Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-17
Personals and Briefs.


In the absence from the city OF Major
Poe Captain James Angle is Acting Chief
OF Police.
Mr.. Thomas G. Boggs. OF Memphis.
Tenn. is a guest of Mr.. s. p. Mayo. 1922
Floyd avenue
Mr.. Leonard r. Auty, of New York,
and DR.. b. Merrill Hopkinson, OF Balt-
more, are at Murphy's Hotel.
Dr. George w. Scott. of Gordonsville,
Is on a visit to his Richmond friends,
and is stopping at 81 east Marshall street.
Lewis Gray (colored) was arrested last
night on a warrant charging him with
stealing lot Of shoes from Messrs Stern
& Co.
Governor OFerrall did not go over to
the Capitol yesterday. but was quite busy
all day at his office, at the Executive
Mansion.
Miss Marie Anthony. of Charlotte, N.
c.. Is in the city. visiting her uncle. Mr..
John Denzler, and her grandmother, Mrs.
Flanhart.
The meeting of Lee Camp tonight will
be Of special interest, as the Houston
trip will be further discussed and details
will be perfected.
Mr.. Hugh Mcclure left yesterday
morning for Cambridge. Md. where he
has gone to make his home and to prac-
tice his profession.
Misses Lucy Dinwiddie and Nellie Smith.
Of Franklin Junction. Va. are In the
city, the guests of the Misses Denzler,
pos east Clay street.
Captain James B. Baylor leaves for
Washington to-day, and will go thence to
Savannah, Ca, where he will be engaged
in coast-survey work.
Professor Moses Stein and his Or
chestra, Of the Academy of Music, have
been engaged for the summer season at
the Red Sulphur Springs, West Virginia,
beginning June 18th next.
James Green, the aged negro man who
was arrested Tuesday for criminal assault
upon his 1s-year-old daughter, was sent
on to the grand jury by Squire" Vim
cent yesterday at the county courthouse.
Richmond College will cross bats with
the Stars at West-End Park Tuesday
afternoon at 4:30 This will be the first
game between these two clubs, as the
rain prevented them from playing last
Saturday.
Edward Sweeney, veteran OF Com
pany D, Fourteenth Tennessee Infantry,
died at the Soldiers Home yesterday;
aged 81 years. His funeral will take place
from Sacred Heart church at II: 80 o'clock
A. NJ. to-day.
Rev. Joseph c. Jones and family, of
Baltimore, are on visit to his father,
Dr. G. w. Jones. on Franklin street.
They are accompanied by Miss Mitchell,
of Queenstown, Md They will be here
for about two weeks.
The Ladies' lakewood Memorial Asso-
citation held a meeting yesterday after
noon, at which good deal OF routine
work was done. There was great re-
joicing over the success of the recent
memorial celebration.
The work OF classification OF the books
In the State Library will begin Monday
preparatory to removing into the new
building. All persons having books be-
| longing to the library are earnestly re-
quested to return the same.
The following officers Of the Junior Hol-
| lywood Association have been elected:
President. Mrs. b. Stuart Hume; Vice
| President. Miss Ella NJ. Werth: Secre-
| tary Miss Alice Deane .Henning. and
| Treasurer Miss Mamie Ellyson.
Hon. Henry l.. Palmer. OF Milwaukee,
| Is In the city He Is president of the
Northwestern Mutual Life-Insurance Com
pany, OF which John b. Cary & Sons are
| general agents. He is also Grand Com
mander OF the Scottish Rite OF Free
masons for the northern jurisdiction.
Rescue Lodge. OF Good Templars. has
| elected the following delegates to the
District Lodge which meets at Williams
burg next Monday: Mr.. r. c. Traylor.
Mr.. Thomas Z. Boschen, Mrs. II. c. Tray
| lor, Misses Rosa Bell and Laura Atkinson
alternates. Mr.. Frank Drinkard. Mr.. Mar
shall Gordon. Miss K. Chesterman.
The Elba Stars baseball team has been
organized. with the following players:
| Clarence Howard. catcher; Alfred Wray.
| pitcher; Willie Odell, short-stop; Forest
Glenn, first base; Willie Harris. second
base; w. G. Glazebrook. Jr., third base;
Henry westerhoff. left field; Jim Glenn.
centre field: Joe Piedmont, right field.
The team will be captained and managed
by Its third-baseman, w. v. Glazebrook.
Jr.
Mr.. W. Warner Moss. formerly Of Rich
mond.t now travelling salesman for
| Undertake. woodson IL Snead. OF Lynch
burg, Ii here. after several months alb
sence. He has been as far South as Texas
since January, Mr.. Moss reports that
| there Is steady business Improvement
Throughout, the northern portion OF the
| country. The increase in the price OF cot
| ton will result In a very large crop shis
| year.
| Rev. A. q. Brown. ID. D.. presiding
! elder OF the Richmond District. WILL
preach at corinth Methodist church. near
| Fair Oaks, next Sunday afternoon at
o'clock. and win also hold quarterly