Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-26
Personals and Briefs.

The Gesangverein Virginia will have a
May festival I'm Blandon Park Wednes-
day, beginning at T. NJ
Miss Annie Johcnning. Of Highland
Springs. was married to Mr.. A. +. Bar
tholomew. OF this city. last week.
The Oriental Encampment at Forest
Hill Park will be the attraction at that
place throughoutsthe present week.
Mr.. Charles II. Epps, Jr.. son OF the
City Sergeant. who has been confined to
his bed for six weeks, is now much bet
ter.
Mr. u. NJ Burgess who has been quite
sick for some weeks. returned from Flu
wanna county a few days ago much im-
proved.
Services were given 10 the public at
Forest-Hlll Park By the Oriental En-
campment on Sunday. There was large
crowd present.
Rev nr. w. L. Wright. pastor of Leigh
street Baptist church, will leave to-day
for Wake Forest College, where he VIII
deliver the alumni address.
Captain Andrew Pizzini. OF the Rich
mond Railway and Electric Company. is
still in New York. He will probably re-
turn about Wednesday.
The United States Circuit Court. Judge
Hughes on tho bench, was in session
yesterday. but no cases appearing before
IT, the jury was adjourned indefinitely
Hon. j. w. Marshall, OF Craig county.
ex-member OF Congress, and a prominent
lawyer and politician of the Southwest,
is in the city. He is stopping at Murphy.s.
Misses lisa and Edna Cranberry. daugh-
! ters Of the late Colonel Joseph @ Gran
| berry of Hartford. n. c., are the guests
of Mrs. John w. Gordon, &c north Laurel
I street.
! Mr.. Henry ID. Bauman. lately Of Rocky
! Mount, n. c.. but now with a well-known
| fruit-shipping company, and with head
! quarters for the present here, is at the
| Lexington.
| Cards have been received I'm Richmond
announcing the marriage at Raleigh. n.
| c.. tomorrow evening, OF Miss Mary
| Avera TO Mr. VIII Wynne, who Is quite
we'll known In this city.
1t is thought here that General Bradley
r Johnson sailed for Cuba on Saturday.
At st. Paurs church on Sunday morn
ing prayers were offered by Rev. DR..
/ Carmichael for persons at sea.
The meeting OF the Executive Board OF
the Confederate Memorial Literary So
ciety. called by postal-cards for yesterday
| afternoon at 3 o'clock, will be held at
the Museum to-day at the same hour.
The Executive Committee OF the Dis
ciples Union Of Richmond and Manches-
ter met at the Seventh-Street Christian
! church last night Representatives from
! all Of the churches were present, and
| large amount OF business was transacted.
President Williams, Of the Georgia
and Alabama railroad. yesterday an
| nounced that the earnings OF that COM
pany for the week ending May 18th were
| slj.3lL37. an increase OF %.9s2H. or 70
per cent, over the earnings OF the cor
responding week OF 1895.
on Sunday morning a still alarm Of IRE
was sent I'm from Box 9l3. the occasion
being trihing blaze in the house owned
! and occupied by $. Sidenberg as "A store
and a dwelling at No. l2l north Seven
| teenth street. a lamp exploded on the
top floor. but the damage only amounted
to about s..
Thirty-fye years ago yesterday the
Fifteenth Virginia Regiment. Colonel
Thomas T.. August In command left the
FAIRGROUNDS for the Peninsula. They
sailed on the steamship Glencove and
landed at Kings MIL the same night. The
regiment then proceeded 10 Williamsburg
and Yorktown. and took part In the bat
tie of Bethel on June 10, 1861.
General Edgar Allan Camp. Sons Of
Veterans. and the Woman's Relief Corps
united In a memorial service at Grand
Army Post Hall for the dead OF Phil.
Kearny Post Sunday afternoon. Rev. {.
II. Coley. -. D.. spoke on Lincoln. and
Professor Teft. OF Hartshorn College, on
Memorial-Day. The singing Of the as
semblage and solos by Miss Woodruff, Mt.
Dudley. and Miss Emma Lawton were or
high order