The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-13
BREvITIES.
Personal PARAGRAPHS, MINOR MEN
TON, AND SMALL MATTERS.
The News ofthe Day Boiled Down
and Served Up in Con
densed Shape.

With so many cOnvlcts at WORK all Vi
Sidney will soon be as level as die.
The elegant organ at the new PARK
Place church was sold by Walter ID.
Moses d Co.
w. w. b. Gallagher, of the Charlestown
West Val Free Press, and Hon. Z. /.
O'Ferrall are in the city
What might have been severe fire was
Yesterday morning extinguished on Blair
street without serious loss.
The week of prayer for the Young
Mems Christian Association will be open
ed tomorrow at Park-Place church.
HOLLYWOOD is visited every fair day by
MANY people in search of autumn leaves,
of which many beautiful ones abound.
Mr.. w. C. Taylor, city editor of the
State newspaper, and Mrs. Taylor have
returned from a pleasant visit to Phlla-
delphia.
Many of the Richmond pulpits will to-
morrow be occupied by distinguished dl-
vines now in attendance on the Presbyte-
rian Synod
A runaway horse knocked down some
fencing and created other damage on Jes-
samine street Thursday evening. No
body hurt.
The Committee on Grounds and Build
ings will hold their regular weekly meet
ing in the city engineers ofhce to-night
at 8 o'clock.
Thursday night Henry Jones. who lives
on the extreme end of Beverly street, was
struck on the head by stone thrown by
an unknown party.
Mr.. George w. Warren has been elected
treasurer of the Brotherhood OF the
Episcopal Church in Virginia, vice Mr.. a.
Y. Stokes, resigned.
On and after next Monday the train
from Washington due here at Dos /. NJ,
will run through to Jacksonville, Fla,
leaving the Union depot daily at $3.50 I. NJ.
Thursday night at the North Fourth
street chapel Rev. W. II. Tyree, OF klch-
mond College, preached an able and elo-
ouent sermon, which gave great satlsfac-
ton to large audience.
Rev. f. c.. Gordon, of Salem, Va, who
is in attendance upon the Synod, IS eX-
pected to preach at the Soldiers Home
tomorrow evening. Mr.. Gordon is an
old Richmond boy and gallant eX-How-
itZer.
The funeral of George Hirsch, whose
sudden death from heart disease was
noted in Thursdays State, took place yes
terdav evening from st. Mary's Catholic
church.
Company A (the Grays), First Virginia
Regiment, had their regular. weekly drill
last night in the hall on the first floor OF
the Armory. They attracted much atteh,
ton by their proficiency in the manual
and soldierly bearing.
Last night was a dark, rainy, and dis
agreeable one, and news-hunting was a
by no means pleasant task. The ZINES
reporter, however, secured the town from
Reservoir street to Bird i'll Hand, win
the result to be found in these columns.
Mr.. A. Saks, of Washington, who was
one of the guests at the Chamber OF Com
merce Thursday night, returned here yes
terdav. This is the tenth anniversary OF
the opening of the house Of y. Saks *
Co. in this city.
Cards are out for the marriage OF Miss
Edith Edna Allan and Mr.. Frank IL.
Crump. The ceremony will take place
at Grace-street Baptist church next
Wednesday, at ) o'clock. The bride is
daughter of Colonel Edgar Allan.
The Hot Springs of Virginia were adj
vertised to be sold at public auction yes
terdav at I o'clock in front Of the office
of Mr. n. w. Bowe, real-estate agent ;
but. in consequence of the rain, the sale
has been postponed indefinitely.
LITTLE Sisters Fair.