The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-09

will give a picnic to White Lilly Farm
on Thursday the 18th inst. Good
music. plenty dancing, ice water. etc.
Tickets 20 cents. Everybody should
go.
The Portsmouth baseball team will
return from Richmond this morning.
They will play the Lynchburg team
here three days this week. The game
Will be called at 8 p. m. instead of 4:30,
as formerly.
The new iron cells for the county
jail have not yet arrived. There are
30 many prisoners in jail now and no
place to put q part of them o watch
man ls kept to guard those who have
to be kept in the hall.
The Sunbeam Society, connected
with the South Street Baptist Church,
will meet this afternoon. This Society
has done most excellent work towards
the building OF the new church aud
will continue to do SO,
The regular monthly meeting OF the
Methodist Sunday School Association
will be held in the Park View Church
this afternoon at 4 O'Clock. at this
meeting the Portsmouth schools will
withdraw from the association.
MISS Hudgins gives notice in another
column that che will close her studio to
the public after to morrow night. Quite
q number here visited her rooms and
have been charmed with the beautiful
painting she has.
ETne Taylor Sunbeam Society will
hold their regular monthly meeting at
the Scottsville Baptist Church to. day
at 2:3O p. M. Address by the Rev. j.
w. Reams, of Richmond. Va. All are
cordially invited to be present.
Master Kenny Miller, who has been
connected with The VIRuINIAN for some
time as a quite boy. has stopped in or
der to learn the drug business. Master
Portsmouth, will deliver this paper
hereafter.
The Port Norfolk cars will run up
to the hotel door to-day. With the
delightful breeze that We have had tor
the past few days nothing will be bet.
ter tnan q run down there this after
naon and have an elegant crab or fish
supper with Mulyey.
The attention OF the members of
Howard Division Sons Of Temperance
is called to an advertisement in anoth.
err column requesting them to meet this
afternoon Mt 2 o'clock to pay the last
tribute OF respect to their deceased
brother w. Laurence.
Dedication of IL $4,000 church.
Today the members of Zion Baptist
Church, colored, will dedicate their
new church, which has Just boon COM
pleted at a cost Of S35, 600. 1t is the
largest and handsemest church in this
city, n Is furnished handsomely.
ihese people deserve much credit for
the erection of a building that will do
credit to any city, and more especially
to their race, especially when it Is taken
III consideration that they are all poor
working people. They have managed
to pay OF their entire Indebtedness OK
cept about $4,000. which they hope and
expect to raise within the next few
menths. 1T ID m example worthy of
imitation by some of the white congre
cations. Below will be found the pro
granme OF exercises for to-day:
PROGRAMME.
Organ Prelude.
Music' :Lord'n Prayer
MUSIC Praise God From Whom All Bless
ings Flow.
H. In %ocatiou.
Music....Ihe Lori Was in His Holy Temple
| Selection.
| scripture lesson,
PRAYER.
Alusic....l was Glad When They Said Unto
Me.
Selection.
Dedicatory Sermon. Rev a Binga.Jr d.
First Baptist Church, Manchester. Va.
Dedit atory Prayer Rev J III Armistead,
Pastor.
Musio............ ..pcdicatory Anthem
Collection.
Music How Holy i; This | lace
DoNology.
8 p m-Sermon by Rev John w Kirby.
Ebene>er baptist Church, Portsmouth. Va,
s p m-Sermon by Rev Il spiller, First
BAPTIST Church. Hampton, Va.