The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-11-10
FOR SUNDAY READING
Has This Column Been Compiled for Those
Interested In What is Going On.
THE FINANCES OF THE POsTOFFlcE.
.Ehe Water Committee to Report Nom
day Night blessed With Second
Sisht-SuneriuS From Cataract
End of the Conference Ycar-Ports-
moutliinms OF for ATLANTA.

4HShS VIII NC SCNSl al LILO
week.
There were no courts in session yes
terday
Mr.. ]. S. Crawford and wife left last
night for Atlanta.
The Norfolk County Court will not
convene until the 18th inst.
General Seigfred, of the street rail-
road. will be In the city this week
The street force is engaged In filling
up holes in different parts of the city.
Messrs. e. c. Brooks e Co. call spe-
cial attention to their large stock OF
apples.
The ferry matter is still being dis
cussed.i There are various opinions on
the subject
Mrs. Henry Bernard is critically i'll
at her husbands residence on Wash
inSton street.
A number of the merchants are max
ing extensive preparations for the
Christmas trade.
lHchard Knox, the baseballist. has ac-
ccDted position as Waterman at the
Seaboard Air Line shops.
one OF the lawyers who was taken In
by the negro is a Portsmouth man, but
has his office i'm Norfolk.
MIR. r. 5. Brooks and wife will leave
on the l2:0l train tonight for Atlanta
to attend the Exposition.
Efforts are being made to have the
bicycle races ut Port Norfolk Driving
Park on Thanksgiving Day.
The members of lIfiingham Street
NJ. Il. Church will hold their last quar-
tcriy conference tomorrow night.
The Water Committee will mako n re-
pert Tuesday night of the result of
their interview with the water COM
pany.
The parties who are in the habit of
hunting around Port Norfolk on Sunday
are warned not TO do SO to-day or they
VIII hSlrrcStcd
The services ut the Fourth Street Eap-
fist, Friends Church, and the Mission
nj,
preaching nightly.
Attention is called to advertisement
of Nichols IL White. III which they an
nounce an arrival OF apples which they
offer for sale cheap.
= negro named johnson was arrcste ed
upon Il charge of stealing chickens.
He managed to prove his innocence.
and was discharged.
Thc excursion party. which was to
have arrived on the New York steamer
to-day. Will not como. it having been
abandoned for tho present
The receipts and expenditures OF the
Portsmouth posto!ficc for the year end
Ing June 30, 1895. were: Receipts, &c.
O5u.9S; expenditures. $il.Glg2l.
q negro woman was committed to Jail
for thirty days vest crday in default of Il
fine. AS THANKSGIVING draws nearer
the inmates of the Jail increases.
Captain T.. II. lyman. Chief of the
Police, returned yesterday from At
lanta, where he Went TO meet his mo-
thcr, who came from San Antonio,
Tex
The funeral of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Hisginbothams little son. Lee Clifton.
will take place this afternoon at 3
O'Clock from their residence, in Scots
vile.
Tho doors of the Fourth Street Baptist
Church will be thrown open for the re-
ccption OF members this morning. The
. revival meetings Will continue through
out the week.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Methodist Association will be held this
afternoon at Monumental NJ. T..
Church. An excellent programme has,
been prepared for the occasion
The negro Charles Allen. who was ar
rested for stealing brass. will have sew
cral charges made against him. He Ia
u noted thief and both the city and
county will be fortunate In having him
confined
To-day ends the year in the Mctho-
dist churches. All the ministers will
leave Tuesday for Conference. Rumor
says that there Will be II clean sweep
in this city. one minister says that the
Bishop favOrs il.
Sam Shepherd, the negro who stole a
coop OF chickens was given three
months In jail yesterday for that Of
fence, and three months for attempt
ing TO break jail. He will be kept
under close watch.
Mr.. John Fletcher. Il wcll-known resi-.
Nslll Cl lllt Il curtin ward. mas DC en- SUI
fclinE for some time with n cataract
4, over both eyes. lie went to the Retreat
II for the Sick In Norfolk yesterday 10
; have DR.. Driver remove them.
The next regular meeting OF the
Ladies Benevolent Christian Union will
be held at the II. +. o. Elks Hall to-
morrowt Monday afternoon at O'Clock
Every member Is earnestly requested to
be present. as business of Importance
must be transacted.
Mr. j. William Leigh, collector for
/Nlr. John L.. Watson, received n tclc-
gram yesterday announcing the serious
Illness OF his mother at her home in
Druryvillc. Southampton county Mr.
Leigh took the Atlantic and Danville
train yesterday afternoon to attend her
bedside
The ladies' OF the Benevolent Chris
tnn Union will distribute envelopes
throughout the city this week for the
purpose of purchasing wood and coal for
the poor, and we sincerely trust they
will receive u liberal patronage from the
public generally. Please aid them all
you can by giving.
Major Israel Townsend. n well-known
resident of this city, aged ciGhty-one
years, has been wearing glasses for
over twenty years. within the past
three weeks his second sight has come
to him. and he can now see to read
better without glasses than he can with
them. He says that his sight gets bet
ter all the time. This is remarkable
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