The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-21
IAN. Be READ At A GLANCE
Matters of Interest Pertaining to
the City and Her People.
Personal Mention. The Electric Road
Committee. The High School
Children. A Hotel Needed.
Dancing at Port Norfolk.
Other NewsY Items.

Another large shark was seen yester-
aay swimming around the harbor.
Master Frank Parker returned yes.
lerday from Rock Hill College, Nd.
There will bs q big excursion down
the Seaboard Airline to this CITY next
week.
There was a largo number of persons
at the pigeon shooting at Port Norfolk
Wednesday afternoon.
The emily business in the County
Court was tho qualification of a mum
Ger OF county officers.
Old Dominion Council of Hepta-
sophs Loaf money on their excursion
TO White Lilly Farm.
The Court Street Baptist Sunday
School will have their annual picnic Mt
Ocean View July I'd.
" Tho Ladies' Union prayer meeting
will be held this afternoon at 5 O'Clock
ct Monumental Church.
To-day will be the Longest day in the
year. 1t will be fourteen hours and
ufty three minutes long.
There war but little excitement over
baseball on High %street, everyone OK
peoted Portsm II to VIII.
a negro boy from West Norfolk was
locked up In the county Jail yesterday
Tor fighting at West Norfolk.
The Portsmouth military went over
80 Berkeley yesterday afternoon to take
part III tho memorial e1ercises,
The ladies hnd full sway Yesterday.
These who had any news took our ad.
vlce and held ii back for them.
Mr.. Robert Rodman ia extremely
low at his homo in Richmond, his
friends are apprehensive of his life.
Portsmouth Division No. 10. u, r.
4. of p, will give a moonlight excur.
pion on the steamer Pocahontas on the
a5th of July.
Dancing at Port Norfolk is bscomihg
quite popular. Mr.. Mulvey has a string
band out on Mondays, Wednesdaysa and
FRIDAY nightn.
Tho electric road committee meets
to-day. A great deal depends upon
what they do as regards the time of
starting work.
Some OF the parties who were to take
pnrt in tho programme at Central
Church last night disappointed them
ct the last moment.
Foster will remain with the Ports
mouth and will not be released. I'm
pre- Mitchell came here Yesterday and
mclaughlin went to Petersburg.
ir The attendance Mt the baseball park
was small yesterday. A great MANY
who were sore over the game on Wed.
aesday stayed away on that account.
Mrs. Lawrence, widow of the late
Nm. L. Lawrence, is critically i'll at
che residence OF her son.in. la W, MIR.
Charles Richardson, Oh Green street.
lhere was an excursion party from
Richmond to Old Point yesterday.
Quite a number came up to this city,
visited the maynard and OF her points
OF interest.
The experience party at Central NJ,
+. Church last night was well attended.
The programme MS published on yestor.
day was carried out with one or two
exceptions.
The health authorities should request
the county TO look after the cutters,
&C., on the suburbs. Some of them
ora in n terrible condition and need
Immediate attention.
There will have to be some kind of
drain pipe LAID down water street in
'front.' OF the Jail to carry OF the water.
Now that the dock has been filled 1t is
higher than the street.
a party of twenty young ladies and
gentlemen Will go out to night on an
old fashion hay ride to Deep Creek.
They will carry music along with them
nnd will make the air resound with its
5oyabls ttrains.
A nnmber OF the children of the
aligh School have CONCLUDED among
shemselves to not return to school next
week. Their examinations are all over
Rnd they say that thore is no need of
their being at school.
There ID one thing that is badly
needed in this city, and that is a first.
class hotel. SO that strangers and ball
clubs would not have to go to Norfolk,
out could mingle with the men when
they are contrasting against.
Hon. Geo. >. Bernard will deliver a
lecture at the Ice Palace on ,JnIy 9Th
military day. His subject will be "yVar
Sketches From 1851 TO 1863" with
come recol!ectlons of the battle OF the
Crater. The gentleman has made good
Impression upon all who have heard
him.
Some one has been stealing our pa.
pers IN sill parts OF the city mornings
after our route boy delivers them. We
warn them that q watch is being kept
u should they be caught they will
Sa carried before tho Mayor and their
names will be published in full. The
oteaIing Is not confined alone TO bows.
but there ore men in the business
also.
The lessees OF the cotton factory met
last night and had the contract which
had been drawn mp leasing tho factory
TO them read and signed tho same, and