Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-13
Personals and Briefs.

| Miss Gault Norton IL the guest OF ner
sister. Mrs. J. X. Mason, 100 west Grace
street.
Judge Rhea, of Bristol, and Senator's
Echols and Flood are at the Exchange
Hotel.
Rev. DR. Robert p. Kerr, who had a
slight relapse Wednesday, was better yes
terday.
MIR. George Bell Trueman, Of the cir
culation department of the Philadelphia
Record. Is in the city.
Mr.. I. Kaufman, of Richmond, Va,
was registered yesterday at the BROAD
way Central, New York.
The special feature of the bazaar at
Venable-Street Baptist church tonight
will be the drill by the Sunbeam Society.
There will be meeting of Union DEM
ocratic Club at Powelrs Hall tonight
at clock, to which all candidates are
| invited.
The Northside Democratic Club of Mon
roe Ward will have their regular meeting
tonight at Hulchers Hall. sol east Broad
I street.
There Is no improvement In. the condi-
ton of Rev. DIR. Theodore Whitfield. In
! deed, he is hardly as strong as he was
week ago.
John Orange (colored) was received at
the penitentary yesterday from Motto
way county. to serve eighteen years for
attempted burglary.
There will be stated communication
| of Dove Lodge, No. 81. Ancient, Free and
! Accepted Masons, at the Temple tonight.
/ There Will be work in the third degree.
There will be an important meeting of
| the Kings Daughters at the Womans
! Christian Association at o'clock to-
morrow afternoon. A full attendance is
desired.
Mr.. George DIETRICH Is being urged by
his friends TO announce himself as
! candidate for Police Commissioner from
jackson Ward vice Mr.. Charles Phillips.
resigned.
There is great complaint among the
| residents on Nineteenth street about boys
| playing ball in that thoroughfare. They
consider II nuisance that should be
| broken up.
| At meeting of the ladies OF st. James
| church, held recently, II was decided to
| present the church with handsome pull
| pit in memory of the late beloved rector.
Rev. Joshua Peterkin.
Mr.. John Batter. for the past twenty
years sexton Of Leigh-Street Baptist
church. is confined to his bed with
! typho- malarial-fever, at his residence,
| No. 1918 north Twenty-fourth street.
The Court of Appeals will meet at
| Wytheville, June 10th; at Stanton, Sep
TENDER 10th; and at Richmond. November
9Th. 1t Will be in session here until the
adjournment for the Christmas recess.
The annual public debate of the Philo-
logan Literary Society Of Richmond Col
lege takes place promptly at s o'clock
I this evening. The exercises will be held
| In the college chapel. and the public in
| general are invited to attend.
| The condition Of Mr.. Collier Gibson
whose legs were amputated at the Re
| treat for the Sick, was reported yester-
| day as being most favorable to his ulti-
mate recovery from the operation per-
| formed by the Retreats surgeons.
Two bricklayers employed on the State
Library building were painfully but not
| seriously bruised and cut Wednesday by
bricks falling upon them from scat
fold. one OF the men lives in Manches-
ter and the other in the West End.
| AT the Episcopal Seminary, in Alexan-
| dria, the Standing Committee has just
| recommended the Rev. G. X. Kuyk for
| priests orders. Mr. Thomas Semmes for
deacon's orders, and Mr.. ]. Robert Mat
thews and Mr.. W. I. Snead. Jr., as
candidates for orders.
The alarm of fire from Box AZ yester-
day afternoon was caused by the burning
OF a slight hole IN the roof of house To-
Gated in the rear Of No. 12l5 east Broad
street. The structure is occupied by Bet
tie st. Clair (coloredD, and belongs to the
Belvin estate. Damage about g.
A large number OF civi. cases were
called in the Henrico County Court yes
terday, and several dismissed because no
action had been taken for a long time.
Some were set for trial and counsel I'm
others notified that unless they appeared
at this term the cases would be dismissed,
The Workingmen's Democratic Club of
Clay Ward met last night at Carter's
Hall, No. GIG south Laurel street, with
George W. Dance as president. The fol-
lowing candidates were present and
spoke: w. T.. Tanner. r. NJ. Taylor. r.
II. Frayser. Il. A. Barber, c. II. Phillips,
G. w. Tyler. w. r. Brock. James X.
Branch. L. =. Ford, M. +. seay, w. f.
Wtngheld, J.. 7. Hughes. T. p. Campbell.
{. A. Boyce. George w, Dance, w. Z.
Orange, and j. M. Blanks.
General William b. Taliaferro, Judge
OF Gloucester County Court, was In the
city yesterday. on his way home from
Farrnville. The Judge states that our COR
respondent at Gloucester was mistaken
In his report that he. the Judge, upon
appointing Captain Richard N. Page
Sheriff Of the county. made II a condition
that certain Republican should be the
deputy. The appointment OF Captain
Page. says the Judge, was absolutely
without any condition whatever. at the
same time. however. he expressed the
wish that Dcputy-Sherin Shackelford |
would be retained.