The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-28
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Hodge-Podge of Local News Put in
Paragraphs.
Fined $40 for Creating Disturbance.
The Meetings Will Be Private in
Future. Express Packages
Badly Damaged. Will Re.
duce Stall Rents.
Read the advertisement of Elliott

night.
There will be no more courts in Sos.
sion until Tuesday.
tramp was ordered to leave the
CITY Immediately yesterday by the
Mayor.
Don't forget the excursion Monday
night tor the benefit OF the Eiks charity
fund.
The Portsmouth team won a game
yesterday. They will be home this
morning.
Mrs. Mamie Ashburn and daughter
Alma. Of Wytheville, Va, are visiting
friends in the olty.
MIR. and Mrs. Paul Camp. OF Frank
lin, Was in the city yesterday. They
returned home last night.
Kew. j. B. Funston, rector OF Trim
ity Church. arrived homo yesterday
and Will occupy his pulpit to day.
Tho Pill Twisters and Lard Dippers
Park Monday at o'clock. Admission
free.
There will be only one meeting this
week and that will be the School
Board. which will meet on Friday
night.
IL is said that the Finance Commit
tee will recommend that tho rent of
the market stalls be reduced from 500
to S75.
Rev. Mr.. Kernard will preach ut the
Court Street Presbyterian Church to,
night. There will be no services in
the morning.
The white man mentioned IN yester
days Issue as having created 70 much
distur bance in South Portsmouth,, was
made to pay $40 fine.
THK NlRGINIAN yesterday announced
from ito office IN this city the verdict
IN the Massey Pilot suit in ten minutes
| after it was rendered.
The Committee on School Regula.
| tions will recommend to the School
Board that an additional teacher be
| employed in the High School.
| The regular monthly meeting Of the
Methodist Sunday School Ass0oia ton
will be held this afternoon at O'clock
in the Wright Memorial Sunday School.
A horse attached to Adams' express
wagon ran away yesterday and scat.
tered crates, etc., in every direction.
Some of the articles were badly
| damaged.
| The Baptist Sunday School Aasooia
ton OF Portsmouth,. Norfolk and Berk.
| ley Will meet this afternoon at 4
o'clock in the Fourth Street Baptist
Church.
President Hoffman and Vice Presi
dent st. John. of the Seaboard Air
Line. returned to this city in their pri-
vate car yesterday. Mr.. Hoffman left
for home Last night
| Mr.. Edward Gaskin and wife and
MIR. Walter Gaskin and wife, Of Buffalo,
N. T., are visiting their father, Mr..
John +. Gaskin, No. 3l4 Harrison
street, South Portsmouth.
The clerks in the Union Depot 20 to
work at 9 @. N. aud knock off at i ID.
M, and have ten days holidays, while
those in the forwarding office have TO
work night and day and have no holl.
days.
The Society of Cheerful Helpers of
the Fourth Street Baptist Church will
| give an excursion on Tuesday next to
Newport News. See advertisement in
another column for schedule and other
Information.
MIR. Mccormick, the land speculator,
Who ID negotiating for the Swimming
| Point flats, wac over here three times
yesterday. Rumor says that he was
making preliminary arrangements to
CLOSE up the deal the early part of
| next week.
| All who attend the meeting in the Y .
| Al. @. A. rooms this afternoon will be
we'll repaid. The address will be de.
| llvered by Rev. A. S. Lloyd, of st.
Luke's Church. Norfolk. Miss Annie
Hume will sing solo. All men are
welcome. The meeting is at 4:3O
o'clock.
| Two young men in this city mndo n
| bet Friday on the Portsmouth and
! Richmond teams. The one that lost
was to roll the other from the corner
| OF High and Court streets to the ferry
and back. They decided last night to
carry out the contract on Monday, be.
tween III and II o'clock.
One of the two torpedo boats built of
this yard for the battleship Texas will
be shipped to Atlanta shortly, to be
exhibited at the Exposition. The boat
| will be put on three fat cars of the
Seaboard Air Line for Transportation,
A quantity OF ordnance stores will also
be sent to the Exposition.
A largo engine for the Seaboard Air
Line, No. 5i2, was brought down to
the Union depot for inspection yester.
day by president Hoffman and vice.
president ST. John. 1t weighs ll9, 900
tons. 1t ia intended to haul ten
coaches twenty miles an hour. Is will
be sent to the Georgia CentrG! and
Northern of the road.
Not until very recent date have the
reporters been attending any OF the
| meetings of the Council committees.
In doing SO several mattara hava Iaan