The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-10-02
THE CITY IN BRIEF.
S'mnIi finshcs OF News Gathered In
nnL About Town

Or. \. e. Palmer has returned from Il
short trip To F'rrderiCksburg.
Mr.. Massey. the Christian drummer
spoke at the Union Mission last night
Frost was reported yesterday morn
INK at llnmbcrt'S Point and SmithiIcId
Hon. George Il. WcndlinE left for the
South last night Via the Atlanta spe.
c'ul.
Andrew H. Patton. II high Official in
the order of Rcd Men. was in the city
yesterday.
y heavy smoke settled over the city
last night. II came from the fires i'm Tho
Dismal Swamp.
y strange animal. of unknown apc-
cleS, Is rnid To have been recently killed
In the Fourth Ward.
There will he an important nrrtir..
OF the Norfolk aud Portsmouth Press
club Friday evening AT $50 o'clock.
The Public EIiph School opened for.
me session OF iS95-'9G Yesterday morn
ing. 100 pupils being in attendance
The work of rrmodclling Watt. Rot
t"w clay's new building at Main and
CRANKY streets now goes on night and
day.
Tho Boys Home excursion to ocean
Wow Yesterday was enjoyed by those
wh" went Notwithstanding the cool
weather
Mr.. Wm l.. White was ON Monday
nominated as candidate FOR the .cg-
stature 10y the Democrats OF rrinr..ss
Ammo county
3cv. J. ID. Powell, for many years roc
tor of st Johns Church. Portsmouth
mas moved his residence TO No. > Ta2c-
wei street this city.
NJ IN" Democratic Convention i'm
i'rlnccss Anne county Monday :. rcso-
luton was adopted rndursnin non
John w. Daniel FOR United States Suna-
An alarm OF lire ut l2.l5 o'clock ycy-
tcrdhN carried the d"uartnIrnt t. a
nous" on lower Church street. where a
mattress was BURNING The loss was in
significant
Mr c. y. Williams. Of III GRANNY
street now in Richmond. VISITING rrln-
ives VIII return TO Wnliamsburg ON
Wednesday, I" resume his studies al
William and Mary college
complaint is made that the orders of
IN" h"nrd of lirIlth, issued nearly two
months aru. Ordering that all weeds i'm
! Atlantic City Ward lac cut. has rnt h.nn
| complied with by many of the property
owners -
The funeral OF Mrs l.ucinda Todd
| TOOK place from her home Yesterday af-
| iernp"u. the services bcing conductnd
Wy k"N } j. Han. of tho Park Avenue
| baptist Church Tho intcrncut v.,s ia
| Elmwood Cemetery.
CARDS are out for the marriage of Miss
| l.oulh Auna. daughter uf AIr ana Nr4
W ). Mason. To- Mr.. James Thomas God
| win. the ceremony To take pl;cr' M IN.
! tl"cmas"n Street Baptist C'hurch u.y,
! Monday afternoon nj r O'Clock.
heN, T.. u. Hatcher. pastor of tho
| First Baptist Church last niuht met :,
number OF the members OF his couere-
! Eht'"h VINO expect To tax" part in tho
| hh2nar L. be held n"yt month ana
| talked over tn" ARRANGEMENTS
| IN" iNe vessels OF the White SmaJ-
| ron which have been at anchor i'm
| '.ynnhaNcn RaN for several ,iavs mi
out I" sea last evening r,,sine the
| D"h"s at o'clock. They wiISrcturu to
| hampton Roads at the "rd OF Tho week
| Professor Rugby Will sing and play a,
| me Paik-AVcnu" Baptist church ON
| i.r'daN night. All lovers of music
should be present Br l.. Il Chil,+ win
ans" give an address tina, viii bc helpful
I" al Wh" hear it No charge and
block of paving is being put down
at CRANKY aud flum" streets the block S
! h'lnS lhosc manufactured by An, ,ian
| l.. Peabody. "I pittsburG at his fac
| Tory on TIA" Eastern Branch of l,Ilyy.
! nrth river, and made OF marsh rraes
| IN" new paving is said to HAY. man,
! advantages over Belgian block