Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-18
OVER THE JAMES.
STUART LODGE, 10. o. r., TO HAVE
A PUBLIC INITIATION.
other ITEMS FROM THE SOUTH SIDE
wedding OF Mr.. Friend and Miss
Uinnc 10 Take Place Tuesday Eve
nIng-0thcr Ncws-Fpncral Of Mr..
sIcdgc-Pcrsonnls and nricfs.

Stuart Lodge, OF Odd-Fcnows. ono of
no most nourishing secret orders in
Manchester. is already preparing for a
srta, time on July 4th. This great Amer
,..n day falls this year on Tuesday. \
committee has already been appointed
rom stuart Lodge to arrange for a pub
Dbl. initiation 60 take place on that night
ALI tho great local Odd-Follows will bA
present. and the occasion IS rich IN the
,-omlse that # will be n very delighung,
A. well as interesting AFFAIR.
very happy social feature OF this week
will occur on Tuesday evening. when MIR.
charles Edward Friend and Miss Mabel
bradford Whine. both OF this city, Will
te married. The ceremony uniting these
e.,c,mod young people will be performed
90 Meaco-Memorial church al 1880 O'Clock.
Rev Ben. Dennis. the rector. Will be the
occ.ating minister.
To WELDON FOR BURIAL
Tho remains Of Mr.. Benjamin f. Slcdge,
frr many years an esteemed employee
a. The Atlantic-Coast Line road. who
died suddenly at his home. No. SIS
S.rmes street. Friday evening. were
rkcn 70 Weldon. y. c., yesterday morn
,7s 10 9:05 o'clock Tor interment. The
msral will take place in that town to-
DAY.
Deceased was born at Weldon. Febru-
sry g 1S9. He was twice married, his
second wife surviving him. Seven chill
dren are also living, three of them in
Manchester. as follows: Ethel, Bessie
and clayton. The others are Mrs. h. j..
Lewis and Mrs. \. j. Gross, of North
carolina. J. ". Sledge. editor of the Roa-
noke News. and Miss Grace Sledge. He
a.so leaves three stepchildrcn-Mrs. VII
,4m Bishop and Mrs. Archie Potter, Of
Manchester. and Mr.. Joseph Potter, Of
N1,foik
sir. Sledge was at his post as usual
yrlay as guard AT the Hull-street cross
lre but that evening when he reached
home. he complained of feeling badly.
lie lay down and asked that no noise
be made, as he wanted TO sleep. He
ia not stir, and he appeared 10 the men,
tars Of his family as if dead. DR.. In
gram was hastily called in. and ascer-
tanned that such was the case. Dr..
BrodnaX, the Coroner, viewed the body,
and ascribed death as due TO disease of
the heart.
a DAY FOR THE CHILDREN.
This will be q day for the children Of
West-End Methodist ana StOckton-Street
BAPTIST churches. This morning at 1880
o'clock the following interesting pro-
gTamme will be rendered at West-End
church: Opening hymn, by the school;
PRAYER: welcome address by Master Ash
ton Blankenship; singing, by the school;
recitation, Something Sure" by Mamie
Talbot. duet. by Sarah and Berma Red
ford: recitation, 1.-TWO Boys" by Cogbi1
Farley and Albert Womack; singing, by
the school and collection; recitation,
"The Village Blacksmith" by Pearl For
tune; Rock OF Ages" by twenty-four
small children; recitation, "a Child's
Morning Hymn" by Eva Belcher; sing
Ing by the school; recitation, "Open the
Door" by Flossie McGruder; recitation.
by infant class; singing. by the school,
recitation, "Rover in Church" by Gladis
WOmack: singing. by the school; bene-
diotion, by the pastor.
The annual Children's-Day exercises Of
the Stockton-Street school will occur at
SIS j. NJ. at the church. highly de-
hghtful programme has been prepared.
The usual Sunday-schoOl exercises Will
be held this morning at 9:l5 and at II
the pastor, Rev. j. l.. Hicks, Will preach.
The subject Of his discourse will be the
Three Abiding Graces." The Young
Peoples Union will meet at L. NJ The
public is invited 10 all these exercises.
Rev. Ben Dennis. rector of Meade-Memo.
rial church, Of this city. Will visit Eu.
hope this summer. lie sails from New
York Thursday Of this week and will be
away until September. He will hold the
last services at his church to-day be-
fore his departure. Mr. Dennis counts
among the pleasures in store for him a
trip through England and Scotland on
his wheel
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
Or. Lawrence Ingram and family went
10 Virginia Beach yesterday for a So
JouTn by the sea.
Miss Blanch Attkisson, Of Petersburg,
IS visiting the family Of her uncle. Mr..
&. W. Attkisson, in Chesterfield county.
Judge l.. A. Hancock was in the city
yesterday morning. after being confined
10 his home for some weeks.
Mrs. John Rockford and daughter. Miss
Jessie. OF Belair. Md, are visiting Mrs.
a. H. Fitzgerald, Porter street.
Joseph Simon, infant of Mr.. and Mrs.
J.. W. Bishop, died yesterday morning
a. o'clock, at the residence 1902 HUI
street The funeral will be this morning
at 10 o'clock.
The Chesterfield County Supervisors will
meet tomorrow at the county court
house for reorganization.
The little 5-year-old son of Mrs. r. L.
ToInin, Of Nor who is visiting the
family Of Mrs e. f. Oliver No. us east
Ninth street fen Friday evening and
fractured his collar-bOne. He was given
necessary treatment by DR.. Ingram.
Anna Branch (colorcd) was before the
Mayor yesterday morning as a suspicious
character. and went down for twelve
months.
Rev J. o. Kirk. of Richmond. will
preach at CloptOn-Street Baptist church
to-day, morning and evening.
The funeral Of the child Of Mr. Ernest
H. Wells. which died on Friday morning.
took place from the residence, on Porter
street yesterday afternoon at o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mcdowell. of Bal
timore. are the guests Of Mr.. w r.
Whine. Porter street, this city.
Mrs Musson and Miss Bessie Frese, OF
Harrisburg, Pa. were also the guests OF
the family Of Mr.. Whine.