Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-19
Personals and Briefs.

PERSONALS anu DFicIs.
Mr.. Morgan Treat. of West Point, was
In the city yesterday.
DR.. V. T. Churchman, of Charleston,
w. Va, is at Murphy's.
Miss Wexford is visiting her cousin,
Mrs. John Rutherford. at Rock Castle.
Hon. John T.. Ryan, of Loudoun,
Speaker of the House of Delegates, is in
the city.
Miss Carrie Smith, OF Washington, is
the guest of Mrs. George Cunningham,
her aunt.
Mr.. Clarence e. Young, of the Ameri-
can Telephone and Telegraph Company,
has left for southern trip.
Colonel James Moore. of Orange county,.
was among the callers at the State Lii
brary building yesterday morning.
Captain John f. Mayer the local agent
Of the Old Dominion Steamship Company,
is confined to his home by sickness.
Mrs Alexander Forrest and daughter,
of Halifax, Nova Scotia, are visiting
Mrs. Linton o. Miller, No. 300 east Grace
street.
Mr.. Pegram Dargan will deliver an adj
dress at O'Clock this afternoon at
Powell's Seminary on Women, Books,
and Pictures
High-Constable f.. c. Garrison has gone
to Staunton as a delegate to the Grand
Council, l. o. r. NJ, which convenes in
that city to-day.
The two boys-Clare Gentry and
Charles Alitchell--who were held in Alex
andria as runaways from Richmond, have
returned TO this city.
Mr.. ]. Louis Sullivan has returned
from Chicago. where he has been for
several months, and taken up his resi-
dence at Ford's Hotel.
Captain Frank Cunningham will sing
some of his selections at Corcoran Hall
Monday, May oath. at the concert to be
given 10 Freeman & Wilson.
General Il. p. Meany. president of the
American Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany, spent Monday in Richmond, and
was a guest at the Jefferson.
Mrs. S. l.. Jordan and son have just
returned to this city, after delightful
visit with relatives in Williamsburg,
Smithfield and Newport News.
Mrs John E. Harris. Of Cumberland
county. is here for a visit to friends and
relatives, and is the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs =. j. Piippen, No. 2lo6 east Grace
street.
Mr.. w. c. Mcdowell has returned from
Ford's Lithia Springs Hotel. where he
has been looking after improvements
preparatory to the opening of the sea-
son. June 10th.
Rev T. r. English, ID. d., of Union
Theological Seminary, will conduct the
prsyer-meetng service at the Grace
Street Presbyterian church tonight at
s15 o'clock.
Mr. w. T. Ford. who had his arm am
putated last week at the Retreat for the
Sick. continues to improve. and expects
10 be able TO return to his residence, No.
1863 west Main street. this week.
A japanese wedding. in which promi-
nent people will take part, Will be given
at Corcoran Hall Friday night, under the
direction OF Mr.. George Fenmark Taylor
for the benefit OF the Fulton Baptist
church.
Judge Samuel f. Coleman, OF the Third
Circuit. who has been sick at the Nir-
ginia Hospital for several weeks, has
almost entirely recovered. He left yes
terday morning for his home, in Cumber-
land county.
There are two freaks of nature at Lake
side Park-the first a five-legged calf,
and the other white Shepherd dog.
This dog was born at "Westbrook," and
his father is black, while his mother is
black and tan.
Mr.. Allen NJ Schoen, Of Atlanta, Is In
the city. Mr.. SchOen is an old Rich
mond boy, who has done well. being the
electrician for the Southeastern Tariff
Association. His book on the relation
of electricity to fire-insurance is con-
sidered authority on that subject
Captain Carlton Mccarthy delivered an
interesting discourse before the McGill
Catholic Union at the rooms Of that
organization Monday night. His theme
was 1.-The Bright Side of War;" and the
lecture was delivered I'm his usual happy
style He recited numerous incidents,
humorous and poetic, Of life in the
camps and in the field.
The Knights Templar Of Staunton will
receive the representative of the Grand
Commander of Virginia on the evening
Of the 9th instant with open door and
arms. He goes from this city to confer
the order OF the Red-Cross and to par
ticipate in the Ascension-Day services
at Trinity church, that city, when a
special sermon will be preached by Rev.
Dr. Hartley Carmichael, OF st. Paufs
church.