The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-27
BREvITIES.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS, MINOR MEN
TION, AND MISCELLANEOUS
MATTERS.
The News ofthe Day Boiled Down
and Served Up in Con-
densed Shape.

There are five vessels in the dock load
ing for foreign ports.
West Point Terminal stock iuctuated
Yesterday between "a and 70.
Judge J. Thompson Brown, member OF
the House from Nelson county, is In the
city.
There will be a sacred concert at the
Mavo. street synagogue tomorrow at
o'clock p NJ.
The light at the Union depot last night
was the most brilliant electric light ever
seen in this city.
General d. H. Maury, of Richmond, tne
new Minister to Bogota, will sail tor MS
post next Wednesday.
Mr.. Alexander Watson, Of Leal u Wat
son was painfully kicked by horse
Thanksgiving Day.
Congressman elect T. II. Bayly Brown,
Of the First congressional district, was at
the Capitol yesterday.
Senator Causey, of Nansemond county,
was in attendance upon the session OF the
Supreme Court yesterday.
The French Exposition waffle. man
opened his winter campaign on Ninth
street, near Main, yesterday.
Dr. David H. Roberts, well known in
Richmond, died in Baltimore Wednesday
last, after a lingering illness.
The police report ST. James street, cor
ner of Duval, in dangerous condition,
caused by the caving-in of culyert
The Little Cleaners of old ST. Johns
church will give an "Old Folkes' Con
certe" at COrcoran Hall next Tuesday
night.
Mr. John Reinhardt had charge of the
string band which furnished the excel
lent music at the Grays' sociable last
night.
Among the arrivals from the Methodist
Conference at Norfolk yesterday morning
were Rev. A. c. Bledsoe and Rev. W. G.
Lumpkin
The Richmond College and Randolph
Macon boys will have a lawn-tennis tour
nament on the grounds Of the former to-
day at II o'clock.
Mr. Samuel Marshall, of Richmond, is
one of the forty-nine claimants to the
Potomac flats, Washington, now owned
by the Government.
The Danish brig Argus, one hundred
and siXty-two tons burden, has entered at
the Custom-house in ballast from Bahia
to load flour for Brazil.
A delightful gospel service of song was
held last night at Rev. DR.. Hoge's church.
1t was for both sexes and was conducted
by Mr. II. NJ. Clarke.
The carpeting at the new Lee Camp
Hall was furnished by G. W. Anderson
& Sons, and the papering was done by
Comrade Miles 5. Phillips
Rev DR.. j. William Jones will preach
the farewell sermon of the season at the
Soldiers Home tomorrow evening.
Music by the Male Orphan Chorsters.
Rev. +. NJ Peterson, so well-known
from his frequent and jealous pastorate
of the Clay-street NJ. +. church, was re-
turned to Mathews county by the Confer
ence.
Attempts have been made in the past
few nights to enter number Of stores and
dwellings in the blocks bounded by Bev-
erly and Spring and Laurel and Belyi-
dere streets
The inspection of holiday goods has
begun, and crossing to the southside of
Main street between Ninth and Tenth
streets was almost impossible without
being jostled by the crowd.
The ball given at the Old Market Hall
last evening by the Richmond Pleasure
Club was success in every particular
The decisions of the judges in award
ing the different prizes gave perfect salts
faction