Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-06
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
,urthins Dull at the Federal Capital
Yesterday.
ME-. ~ PROSPECT.
80. tturbidc. of Mexico. and Mr.
lille. Of Virginia. 20 Fight. II II
s.,a. and why-Horseman ship

..,stuNGTON. II. c.. November g.
.s.e..sll This was a dull day here. the
.,,r..ofs were partially deserted. and
n. mcrest routine business was
,ltll the majority Of the heads
,.t.ef. being absent at their respective
go. where they exercised tne glorious
.a.r, 81 American citizens by cast
,err votes for the men Of their
,...,- s,ncthlng the CITIZEN of the Dis
r.nt DO. There are no candidates,
y. voters. or oloction-officials here
a., cine District is as wen governed
,r. laws as well enforced az. and.
.tsf. better than IN some places
..ro elections take place every year
q 100.
Notwithstanding the disfranchised con
....., ~ the residents here. however. the
..,,,., interest is taken IN the eiec Ions
.....rtolt the country. and especially
Z r the adjoining States of Mary
l.rI virginia. All the hotels. news
,. ana places OF public resort made
'...,.rfnlrts % display the returns as
..-. received at night. and, as the
.,t.r WAS hne the avenue was throng-
.af r.y with interested people. The
er ana Times had handsome
Pod extensive electrical displays.
PROSPECTIVE DUEL.
r.. on,rrc between Prince ItNrblde,
,f.,..r and Mr.. Robert Neville. and
...I chat ls said to be arranged for.
n..t.fE ~ ffe town to-day. The affair
,r.l "a. ihe Metropolitan Club few
......ro and was a disagreement about
1900 hor-rmanship which led TO harsh
..1e ami Tine duclistic word being given
~, tts Mexican % the American.
q-,. prince is a genial club-man, and so
. AZ Neville the latter being a sOD-in-
i.,, ~ colonel Richard Dulaney. of Lou
',..'. county he fought CaITain Randolph
CO., ,.ars ago. near Winchester. the
''.,,.,. he.r- sabres Randolph was
IN. ,,1rrIeI IN the face. IL was the
t,orro,s.1n 80 fhe time. from Neville's ex-
,.rf workmanship, that he had been
'arsiry soldier in the English service. He
is an Irshman by birth
TIL, Prince is said TO he man some
what .rrscd i'm the practical application
Of OBJ. code Of honor. and therefore the
character Of the two mef leads To the be-
nsf tmt there will be an encounter some
where in Maryland or Virginia, accord
Ing % the technical rules. Bladensburs.
the iueliiug-eround near this city. where
81, many affairs were settled In the old
Zines b. quite village. and no
iorc,r 10 be used for such purposes 1t
was umored that use might be made of
the disputed ground between high and
log-'iic-watcr In the Potomac. on the
virginia side. as the jurisdiction would
b. "a question OF dispute.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Msssrs a. j. Marcuse. r.. -. Hotchkiss.
and ". r. Myers. of Richmond, are re-
e.tefed at the Raleigh.
Judge Thomas l.. Atkins was here yes
terlay on business connected with the
OIL Richmond and Danville system.
United States Senator Marion Butler,
Of North Carolina. who is here looking
up house for the winter, Is apprehensive
that the Senate viii be- organized with
oai the aid Of the Popuists.
Mr Jake Anderson. of the Tredegar
lrar- Works, Richmond, was I'm the city to-
.4y on important railroad business.
Mrs. Norman. wife of the late DR..
Norman. of Roanoke. Is visiting friends
this city.
Nr Robert l.. Clark. Of Roanoke, will
d. appointed 10 position in The Congress
slouai Library
Judge Leigh r. Watts. Of Portsmouth.
was in the city today. stopping AT the
Raleigh.
Congressman Ciardire- i. tyler, or the
Second Virginia District. who will ar
rive here shortly before the coming ses-
Sion Of Congress. will not bring his fami-
y here until after the Christmas holidays.
Nepres. utltiyc Swanson has leased hand
.omey-furnishcd apartments i'm the north
west section Of the city, where Mrs.
Swanson ana her sister Miss Lula Lyons,
wDl entertain extensively during the COM
.ng session.
Congressman f. J.. Meredith. accom-
panied hy hs wife. will make their home
90 tho National Hotel during the session.
j Will Doe remembered that Mrs. Mere
lths receptions last winter were largely
attended by visiting southern bellies.
Mr Llhurn Myers, who is an appli- /
can't for the position Of Assistant Super |
mendent of Railway Mail Service, was
registered az the Raleigh to-day.
POSTAL INFORMATION.
Jeremiah II. Greene has been commits
sonei postmaster at Baskerville. y. c., |
a monty-order office.
Mary 4. Gray has been made postmaster |
on hNNlli " &.
Commissions have also been issued TO /
William Campbell as postmaster at 1
ialcony Falls, and William l.. Rouse at |
Va.
ARRIVALS.
The following were among the hotel /
arrivals today: William Randall, Nor 4
ION. thc Raleigh: M. Cobb. Durham,
y c. S $. Griffith, Clifton Forge. Va.
y ward House. j. T.. Curtis and j. T..
p 4sass. Millsburg. n. c.; S. S. Crit |
.,a3eh North Carolina; II. c. Maddox.
fsihh. National. Preston Cooke and
"ie Richmond, Hotel Page; J. G. Hor-
'n ana D. NJ. Holt. Leesburg Va. Hotel
'nnson. Eugene Harper. Winchester;
NI Bishop and wife. Homestead. Va.
~ Renters Hotel; George Palmer, Nor
AN' j. 3D. Turner, Hampton. and w. l..
''a' Virginia, ST. james.