The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-02-14
NORFOLK CONVERSATIONS
News Distilled from Many Nom.
descript Suggestions.
FLOUR TO THIRD WARD POOR
Select Council Tonight. River
Traffic Still Tied Up. Randolph
Macon Alumni. A Challenge
TO Spar. Methodist
Church Work.

Warmer weather is expected to-
dry.
The Select Council has been called
to meet to night.
River steamers are yet unable to
make their trips.
MIR. j. Nj. Gallagher, of New
York, is in the city.
The Bay Line steamer Alabama
left for Baltimore on schedule time
yesterday evening.
The Washington steamers nre still
unable to ply between Norfolk ami
the National Capital.
The old officers aud directors of
the Old Dominion Steamship Com
pany have been reelected.
HI Attention is called to the law card
OF Mr., Sam w. Small, to be
found In The VIRGINIAN this morn
ing.
Rev. Mr.. Yen, the Chinese minis.
ter who was to have spoken at st.
Luko's Z. T.. Church this afternoon,
will not be here.
The members of Pocahontas Couu
ell VIII have literary entertainment
at their meeting to night. prepared
by the regent elect.
The local Randolph. Macon Alum.
nj ASSOCIATION was not organized
Tuesday evening, the meeting being
deferred till . p. IN. on Friday.
The music pupils of Norfolk Col.
lege for Young Ladiesywill give AN
entertainment Friday night. A very
attractive programme has been ar
ranged.
a horse attached to sleigh ran
away on CRANKY street, Yesterday
afternoon about . o'clock, throwing
the driver out, but without hurt,
ing him.
Molle johnson, colored, grew
hilarious on the street yesterday
afternoon and an officer hearing her
remarks conducted her to the sta
tlou house.
II. ID. Smith, oolored, was ar.
rested yesterday on warrant charg
ing him with breaking In the door at
No. III Scott street Tuesday night.
lie was hailed bv Judge Hanckei,
Hon. Henry Morris aud wife, of
Tarboro, n. c., on their wav home
from Atlanta, Co., are spending II
few days with their daughter, Mrs,
Nike kaufman, Fenchurch street.
Messrs. Pannill Bros. sold at the
Real Estate Exchange yesterday, for
Il. .Shultlce, trustee. certain lot,
with frame dwelling thereon, situat-
ed on the east side of Reservoir ave
uue, to y. e. Cole for 81, 0S5.
= Capt. W. II. Murdough, Super
vising Inspector of steam vessels,
has returned from Washington. He
has been attending the annual meet
ing of the Board Of Supervising In.
spectors.
George Bowler. heavy weight
pugilist of Newark, n. j.. c6al.
lenges Jack Slattery, heayv-weipht
of Chicago, to spar any numb Der of
rounds, Tor from 500 to $3.50, in
any responsible club i'll this city.
Mr.. Ernest l.. Cunningham, who
has been student at the Norfolk
BUSINESS College for several months
past, has accepted position as
stenographer III the office OF the
New York, Philadelphia and Nor.
folk railroad
Mr.. Jacob Hecht, of this city, was
elected by the Grand Lodge i. O.
Is. H., IN session ut Atlanta, Ga. as
one of the representatives of the
Grand Lodge III the Constitutional
Convention, which meets in Cincin.
natl April 2Sth.
a meeting of the Methodist
Church Extension Society, AIetho.
dist Layman's Union, will be held
at the Cumberland Street Churcn
to night. to which the public are III
vited. DR.. George w. Carter Will
deliver an address, which is said t.
be his best platform effort.
The attention OF many people was
attracted To the pnrading throupn
the streets yesterday OF u specially
built wagon, on which was loaded
the boat said TO have been used by
Capt. Andrews III crossing the AT
lnntic Ocean from Atlantic City e.
'nios, Spain, IN sixty nine DAYS.
The craft Is only If feet ill length
The Third Ward Democratic Club
distributed tlonr to the poor Of thai
ward yesterday from Grltlin's store.
james and Queen streets; 100 per
sons were supplied. The commit
tee in charge of the distribution
were Messrs. Fred Bryan, j. W.
Dew. W. T.. Land, Joseph Maynard,
j.. ID. Milcner AID John l.. Degge.
The Club expects to distribute meat
aud beans To day.