The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-28
CITY OF PORTSMOUTH CHAT
Interesting News Items Picked Up
in All Parts of the City.
The Portsmouth Rifles to Return This
Week. Fourteen Men Fined for
Working on Sunday. Left for
Europe. Meetings at Eff
fingham Street Church.

Norfolk
Maj. j. T. Croker and wife left last
night for Europe.
One ice wagon was delivering ice
around the city Sunday.
The attendance at'the ball game yes.
terday was very large.
Read q. H. Coles advertisement
which appears in another column.
James W. Hamilton, of Durham,
q. c., is in the city. He came here to
attend his fathers funeral.
The sidewalks nre all sloppy. There
Is 30 much water IN tho earth that it
comes throug h the bricks.
Five DRINKS was what the Mayors
docket consisted of yesterday. They
were all fined and departed in peace.
Grimes Battery will 60 to Norfolk
10 morrow as the guest of the Blues
and will take part in the memorial
exercises.
Three eolored children scame near
near Cottage Place. MIR. John Wilkins
Saved them.
gSTHE VIRGISIAS acknowledges the re.
ceipt OF an invitation to attend lara.
gut Post q. A. Il. exercises on Memo
Ginl Day, 3lst inst.
The City Council will not meet until
Eext Tuesday night. Then the Street
Com mittee WILL make their report on
she electoral railroad.
Justice Hawks yesterday fined four
Teen men who were working on the
Ocean View railroad Sunday $500 a
piece, making total of S72. 80.
Central NJ. L. Sunday School has
decided to have their picnic ut New
port News June 9th. They have Sc.
cured the use of the Casino and
grounds.
There will be game of ball between
Norfolk and Portsmouth clubs Thurs
Gay morning on this side Of the water
ct 10 o'clock and another in Norfolk in
rho afternoon.
gentleman who has been on the
road the whole season told The V1R-
OMAN representative yesterday that
lie had averaged seeing rain every other
day since he started out in the spring.
There Was rough and tumble free
Eight between three colored men yes
ierday on Columbia street extended.
hey were arrested by Constable
jsham and were carried to the county
Jail.
The attention OF the members OF
Earragut Post, Il. A. r., is called to
En- al IN another column requesting
'hem to assemble at their hall Thurs,
ray. 30th inst, at . p. M, to take part
IN the Memorial exercises.
series OF meetings has been started
ut the Effingham Street NJ. Il. Church.
air. Webb has been conducting a sue.
cessfnl meeting III Petersburg for two
weeks and recently one in Danyile.
40 doubt he will be equally as success
full here.
The motion to adopt an ordinance
not allowing Office holders to leave the
city, which was referred to the Ordi-
dlnanoe Committee to bring in an ordi.
nance to that effect, has been with
drawn from the committee by the
mover of the motion.
1t is rumored that Tailor Siverson
Will be removed at the expiration OF
june and Mr.. John Hutchinson, OF
Scottsville. will DO put in his place.
MIR. Siverson has made n most excellent
iaiior and has been especially kind TO
the newspaper men.
MIR. Hunter Griffin. one of the Ports.
mouth soldiers, returned from Poca-
Aontas Saturday night, he having been
released Mt the request OF the Chief
Engineer under whom lie is employed,
lie says the boys are all we'll, but are
having pretty tough food to eat, but
they enjoy it.
Sunday, those OF the Portsmouth
Rihes who have been absent from the
CITY lor several days, returned home.
They at once telegraphed to Capt
Aapper to know if they must come on
TO Pocahontas. They received a reply
stating that it was not necessary, as tho
boys would be home either on Tuesday
or Thursday OF this week.
The State Mission Board of the Vir.
Ginis Baptist Convention held its regu.
Jar meeting to-day at the Bank Street
Baptist Church, Norfolk, and appoint.
ed the Rev. Holland Powell, gen.
ersl missionary and agent for raid
body IN connection with the A. b. II.
Society. Rev. Powell is pastor of two
churches. one in this county and one in
southampton county. He will be
greatly missed should he accept the
position, especially in Norfolk county,
where he is so much beloved.
MIR. Walter Clark and wife saw some
OF the clothing which was stolen from
bis house on negro woman on Satur.
day. He followed her home mud found
that she had bought them from o negro
girl named Rose Troliver, who lives on
the corner of London and Green street.
lie Immediately swore out warrant
against the girl, but before it was
served she arranged to skip tho town.
Ihe girl broke n glass out OF Mr..
Clarke front door and entered in the
Gay time. while his wife was away, and
carried away 500 worth of stuff.