Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-12-10
PersnnnI. md Briefs

The Ladies' Confederate Memorial Lite
rary Society will meet Friday at II
o'clock.
Miss Sally Bayly Stokes is on n visit
10 Mrs a Y Stokes, No. Is east Frank
lin street, for a few days.
Miss Lottie Bigger. who has been quite
sick at her home. No 902 east Leigh
treet, for several days, is no better.
State-senator g. A. Mushback, of
Alexandria. who has a case for argu-
ment in the Supreme Court. is at the
Jefferson.
sIiss Bessie Wight. of No. I'll west
Main street. left yesterday for New York.
to join relatives from Birmingham, Eng
land.
Mr.. r. NJ. Booth. OF this city. succeeds
Mr.. c. s. Cav as clerk at Ford's Hotel.
Mr.. w. II. Phelps is the new night
clerk there.
the marriage of Mr.. Henry r. Mills
and Miss Grace Phaup will take place at
the Third Presbyterian church tonight
at $50 o'clock.
In the suit OF McComb & Block
against Robert T.. Firth. judgment was
Rendered for the defendant in the Circuit
Court yesterday.
The sub-contractors and furnishers Of
materials for buildings will hold a meet
ing in the assemblyroom Of the Cham
Der of Commerce tonight. A full at
tendance is desired.
The next term Of the Law and Equity
Court will commence Monday. when all
cases will be set, and it Is important that
all lawyers who have cases in that court
uboftIf Ia on hand on that daV.
Mr.. f. T. Powell, Treasurer Of Acco-
mac county, and Mr.. J. II. Hopkins,
Deputy Treasurer OF the same county,
called upon the Auditor Of Public Ac-
counts at the Library building yesterday.
Mr.. julius Straus. of Richmond, SUI
preme president Of the B'nai Birth. pre-
sided at the smoker given Tuesday
night nv the local order in Washington
Hon. Simon Wolf made an address and
there were other interesting features.
There has been a good deal of discus
sion throughout the South OF the propo-
sition to change the name of the United
Confederate Veterans TO the Confederate
Survivors Association. The matter will
DO voted on az the meeting in Nashville
next May.
A plan is on foot to get an ordinance
through the Council whereby all tramps
picked up in the city can be put to work
upon the Shockoe-creek improvement
This would save the city a great deal Of
money in the great work contemplated
upon that creek.
Vice President Decatur Axten of the
Chesapeake and Ohio road, who has
been out of the city for several days on
business, connected, IL is believed, with
the proposed new lines Of his company.
returned yesterday, and stated that there
were no new developments In the case.
The annual masquerade ball OF Schiller
Lodge. No 139 l. o. o. f., Will be held
at Sanger Hall on January 18th, and IT
PROMISES to be delightful affair. The
committee in charge Of the arrangements
consists Of Messrs. Albert Waldebauer.
paul Wagner. Charles Bottige, w. NJ
Holtzpaffel, and Louis Witte.
The annual meeting OF the Stock
holders OF the Gray National Telauto-
graph Company was called 10 take place
i'm the office OF Secretary Williams, IN
the Merchants National Bank building
AT noon Yesterday, but, owing to the
fact that there was no quorum. the meet
ing was postponed for sixty days.
Captain Frank II. Hawkins. who
served i'm the northern army curing me
war has been spending several days at
Murphy's Hotel Captain Hawkins en-
tertains a special prediction for Norm
Carollnians. at whose hands he received
great kindness when suffering from
wounds and lying at the point OF death.
The following virginians are registered
AT Ford's Hotel: T. II. Tfllett, Roanoke;
A. s. Edwards and wife, w. b. clarke
A. s. Barham and wife. w. b. Clarke
ID. PEBBLES, A. A. Slagel, Belheld: ~. a..
Baugh. Powhatan; r. r. Kicks, caroline
O. II. Perry. Norfolk; Mr.. and Mrs.
pufus owen. South Boston; w. r. Sell
vev BuckIngham; John Critcher. Alexan-