Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-17
Personals and Briefs.

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schools of Radford is in the city.
Mr.. Joseph b. Bailey, OF the Emporia
Messenger, was in the city yesterday.
Mrs. James II. Dooley will be at home
informally on Fridays during February.
Misses Kennon. of Norwood. are the
guests Of Mrs. Lucy Tatum, No. west
Franklin street.
Mrs. A. II. Grandy. of Norfolk, Va, Is
visiting Mrs. Charles U. Williams, Of
east Grace street.
Mss Alice London Boatwright. Of VII
mington. ~ c., Is visiting her cousin,
Mrs A. b. Guigon.
Mr.. Robert Catlett, Commonwealth
Attorney of Rockbridge county was at
the Auditors office yesterday.
CAPTAIN Charles H. Epps, who some
weeks ago suffered a fracture of his hip,
is still confined TO his couch.
Mrs. George F. Brown, OF Philadelphia,
is visiting the family Of Mr.. Charles A.
Rose. No. eos west Grace street.
Mrs. Marx Gunst is greatly improved.
She was able to sit up awhile In her
room. at the Old Dominion Hospital, yes
terday
Mr.. T. L. Weatherford, who has been
very sick at his residence, No. 2Oll east
Broad street with pneumonia, is inn
proving.
Mr.. Emil IT. spott, the jeweller, of No.
l1O2 east Main street, lies critically i'll at
his home, suffering with hemorrhage Of
the lungs.
Ex-Alderman Joseph w. Carter is very
m at his residence No. 1896 Venable
street. and there is very little hope for
his recovery.
Sergeant ]. d. Pendleton, of the
poIice force of I.ynchburg. is in the city
He was visitor to Major Howards OF
flee yesterday.
Mrs Dennis, wife Of the late DIR. Ben
jamin Dennis, continues critically Ill at
the residence Of her son-in-law, Mr.. VIII
liam II. Tyler, of Highland Park.
CAPTAIN Robert H. Fisher the Chesa-
peake and Ohio ticket-agent at Broad
street station. is very iii man. He re-
sides at No. 2Os north Twelfth street.
Rev. C. p. williamson, formerly Of
this city, and now pastor Of Christian
church in Atlanta. had second stroke
Of paralysis Monday and now lies dam
gerously I'll.
Mr.. Edgar Allan left yesterday morn
ing to take the deposition Of j. X. Thorp
I'm his contest for the scat Of Hon. Sidney
p. Epes as member Of Congress from the
Fourth District.
Intelligence has been received here Of
the death. at his residence "Clay Bank"
I'm Cumberland county, on the 18th, OF
Colonel John @. Page who was In the
9th year Of his age.
The Ladies' Auxiliary OF Pickett Camp.
Confederate Veterans. will have a called
meeting of importance at Smiths Hall
on Friday at $3.50 O'clock large at
tendance is requested.
The funeral Of Mr.. Landon Duncan
Pikinton. whose death was announced in
Yesterdays Dispatch, will take place
from Trinity Methodist church this af-
ternoon at o'clock.
The Richmond Locomotive-Works will,
in about ten days, begin operations in
full blast. The workmen are now only
waiting for tho arrival Of materials or
dered. Fully 1000 men will soon be en-
poyed in the plant.
Miss Sallie German. Of Lynchburg who
has been spending several days with the
family of Mr.. Wyatt. OF No. 1913 west
the Southern railway for Scotland Neck,
n. c., to visit her mother.
Hon. J. T. Lawless, who has been in
Dinwiddie county assisting Hon. Sidney
p. Epes in the contest that Mr.. II. 7.
Thorp has brought against him, says
that in that county all the testimony
was favorable 10 Mr.. EDes.
Colonel Morton Marye. Auditor Of Pub
lie Accounts Of Virginia, has returned
from Culpeper county, where he went on
Saturday morning with the remains OF
Mr. A. r.. Alcocke. one of the clerks In
his Office who died here last Friday.
Tennessee has been released from
quarantine restrictions. except few UNI
important counties I'm the extreme south
western part OF that State. The re-
movaI OF these restrictions will be Of inn
mense benefit to the cattle trade Of Rich
mond.
The Central Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union will hold their regular
monthly meeting at the Soldiers Home
next Thursday, the 18th. at IL O'Clock.
All the unions are invited TO attend. DR..
Starr has kindly consented to preach for
the old soldiers.
Rev. DR.. Pike Powers, the venerable
rector of ST. Andrews Episcopal church,
IS very III. Or. Powers lives at No. GIL
west Cary street. He is suffering from
a. severe attack OF grip. caused by a bad
cold. contracted during the wet weather.
when he was out visiting his parishioners.
Mr.. Charles 4. Bland, member of the
House OF Delegates from Portsmouth:
Mr.. Samuel T. Montague member OF the
City Council from the Fourth Ward OF
Portsmouth. and Mr.. c. c. Johnson,
well-known contractor Of that city. we're
visitors OF the once OF the Secretary OF
the Commonwealth yesterday.
At a regular meeting OF the Grace
street Baptist church held Monday night
at the tabernacle. Mr.. w. r.. Trainham
was elected a deacon by very compli-
mentary vote. The pastor made a
touching appeal to the church to CO.
operate with the new officer In raising
the spiritual condition OF the church TO a
higher plane.