The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-21
NEWPORT NEWS.
News Notes of Interest From The
fi Magic City.

Special Dispatch to the yirginisn.
NEWPORT News, Va. June 3D.
County Court convened here yestsr
day, Judge Peek presiding. The
three new Justices Of the Peace were
qualified. Messrs. Barrett, Brown and
Ford. Judge Peek is much improved
in health, though looking q little thin
from his recent illness.
Mr.. f.. L. Montague, Common.
wealth's Attorney for Elizabeth City
County. was in the city to day attend
lug Court.
Air. +. +. French left this morning
for Richmond to spend several days
on business.
Miss lda Burch and Miss Hewitt
are expected sOou to be the guests OF
| Miss Louise French.
Miss Ruby Thomas, OF Richmon d,
aud Miss Leiebre, of Ashland. will yisl,
| Mrs. Ballard this week.
MIR. Mcneil. one of the most popu
lar attaches OF the Chesapeake aud
Ohio office IL critically ill Mt the "Glou.
csster," on West avenue. His condi.
ton WAS so alarming to day that his
mother, Mrs. Mcneil, was summoned
by telegram to his bedside.
Mr.. j. l.. Griffin. of the shipyard,
| continues quite sick.
Mr.. Edloe Murscock has returned
from Williamsburg, where he was called
ON account OF the illness OF his father,
MIR. Wm. Morecock, who was stricken
with paralysis several months ago.
Capt. and Mrs. II. T.. Parker spent
yesterday in Norfolk.
The death OF Mr.. G. Lee H~ntcheson,
assistant %paymaster of the Chesapeake
aud Ohio, which occurred in Richmond
last night, WAS a surprise to his many
friends here. lie was IN the city Tues
day on the pay car and was the picture
| OF health.
A VIRGINIA Colonel IL THE Tolls. H.
The Philadelphia Times of Wednesday
gives tho following account in its
police report of tue arrest mud trial Of
n prisoner claiming to be n resident of
Hampton, Va, It says:
Lieut.. Smith then moved the long
line OF prisoners up before the bar. AT
their head stood a tall, old, grizzled
Confederate Veteran, who first ex-
perforated tobacco Juice literally on
the stationhouse floor, aud later i'm.
formed the Court III n broad Southern
accent that his name was Col. H.,
Jamison Harris aud his home Hamp
ton. Va. The charge against him was
drunkenness.
"Yessir, ledge. | sertn'ly was intoxi.
Gated, said the colonel gravely, after
listening to the evidence given by the
policeman who had arrested Inn.
What this gentleman says Is all true
i was jes' as drunk az could be, an
be able to get drunker. | hate to meet
/ you Ill this way, an J hope the time
will come when we can know each
other better. but | got,er tell you the
truth about it,"
The colonel bowed, expectorated
again, and resumed his hat.
"Wnere did you get all the LIQUOR
asked the Magistrate.
part Of it [ had when / lett Hamp.
ton. sch, and the rest | took aboard
casually, as ! wont rouu' town, liver.
l can't jes' remember whar' | got it
oil, but reckon could find out If
had to-"
Mr.. Wilhere looked the courtly
colonel over aud then discharged him
with a mild reprimand, He walked ia
the door, shook hands courteously
with the policeman who had arrested
him, bowed to the assembled prisoner
aud faded away. 1t is to his credit to
say that he started In the direction OF
q railroad station that was on the way
J 40 his home.