The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-12
LOCAL BREVlTlES.
Pointed and Pertinent Paragraphs of
Interesting City News.

''ie'estnS SltY NEWS.
Politics are looming up in she countya
There Will be no more meetings this
month.
Thu marsh matter is agitasing the
Council again.
All the broken places on the Gosport
bridge have been repaired.
The attendance at Port Norfolk docs
not seem to fall oil any at all.
The truck stand has not boon moved
from High To County street vet.
y fow men have been added to the
number of employees ct the Senboard
Air Line shops.
Mrs. Page. mother of our townsmnu,
Mr.. l.. q. w. Page, is quite sick ut
her home in Norfolk county.
The colored people are thoroughly
aroused AMI will run candidate OF
their own for the Legislature.
The baseball season III this city
ended yesterday. There will be two
exhibition games played next week.
The colored lunatic named Polly
Fields was brought in from Great
Bridge yesterday and confined in tho
county jail.
The streets were lively last night
with baseball rooters discussing the
possible results of the thu ee games be
tween the two cities.
MIR. George Mclean left yesterday
for Cincinnati, o., where he has &C
copied position with the Hoyt Metal
Manufacturing Company.
The question is being asked, when
viii the Executive Committee meet to
settle on primary to nominate d can
didate for the Legislature.
There was one drunk and q case of a
COW running at largo in the Mayors
Court yesterday. Tho owner of the
COW was made to pay II fine.
Rend the advertisement of w. q.
Nlnupin, In which he announces that
he has on hand quantity of the best
free burning stove. egg, nut anu lump
coal. See advertisement aud give him
II CALL
Tho Atlantic aud Danville railroad
special committee of the Council ar q
working hard aud expect to have re-
port ready to make to the Council
soon. They feel confident Of accom-
plishing much good
no unsl8htly looking pile OF stones
on the Sidewalk on High street is net
very attractive. The Street Commit
tee could food the street, which Would
cause II to settle; then the rocks could
u.
III our yesterdays issue IL statement
WIS mnde that the voting for the
watch would close that day, but later
III the day Mr.. Williams concluded to
keep the box open until after the i've
games between the two clubs had been
played. He also offers watch for
both sides of the river.
The Ordinance Committee did not
bring IN their report on porches Tues.
day night as expected bucause the
chairman has been absent from the civ
Tor more th6n week, ana there has
been no meeting OF the committee. A
report will be made ut the October
meeting.
The many friends of Mr. George
Shaw, of this city, will be pleased to
learn OF his successful examination be.
fore the Medical Examining Board.
convened ut the League island Navy.
yard Monday, September 9th. MIR.
shaw Is an applicant for position ns
carpenter III the navy.
sam Lewis and Thomas Lewis. tho
two men who are supposed to have
murdered Joe Fine in the county, were
brought down from Suffolk Tuesday
and were lodged III the county Jail. A
dirk, which Is supposed to have been
use! by one oil them, WAS touud in
their possession. The men will have a
hearing to-day before Justice Haynes.
The Council could not do better
work than to employ a number OF eli
Hens to put the streets i'll order that
have been torn mp for sewers. Work
Is very scarce here aud this work has
got to be done. The streets ON all be
fixed before winter sets In. If tbey
S ionld settle shells c, Il he put IN the
holes until 1t becomes solid.
For several years the SANITARY In
spector has been employing one or
more mon cleaning out cutters, etc.
during the summer months. but the
Finance Committee OF the present
Council have recommended no appro
priation for this kind OF work, couse.
qnentiy they Will have no man at work.
The Sanitary Inspector has authority
to abnte nniaances wherever found and
hold the parties causing them response
bic for cost of aDatiug them. Tue
Street Inspector will have TO attend to
the gutters with his force, so SAWS the
Council,
big reduction on carpets, refrige.
ratnfa pannn;aa oil n, .