The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-27
YOm Ripper, The Hebrew Day Of Atone
ment Begins To-Day.
THE HOTEL PORTSMOUTH TO CLOSE.
Views OF Few Counciimen ora the
veNed Question Of The Porch Ordi-
nancc-The Slight Mixture OF Two
RnN rs-ChiIdren and Matches
Cause u Fire.


the North OH Il visit.
The Chambers boys are all ready for
their trip TO Reading, Pa.
Jim kidd's show is being we'll attend
ed. To-day will be the last day.
1t is safe to prophesy that the circus
will bring us the much needed rain.
The fail schedule on the ferry does
not so into effect until October 18th.
Some portions OF the city is badly in
need of attention by the health authori-
ties.
The travel on the Seaboard Air Line
south is immense now. Ii never was So
large.
Mr. L. c. Goodwin is confined TO his
home on Court street on account ~
Mi s. ". Gary. of Deep Creek. has
bchn elected Il delegate to the county
convention.
There was general free fight on
Chestnut street yesterday. No arrests
were made.
Thecommittee who went to Washing
ton in th" interest % the workingmcn
will return this morning.
y larG" col"rcd excursion came in
from Washington yesterday. They
We're s1pttered all around.
Ia COX" Smith. OF III" Graudbcrry-
street Church. Will preach ut Central
Church Sunday morning
Grimes battery expects to visit At
lanta som" time durir.; October. They
Cd
There Was amy quantity Of White
Heath presses In the market yesterday.
They sold very fast At s. per box.
The liuanC" Committee Of the toun-
ell are considering som" important mat
Jcrs that have been referred 10 them.
III" Democratic convention in Nor
foli; county viii meet October Sth to
nominate a candidate Tor the Lesisla-
tJr-
AIr Norman ithcridgr overseer for
80 To-
ijnn, killed two large bears on TueSday
Lass.
Seed, Caville Mangan and Knox. all
"N-m,mAcis OF IN" old Portsmouth
team. are st!ll in I'll" city. They hat"
y heavy smo..e na hoou crm:rr .ron
itIc direction of pisuai swamp ipr scv-
'rai nights. indicating that tn swamp
must tx uu lire.
justice Niruey-r had no one before
lun! yesterday. There had been no ar
rests 'S""p; q Whiic iHaH who was too
urull. a. 10, tried
l;,sd the uAj ur lost horse either
:uHNvd ur Ntric,. ana return TN" Same
I" AMOS k!ily county street Shell
Road, near toll l4lu
Portsmouth division. Uniform RAMS
II lii"SAtH OF i'ythias. win Ni-i: tin
$Urutk rAir ina D,iub"r and h." tin"
guest" q: "'ithrr- .ii,i-ivr
ifv, m-mbera Of the Council Will
~ oat 81 thr city l-Nt ,.rrk p,uae-
fdmtlN th"y MAI! not b" able t. attend
Tile nlr, tiHp Oh Tuesday night
Mrs. William Thomas. who was so
seriously hlGt by falling through q.
broken bridge on Crawford street has
sufficiently recovered to hr able 10 sit
TWO negro mon were before Justice
t.1ihurn yesterday for trcspi sSi'., u.on
All Cuttuu property. Some of them
Rae 10 t shot at to keep Them off the
grounds.
lno prrnlis Land Improvement GO.
Eas given Uui Il contract 10 build ten
houses. aud thu kuiJtini. factory win
EUild ten more. 'liia VIII be- quite Il
start uu The beginning
1t Is said ,i!at the !ati,s in the north.
IN. portion ul tne City hjN, been seized
with = mania lot niEyci" riding. Every
eight Quit" a uuiui,cr cen hc seen at the
foot 81 t"urt street learning {" ride.
/; has been decided 10y the Forts
rHoutn. II. eleven zoo; hall club uol :.
play the Hampton club ON Saturday. as
was cN-pccirG there being So much diff
i,Icnc. II! tie weigh; OF The Two clubs.
rms a tCruOun at q o'clock Ium Kip
pur. OF thu Day OF AtOncmrnt. begins
IL ~ thr most solemn day in In" whole
car The kGssian Hebrews in the city
VIII hold all day services Saturday Ia
tie Cit! Han. permission having been
granted 10 them.
y small house on Columbia street,
near the city limits. was set ON iiI.. yes
t,rday morning 10y some small children
who We're playing with Somc matches
ana set lire to 4 mattress. II was put
out with the aid of some cOlOrcd men
with but little damage To the property
OF children either.
Yesterday morning two box cars
which were being pushed down Craw-
ford street jumped the track near Co
lunhia street. and came near going up
on the sidewalk Th5 wrccking crew
Wer" sent for and soon had them back
on the track with no damage to them.
some of the Councilman openly cN-
press themselves as being opposed to
the repeal of the porch ordinance. which
Is working injury To the city 10y Keeping
good men from building on their lots
one gentleman stated yesterday that
he would build five houses if the ordl-
nance is repealed. otherwise he viii
build none.
The Hotel Portsmouth will again
CLOS" its doors To the public on Monday
next II is said that the present man
aGcr will rent the rooms out to parties
but Will not furnish noal. 1t seems
strange that Portsmouth cannot or
does not support Il frsi-class hotel.
when before tn" war. with less popula-
ton and less travel there were four