The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-03-15
PORTSMOUTH and ITS PORT
The News Narrowed Into Neat and
Noticeable Narratives.
WORK ON THE JAIL ANNEX.
Baptist Church Entertainment. Light
ing the City. Circuit Court. Odd
Fellows. Royal Arcanum Ban
quet. Central M. E. Church
Meetings. Other Notes.

The Circuit Court was engaged yes
terday III a land suit.
Read the advertisement of Levy &
Jacobs in another column.
Work will be commenced to-day on
the county Jail annex, which will be
16x32 feet.
Bishop Randolph will visit Trinity
2. Il. Church Sunday morning and
confirm a class.
Capt. John j.. Deans was out on the
street yesterday for the first time since
his recent illness.
There was mn enter tainment at Court
Street Baptist Church Last night, which
was we'll attended.
President Cleveland and party passed
in the harbor from North Carolina yes
terday, but did not stop.
{. 5. Sherwood, Portsmouth's we'll
known jeweler, has been confined to
his homo for several days.
Eva Jones. oolored, was carried to
the county jail last night by Constable
Hodges for beating woman.
number of parties will be up be-
fore the Mayor this morning for leay.
ing boxes etc., on the streets.
Quite nuno Der of Odd Fellows went
to Deep Creek last night to take par t
in the institution of new lodge.
1t is expected that there will be some
competition for the lighting OF the city
when the present contract expires.
M Ii on Irwin Bilner, of Hagerstowp.
Nd, is in the city. MIR. Bilner has
considerable interest at Port Norfolk.
A landlord was fined IS yesterday
for throwing the furniture OF u tenant
i'll the street without due process. of
law.
MIR. Anthony, Of the firm of Breslauer
x Anthony, left last night for the
North TO lay in heavy stock of spring
clothing.
Naval Constructor Baxter has been
taken from this yard and will 90 to
California, to take take charge of the
yard there.
The members of Portsmouth Lodge
Royal Arcauum gave the State officers
a banquet Wednesday night at Hotel
Portsmouth.
Quite number of Portsmouth
Lodge Is. p. o. Elks went over tc
Berkley last night TO assist in celebrat.
Ing their first anniversary.
negro woman was fined SO yester
day for assaulting another woman with
cane because the woman made her
mad on the previous day.
Ihe interest In the meeting at Cen.
trail Nj. l.. Church is largely on the in
crease. The building ia filled at every
meeting and numbers are turned away
for want Of room.
Mr.. w. II. Carny, the gentleman
who was paralyZed while talking at the
Union AlIssion several weeks ago. has
improved very much. He was out for
short while yesterday.
1t Is snld that as soon as the union
depot is completed that an electric
plant house will be built on the corner
where Lindsny's feed stables are, This
will be for the use of the road.
The Hastings Court WAS epcaped
yesterday in the suit of Ryan VS.. ". j.
Brent. an appeal from the NInyor for
$40. The court affirmed the decision
of the Mayor, with interest from date
of bill.
The Willing Workers of the Court
Street Baptist Church gave an enter
tainment last night in the lecture room
of tie church, which was we'll attended
and afforded much amusement, 1t will
be repeated to. night,
The attention of the DEM ocrats of
Western Branch district is called to the
advertisement elsewhere, in which they
announce that there will be a meeting
on the Goth instant at 5:l5 p. IN. to elect
delegates to county convention.
Mr.. Dashiells, the Keeper of Gene.
teries IL having considerable trouble
Keeping some people from stealing the
flowers oil graves. lie has caught sew
eral parties 10 the ect, and is now con.
sldeling whether to have them arrested
or not.
a number OF boys make q practice
every night of worrying the Cinnamon
on High street. Last night they warn.
ed them to desist, but this had no effect
until one of them crawled on the ton
OF his house and dropped an iron on
one of them.
perhaps you would not think SO,
Dnt very largo proportion of disease