth. Hon. Jerry Simpson addressed the
people at Old Market Hall.
2sth. Rev. Eldrldge b. Hatcher ordained.
Nomination OF candidates for the General
Assembly.
3Oth. Return of Governor Mckinney and
party from Chicago.
OCTOBER.
9Th. Visit OF the York Pa.) fremeu.
9TH. Commencement of the trial of
Philip Norman Nicholas in the Henrico
County Court.
nth. Arrest of Mr.. Jefferson Wallace for
sending challenge to mortal combat to
Mr.. Joseph Bryan, which he declined to
accept.
10th. Tenth anniversary celebration of
the Stuart Horse Guards.
nth. General Fitzhugh Lee spoke in
Manchester. Virginia bankers organize q
State ASSOCIATION. Philip Norman Nicho-
los was found guilty OF double murder.
MIR. Hugh A. Walker, of FarmvIlle.
thrown from the Duke of Wellington and
fatally injured.
18th. Annual meeting Of the Virginia Di-
vision OF the Army OF Northern Virginia.
Address by Governor jones, OF Alabama.
18th. Liftle Denny O'NeIll. aged ~
wears. accidentally shot and killed.
18TH. j. W. Clarke drowned in James
river.
18th. Resignation Of Rev. l.. Il. Turn
bull. pastor OF the Old Market Pre5byte-
ran church.
18th. Marriage of Mr.. Frederick William
Scott and Miss Elizabeth Mayo Strother.
Marriage of Mr.. W. Asbury Christian and
Miss Annie L. McMullen, of Madison.
Hath. Senator and Mrs William Loven-
stein celebrate the thlTtieth anniversary
OF their marriage.
26tb. The Democrats of Richmond ad-
dressed by Hon. Charles L. 0Ferrall.
30th. The Richmond Bar Association re-
commended Mr.. G. V. Meredith for ap-
pointment to succeed Jude Bond.
Slst. Mr.. Thomas q. Loath leased the
Richmond Theatre.
NOVEMBER.
1st Mr.. W. j. Wilcox, of Philadelphia,
thrown from horse and fatally injured.
4th. Nicholas denied o new trial.
9Th. The grand jury found 6 true bills of
indictment against Nh Seymour s. CABOT.
sth. Marriage Of Miss Meta Potts to Mr..
Robert Ranlet. of Holyoke. Mass Bail
gwen by MIR. seymour s. CABOT for $4,000.
18th. Marriage Of Miss Virginia Allen
Brock aud MIR. Floyd Hughes, of Norfolk
18th. dwelling at Midlothian of the
monument erected to the memory OF DR..
Philip Spencer Hancock.
18th. Halves coal-elevator destroyed by
fire.
2C,h. Mr.. J. A. Kratz's candy-factory al
most entirely destroyed by fire.
22d Marriage of Hon. Beverly Bland
Munford and Miss Mary Cooke Branch.
Gath. Mr.. jefferson Wallace pleaded
guilty, was fined IS, and sentenced TO one
hour IN iail for challei ging Gr. Bryan.
Goth. Duval n Rob rtson's lumber-yard
aud planning mil, IN Manchester, burned.
osth Will of Mr. Y Cannon admitted