The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-02-13
NORFOLK CONVERSATIONS
Careful Compression of News to
Suit the Space.
STEAMER BUILDING LET.
Floating Ice in the Harbor. Kings
Daughters. Elks' Benefit. Sent
On For Arson. The Price
of Coal Advanced. The
Oleomargarine Gases.

1 1hSlO nbo hoS NV ASo it WV
harbor yesterday.
Rev. T.. IL. Rice, of Alexandria.
is in the city the guest OF DR.. Lacy,
The steamboat aud railroad travel
has been much retarded by the
freeze.
Fanny Rice will give n perform
nnce for the benefit of the Eiks the
10th instant.
In the Corporation Court yester-
dizzy Charles Johnson, for resisting
nu officer, was sentenced to SIX
months i'll Jail.
A deed from George Mcintosh to
VI. j. Madden, Transforming proper
ty on Chapel street, near Queen,
was recorded yesterday.
A new shoe firm will soon embark
INTO business and Will occupy L. b..
Blamire's old stand, LAG Main street,
head OF Commercial Place.
The contract for building the new
steamer to run between Norfolk and
Newport News has been let to the
Hoboken On. J.) Company.
The called meeting OF the stock
holders OF the Ocenn View Railroad
was not held yesterday. Tue meet
ing was deferred till March II.
The OleOmargarIne cases were
postponed yesterday, owing to the
.bsence of Rev. Sam Small, who
has not returned from New Eng
aud.
The meeting of the Ladies' Me-
moral Association L. L. o., to have
been held yesterday to elect oil GERS
was postponed till first .Iuesda Y in
March.
The funeral Of Pail G. Williams,
the iniant son of MIR. aud Mrs. c..
W. Williams. Will be held from its
parents residence this afternoon at
5 O'clock.
The regular meeting of the Kings
Daughters Circle No. = Will be held
this AFTERNOON Mt 4 O'Clock ia the
pnstor's study OF the CRANKY Street
Methodist Church.
~ deed was recorded in the Clerks
office yesterday transferring proper
~ on the west side OF Church street
from Max Nusbaum to Moses Nus.
baum, for $1,000.
The Great Atlantic aud Pacific
Ten Company has made n liberal
doEntlou of tea and coffee to the
Door, to be distributed through the
Police Department.
y deed was recorded yesterday
rom Sarah +. Pegram to Deulah
'ester Ware transferring the prop
trty No. ZIG Washington street.
Consideration, 81, 800.
The cold snap has seriously af.
iected the oyster trade. There are
1000 hands out of employment.
The stock on hand is small and
prices are ruling high.
Yesterday AFTERNOONS, ut the corner
Of Chapel and Butte streets. two
wagons were turned over aud de
molished by running in q low gutter
,rossing Chapel street.
There Is "a perceptiblo change for
the better III the condition of Mr..
w, NJ. Millar, and it is expected
that he Will be able to sit up the
latter part OF the week,
The Select Council meeting last
evening failed to muterinlize on &C
count OF the lack of Il quorum, there
being but two members present,
Messrs. Beasley and Goodridge.
w. d. Weatheriugton, colored,
agent OF the United Workers AIu-
tuai Aid Association of Virginia, was
arrested yesterday, charged with
~embezzling $50 of that associations
money.
Hon. Thos. Il. Borland left for
Washington, ID. c., on Monday
evening. He Will attend the annual
banquet Of the Military Order OF
Loyal Legion as the guest of Mr.. a.
l.. Woodwork.
The dealers IL the Norfolk Coal
Exchange advanced the price Of coal
yesterday morning from So to 50. 30
per ton. The supply of hard coal
now IN Norfolk Will, it is said, last
about n month longer.
MIR. S. Friedman, who was mr.
rested charged with setting fire to
his store on Church street, was seut
on TO the grand Jury yesterday. He
tias been bniied for his Appearance
at the March term of the Corpora.
ton Court in the sum of Sl,0JU.
h singing evangelist, Mr.. Ar
gabrite, arrived yesterday, aud
Will assist the lev. IL. q. Brouvh
ton IN the revival meeting ut the
Park Avenue Baptist Church, MIR,
ArghOrlte Is IA resident of Lynch
burg aud has q lice tenor voice.
Inc three young men who created
Il disturbance on Washington street
Monday aud were arrested und
locked up, were before the Police
Justice Yesterday. One OF them
was fined S3l.jO aud the others
81. % each. "A total OF S33. 30 for tue
nights sport. The broke up $50
worth OF furniture, also banged
Police Detect ve Taylor IN the eye.
Several gentlemen recently mr..
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