Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-23
Personals and Briefs.


a delightful visit to friends in Chicago.
officer c. NJ. Johnson. OF the First
Police District. lost his badge yesterday.
Professor Thfow's orchestra gave a
sacred concert az the Jefferson Sunday
night.
Mr.. George o. Greene. editor of the
Buchanan Banner, was in the city yes
terday.
Judge John r. Lowell, Clerk OF Warren
county is in the city. stopping with Dr.
Phil. Taylor.
Major-Genoral II. P. Fox, Of the
United order Of Ancient Mechanics, Is
at the Jefferson.
Mrs. Christina Frick. OF No. 1iii west
Main street. is confined to her room on
account OF sickness.
Colonel George c. Cabell. of Danville,
and Colonel W. c. Rabbit, OF oxford,
n. C.. are at Murphy's
Mr.. J. Sturdivant Read. editor and pro-
prietor OF the Bath News. spent Sunday
in the city visiting friends.
Miss Katie Burke. who has been visiting
| in Philadelphia for the past three months
returned homo during the week.
Miss Ray Hessberg. accompanied by
her aunt. Mrs. William Goodman re-
turned TO her home, in Danville, yester-
day.
Deputy-Clerk CrutchGeld, Of the Hust-
| ings Court. yesterday issued a marriage
| license TO Edward a. Jennings and Bes-
sic i. Clarke.
Judge Watts. Of Portsmouth, and Colo
mel +. c. Marshall, Commemorative At
| torney Of Norfolk county, are in the city
on legal business.
/ Judge John T. Lowell. Of Warren coun-
/ ~. and Colonel Dabney Gray. Of Culpeper'
were among tho visitors at the state
| Library building yesterday
Tho Richmond Blues will have a bat
talon drill at their armory Ninth and
! Cary streets, tomorrow night at $50
| o'clock, in fatigue uniform.
Rev Dr. william z. Hatcher left yes
! terday morning for Wake-Forest College
| North Carolina. where ne will conduct a
| meeting for the next ten days.
Mr.. Thomas l.. Dabney. Of the Metro
| polltan Opera Company. is in the city for
/ a few days, visiting his cousin, Mrs.
/ George W. Bagby, at 5 south Third street.
Mrs. w. B. Duling. of Norfolk, VINO
| has been critically i'll for the past few
| days. IS slowly recovering. Mr.. and Mrs.
/ r. S. smither, her parents are with her
The Board Of Lady Managers Of the
/ homeopathic Free Dispensary will meet
| at 1880 o'clock to-day at No. oil west
| Main street \ full attendance is de-
/ sired.
Judge John W. Rely, Of the Supreme
/ Court Of Appeals, who has been indis-
posed and confined 70 his house for seye-
raj days. was able to be out again yes
terday.
Mr.. Charles X. Bowers, who was in
Iured last week in endeavoring 70 STOP
/ Mrs W. J. Walkers runaway horse, was
not so we'll yesterday, and was suffering
considerable pain.
One Of the trolley wires Of the Rich
mond Railway and Electric Company
| broke in Louisiana avenue Fulton, sun
! day. 1t was promptly repaired, with
slight delay to traffic.
Mrs. Curtis nee Robinson sang at
| Centenary Methodist church Sunday
night Mrs Curtis has been very III Ioi
some few weeks, but IS now conyalescent
and expects shortly TO follow up her voca-
! ton on the stage.
Mr.. 4. ]. Thornton, Assistant Superln-
| tendent Of the Penitentiary, who has been
| quite sick with the grippe, is much i'm
| proved. and his friends will be glad 70
/ learn that he hopes soon TO be able e
| attend to business again.
Miss Daisy Browning died sunday
morning at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs Charles H. Browning, No. ~
south Pine street, IN tho 18th year OF her
age. The funeral took place from the
residence yesterday afternoon.
District Deputy Grand Exalted
| Ruler OF Elks II. y. Watkins, who has
been at Murphy's for several days. left
! for Norfolk Sunday night He is on a
tour OF inspection Of the Virginia lodges.
! He paid a high compliment 10 the Rich
| mond branch OF the order.
Dellnquent-Tax-Colle Walford has
! almost completed his list Of delinquents
! for publication. Every man, whether
| he IS a property-holder or not. must pay
| n certain amount OF taxes. Assessment
are made out against every male citizen
/ and he must pay them. Those who pay
within the next few days will not be
included in the list.
Quite a number Of persons Of the
| Apostolic faith were baptized in Gillie's
creek Saturday evening. and the baptIs-
nal service. conducted by Rev. John W.
! Daucherty. was witnessed by a great
| concourse Of people. The hills about tho
! place were dotted with them. The
! baptism is by immersion and does not
/ differ from that Of the Baptists.
RichmOnders i'm New York.
NEW YORK, March 22.-Cspecial)-O
/ NJ WYATT NlarlrorOugh. / " HODkins