The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-06
IN and ABOUT The CITY
Pen and Pencil Sketches Of Yes
terday's Happenings.
Mr.. w. n. Bceks in Baltimore. A
Letter From Mrs. John A. Nc
Donald. Returned to the Deaf
and Dumb Asylum. 3ro@c
A Chickens E ack.
Rev. j. w. Mitchell and family have

station house last night.
Mrs Maggie Murphy returned from
Gloucester county yesterday.
Willie Flanagan was sent on to the
County Court for housebreaking.
Mrs. Charles l.. Mathews has re.
turned from u trip to Cobb's Islund.
Read the advertisement OF Geo 5.
Bell i'll another column and cell us
directed.
Mrs. Carr aud her daughter, Mrs. X.
j.. King, returned last night from
shaw Springs, \. 4.
EArhcre WIS IL beautiful rainbow around
The moon last night. 1t attracted con-
tadelabl attention.
Miss Hope Carr, who has been pend
lug the weeks of August in York coun.
~, returned 10 tho city Monday.
The funeral of Mrs. Julia ID. Holt
will take place this afternoon from
Park Wow Nj. L. Church at ) O'Clock.
MIR. Rudolph Bolkius, of tho county
will shortly commence the erection OF
handsome house for himself In Park
View.
Mrs. DR.. Charles l.. Cuipeppor re-
turned yesterday from Richmond
county, whore she had been spending
several weeks.
The funeral of Mrs. Ann Elizabeth
Old will take placa this morning at
1U:30 o'clock from her late residence.
ON Paradise Creek.
1t has not yet been decided how
Portsmouth will nominate IA candidate
Tor the Legislature. There arc several
hspirunts for the honor.
tg Edward Wilson, u Norfolk county
chicken thief, was committed to the
eourty jail for sixty days yesterday for
stealing chickens in Huntersville.
young man was arrested yester.
day upon charge OF obtaining goods
under falso pretenscs, but the matter
was all settled by the party paying for
them
Miss Linda Young. who has been
visiting Crewe, Va, for several weeks,
returned home on Wednesday,. She
was accompanied by her sister, Mrs.
Finley Gayle.
MIR. Edward Leach, one of Ports
mouths pitchers, returned home yes.
ierday. While running to second base
on Wednesday he twisted his ankle and
had to stop playing.
Mr.. Reed, SUI ernteHdent of the
motive power of the Seabonrd Air
hue, has returued from his trim to
London. He will begin at once to re.
move his Office from Ruleigh to this
city.
Peter G inch, colored, M old of
fender, who served eighteen months
!u the city Jail for stealing, was lock ed
up IN the county jail yesterday for
abusing Constable Hodges wife aud
mother.
a pocketboook, which looked as
though it had been ritled of its con.
tents and was thown away, was picked
up by the colored lawyer Melville in
tue back yard Of his Office by him wee
terdsy morning.
The Street Committee held On i'm.
portaht meeting Wednesday night.
The Washington street drainage was
discussed for some time, but nothing
definite WAS settled on. The City Eu.
gineer presented two plans and the
probable cost OF each, but neither WAS
adopted.
Little Jesse Gwinn, of South Ports
mouth, returned yesterday to the Deaf
and Dumb Asylum ut Staunton. She
has been attending it for several years.
The Two Davis boys, who are both
mutes. also went back. One of them
Will graduate this session.
The Norfolk County Democratic
EXecu tTo Committee will meet next
week 10 settle upon the time aud place
for holding county convention to
nominate candidate Tor the Leeisla.
ture, etc, and transact such business
as may come before them.
MIR. Walter Whitehurst returned
from Baltimore yesterday, where he
bad been with his brother In law. MIR.
w. ii. Books, to have an operation per
formed. He SAYS that the doctor thinks
he can make cure of him, but he will
have to remain in Baltimore Tor awhile.
TIE NIRGlNIAN received n letter YES
ferdsy from hlr. John a. Mcdonald.
WHO IL superintendent of government
machinery OF the Atlanta Exposition,
lie says II will be big thing and will
repay any one for trip TO see 1t, be-
sides seeing the prettiest city in the
South.
Read the advertisement of Messrs.
Levy Jacobs. III which they announce
That they are making suits to order,
and that they have on hand large
assortment Of cloths of the finest aud
choicest patterns from a celebrated
Now York house. See advertisement
and give them call.
Mr.. Parkerson, who livee near Deep
Greek. says that bears are plentiful.
Two were killed on his place this week.
lie SAYS that people should b, careful
how they trespass on farms in that
locality, as there are numbe of trap
guns sot all over the farms. which are
loaded with slugs and are dangerous.