Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-24


/ a burden and auditory organs a nuisance.
| THE tin aends assumed all sorts OF shapes.
| There were little horns and big horns,
| horns fashioned after the order OF their
| old packet-boat ancestors. and inatru-
| mants ike the trumpet that Gabriel
| bowed In de norma" Thanks TO the
! dIvinItles the nuisance does not appear
In so malignant q form AZ heretofore, and
is confined entirely 10 small boys, VINO
| would be doing something else mean IL
not blowing horns.
EGGNoG AND ToDDY.
Eggnog and appiy-toddy has begun
20 make It's appearance In out-of-the.way
cuddIes ana corners. but at a late hour
last night IL did not seem to have made
rs presence much felt In the city. In
fact. there appeared 20 be a singular lack
Of drunkenness on the streets, ana hence
there was but little disorder or boister-
business.
Unless the weather Bureau DO some
thing TO alter the present situation, SANTA
Claus will be forced 10 use a ltnen-duster
IN his travels tonight instead OF q lu..
lined coat. for the thermometer doesn't
SOON 10 have the least idea OF getting
"Chr,stmas In its bones" Yesterday the
| weather was positively balmy, ana IN
tho sunshine IL was even not. ~ noon
| Inc mercury was al Gs, and three hours
later II jumped to 10.
STREET AND MARKET-SCbNES.
The streets presented a scene OF great
activity all day yesterday and as late as
midnight. Rich and poor, white black'
assembled into the principal stores on
nroad and Main streets. and there was a
rush OF trading from early morn uhtl lhe
places of business were closed.
There were both fireworks ana horns
90. LII In Oranf ahfIn-
| dance. Some Of the latter were very large.
| and when blown sounded Ike the slghai
of an approaching ocean-steamer
Tho market-houses are always livery
about Christmas-time. and when IT Is
aiken into consideration that yesterday
was really the business eve to that natal
holiday, II will at once be Imagined Whal
, character Of scenes could have Deen WIZ
messed about them throughout the day.
T,ere was on hand the greatest quantity
Of everything good 10 eat, ana durns
the morning hours prices were very red-
sonable. Toward night 1t became appa-
rent that there would be rlucn OF the a"p-
n,,. 1or. rr~oi1 W 40 pv'r"9 We ""' -
almost every direction. The quotations
published in the Dispatch yesterday held
out to about 2 or 8 o'clock in the AFTER
mon. .-.- ,-- - V-e'"h o." 1910
10 o'clock beautiful Christmas-turkeys
were selling at 10 cents a pound. ana othsr
meats were going proportlonally as cheap
| CANED THEIR SUPERINTENDENT.
The carpenters engaged on the new City
Hall presented Mr.. William Gibson, thelr
stnerjntendent. with a handsome gold
headed cane Friday afternoon at . O'Clock.
Tho presentation was made by Mr.. L. d.
| Rowles. who referred in feeling terms 10
I the high esteem In which Mr. Gibson
was held by those under him.. Mr.. Glib
son was too much overcome with graft
! tude to respond except In q few WORDS OF
| thanks. and Justice Crutchfield performer
this duty for him. He made one OF ms
| characteristic speeches, and closed with
an invitation to the party to visit kat-
ter's and indulge in a smile.
The head Of the cane bore the following
inscrlption: Presented TO William Gibson
bv Carpenters y. c. II. Richmond, Va,
December .. 90
He WILL RIDE IN STATE
The employees of Mr.. James McDonough
al his carriage factory on Eighteenth
street Yesterday presented that gentle
man with a handsome phactOn, which had
been built by them entirely In their own
time and of material which had been con
tributed by the merchants upon whom
Mr.. McDonough bestOws his patronage
MIR. w. II. Dean. Of W. H.. Dean q Co.
presented Mr.. McDonOugh with a hne SET
of harness to be used with the phaeton'
The following firms contributed the ma
teriaI: Messrs. James McGraw, Baldwin
& Brown. and Hunter e. Sims, of this
CITY. and Edward Jenkins & Sons. Ney
Brothers. and r. w. Norris & sons OF
Baltimore.
OTHER PRESENTATIONS.
Miss Kate Adams, Of No. 81 east Mar
shall street. sister OF the Superintendent
Of the Gas-works, was last evening The
happy recipient OF a very handsomely
mounted clock, which came as the spon'
taneous gift Of her boarders as a mark OF
their appreciation Of her unVarylng KIM
ness and courtesy.
The Crystal I~ce-Company's employee
presented the manager Of the company
Mr.. c. D. Winfield, on Christmas eve
night with a beautiful lamp, the presenta-
ton speech being made by the CASHIER Ar'
A. II. Powell, which was accepted by MI
Wincfield in an appropriate reply.
The pupils Of Professor Hatcher