The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-21
EMBODIED IN PARAGRAPHS
Miscellaneous Notes of Interest to
Old and Young.
Contracts for Farms Closed. An Ex-
cursion From Roanoke to Norfolk.
Degree OF Doctor Of Divinity
Conferred. a New TeIe-
phone Service.

Officer Hampshire is acting court
officer in the absence of Officer Uurles.
Miss Frances Leigh Starr, daughter
of DR.. W. q. Starr, was in Norfolk
yesterday.
Large shipments OF bluefish are being
made almost daily from this city to
Northern markets.
a beach party was given yesterday
to the View by some of the members
OF WIlloughby Club.
A party of young people OF the West
End will go to Old Point and the Capes
on the tug Katie tonight.
The woman's edition of the Ports
mouth Stur has been published aud is
on snie Mt Nusbaum's. Norfolk.
A meeting of the Y. w. G. Il. U. will
be held at o'clock this afternoon at
1873 Charlotte street.
The tug Louisa went of the WAYS
at Graves shipyard yesterday morning
aud tue tug Katie was hauled out for
repairs.
DR.. $. X. Jackson left last night for
Eufauls, Ala, where he has been called
on account OF sickness in his sons
family.
An excursion train of five woll filled
coaches reached Norfolk yesterday
from Petersburg over the Norfolk and
Western.
The contracts for four farms in this
vicinity has been closed by MIR. A,
Jcilers with como OF the visiting West.
orn farmers,
The first grand entertainment by the
members of st. Josuph's Colored
Church will he given June 18th at ST.
Mary's old church.
Arrangements, it is said, hove been
perfected with tho owners in the East
OF a new telephone service for it's intro.
duction in this city.
The steamer Chesapeake, of the
oyster navy, Is lying at the Boston
wharf receiving tue finishing touches
to repairs and painting.
The City Guards aud Lee Rifles. uu.
der command of Capt Tarrall, went
over to Berkeley yesterday to take part
In tho memorial exercises.
petition from the hotels and res
taursnts of the city to huve electric
fans run on Sunday is being considered
by the Electric Company of Virginia.
The cinss medal at the Sacred Heart
School, ut Belmont, n. c., wns award
ed Misses Mary and Lucy Taylor. of
this city. Miss Mary Taylo also grad.
uatcd.
MIR. Virginins Wrenn qualified in the
| Corporation Court yesterday to per
form tho marriage ceremony, under q
BOND OF 5000, with j.. Hnrmanson
as surety.
Major f. b. Branch. of PETERSBURG
instituted lodge OF Odd Fellows ,t
OWNS Island, Mathews county. Mon.
day night with thirty three charter
members.
Hereafter, on Sundays the last train
will leave Virginia Beach ut 9lO n. m
instead of ut 9:30, in order to mako
connection with the Norfolk and West
ern trniu.
The womans' paper, which will an.
penr III few dnys. it is said. will he n
wcsl-edited aud we'll prepared paper
the children's department especially
| attractive
The case OF the Columbian Peanut
Company against the Old Dominion
| steamship Company, which was set for
trial IN the Court OF Law anu Chancery
yesterday, was postponed on account
OF important dispositions from Texas
not being ut hand.
Hhmpden-Sidney College has con
terred tho honorary degree of docter
| OF divinity upon the Rev. A, j. Sam.
ders. fredericksburg. Va. Rev. J. Ad.
olson Smith, Baltimore, Md, and the
mev; Charles Ghiseliu. Shepherlstowu,
a party of young ladies, about fifteen
IN number. came down on the BAY
Lane steamer yesterday morning from
| Baltimore. where they had been nj.
.ehding school. They left over the
Norloik and Carollua Rairond fol
their homes in North Carolina.
ne Ladies' Auxiliary of the Brother.
hood of Locomotive Engineers will RIM
nn excursion from Roanoke to Nor.
folk, leaving Roanoke juno 25tb. at @
n. M, ana arriving III Norfolk Mt ) u.
M. returning the tram will leave
| Norfoik at Up. m., Juno 9th. giving
the eXeursionlsts two days to see the
sights OF Norfolk,