The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-01-08
BRIGHT BERKELEY BRIEFS
BubbIing Over With Brain and
Business.
VlRGINlA,S MASONIC HOME.
Few G. II. Ray Left for Richmond
for this Noble Charity. Proba-
bic Fata, Shot From an Old
Gun. Interesting Per-
sonaIs.

Sona,S.
Rev. George II. Ray, D. D., left
to dny by the Norfolk and Western
Train TO attend the monthly meeting
o! the board of governors OF the
Masonic Home, in Richmond. This
is beautiful public charity, dc
signed to clotbe and feed orphans OF
Master Mssons, to give them thor
ough business and manual labor
training and qualify them for life
work.
The Masons are now spending
about $40, 900 in the erection OF n
handsome new oonter building, the
architecture OF which is not behind
the finest ediices OF that city, 1t is
being built on ample grounds,a farm
of about fifty acres, the munihcent
gift Of Capt. A. q. Bnbcock.
This 10 only the hub part OF the
plan of the home to be com plsted IN
the future, and in the same beauti.
full and stable style of architecture
A cultivated young Mason, Prof.
Childress, has charge of tho school
department, and is already develop
ing in it classical features. Mrs.
AGREE, an elegant and charming
Christian woman, is the matron and
controls the whole with great skill,
and the orphans there are under
wholesome and happy home in
fuences. DR.. Ray is one of the nine
gentlemen to whom the Legislature
of Virginia Issued charter for this
noble institution, and has been con-
nected with it since the incipiency.
The next Legislature Will be asked
so to amend the charter that the
number OF the Board of Governors
will be enlarged 10 fifteen. The
Masons of the State are justly proud
of this home of coming greatness,
and have taxed themselves % cents
each for the support OF the orphans.
Yesterday morning while Walter
Smith (colored) was playing with au
old gun, on Liberty street extended,
it WAS accidentally discharged. A
part of the contents entered the
head and face of Joshua Cross, also
colored. Cross WAS taken to the
Office of DR.. Morgan. who did all
he could to relieve the sufferer. The
doctor found that two of the shot
had penetrated one eye and may
have entered the brain. ii 80, they
will likely prove fatal. Cross was
taken to his home in Sweet Canaan,
and was suffering intensely when
last heard from.
Miss BERTHE Rodgers, OF Hamden-
Sidney. is visiting her brother, MIR.
.. w. Rodgers, on Liberty street.
Our subscribers will please exact
receipt when they pay the carriers
for the paper. Saturday two bows
that have nothing to do with the
paper collected from several sub
scribers and promised to bring
them the receipt nextl morning.
railing to do SO, it was reported 10
me. An Investigation was made
and the boys names were learned.
MIR. r. q. Norheet is visitin g his
brother, MIR. j. A. Norheet, on
Chestnut street.
The Demorest medal contest took
place last night at the Chestnut
Street NJ. Z. Church and was we'll
attended. The following con
testants entered Misses Nellie
Graves, Matte Phillips, Ruth On
ley, Myrtle Costene, Mamie PIerco
and Master Erwin Duncan. Messrs.
D. nj. Wakefield, of Richmond; VIM,
u. Venable and Richard McIlwaine,
OF Norfolk, were the judges.
They awarded Miss Pierce the
medal. which was presented by the
Rev. Sam. w. Small, in few we'll,
chosen remArks. after which he de-
iiyered temperance address, which
was listened to attentively by the
large assemblage that had gathered.
a few days ago mention was made
OF COW being found in Hunters.
vile that had been stolen from a
party in South Norfolk. 1t was
learned last night that several COWS
have baen stolen lately, and that
officers have been looking diligently
Tor clue to the theft. Officer +,
ID. Wh.tehurst of South Norfolk,
has succeeded in caging the long
looked for bird" Last night he
arrested colored man named C..
u. Randolph and took him over to
The County Jail.