The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-03-05
PORTSMOUTH Photographed
Pithy Items Promptly and PointedIy
Put Down.
FOR CARRYING STEEL KNUCKS
Work on sfingham Street Church.
Circuit Court Adjourned. An Ex-
Confederate Tramp. Pension
Day. Real Estate Prices.
The Epworth League.


Yesterday was known around the
Courthouse rs pension day.
Read advertisement of q. II. Welton
x Co. aud call and see them.
The City Council will hold their reg
ular monthly meeting to night.
There will be a love feast ut Central
NJ. l.. Church tomorrow night.
The Marblehoad and Vesuvius both
left the yard yesterday afternoon.
The regular March term of the Hust.
inRs Court will begin on Thursday.
Two cases of assault WAS ali that there
was in the Mayors Court yesterday.
The Norfolk County Road Board was
IN session yesterday ind transacted the
usual routine business.
Epworth League connected with Cen.
trail NJ. L. Church will hold their repu.
lar monthly meeting Thursday night.
Col. Il. 9. Morton, inspector general
of the Camp of Confederate Veterans
visited Stonewall Camp, G. v, laet
night.
Mrs. Drummer, who was paralyized
on the 9th of February, was thought
to be dying ut her hons on Harrison
street.
DIR. and Mrs. A. l.. Parker, who have
been in tho city on bridal trip, re-
turned to their home in Broolyn, n y,
last night.
At ST. Johns Church tonight at s
o'clock Rev. IL. S. Lloyd, of st. Lukcs
Church, Norfolk, will preach on con.
frmatlop.
The meeting of the Park View Rose
bud Society was held Sunday afternoon
at the Park View Church. Tie attend.
ence was large.
i unntlnp,ap poor
about fifteen years ago purchased q
piece of land for So, 900. He recently
sold this same land for S5S,OO0
The brickmnsons will not go to work
in the yard before to morrow on az
| count of the carpenters not being
| ahoad enough with their work.
Misses Lilly aud Agnes Cutchin,
dauG hters OF the late Nathaniel
Cutchln, will leave on Thursday for
Philadelphia to live with their brother,
Rev. AIR. Adamson's talk on mission
| work Mt the Court Street Baptist
Church Sunday night was highly ap.
preciated. He is quite fluent speaker.
The Norfolk county jail is so crowd
ed with prisoners that they are placed
IN tho Railways, etc. The new addition
will be completed il about sixty days.
James 5. Thornton Garrison, Army
and Navy Union No. 123. passed q
series of resolutions on Admiral Brown
| at their last meeting, IA copy of which
will be found elsewhere.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Ladies Auxiliary will be held In the Y.
NJ. &. y. room this afternoon ut 4
| O'Clock. AT the meeting plans will be
made for all Easter entertainment.
Tho lighthouse steamer Mayiluwer
started to go TO Old Plantation Lleht
house, across the Bay, Saturday and
had to return on account OF the thick
ness OF the Ice on the Eastern Shore.
Judge l.. Il. Watts will after the
18th of this month tear down the one
store shanIies near Woodmnn's store,
on Columbia street, and put ND n
| double house with ten stores under it.
y gentleman ut West Norfolk recent.
!y sold one aud oue-half acres of
ground to the Atlantic ana Dauville
railroad for $4,000. Tho road wanted
1t for switching purposes and had to
have it.
The roof the bingham Street NJ.
| h. Church is now on. Workmen will
push the Work on the inside as rapidly
As possible. so that 1t can bo com
pleted and be ready for dedication III
| the next ninety days.
| In another column the dissolution of
Messrs. Grimes X Overmun. in which
they announce that Mr.. Grimes has
| Withdrawn from the firm and that all
| bills Will be settled by Mir. Overman,
| who will continue tho business.
a tramp was picked up on the street
Sunday night with his feet all frost
bitten. lie bad Is hearing yesterday
and was committed for five days so that
he might receive medical attention. He
| claims to be an Confederate and
[ says he WAS in Il Mississippi regiment
during the war.
man named Tom Jones was
arrcstcu -drday by Officer Winning.
der for drunkenness and CARRYING n
pnir Of steel knuckles He was fined
81 and costs for drunkenness and $40
Tor carrying the .nuckles. In default
he was commit / for fifteen days.
Judge Prentio opened the spring
term of the Ciruit Court for the city
yesterday. There was but one case
before 1t, and Mt tho request of coun-
sci 1t was continued, SO the court al
Journed for the term. The county
term Will commence next Monday and
Will continue for several days,
Atlantic Division u. Il. *. OF =. will
hold special meeting to-nieht and
confer tho degrees on eleven new mem
beers. They will hold another meeting
tomorrow night and have Installation
of Oil GERS. after which little SD cad