The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-24
BREVITIES.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS, MINOR MEN
TION, AND SMALL MATTERS.
The News ofthe Day Boiled Down
and Served Up in Con-
densed Shape.

Tomorrow being lnanKSglVlnB-uay al
the city offices will be closed.
Callan, Haley & Callan's Ministries are
stopping at the st. James Hotel.
Senator Henry Heaton and General }.
c. Hill were in the city yesterday.
The Social German Club gave another
entertainment at Sanger Halle last night.
General Joseph r. Anderson and Mrs.
Anderson have returned from New York.
The Stuart Horse-Guards will have a
full-dress drill at the head of Clay street
at p NJ. to-day.
In the parade yesterday the Electric
Minstrels all wore button-hole bouquets
furnished by Mr. H. A. Catlin.
Next week at the Academy the Hunt
ley-Gilbert Comedy Company will be the
attraction, and then the Silver King.
Rev. James H. Barnes has accepted the
call to Fulton Baptist church, made vacant
by the resignation Of Rev. Percy &. Elsom.
At the First Presbyterian church to
morrow at II o'clock A. NJ. Rev. X. Z.
Kerr will conduct services appropriate to
the day.
Policeman Ed. j. Brannon, of the Third
police district, has in his possession a
fine open-face gold watch supposed to
have been stolen.
Our morning contemporaries yesterday
morning published the weekly mortuary
report, but THE TINES was not hOnored
with copy of the document.
J. A. Miles (colored) was arrested yes
terday on the charge Of mailing up the
windows and trespassing upon the house
of John Morton, ia West Leigh street.
The private papers dropped by Mr.. c.
n. Harrison out of box at the Academy
last night can be had by calling on X.
G. Barlow, cOrnetist Of the Electrics at
the ST. James.
John Woody, alias John Woodward,
was arrested on an attachment yesterday.
Woody was recognized to appear in the
Police Court on March Both last, but failed
to show up.
The city ambulance was called to the
City Hall about ) o'clock yesterday after
noon to attend James Harris, who had
been attacked with chills. He was taken
to the Almshouse.
Two hundred and fifty well-selected
volumes have been added to the Young
Mems Christian Association library. The
public are invited to call and examine
them Monday, November 29th.
The ladies of Grace Episcopal church
ask that all contributions to the Thanks
giving Dinner be sent as early as possible
tomorrow morning to the dining-roOm,
Bank and Tenth streets Each lady
worker please bring her own tray.
The funeral of Mr.. Charles Lumsden
took place yesterday morning at 10 o'clock
from BrOad-stree. Methodist church. At
ter the service the remains were escorted
to the Union depot and taken to Peters
burg for interment in Old Blandford Gene
terry.
Mr.. William c. Peterson, the advance
agent of the Electric MINISTRIES, leaves the
city this morning. He is a courteous gen
tleman and tirst-class show agent He
has made many friends, and is kindly
recommended to press men wherever he
may hang up.
The deaths of two former Richmonders
are announced Fayette l.. Allcocke died
in Shreveport La, November 22d, aged
thirty-nine, and Monro b. Boiling at Gar
den City, Kan, aged thirty eight years.
The remains of the latter were brought to
Petersburg for interment.
Councilman f. W. Weisiger and ex-
Councilman Ben. Pilson, of Manchester,
were among the pleased spectators at the
Mozart Academy last night, as was Mr.
William A. Foster, formerly of Man
chester now Of Atlanta Ga who iS on a
welcome visit to his old home.
A meeting of the Board of Directors of
the Chamber of Commerce was held yes
terday evening to receive a report from
the Committee on Outward Trade in
reference to the James River Improve
ment The city, by all of its commercial
bodies and municipal bodies, should do all |
in its power to foster this great work.
The reports of the Methodist Sunday !
schools of Richmond and Manchester
show an aggregate roll strength of 2,7S6, |
and an average attendance for the past
month of 2,127.
The Baptist Sunday-schools reported |
for the same period an average attendance |
of 1902 The roll strength was not given. /
The Grand Lodge of Good Templars |
met last night at Elletts Hall. The SEES
sion is secret and only routine business |
was transacted Rev. DR.. William Jones /
made the address of welcome Tonight |
the Grand Lodge will attend the perform |
ance of THE Social Glass by temper |
ance amateurs at Monticello Hall. There |
will be night session.
Rev Dir & I Gihco,, Of Graco Er;eo~ !