The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-26
NORFOLK BUDGET.
Excursionists Entertained-Roports of
Heavy Gales at sea.

INcursiOnlsts bnteriainto-Atlofts ol
Heavy Gales at sea.
NORFOLK, VA, January o. Special.
The Norfolk and Portsmouth merchants
who went 10 Danyille 90 celebrate the open.
ing Of the Atlantic and Danyille road. re.
turned at O'Clock this morning. bringing
with them ninety-fOur of DanVille's repre-
sentative business men. This morn.
ing the Danyille guests We're driven
around Portsmouth i'm carriages, yis-
tied the navy yard and went
on board the steel cruiser Baltimore, the
fastest war ship ailOat, and afterwards were
banqueted at the Ocean House by the
Portsmouth Board of Trade. The banquet
was very elaborate affair, and commenced
at 40 O'Clock. Many tOasts were proposed
and responded 20. The Norfolk Chamber of
Commerce had an open house all day. and
as many of the visitors who came across the
river TO Norfolk were Hospitality entertain
ell.
Mile Rhea had lively time with the Nor
f).k hotel prOpriet0rs Yesterday afternoon
ON her arrival here. Rooms bad been re-
served for her at the Atlantic. but when ihc
proprietor, MIR. D0ds0n found that the fair
actress was accompanied bg "a dminutNe
Yorkshire terrier Dee refused t0 take
madem0iselle unless she would cDn-
sent 90 turn her dog over t0 the
house servants 20 take care of. This offer
was stoutly declined by Nile. Rhea. who
immediately left the hotel. and applied no
the II. James for quarters for herself and
pet. Here she was again turned down on
account of the obnoxious terrier. and left
the establishment thoroughly Disguised
with Norfolk hotels. She finally. however.
secured rooms at ihe Purcell House, where
the regulations about dogs are not s0 strn-
gent as at the two former hOiols.
steamships and sailing vessels which
have arrived iu port for the last Three oI
four DAYS. report having encountered very
heavy gales. accompanied by high seas.
which have completely washed their decks.
several cotton steamships which ore
bound across the Atlantic for this
port for cargOes are OYcrdue-s0me Of them
as much as ten days. Their owners. how
ever. have no fear for their safety. and say
they are only keeping pace with the ocean
liners. which have bnen coming in every
week as much behind tine as during the
present week.
The Norfolk Chamber of Commerce at
special meeting yesterday afternoon, passed
resolutions urging the Legislature tu pass
the bin for the belt line. They also endorsed
"a bin asking that the National Government
establish coast defeuses on the southern
shores of Chesapeake bay. for protection io
the entrance of tine Cape5, and thereby to
the cities reached by tine bay and IFS t1bu-
taries.
The Norfolk shakespeare Club aud Ports
mouth Casino both gave entertainments last
night. At the former farce comedy cnti-
tied "A Kiss i'm the Dark was played, and
at the latter a musical pantomime. "Ihe
Rose Bush," was put ON. Both affairs were
largely attended by the society people of The
respective cities.
one of the first official orders of C0mm0-
dore Weaver was TO put stop 90 the satur-
day morning hops at the na'y-yard- which
have been i'm vogue since Commodore
Brown first took charge OF the yard. This
order is not one which VIII tend 90 make
the new cOmmaudant of the yard as popu-
lar with society people of the two cities as
was his predecessor.
Mayor Banks quietly left town for Wash
ingt0n last night, where he has again gone
TO look ont Tor his interests in the night for
the relationship of the port.
The Misses Berry. of Richmond. are visit
ine the Misses Myers, in Butte street.