The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-27
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
utcrcs,in. Facts About Richmond's
Citizens and Other Matters.

DR. George Barksdale is visiting his
father in Halifax county.
Mr. George Mask of Cincinnati, has re-
turned to Fulton to reside.
Mr. Bernard Seals, of North Carolinn,
is on a visit to lis parents.
Bernard L.. tie little son of Mr. Samuel
Mimms, IS quite sick on Graham Street.
Miss Vergie Sargent left the city to
visit friends in Hampton, Newport News
and Old Point.
Mr.. John Four. Of Newport News. is
spending Christmas with Willie Routten,
of Denny Street.
Mrs. NJ j. ODonald, of No. 500 Mosby
Street, who has been i'll for along time,
is still very sick.
Mr.. J. G. Friend, of Harrison's' drug
store, left yesterday to visit his father at
brakes Branch, Va.
Mr. Nicholas Lovenborg. OF Washing
ton. is visiting his children, at No 2lO
West Marshall Street.
Mr.. John T. Wilson. of Peoria, ILL.,, is
stopping with his sister, Mrs. T. a. Belts.
No 427 South Pine Street.
Mr. Joseph Sickinger, of Hampton, is
visiting friends in this city He was
formerly a resident of Richmond
Rev. L. T. Wexford and wife of New
port News, Va. are visiting their father
Judge 3. r. Wexford, 400 West Grace
Street.
officer W. A Barfoot, of the Third Dis
trict. who had been suffering from rheu-
matism for some time, has considerably
improved.
The next regular meeting Of the Coun-
Gil OF the Allied Building Trades will be
held in Smiths Central Hall Thursday.
January 4tf
wi,
stan, of Norfolk, are spending the holt
days with Mrs. Richard L. Dunstan. No.
J23 To South Laurel Street.
Lizzie Dodsor, the negro girl who
escaped from the penitentiary Monday
morning, has not been recaptured. The
police are looking out for her.
John w Gooch and bride, Of Rocky
Mount, n. c., together with another
bridal couple from the Old North State,
are guests at Ford's Hotel.
4 Christmas-tree took fire at the resi-
dence of Mr.. w. Granville Gary, No. $751;.
North Twenty-fourth Street, yesterday
morning, and damage to the amount OF SI5
was done.
Edmund the son of Detective c. a.
Gibson, was painfully burned about the
face Christmas with powder from an eX-
plodlng fire-cracker. The lad is getting
along as nicely as possible.
Mr.. S. Hamilton Bemss, of New Or
leans. is in the city visiting his mother,
Mrs S NJ Bemss. Judge and Mrs. John
Taggart Blodgett and Miss Ewendol7n
Blodgett are also visiting Mrs. Bemiss.
Edward Hill an cmploye of the Vir-
GINA Navigation Company had the index
finger of his left hand mashed off yester-
day morning He WAS treatd by DR.. w.
-ArInistend Gills, who sewed the finger on
again.
The many friends OF Policeman Everett
Redford will be sorry to learn that he
has been very much indisposed recently
An operation was performed on him
lbou. a week ago and he is getting along
nicely.
DR.. Mervin Branch, of this city, de!iv-
cred the annual address Monday night
before the Eiks OF Roanoke. DR.. Branch
is q popular young physician OF this city,
and son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles NJ.
Branch.
Mrs. p. H Elicit and sister, Mrs. a. L.
Jennings are spending the holidays at
Dickens, Va, with their parents Mr. and
Mrs. r. s. Lacy They will enjoy deer
feast" the animal having been killed by
Mr. Lacy.
Mr.. Charles IL. Brown has presented
Major Howard Il turkey weighing twenty
pounds and ten ounces, to be given out
at the Christmas celebrate OF Calvary
Mission. of which Major Howard is SUI
per.ntendent.
The condition of Mr.. Z. II. Spence. Jr.,
who has been critically i'll at his home on
East Franklin Street. is very much i'm
proved 1t was stated yesterday that
he spent a very comfortable night and
that he was doing very Well
Mrs. Morgan Treat, wife OF United
States Marshal Morgan Treat. is indis-
posed at her home in West Point. 1t will
PROBABLY be necessary to perform another
operation in order to relieve her Of the
trouble from which she is suffering.
Mr.. Louis Shere. one OF the proprietors
OF New Fords Hotel, who has been at
the Hot Springs, Arkansas, for the past
two months for his health, has returned
to the city, His condition is very much
improved and he feels greatly benefited
py his stay at the famous resort.
Two of the men released by Justice
John from Jail as Christmas gift on
Monday are back again. George Nc
Laughlin and Jimmie Jones could not
STAY away. The former got drunk on
Christnas-Eve and spent Christmas in
JAIN, and the latter went back yesterday
mornlusl