The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-10
KEUSY NORFOLK N|CKNACKS
Items Of General and Personal
Note from City Sources.
COMMON COUNCIL TONIGHT
State Tennis Championship. Schooner
Sold. Weather Rockets. To Have
Gable. The Massey Libel
Suit. Unknown Man
Washed Ashore.
Fair weather and warmer.
Il Ii q l. L. Il \

yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James j. Johnston
have returned from their bridal tour.
The Common Council holds an ad-
ionrned meeting tonight.
The libeled schooner Sally Ann was
sold yesterday fer S75. 30 to Mr.. j. A &.
Gray.
Bishop Randolph preached at Enan
uel p. L. Chapel, this city, last night,
and confirmed class.
Ohe "Old Maids Convention" will
be repeated at the Y. NJ. G. a. Hall to-
night for benefit of tho Girls Home
and w. G. Il. U.
movement, with Col. William
Lamb at the head Is on foot looking to
the establishment of the cable between
Cape Henry and Cape Charles.
Hon. John f.. Massey left the city
yesterday morning for Charlottesville.
80 will return here Monday. when the
Massey Pilot libel suit will be called.
The body of an unknown man washed
ashore at Currituck inlet Yesterday
morning. There were no pupers or
anything by which he could be iden
titled
Tho First Presbyterian Church has
elected all of the old trustees, and to
htl the vacancy caused by the death Of
MIR. Geo. w. Black, have elected MIR.
q. f. Lyman.
The schooner rugged sailing yacht
Gilnnn, Capt. Higgins, owned by p.
81. Clements, of Rutland, VI, aud
recently from the West Indies. Is here
awaiting orders.
The little Fenchurch Street boys de
ieated the Little Giants by the score of
II to ,. Batteries for Fenchurch
Strest, Blick and Weisel; for the Little
Giants, Cannon ami Hawkins.
Mr.. ]. }. Merritt will go to Virginia
Beach to-day by train, aud from there
to MI Devil Hills. n. c., on the tug
u. ID. Jones, 10 Inspect the steamer /.
j. Merritt, ashore at that place.
The Bedford City, VA, Tennis Club
announce they will hold tournament
TO decide the lawn tennis championship
of Virginia both in doubles aud slnrles
at that place on July 18th and 9th next,
The Young Meu's Society of the
Cumberland Street Methodist Church
has presented Rev. y. G. Biedsoe.
their former pastor. who is now
stationed ut Charlottesville, a handsome
gold headed silk umbrella.
~ The following were the visitors at
the Cotton Exchange yesterday: W.
NJ. ho"lauu, Athens, Gn.; j. L. Nc
Nair, Cheraw, :. G.; 7. Is. Huntey,
Cberaw, ;. c.; II. W. Harrall, Cberaw,
S. c.; Il. j. Cobb, Greenville, y. G.
The fourth lecture of Miss Blairs
course will be given Friday night,
May 10th. at SID o'clock, ut the resi-
deuc of Bishop A. NJ. Randolph, 90
Frecmason street. The subject for the
evening will be "Colonni Literature"
Mr.. IL. Ii. Wright, agent Of the Mer.
chants and Miners TRANSPORTATION
Company, liberated six more OF the
Naval Academy (Annnpols) carrier
pigeons here Yesterday morning ut
1880 o'clock, from the Boston wharf
The United States Weather Bureau
is looking into the feasibility of the
use of rockets for the general dissent.
nation Of hurricane warnings at night
Throughout the islands and coast re
gious by means OF e system OF rocket
stations,
Chief OF Police King thinks he has
the gang who have been doing oil the
retty stealing IN the city of late.
Detective Eastwood and Officer Curtis
have been at work on the matter, and
have SIX yonng negroes awaiting a
hearing IN connection with the recent
robborles.