The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-27
CoLuMBIA'S CASUALTIES.
Bnyard Easter Reported hiiie" -
Theological students Death.

ALEXANDRIA. December N~--t-peciaii r.
Despite the unusual holiday weathe,
Christmas in Alexandria was ob-.r,s"
after the old fashion. The church nelis'
explosives and joyous shouts OF cni'9t.n
,xrlcnmed the day. With cannon, cTaeAesS
and sautbs aud small cannon booming
and the small boy with his horn Christmas
,xas even more noisy than any Oldest IN
habitant could recall. As stated IN inc
,r,t,ks the Yankee Allen troupe
had "buetedr here aud len their
s,vallo,g-tails and musical instfu-
ment- with their landlord. The boys
.oot advantage Of this and got Mr.
Orrison 10 offer them at auction. Ih.re
were fifteen or twenty Of these. ana 300 Lu-
cas- Knocked these down at twentN-h'c IN"
inv cents. and the boys got their money ;
worth with the banners al the deiHnc'
froi,pe. and with the base drum and insiri-
monis. reinforced by half ahundfed pneie.
fbaf prcirss had bought Of the government
and sold al fifteen and twenty-five cents
and many more with tin horns. THIS gang
uaraded. They first sorcnadcd mayor
/ sownbam. who made them happy ii'''
The casualties were few. 4 negro go.l
+ his head cracked by FishtOwn darAeY. ht
may recover. Dr. Powclr~ little boy was
! burned about the iacc With powder Dut MOI
,erg seriously. \ youth named w are WY
| l. STAYING with relatives. Mr.. " iilidn %
! Daingeriicld. was badly burned by De,h.
-corchod by the premature eNliosi"u ui
small cannon. small Do! was D'.''.
-caldcd to-day hy the explosion ~ 20,
/ locomotive. which he had fired up. lu'
/ boiler burst and the water fell upon hi'
face. -. t.,,.
A sad fatality is reported from IRON
Roval. BIyard. the fiioen-year-old son
/ Mr.. James Easter. being the victim. loUni
Ea-ter went home from Baltimore % spen'
Inc HOLIDAYS. and ON Tuesday evening wen
. mining with a companion. and white h'
WIS ramming "a charge of shot in his iow'
ing piece it exploded. the charge Dirt! mr.
itself iR his face and tearing ava.
the law. he was killed instantly. Ia
body was taken home and bis hiethef
Arthur. who lives here was noiii,u
strange t0 say. young Arthur. Whle N-iiih
friends ON Tuesday evening. mad q SORT =,
presonimcnt Of this. be- suddenly exclaimed
something has happened J feel $50 sad ah'
strange. and then took his leave. ile Il,
lated 70 Tuesday night. bat IL was only ycs
trlay morning that De learned NJ Do
br0iher's sad death. which was told him h
trainmcn.
MID. W. Pauettc, member the senio
class 0f the Theological Seminary near tni
city. died early yesterday morning ifoi
what is supposed 10 have been pneumonia
lie was prominent young man in thi
locality. and up to sunday night was M Oh
Yer, best Of health. lie sang ia the ehap'
choir ON Sunday night. when Bl-hl
Randolph confirmed "a class out thofe. ii
WAS from Baltimore. hui was c1noni'aii
registered from West Virginia. This Us do
q fjr.i death at this institution since Il
foundation. nearly seventy years ago.
Sir. Edgar VERIFIED. past I. J.. e., o'
5 Dominion Commandory, Knights Iempla
Ofthis city. was Yesterday presented Win
. beautiful sword and scabhlrd by boz
friends. Il has a giided handle, and
% beautifully engraved with name, mono
gram. etc.
Thus far % dozen marriage licenses nav
, been issued here during the month. -
a NOnda, NIGHT young couple called on u
. l~nt,r. 6f Christ Church. They were ma
. ! riod and the doctor. looking them owe
ln.ckel out bis haad~omcst marriage ceril
f. cate and filled 10 up and handed ii ~ q
b groom. who turned around and win b
? bride went out without leaving behind
. much as "ihauk NOu.'