The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-10-30
RIVER: Err FATALITY
Mate Rylatt, Of the SIoop Annie K. TilIer,
Accidentally Drowned.
ARRIVAL OF BRITAIN, OF SNAPPER GUT.
Hon. J. E. Hooker rnnuguratcs His
neutrality-suspicious., Hold Their
Postponed Meeting Only Ten
pnupers I'm The Poorhousc- PERTH
Rent Notes anL Gossip.

~ postponed Meeting Only Ten
paupers i'm the Poorhousc-P PERTH
81 Rent Notes anL Gossip.
Suffolk, Va, Oct. 29.-(SpeciaD-
@:Nillte Rylett, mate on sloop Annie Is.
Is .tiller. one of the oyster boats of w. n.
& McAnge s. Co, was to-day drowned in
IS Nansemond river. near Holidays Point.
siIhe sloop was endeavoring to approach
1.-The side of an anchored oyster SkiM and
3 IN the attempt Rylett, who was standing
& near, the rail, fell overheard between the
Two crafts, but not sufficiently near for
= him to grasp either. The Tilier was
v under headway and before assistance
4 could be rendered the man who was
y struggling with the waves had sue
j cumbed and sunk. The crew made a
& determined but unsuccessful attempt
81 10 save him. Mr.. McAngc was notified
& Of the fatality and Immediately left for
s the scene to drag the river for his body,
D which had not been recovered when this
& report closed. Rylett was Il very re-
(, spectable colored man, had been re-
g Gently married and resided In No. 60
2 Church street
81 COMING MARRIAGE.-The mar
,sriage of AIR. Mills Brinkley, an energetic
& Young farmer, TO Miss Hannah Jane
!! Boush. daughter of Henry l.. Boush, OF
{ Barfett's Neck Is announced to take
e place on Thursday, October 3lst, at
! Crittendon's. The nuptial permit was
i Issued from the County Clerks Office
to-day.
Mr.. R. r. Harrell. mechanic en-
ployed at the Union Iron Works. will
/ on next Thursday wed Miss Eugenia Y.
u Rountree, of Suffolk The ceremony
VIII be performed by Rev. ]. l.. Love
3. THE COUNTY PooR.-Mr. a. T..
ldoi!and, superintendent of the Upper
Parish poorhousc, was in town to-day,
ana In conversation said that there
are now only ten pauper inmates. The
number of actual inmates i'm the aims
mouse IS materially lessened by reason
Oh the fact that number OF the indig-
Il ent class are furnished with monthly
allowances at their respective houses
ihis method. says the supernten drnt
Il Wniie II causes IL dmunition i'm the
ranks at the almshousc where their
! support would cost the county more
than the monthly allowances rendered
Z causes applications for aid from many
i citizens whose pride would forbid their
{ entering poor house and thereby more
3 expensive in the end.
e SUPERVISORS POSTpONED
) 5b1EETING.-The County Board OF SIN
i pervisors had their postponed October 4
meeting to-day In the Courthouse. Pres
ent; r.. ID. Brinkley, l. w. Everett and
]. Il. Eley. In the absence of the chair
man. Walter Jordan, Of Sleepy Hole
alstrlct, Mr.. Brinkley occupied the chair.
4 NO new business; was brought before
the body, whose time was taken in
the regular routine work OF auditing ac-
counts and approving bills. DR.. Thomas
A.. Barnes, eN-county Treasurer did
not appear before the board and n
sspeclai meeting on Wednesday, Novcm-
( per D, was named as the time to settle
me county'S accounts with the en-
Z. treasurer. The board adjourned about
O'clock till the special meeting.
lNAUGURATING y CANVASS
ION Io :. u. Booker, candidate for the
4 house rouse, today began his canvass for
the campaign in Whaleyville. AL
tnough he has no opposition he will
VISIT various parts of the county with
inc view of aIpusing the party to the
4 situation, and dispelling any apathy
MMen may exist In the ranks. 1t is
aesLea that there be a respectable vote
Poiied In this county, as Colonel r. e.
Z Boyktn for the Senate has an active
opponent In the person of Mr. John
X Doles. the Fusionist candidate, who
WIS named at the Windsor conference
i ana whose friends are said to be maxi
ing still hunt III his interest There
IS safe Democratic majority i'm tho
district, and the only question is TO pei
the voters to the polls
TIE revival is continuing at tho Ran
list Church. with good prosDects rrho
nIst TOUR sermons of the pastor were 10
tne CHRISTIANS, and the remaining an.
peais will be directed to sinners. Good
bined choir e So''
81 investigate the charges lodged
against q number of prisoners recently
sent on, a grand jury will be sum
moned at the next term of the Cointv
Court.
Jueee Gunter, of Accomac Will arrive
IN sufolk Tomorrow and convene a
special term Of the Circuit Conf fo,
{, Judge Prentis, who is in Isle of Whit
Mr. Joseph Theodore Dalton and Miss
lose 20 Ernest Winborne will Tomorrow
hx. ii
tended. en-
Among the notable addresses noted
on the Commercial Hotel register to-
/. day Is "W M. Britain, SnapDer Gut ;,
"A guard from the North Carolina
state farm came 10 Suffolk to remove
Leroy Bliiups, the escaped convict who
SHOWN into Billupss cell in the county
&, jan the latter was fully identified.
i n,u the recognition was mutual. BIZ
iups says he is glad to return.