The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-19
A COMBINATION Of DOTS
Miscellaneous Matters of Moment
Merely Mentioned.
Bids tor the Gang Wells Rejected. An.
other Vessel Robbed. A Schooner
Run Into. The Escaped Pris.
oner Recommitted for Ten
Days. Other Notes.

Fair weather and slightly cooler
to day.
Col, John 81, White. of Griffin. Ca,
is in the city.
Mr.. Henry Hickey left for White
Sulphur Springs yesterday.
see Northampton excursion adver.
tisement in another column.
MIR. end Mrs. Joe Dunohy left for
Paris yesterday via New York.
MIR. n. q. Corbett, OF Groesbeck.
Tex. visited Cotton Exchange yester-
day.
Rev. @. II. McGee, of Bonn. Church,
day.
Another large delegation OF members
OF the Baptist Young Peoples Union
passed through to Baltimore yester day.
A lawn party was held in Centenary
NJ. E. Church yard last evening from
1870 to 1890 O'clock. Refreshments
were served by the ladies.
Mr.. Richard Lamb. son Of Col. Will.
liam Lamb. is in the CITY. Young Mr..
Lamb is the inventor of the electric
trolley system for canal bosts.
Ten coaches, filled with excursionists
from Richmond, arrived here about II
o'clock yesterday, large number OF
whom went down to Ocean View.
The committee of the Councils to
consider the proposition of the South
ern Hallway Company are at work. but
have not arrived at any definite con-
clusion.
1t is said all of the bids for digging
the gang wells for the city have been
rejected and that the city will likely
have tho work done under the super
vision Of the City Engineer.
Mrs. Georgia A. Vernon and Mrs.
G. Il. Joynes aud daughter, Niles Maud
Mosely, lett by the Old Dominion last
evening for al extended trip through
New York aud Connecticut.
Mrs. Harry White aud daughter,
Miss Lille. have gone via the Boy
Line to Baltimore, from which place
they Will go to Northumberland, Pa,
to spend the summer with relatives.
The new steamer Newport News, OF
the Norfolk and Washington line, ran
into the schooner n. Ii. Burrow, lying
at anchor in this harbor Wednesdnv
and carried away the jibboom OF the
schooner.
William Mathews, the colored pris.
oner who escaped from Janitor Biy. of
the City Hall, tuesday. and who was
caught, was re.committed to Jail by
Justice burroughs yesterday morning
for ten days.
y deed was recorded yesterday from
Ii. L. Ferguson to Geo. w. p. Over
man. transferring lot Of land aud i'm.
proyements thereon. situated on Shell.
don avenue. Brnmbleton Ward; con.
slderation, $500.
MIR. VIM. Buys. we'll known con.
tractor OF Chicago, and his two
daughters. Misses Margaret aud Anna
Buys, the latter school teachers. were
visitor to the city Jail yesterday morn.
ing. and were shown through that
institution by attaches OF the Sergeants
office.
The schooner Lucy Wheatley, Capt.
Taylor, dischnrging salt near Reds
stnve yard, was boarded by thieves
Wednesday night. who stole u portion
OF the captains clothing and his
pocketbook. continuing small amount
oil money. besides valuable papers.
An attempt was made to rob the
residence of Mr.. j. q. Gill, l0I Holt
street, Wednesday, morning. Mrs. Gill
heard noise in one Of the first floor
rooms aud awakened her husband. Ne
tired his pistol in the air and then
made an investigation and found that
his house had been entered by one of
the windows near the ground.