The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-12-02
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
Bits OF Ncws Gathered Here and lhere by
tie "Timcs" Reporters.

tt,o ..Timcs" Reporters.
Fire.alarm boxes will be placed in the white
and colored almshouses.
Mr. $. p. Iathrop. who has been i'll with
pnonmOnia. is reported consldeIaOly better.
Colonel Josiah Bissell. father OF Mr. =. II.
Ris.cu. OF this city. died 10 Iittsburg on MOn-
day.
There was partial eclipse Of the sun yes
teraay. The pAenomenon was not visible IN
Rchmond
The Madison Ward Democratic Club will
meet tonight at o'clock 10 the chancery
courtroom.
Mr. =. Lyman Babcock. well-known
trucker and fruit man. OF Norfolk county, Is
in the city.
Mr.. William Flegenheimer who has been
quite Ill for the past week. was slightly I'M
proved yesterday.
Mr.. J. Alunes. a member Of Lee Camp. Is
quite sick at his residence on Twenty-iTst
street, near franklin street.
The city carts were engaged yesterday
afternoon in moving the too slowly melting
banks OF snow from Main street.
The county clerk Yesterday issued a mar
ri0go license 20 Mr. w. J.. Wise OF Norfolk.
and Miss Reed Of Barton Heights.
Mr. Joseph C.. Kessnich has been engaged
rs leading violinist with Mss Margaret Ma
ther's company and VIII leave iicLmOnd on
Thursday morning.
Miss Marguerite Lndley will return from
engagements in New York and Brooklyn to-
day and resume her classes IN health culture
in this city.
Major James d. Patton returned home from
Danville Yesterday whittier he had been
called on account of the death of his brother
Mr.. j. Allen Patton.
Mcssrs. r.. II. Gillian. Jr., and G.. L.
Barker went out hunting last week and killed
seventeen hares two squirrels, one OpOssum
and several partridges. They were hunting SIX
hours.
Bishop Whtte is very i'll and his friends
are very uneasy about him. The eczema
with which he has been suffering so long. IS
better. but it is believed that he IS suffering
with another malady.
The following cOnyicts were received at the
pententiary: Charles Allen lcOlOred), Cum
berland county burglary. ten years Frank
Hing lcOlored). Nansemond county, unlawful
shooting. two years
The international Typographical nion has
paid death benefits $50 each) To- the repre-
sentatives Of the late Antonio n. PizIini and
lritz Draebert. Both We're respected mem
bess of the Union.
Mr.. John S. Ewers, the veteran hardware
merchant, left the city yesterday 10 spend the
month of December az his home IN Nelson
county. His many friends Will be glad TO
know that he viii resume his place IN Rich
mOnd the lst of JanuNry.
The earnings of the Richmond and Peters
! burg railroad for October 1871, were s27,-
G-1.33. expenses. 2O.8l4.25. And the earnings
OF the Petersburg railroad for the same month
were $40. 800 50. expenses. Sly4lO.7J.
City Ta1-Collcctor Frank j. Cunningham
among the money received for taxes yesterday
discovered p ten-dOllar note which bore the
following inscription, made by one of It's pos
SCISSORS The last dollar Of an III spent
fortune. j. Jackson, Chicago
There was quite large audience az the
SeyeDth-street Christian church last night 10
| hear Mr.. Gilbert Walden deliver one of his
( amusing and interesting lectures. Mr.. Wal,
/ den is an elOcuuOnist OF more than usual
merit.
At Rev Joseph Collins residence last even
/ ing q tidy was rallied. the proceeds Of which
/ VIII be applied 10 the relief of the Russian
/ refugees. Mr.. $. Straus won the pretty piece
/ of neediewoIk by forty-seyen votes.
Rev. a. r.. Dickinson. d. d.. of this city. is
! announced to preach at the dedication OF q
! new Baptist church at Pocomoke City Md.
! on the second Sunday in this month and O.
/ preach in Charlottesville the Sunday after At
/ the dedication of q church there.
Mr. John j. Wenzel. lately assistant secre-
t tary of the Twenty -third-stIeet branch of
/ the Young Mems Christian Association, New
/ York. passed through TINS city Yesterday on
/ his wedding tour and visited the Association
building Mr. and Mrs Wenzel left IN the
afternoon Cor Old Point. from where they
Will make au extended tour of the south.