Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-10-25
Personals and Hriefs

The scafold around the jefferson IS
being removed.
Major Il. II. Nash is out Of the city on
professional business.
Sheriff ]. o. Hutchinson. of King Will
liam, was at the Capitol yesterday.
Colonel O. w Dudley. of Danville. a
member of the Governors staff IS in the
city.
Mr.. p. Lightfoot wormley. who has
been quite sick, was reported better yes
terday.
Mr.. Samuel NJ. Taylor, Of Clarke coun-
ty. is in the city on a visit to his brother,
Or. Hugh Taylor.
DIR. Samuel LIE. Of Lynchburg. is the
guest Of the Misses Moore, OF West
Franklin street.
The condition Of Mr.. Louis Bromm, who
shot himself some time ago, is reported
10 be very favorable.
Mr.. Williamson Talley has returned
from Europe. lie made a four-weeks'
trip visiting London and Paris.
Major James y. Patton has just re-
turned to the city from a four-weeks'
business-trip TO London and Paris.
Mr. Allen p. Walker who. as reported
in the Dispatch. was taken i'll on the
street Tuesday night. was greatly i'm
proved yesterday.
Mrs.. Watson, of Wythevlle, Va, is the
guest Of Judge and Mrs. Lewis. on west
Franklin street. She came 10 attend Miss
Henning's wedding.
The Retail Merchants Association will
meet at Murphys Hotel tonight at $50
O'Clock to perfect the organization and
transact other business.
The condition OF Mr. William Ellis
Jones, who has been. and still is, quite
sick at his home, Summeriield. was
slightly improved yesterday.
Mr. r. c. Bristow, of 2lll east Marshall
street, who sustained fracture Of one
of his legs in a runaway accident on the
18th instant, is improving slowly.
DR.. r. r. Elicit, Of Christansburg, IS
in the city. attending the Medical So
ciety. He is stopping with his sister Mrs.
w j. Miles, 2l9 south Belvidere street.
Buck Grimes (colored), sentenced TO
two years imprisonment for car-enter-
ing by the County Court Of King VII
liam, was received at the penitentiary
yesterday.
In the Police Court report yesterday
il was stated that William Winfree was
committed In default of a fine of sll.iO
imposed on him by the Justice. Mr.. Win
free paid his fine.
The next session Of the Virginia Con-
ference. Methodist Episcopal Church.
South, will be held in Charlottesville, be-
ginning November 18th. Bishop Haygood,
of Georgia will preside.
The Richmond hotels are nearly all
crowded, the city being well filled with
visitors, most OF whom are attending
either the Disciples convention or the
session of the Medical Society of Virginia.
Dr. w. r. Oppenhimer left yesterday
for Fork Union. Fluvanna county, to at
tend the sick bed of his father, Mr.. A.
Oppenhimer. who has been Ill with pneu-
monia. but was on yesterday reported as
much better.
The members of Lee Camp look forward
with great interest to the meeting to-
morrow night, when General Thomas I.
Munford. Of Lynchburg. Will deliver an
address on "The Unseen Hand Of General
r. L. Lee In the Valley Campaign"
DR.. A. +. Truman. OF Floyd county.
recently appointed surgeon of the peni-
tertiary convict-farm. is in the city, on
a witt to DR.. j. q. Trevilian. on south
Third street. DIR. Truman viii take his
new position November 1st
In the official fielding averages OF the
National Base Ball League, compiled by
President Mick" Young, Billy Nash
leads the third basemen, having per-
centagc OF 932. ten points more than his
nearest competitor-McGarr. of the Cieve-
lands. He also played In more games than
any other third baseman Of the league.