The morning times., 1896-03-25

got him to the shore he hastily summoned
medical aid, which was responded TO by DR..
klipstein, who, upon examining the man,
had him taken to the infirn airy where he
lies in very precarious condition.
In the corporation court yesterday the
cases OF NJ. b. Harlow VS.. S. A Gray, ad-
ministrator, and j. NJ. Williams VS. Lewis
A. Nails, DEGREES of reference were ordered.
The President VIII have tOlOok to his lau-
rels as an expert duck hunter. or some OF our
boys Will wrest them from him. as MesSrs. ].
Sidney Douglas. Roy Beach, and George
Ayers. who left here on Saturday last, re-
turned Monday night with So ducks, Ii
swans. and ! goose. They killed 4 swans
in Hunting Creek. near the city, aud say
that Quantico is one of the best ducking
places that can be found. They bagged
most of their game in that neighborhood.
Bishop van de Viver, of the Catholic
diocese of Virginia, has sold a house and
lot in the old Yates garden to Mr.. W. H.
Hoffman. Price, 81 900.
Mr.. Frank Petit has resigned his po-
sition as fireman at the electric light works.
The steamer Harry Randall arrived
Monday evening with an assorted cargo,
among which were 800 shad, consigned to
Washington dealers, and yesterday a
vessel from the Gums shore arrived with
a quantity of the same finny tribe, and also
took them to Washington.
contract for the erection of two two-story
brick buildings on Duke street, between
Royal and Fairfax streets. Messrs. Haynes
BaIlengcr received the contract for
seven brick houses for j. A. Marshall, on
Henry street, between King and Cameron
streets.
At called meeting of the Mary Curtis
Lee Division of the Daughters of the Con-
federacy yesterday morning, final ar
rangements were made for the relief of
a disabled Confederate soldier at the
home in Richmond.
Several new members were added to
the already large number at the meeting
of Alexandria Royal Arcanium last night.
James Dixon, colored, arrested on
Seminary Hill yesterday, charged with
the theft of a lot of wood, broke away
from the officer and escaped as he was
being taken to court for trial, and has
successfully eluded recapture.
Mrs. c. p. Snyder is very i'll at her home
Oh upper Prince street.
Mrs. Ann Harvey is quite III at the
residence of her daughter on Duke street
Rev. Bergman Greene, OF Christ Church,
this city, has returned home from a visit
to Fredericksburg.
Edward Banks, harmlessly insane old
negro, was yesterday evening brought to
the police station for safe keeping. Banks
hobby is religion, and yesterday evening
In front of EbeneZer Church a number OF
boys began worrying him, and he became
violently angry, and threatened to kill
some of them. Fearing that he would
carry out his threat, Officer Proctor was
summoned and Banks was locked up His
wild rawlings on the street caused much
excitement.
The funeral OF the late Mrs. Margaret
Patton took place from Trinity Meth.
odist Episcopal Church yesterday evening.
Rev. Messrs. Butler and Benson conducted
the funeral services, and the intermeut was
in the old Methodist Cemetery.
Richard Burnett, one of the trio who
held up colored man on King street one
night last week, and robbed him Of $5,
wants to be released on bail, and the
mayor having refused to release him, he
has sworn out q writ OF habeas corpus,
through Joseph r. Cation, his attorney,
and Judge Norton will give him hearing
On the writ this morning.