Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-19

for Portsmouth. where she II visiting hef
aunt. Mrs. Kendall o'Dwyer. ana ner
friend, Mrs. Nj. Brannon Her visit, which
u very delightful one. VIII be OF several
weeks duration.
Rev. ]. A. French, -. D.. pastor OF tho
First BAPTIST church, Talladega, Ala.
left this city Friday morning. after nav
ing spent his vacation very pleasantly
visiting his mother and friends IN THIS
city.
Mtsses Inez and Emma Brown, OF south
pine street. returned home last week
from pleasant trip OF more than q
month. during which time they visited
friends IN North Carolina, ut Old Point
and Virginia Beach. and In Portsmouth.
Mr.. Robert T. Leath, formerly OF the
Southern Express Office In this city. but
for the past two years manager OF that
company's Office IN Columbia. y. c.. ar
rived here yesterday on visit TO old
friends lie will remain for the next day
or two
One OF tho Montreal papers prints a
good picture of Captain q. Wat. Taylor.
who attended the Convention of Chief
Engineers OF Fire Departments recently
held in that city. KlchmIond's Other rep
resentative in the convention was Chief
Fuller.
Among tho Americans presented TO Lord
and Lady Aberdeen at the Drawing
Room recently held in Halifax. Nova
Scotia were Mrs. John Howard and Miss
Emma Bradley Howard, Of Richmond.
Miss Howard also enjoyed the hospitality
OF "Maplewood," the Vice-Regal summer
residence.
The LAFAYETTE Club had another OF their
delightful outings down the river Friday
evening on the Ajax. The party consisted
OF about twenty-five, some OF whom were
invited guests OF the club. They went
few miles below Dutch Gap. returning 10
the city about II o'clock Mrs. o. j. Far
rish acted as chaperon.
Fields Ministries closed their engage
ment at the Academy yesterday, giving
matinee and evening performances be-
fore large and appreciative audiences
Mr.. Fields new departure In supplement-
ing the regular minstrel enterta nment
with an agreeable finale in the shape OF a
burlesque promises to be eminently sue
cessful.
The Concordia Pleasure Club, OF the
sixth-Strcet Lutheran church, had a very
delightful picnic at Youngs Pond on last
Wednesday, The day was spent IN
dancing, boating, target-shooting. base
ball. and other games. The success OF the
picnic Is due TO the committee OF ar
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Otto Miller, IL.
Moesta, Il. Node. a. Harvey. and a.
Singer.
Messrs. Felix IIossberg and NJ. III. Asher
left the city Thursday on an extended
tour TO Baltimore. Philadelphia, New
York Boston, and Augusta, Me- on
their return they will stop at Albany. y.
Y; thence they go 70 Niagara Fails,
where they will be Joined by a party Of
friends from the South. The party VIII
then 30 on a fishing tour down the St
Lawrence river
The Misses Harrnans, Of north Twenty
eighth street, entertained quite n number
Of their friends on Friday night at n
watermelon feast. Those present were
Misses Lizzie Atkins. Belle Leber. Pearl
Woodward. Maud Allen, Ethel Paine, Eiiie
Harman. Ida Ford. Maud Malone, Mat
tie Harman, and Irene and Clara san
dcrlin. The gentlemen were Messrs Er-
nest Hartman. links Allen (who kinuiy
rendered several of his popular solos,
Howard Montague. Tom Payne, Louis
MAYO. Willie Adams, Clarence Clifton,
John Rodgers. Andrew Gill, T. Joe SAN
derlin. Marven Pollard, Robert Mayo.