The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-14
SUFFOLK LOCAL,


William L. Cohoon, commercial sales
mau, is home for q vacationt
Miss Mamie Cook, Of City Point. Va,
is the guest OF Mrs. John W. Eley. Pin.
ner aud Bank streets.
Capt a. l.. Roberts, of Whaley, Va,
yesterday visited his father in law, Mr..
w. Il. Howell.
DR., w. w. Staiey expects to leave
for the Holy Land III August.
Mr.. and Mrs. John b. Primer have
returned from their trip to Ocean
View.
b. +. Smith, Esq, OF Richmond,
who was awarded the contract 10 fur
nish the clerks office interior equip
meuts, was in Sulfoik yesterday.
The Town Council had a special
meeting last AFTERNOON ut D o'clock ia
the Office of tho president, DR.. y. w.
Eley, to consider the application Of
Mr.. John Primer to erect building in
the fire district.
Rev. ID. b. Austin will preach in the
East Suffolk Methodist Church this
evening on 'The Ideal Man."
In the rector's absence. there will be
lay services III st. Paul's Z. T.. Church
this evening by MIR. W. Il. Hines. No
evening service.
Schooner Amelin IIearn. Capt. Benz.
Pratt III command, left port yesterday
Tor Baltimore with lumber from John
j.. Gay.
Constable Branch has thus far been
unsuccessful III capturing the rest Of
the gang which promulgating cutting
ailray IN the county. Since catching
one the others, of which there are SIX
or eight, have kept secluded.
Ia SnI Fol
will have game with the Yules. of
Norfolk, at West End Park To morrow.
The Nausemond Telephone Exchange
has recently added twelve nov sub
sorlbers to its lists.
CONFEDERATE CAMP ORGANIZED
The old Confederate veterans residing
i'll Suffolk and surrounding territory
have organized themselves into q body.
which will be known as the Tom
Smith" Camp, the appellatlon being
taken from the name of Col. Thomas
w. Smith, OF Suffolk, most ardent
admirer OF those who shouldered arms
for the Lost Cause The camp
organized with about thirty names.
The following officers were chosen:
Col Thomas w. Smith, commander;
Capt George L Parker, first lieutenant
commander; Il Il Allen, second lien.
tenant commander; I'll L Smith third
lieutenant commander; j ohm L iotzia.
adJuthnt; Il f. N0rileet, Qusrtermnster;
John Nj Shepherd, sergeant; Capt Il Z
Conner, treasurer; DIR. q " Butts, sur.
geon; ID Arien p Daughtrey, officer of
the day; j Calvin Nelms, vidette;
Peter Farley, color sergeant; Benz.
L Ashburn. first color guard; Colum
bus w Lasslter, second color guard.
number of other members will he
subsequently, added.
PROPERTY CoNvEYED.- These deeds
were yesterday put on record in the
County Clerks Office: Hamlin s.
Griffin and wife to Richard T.. GrIllin,
forty SIX acres of land ID Cypress DIS.
trict, Nansemondl county; 500. Jos.
Ii Sexton aud wife to Thomas w.
Smith, lifty-iive acres in Holy Neck
District; 81, III 80.
RECoUNrING ELECTION BALI.6rs.-
Counsel for the plaintiff in the Bruce.
ellis contested election case, which has
been i'll course of trial in the County
Court since Tuesday last, have made
change III their mode of procedure.
Alter partial examination Of the cleo
tors nj lew OF the precincts, the conn
sci stated their Intention of inspecting
aud counting the ballots, which are on
lille. Accordingly. q count had been
made at three precincts when opera
tons suspended yesterday Sleepy
hole, Chuckatuck and Holy Neck.
The result gave Ellis larger majority
than was awarded by the election
judges at Chuckatuck aud Sleepy Hole,
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