Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-12
Personals and Driefs.

The little daughter of Mr.. ana Mrs. "
r. Sales is improving very much'
Mrs. NJ. y. Leonard has been visiting
her friend, Mrs. Gum, on chestnut nm
Mr. Forrest Redd, of Church Hi, is
spending mis- vacation in King william
county.
Miss Birdie Howard Of SN Spring street,
left Tuesday for a trip TO the MOUNTAINS
OF Virginia.
Mr.. John II. Wood. who has been con-
fined TO his bed for the last TWO weeks
is able TO be out again.
Miss Julia Dickerson. OF Lynchburg. Is
I'm the city visiting her uncle, MT. Joseph
c. Dickerson, Church Hill
Miss Lena Newman and her niece Miss
Helen Schmidt are spending few weeks
with Mrs. + j. Neville. at Clifton Forge
Miss Bessie Lee. of No $40 south Cherry
street lett yesterday Tor ~ ilc ~ ~
visit Mrs. c. W. Hicks, Of No. 10 CaoeH
street.
Miss Belle Johnson. OF Newport News,
who has been visiting friends on Church
HiI. returned home yesterday rims
accompanied by Miss Hattie r. liiil.
Mrs T.. r. Fairlamb and daughter
Ionic OF No lib Brook road, nave re-
turned home from Virginia Beach. accom-
panied by Miss Edna Davis, OF Norlolh'
No arrests have as yet been made Dy
the county police Of tlose VINO comm
led wholesale hOuae-robbcrics alcnS the
| Government road early Tuesday morning.
The Woman's Missionary Society o.
Asbury church will hold lawn party at
| tho New Reservoir on the Traction Con-
| panvs pavilion tonight and tomorrow
/ night.
Master Charles Henry Gibbons son OF
| NJ, and Mrs. james ". Gibbons, OF ~
| north Nineteenth street VIII apeEu ~
vacation in Dnwiddie and other Sou'H-
| side counties.
Superintendent Scott Burwell, of the
| colored Young Mems CHRISTIAN Ass'. 40
| ton. denies that it was through ms du-
! vice that Joe Fife. the condemned negro
| made q confession.
Miss Agnes Scott left few days ago
! for Scotland Neck. y. c., 10 VISIT "a
! tives she was accompanied by " i5S 49, -
| Parrish and together they WALL remain
South for q month or so.
The tobacco-factory of Wright & CO.,
| at Twonty-fourth and cary stieSts, Wds
| afternoon but the blaze was eXtlnSulshed
| before any damage was done.
The Young ladies of east Clay street
will give another lawn party at No. ZJ5
| east Clay street tonight for the pehenl
J of the Fresh-Air Mission. Vocal ana IN
strumental music will be one or the lea
lures.
MIR. John schopf and Miss Hattie Wood
/ eli were married Tuesday afternoon az
| ; O'clock by the Rev. Father Nillebald
/ The bride is an attractive young i5uy'
end a daughter Of Mrs. Julia Noodcu
Of No. 228 south Laurel street.
Mrs. p. II. Walker, OF No. 26)0 east
| Broad street, who left the city August
% for King and Queen county, VA 10
| SMYRNA church. and to visit relatives ana
! friends. will return home the last OF TINS
week.
Tuesday while a ship was unloading
! sDoiled fish at the wharf Of the virginia
! Carolina Chemical Company, the stencn
was something dreadful, ana cauSeG !
! much complaint among the cltlZens Oh
that portion of the city. Several Wort-
| men at the Richmond Cedar-N oTks were
made sick by the odor.
Mr.. Samuel Cohen, of the Cohen COM
| pany rendered a great kindness 10 a
! party OF young ladies who were retutnIils
from Lakeside Park Tuesday night. Inc
fair creatures and their escorts were
caught in the heavy rain-storm. Nheh
they arrived i'm the city Mr.. Cohen OPEN
ed his store and loaned them an sos'a-
mers and umbrellas with which TO 50
home without getting drenchcu' ana lhey
are all praislng him to-day.
Colonel John CussOns. Grand COM
mander of The Confederate Veterans OF
Virginia. was in the city yesterday lie
leaves to-day on a months cruise W.
the Atlantic Colonel CussOns SAID thdt
he expected a large attendance az the
Grand-Camp meeting TO be held in ms
clty on october Goth. 2lst, and Z2d. re
said that many prominent educators OIL
the South would be AT the meeuhs, anu
that the interest in the discussion Oh ~
school-book question would be renewed
with greater Vigor than ever.