Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-20
CAPTAIN DOYLE TO RETURN TO
STANTON VERY SHORTLY.
HON. MARSHALL HANGER IN TOWN.
Has Ended lis Consular Duties I'm
the nermudas-The County Roads
IN Good s~hape-socicty Ncws-Per-

Ills HuAANHENA N&a @@fN $3.50
by Mr.. Mckinley. Captain Doyle vii
remain at the post until the new Con.
sul shall have arrived on the scene. Mrs
DOYLE atd her children. however, have
left Beirut. and are en- routs TO their
home in this city.
Yet another Stauntonlan in the United
States consular service-Hon. Marshall
Hanger-has been relieved. Major
Hanger arrived here a few days ago. hav-
ing ~reiinquished his post In tho Bermu-
das to the Administrations appointee.
Major Hanger seemed TO enjoy his for
eign pest, and returns home taunty and
debonair os ever.
Blshop-Coadjutor Robert A. Gibson is
stll in the city, having been summoned
ten days ago by the Illness OF his wife.
Bishop and Mrs. Gibson are guests OF
tho latter's sister. Mrs. Alexander f..
Robertson, az the residence OF their child
hood, the old homestead Of their father
the late Hon. A. II. il. Stuart. Mrs, Glib
son Is improving.
Messrs. George Il. Sipe, John T. Harris,
Or, Winfield Liggett, and James b. Ste
phcnson. prominent members OF the Har-
~risonburg bar. were in town on legal
business this week.
The crowded condition Of the court
house during the Frenger murder trial,
the lack Of facilities. and tho insuffer-
ably bad ventilation of the present build
ing has given on Impetus TO the PROPOSE
ton that tho county shall erect a new
courthouse commensurate with the
needs Of this wealthy, populous county.
ROADS IN GOOD CONDITION.
1t is a matter OF comment that rarely,
81 ever, has the condition Of the county
roads been so good in the month Of
March.
The roads on the red-cJay hills are as
smooth as In summertime. and glisten in
the sun as If hand-Dolished.
Judge Chalkley and his predecessor, the
late lamented Judge John w. Stout have
always been alive 10 the economic ,galue
of good roads.
Pursuing q fixed policy Of improve
mcnts Of bridges and highways, each
year Augusta finds her roads better than
the year before.
Hon. George W. Koiner, ex-member
Of the House Of Delegates, has sold out
his effects, and with his family, has
gone 10 reside in Greensboro, N. c.
Mr.. Paul J. Orebaugh, who, under the
last administration had a position in the
Treasury, at Washington. will leave
shortly for the capital city, having Sc
cured an engagement with a Washing
ton shoe house.
The county public schools are closing
their sessions of 1Sg-'9S, and already a
majority Of the schools have finished
their sessions. In Beverly Manor and
districts, however, the ses-
slons viii be continued some time longer.
A company Of New York capitalists
the same interest which operates the
city street railway and the Augusta Flee
fwfp-TfrhF Tnwnnnnvr- fa nalfn- H.
City Council for the privilege of laying
pipes through the city's streets. AL
ready there is a gas company here. The
present charge for gas is s. per 1000 feet,
and the new company proposes to sell at
$50 per loco.
In anticipation Of heavy business this
summer, the city street-car people are
'rebanding" their rails-that is, more
effectively welding the rails in continue,
hat the continuity Of the electric current
may be made more perfect.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Dwight Peck, Of
Montgomery Hall" have returned from
10 visit their sons-Mr. Horace Peck, who
Is associated with a firm Of bankers, in
Providence, and Mr.. John Peck, who is
an electrician with the Westinghouse
Electric Company, of Pittsburg, Pa.
UNITED STATES MARSHAL.
The administration having given its
the office Of the United States
for the Western District Of Nir-
,inia will be moved from %Lynchburg to
Stanton, the home Of the rocently-ap-
pointed Marshal. Colonel S. Brown Allen.
Colonel Allen expects 10 make the change
about April 1st, and will have his offices
IN the United States Government build
Messrs. Jacob Bumgardner and S, X.
Davis, in the Hastings Court, have, upon
he petition of the church authorities,
been appointed trustees OF the Stanton
Methodist Episcopal church, South.
Governor j. Hoge Tyler Will deliver the
address at the State Sunday
school Association. which holds its an
iual three-days' session here, beginning
April 10th.
Heretofore. a Richmond bank has been
designated by the postal authorities as
he place where any surplus funds Of
he Lexington post-office shall be de-
An order has been issued naming
stanton as the depository Of these funds.
Hon. John Paul, Judge OF the United
District Court for the Western
District Of Virginia, has made ~ex-Judge
I. L. S. Kirby, Of this city, United States
Commissioner. Not since Colonel Thomas
4. Gordon lived here, some five years
has there been a Commissioner resi-
Ient In this city.
Miss Josephine Brown. one of the
prominent teachers in the city public
is visiting relatives in Rich
Miss Brown has been in i'll health
or some time. and is seeking recupera-
lon and rest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert w. Burke. Miss
sannie Frost, Miss Ollie Parker, Mr..
Benjamin H. Terry, Mr.. John A. Alex
nder, and Mr.. and Mrs. j. +. Landes
re visiting in Washington this week, M
frs. j. w. Augustus, Miss Carrie Crowle.
nd Hon. r.. r. N. Speck are sight :
eeing in Baltimore. ]
Mrs. Hunter McGulre returns TO Rich
this week. having been here at
he bedside OF her sister. Mrs. Robert A.
MR. CATLETT ILL ,
The condition OF Mr.. Richard Henry
'atlett continues to be such as TO excite
he apprehension OF his friends.
DR.. Chew, OF Baltimore, an eminent =
and q member OF the IA
ulty OF the Maryland College of Medi-
Inc. has been telegraphed 10 come on :
iere to consult with Mr.. Catlett's physi-
ans. }
On st. Patrick's-Day there was a big
ox-hunt at Big Woods, on Middle river,
n which these Stanton sportsmen took
arti Captain o h Hupman, master OF t,
ounds; Frederick Quensen, John Bald !
lin Ransom. Hugh Kerr, Ernest NJ. Har- a
Michael Dore. George Snyder. p L
Bailey. Thomas Todd. James oro a
=. j. Kilgalen. William Blackburn. Jobn I,
LANCER, George Shaver, Peyton Hutch G
MS. EDWARD Dore. Miehae Hannfhan Il
no " Won Vaikenberger. IL was a dav a.
I rare sport. three foxes-two eravs sn1 y