The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-16
Days NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS
A Column Of Bright Miscellaneous
Notes.
Desperate Negro Arrested. Cut on
the Head With Coal Bucket. Will
Withdraw From the Confer
ence. Narrow Escape
From Orownjngs
The public schools will open in two

Miss Berdie Cuddy left yesterday for
Baltimore on u visit.
MIR. Joseph Ovorton celebrated his
Goth birthday yesterday.
Work on the slsotric road will be
commenced on Monday.
An excursion from Lewiston, n. c..
came III on the Seaboard Air Line YES.
terday.
There will be balloon ascension ut
Port Norfolk this afternoon at &
O'Clock.
Joanes, Portsmouth, old first base
man, is In the city. Joe likes Ports
mouth.
There are two Portsmouth officers on
the Texas--Lieut. Neville and DR..
Guthrie.
number OF persons from this city
will stteud court at Courtland on Mon.
day next.
MIR. James Z. Porter, paid the mem
bers OF the q. a. h. an official visit
last night.
The ferry steamer City of Ports.
mouth went on the line yesterday
morning.
Two of the old conductors on the
street railroad were put off on Wed.
nesday night.
Ellis JoOson and Watt Creecy we're
hned So each yesterday for lighting
with colored man.
number OF the teachers who have
oeen Oil attending summer normals
are returning home.
The Old Kit hshlnRsparty returned
from their trip yesterday morning.
They had tine luck.
Isaac White was arrested in the
county, charged with setting fire to
house In the county.
| a colored boy named Henry John
sou WIS bitten by large black dog on
Middle street yesterday.
The Portsmouth All Americas beat
the Franklin baseball team on Wednes-
day by score OF Is to !.
The paving OF First street is pro.
gresaing nicely. 1t will be nice piece
OF work when It ID completed.
Yesterday morning colored man
Tell overheard at the loot OF Crawford
street and came near being drowned.
Charles Robertaon,s suspicious char
acter, was arreeted Iii the county for
entering Constable Whitehurst's house.
The Chambers boys will leave for
Reading about the 30th of September.
The association meets October 1st ID
and Sd.
The work OF erecting n stand pipe
Tor the Portsmouth Water Company is
going ahead. 1t will be completed by
October /.
The Chief OF the Bureau of Ord,
nance visited the yard yesterday aud
was present when the Texas went in
commission.
Mrs. Margaret Riley. of Baltimore,
Nd, ls visiting her sister in. law, Mrs.
Annie Murphy, in Second street, South
Portsmouth.
Miss Rose NJ. Riley. OF Baltimore,
Nd, 10 soJourning for short time
with her cousin, Mrs. Capt. John L.
Brady, in North Green street,
MIR. Wainwright. of the firm of
Wainwright X Son, oyster packers, rs.
turned home yesterday from a trip TO
Bangor, Me-, Buzzard's Bay and other
places.
"Saucey" Scott, desperate negro
from Norfolk county, was arrested bv
Deputy Sheriff SIyerson Yesterday for
hitting woman IN the head with a
club.
HE NIRGINIAN returns thanks to
Mr.. NJ. Levy for the proceedings of
| the meeting at Port Norfolk Of the j..
A. W., Wednesday night. 1t came too
late for use yesterday.
A purity of young men returning
from the fire III Park View yesterday
morning stopped to serenade their best
girl. and received u pitcher of water in
return for the compliment.
| A colored woman fell in q fit on Co.
lImbla street yesterday. Quite a
crowd gathered around her, but none
of them rendered any assistance. She
finally came too aud and left for home
1t is said that two Methodist minis
tiers IN this section will withdraw from
the conference when ii meets. One
will go out as an evangelist and the
other will embark in the newspaper
business.
| MIR. ana Mrs. Owen Coseroye. OF
Cape Henry, with their little daughter
Marguerite, who is recovering from A
recent severe illness, are spending q
few days with Mrs. John ". Dozier.
Green and Carroll streets.
| A colored man, who Was employed
to unload coal at Messrs. w. IL j. Par
ker's wharf, was hit in the head with
one OF the coal buckets yesterday and
received AL ugly cut, which was dressed
at Lsughorne's drug store.
| The trenches III which water pipes
have been laid in Park View should he
removed; they are dangerous for yebi.
Giles. On Yesterday the steamer Pal.
Iner got IN oEs Of them and sank
several feet. She had to be relieved
by force.
Mr.. Overton. keeper OF the Aims
house, has asked the Mayor to prevent