Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-26
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
r.. Vacant Assistant SUPPLEMENTARY
Of Railway Mail Service.
COMING:
.r,TI.sME>
need Ucsicscd by Applicants
for House oh''r"""'"'p' """
placer. on Committees
ais In the Tbropg-Notes.

.,,>cToN. ID. C.. November %
A. the Post-OAice department
cad be learned about the Vaea".
o of Assistant superintendent Oh
..,i,il.Service. FOR which two gen
n Richmond. who have been
N'' endorsed. are applicants. From
..,,.s / deem To be absolutely au-
understand that Postmaster
wilson is still undecided about
,,s ,hc appointment. which has now
....nt since July. lSai. when Mr..
.,.s Nelson. who then filled the place
al. cccond-Assistant Postmaster
General ..,. IL no,,,n, ,n
..,,r now or for some weeks 10
There are. l am informed besides
,...,.,uord gentlemen. several other
ants some Of whom the Postmas-
,..,,r,l considers eligible. one or two
,...o the South: and from what
...I some Of his friends recently, the
.... viu probably so TO some one who
bad experience in railway-manase-
mems ,...,,o.o,,o l..
...rccially essential 90 any per-
,D, can boz appointed to the place.
srArEsMEN ARRIVING.
....nien are slowly arriving and
80, gpi. the next speaker as ne 10
f, l.il.I IS on the ground. He Is.
.tI hc,icgcd with applications,
... for chairmanships OF commit
,..fl members. but for positions on
... rommit,ees by new and mex
.3 members; and | am even told
~.. roncressiOnal noviccs OF the
...,i, faith have had the holiness
pas. ,r, car for places for when
totally unified and on commit
,.ficn their constituents have no
interest whatever. While this is
,.r, had taste. the applicant also SUD,
.. himself 10 a downright refusal ana
,. himself an irreparable injury du-
INK his entire term
TulRD-TERM TALK.
~, tc,.,,st in the contests for the
.l... ~ IN. House is divided with the
.....,..l,n Of a thrd-term for Cleveland,
..e Democrats laugh AZ the ldea anu
,.,,s fralt IL quite seriously. ANYHOW
... talked about. and 10 the eNciusioh
,fother political topics. c.A,
.,,c,iou with this subject. Cabi-
o.. ofgcer told Ne to-day that ne "au
,.,.~ heard President Cleveland aI'uue
. ff. nomination either dlItCuS vi
,,..r.. he did not believe that ne hau
....r onened his mouth on the supJec' u
ans member Of his Cabinet
THAT DUCKING PLAN.
ul1. speatine about Mr. Cleveland.
- ,.i.t mat he has had 70 decline the in
citation from the Ragged ISLAND wa
..,,irr Association TO be its guest du-
.r. the ducking season. much 10 his re-
- lie had hoped to accept, but ne
s.vs now that public business VIII cam
b.. time so closely this winter that II
o.r bc hard 10 get him away from WASH
t-ion. .,,..,
1.nartment. and Commissioner Miller,
10 ,h. Internal Revenue Bureau, who
rs,alv accompany the President on his
trootinc aul fishing expeditions. are very
DESTROYS of visiting Ragged Island, ana
+t.v NAV induce his Excellency TO change
DIS mini and take a trip there before
fte canya s-back season is over
COMMISSIONER MILLER.
ST. Miller is "A crack shot. and he Is
nirknc of visiting Southside Virginia
during the Christmas holidays to Kill
ds.r Dee hopes to spend a day in Rich
inonI. ana about three days In the deer
country
POSTAL AND personal.
Auors the fourth-class postmasters
APPOINTED to-day are the following: ID.
D. b~lres vice Mike Austell dead, at
lar cleveland county. n. c.; w. l..
Irrrl vice VI. Pennell Tesigned), at
lo.,eaW. Alexander county. n. C.; r.
Al. (reSiUnadl a
fohsceoy.lle Forsyth county, y. c.;
lipsy,e Sayigcot vice p. A. Bollinger
r-suen. 40 Naldese. Burke county, y.
O.. Mr. VI v Shoemaker vice NJ. +.
Fletcher resigned. at Bluegrass. Rus
"l county, Va: Mr.. y. V. Watkins
N'e J R Morton. at Millbank, Prince
tiWarl county. va.
40 the dedication OF fashionable
Methodist church yesterday the choir
MAS supported by an orchestra in which
1870 }ollg ladies' from Richmond played
'o.ns They were Miss Annie l.. Rein
htrl' and Miss Ella August
collector William Ryan. of Richmond,
spent Sunday in Washington, and left
O. ihe early train this morning for
lmD
800. Alan Donnan. who is visiting
I'I father nr. Dewitt Talmage, at the
''Nn-ion w.l return home in a day or
D NNrgny. Of Winchester. is at
l.- Hotel ENRICH.
W. IT, Gor.on and T. G. Walker. of
w. University Of Virginia. are at the
National
H. Graham. Of Orange. n. C.; n. w.
i''Nh o. Richmond: y. {. Bond,
..'N la. and Hon. z. Linney, of
,t Carolina, are registered at the
NToraHfan
g. Hartman. Of Richmond is stop
30 ihe Hotel johnson.
' ifower and wife. Of Norfolk.
- n' Neuiome.
b. lizard and wife. of Fairfax.
tf' registered al the Normandy.
r. Delaney and wife. OF Covington.
f'f o.. clayton and wife. of Char
'f..Ie arc at the St James
Nafr. ''"'''"'' ~
Wv Fr. man. Of Norfolk. is at the
% Baldwin and wife. n. o. Baldwin.
'' d b. baldwin. of Roanoke. are
az the Raleigh.
TURKEY FOR GROVER.
PRESIDENT has received from Mr..
Harrison. Of Lcesburg. Va. who
'en h's host on several fishing and
occasions. big and luscious
','hhse.ving turkey.
''. ~ Il. Mckinney. OF Petersburg
NATIVE OF the Fourth Virginia Dis
arrived here to-day. and is quartered
Hotel Paige