The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-03-20
BY p|ECEMEAL
Odds and Ends Of City News COL
lected Into Attractive Mosaic.
FERRY STEAMER WITHDRAWN
Will Run the Port Norfolk Hotel. Very
Heavy Freight Business. Police
Commits sioners Meet To- night.
Electric Railway Work. He
Fell in a Fit.
The sun crosses the line to day.
The practice games of ball begins To

The sun crosses the line to day.
The practice games Of ball begins to-
day.
Polk Miller drew very we'll last
night.
Hunting's CIRCUS will exhibit in this
city April LIST.
The condition of Rev. d. p. Wills
remained unchanged yesterday.
AIR. Martin Mahoney has returned
to the city on visit to his parents.
we'll known white man was fined
$40 for whipping another man about
his child.
ia little son of Mr.. Silas McCarn
found two headed turtle at Port Nor
folk yesterday.
Read the advertisement of O. l..
Williams, IN which he offers rock
alum lime for sale cheap,
Tnte and others of the Portsmouth
team arrived yesterday and are quar-
tered at Hotel Portsmouth.
Tho terry steamer City of Ports
mouth was withdrawn from the line
yesterday to be overhauled.
Work was commenced Yesterday on
the sewers for the city. The first die.
Ring was done on Henry street
= The Board OF Police Commissioners
will hold their meeting to night. which
was postponed from Monday NIGHT
Stonewull Camp, Confederate Water.
ans, will elect officers for the wear at
their meeting on the night OF April
LIST.
Mr.. M. j. Mulvey will take cbarge of
the hotel Mt Port Norfolk Oh April 1st
He will not yacste the Centennial until
May LIST.
MIR. w. +. Reddy left yesterday for
Richmond, after having spent a de-.
lightful time with the boys Monday
night.
The two Linn boys and Winippder
completed six months sentence in
the county jail yesterday and were
discharged.
Substitute Officer Hodges shot at a
man Monday night whom he saw iumD
from out MIR. Jack Noels ward. on
Harrison street.
Rev. DIR. A. L. Owen returned Mon
day night from Roanoke. His daugb
ter, Mrs. Claude, came home from
Lynchburg with HIM.
The work of laying the rails for the
Fort Norfolk electric railroad was
commenced yesterday. 1t will be com.
Pieteu and IN running order by Nav
Freight on the Seaboard Air Line is
moving heavier now than it has ever
peen known before at any time of the
year. Some OF the employees are doing
double duty.
colored mute, who lives in the
county. had fit on Neely's wharf YES
terday afternoon, which lasted for some
time. AT first it was thought that he
was dying. but he finally recovered.
Melvin White, who has been held on
suspicion of beiag the party who
robbed Preston Whites store. was yes
terday discharged from custody, there
not being sufficient evidence to convict
HIM.
An unknown white man fell in fit
on the Gosport bridge yesterday and
came near falling overheard. He was
picked up and WAS carried to plac q
nearby, where proper restoratives were
applied.
The two negroes, named Edwar DIS,
VINO were arrested by Constables An.
derson and Siverson for robbing a
store In franklin some time ago. we're
on Monday sent to the penituntIary for
ten years by the southampton court.
MIR. benjamin Il, Diggs, former
resident OF Portsmouth, and for q num-
Der OF years clerk in the hayward.
died ut his home, i'll Norfolk. yester
day. He was we'll known here and has
many friends who will regret TO learn
OF his death.
a meetinSsis beng held at Ccutral
Church and number of conversions
are being made. At the South Street
Baptist Church there was several con.
verts Monday night and more last
night. There has been quite mum
Der of professions Mt the Fourth Street
Baptist Church. and the meeting is
still going on.
Nice-Presldent st. John, Of the Sea-
board Airline. has been presented
with set of resolutions passed by the
Chicago and Rock Island railroad. It
Is said that another set is being hand.
someIy arranged in book form aud will
he presented to him by tho General
Managers Association.
For Gcnutnc Rock AIum Lime
Tor plastering or withdrawing call at
y. L.. Williams, corner South and
Crawford streets.
Wait for Hofheimer's branch store.
30 High street. Famous old stand.
High street, Portsmouth Insurance
Company's building, next to Cray.
fords, IL the place to buy shoes cheap