The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-29
POF3T'SMOUTHNEW
LOCAL 8REvITlES.
Yesterday Happenings Told in Ploas.
ant Manner.

ant Manner.
The Norfolk county term will begin
September 9th.
A mad dog was killed on Dinwiddie
street yesterday.
MIR. aud Mrs. +. ID. Gill returned
from Asheville. N. c., last night.
The remains of Mrs. Pond were
taken to Richmond yesterday for in
terment.
MIR. Mitchell will umpire the games
between Portsmouth and Norfolk
this week.
The Circuit Court for the CITY of
portsmouth will convene on Monday,
September 2d.
Ihurston has again been reinstated
on the Portsmouth team. und played
right field Yesterday.
A series OF Rames will be PLAYED be.
tween the Norfolk and Portsmouth
clubs beginning TO day.
MIR. Q. Il. Drewry, letter carrier No.
3. is confined by sickness to his house.
No. 315 Clifford street,
MIR. Josiah Thomas, of washington
atreet, is extremely i'll, and there Is
little hope Of his recovery,
Miss Lottie Masters, The puest of
Mrs. Curtis at Port Norfolk, left yester
day for her homo In Dayton, ..
The street cars now run until 1915.
instead OF 1915, except SATURDAY.
whom they will run until lI:45 u. M.
There will be picnic at Port Nor.
folk to-day. There will:be dancing IN
the pavilion from 10 a. m. to 1880 u.
N.
Mrs. Laura Carr and daughter. Mrs.
Danforth King aud son, are speualue
the month OF August at Shaws Springs,
N. @.
bingham Street nj. L. Church j.
nearly completed. 1t will be dedi.
Gated before conference commences in
November.
Mr.. Edward Powell returned yester.
day from Roanoke Red Sulphur
Springs, where he had been whiting
his family.
The ferry steamer Elizabeth is run.
ning between Norfolk aud Bsrkley iu
place Of the Norfolk which had To be
hauled oil.
There Is no disputing the fact now
but what the electric road will DO com.
pletsd III the prescribed time, which is
March l, 1896.
a Mrs. Romy Blair. who has been so
critically i'll ut her husbands residences
III Park Wow, is now considered TO be
out of danger.
:. Cnrds are out for the marriage OF
Miss Alice McDonough to MIR. Willie
Griswo!d. Tho ceremony will take
place next week.
Mrs. George II. Atkinson returned
last night from Copeland, Nansemond
county. Virginia, where she has been
spending some time.
. Mrs. Bright, and her daughter
Maud. who have been visiting Mrs.
Curtis at Port Norfolk, have left for
their home III Columbus, ..
The gentleman who Jumped in the
ferry dock Tuesday night while irving
to catch Terry boat, WAS all right YES.
terday. and was none the worse for his
bath,
A valuable dog Was ran over and
killed by train on bingham street
yesterday. He attempted to run under
the cars and was caught before he got
to the other side.
A crowd OF noisy boys are making
themselves very dIsagreeable Worrying
the China men on Washington street
by tying tho door ana then banging on
it. The police are after them,
MIR. John Downing has returned
from Philadelphia, where he went TO
enter III the swimming match, but did
not do SO because he felt that lac could
not do himself justice 10 fresh water,
Workmen VIII begin the last of the
week making house.connectious with
tho sewers on High street. After that
the street can be put III order. twill
have to be repaved, being torn up so
badly.
The electric railroad company had
the livery man. who carried passengers
to Port Norfolk. summoned before a
Justice for this afternoon for dong
livery business in the county without
y license.
pair of horses attached to ono of
Twins trucks got stuck yesterday af
ternoon In ono of the Openings made
by the sewer company aud 1t WAS some
time before they coudfbe removed.
Yesterday negro man, who had lust
completed sentence of sixty days III
the city jail aud was turned out by one
of the prisoners who works about the
building, before lie left he thrashed
the prisoner and came near being sent
back for some time, but Was let oil, tue
prisoner being to blame
Capt. John L. Brady andaOfiicer
Hoofnagle, while coming from the base
pail park together in Capt. Brady's
buggy. were thrown out by one Of the
wheels OF the vehicle falling all to
pieces. Fortunately neither one of the
men were hurt. The horse remained
steady until another wheel could be
procured from Hhcelwright near no