The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-03-05
THE CITY BRIEF.
Notes OF Intcrcst CLEANED Around
the CITY.

tho city.
me Police Board meets this afternoon.
The Board of Health failed OF u quo
rum yesterday.
W. b. Bassett, Esq, left for Washing
ION. ID. c.. last evening.
y large number OF new buildings are
about to be erected ir, this city.
E. n. Nichols, ESQ., OF Boston. Mass.
visited the Cotton Exchange yesterday.
vessel from the Eastern Shore was
robbed at McCullough's wharf Tuesday
night
j. Il. Earnest has moved from Bram-
bleton Ward to his new residence. Ham-
ilton avenue. Client
among the awards at the Atlanta EN-
position was medal to Miss Vermil-
non, OF Norfolk, for artistic needle work
~ DuEeye Is capsi2ed and sunk off
Tans!er Lighthouse. Chesapeake bay.
TWO men were drowned when the vessel
turned over.
Frank Littleneld. a United States
sailor. was arrested yesterday OH the
charge of stealing a pair of pants from
q fellow sailor
During the month of February 139, 2l3
tons of Pocahontas coal were shipped by
Wil0am Lamb & Co. Of which l4,427
tons were foreign
Mrs. Anna II. Taylor has given n
power OF attorney to AIessrs. ]. Leigh
ton HUBBARD and Tazewen TAYLOR to
manage her property
The tug G. w. Morse has placed Il
pump on board the British shin Banya-
lore. in Hampton Roads. and will tow her
rates.
Special Officer Moore. of the s. p. c.
~. shot a horse yesterday belonging 70
Alonzo BrownridEe. colorcd the animal
having been condemned bv board of
survey.
Mr.. w. l. Flournoy. lately in the ser
vices OF the Soahoard Air Line Is now
soliciting agent of the Norfolk and
Washington Steamboat Line. with head
quarters in Washington. ID. G.
The statement of the Norfolk and
Western railroad Gncludin. lcaseh lines)
for january. 1896. shows gross earnings
of $915.5S2 and ne, earnings Of Sob 93l
For January. 1895. the net earnings we!r.
SSS.l76.
Under the new law enacted by the
Legislature. IL guard from the State
penitentiary arrived here yesterday
and took 10 Richmond five prisoners con
victed In this city and one convicted In
Portsmouth
The many friends of MIR. Crawford
Rogers, 50 we'll anhoya vorablv known To
the dry goods trade of Norfolk. will b.
gratificd Ia learn that he has connected
himself with the nsw drv goods store
of Miller. Rhoads Il Co.
On The Honor Roll of I3lacksburg Col
lcgc for the first term OF the session 1896
sc are the following Norfolk boys: j.
X. Guy. Senior: j. H. urquhart, Junior:
G. G. Reed. Sophomore: G. d. Feniress
and V. ID. Proctor. Freshmen.
McssrS French & Cole succeeded la
night in floating the steamer Thomas
Newton. sunk on The Berkeley flats. and
placed her in the slip ut the foot of Com
merce street. The hull of the Newton
is not damaged al all below the dock
The Merritt Wrecking Company's
steamer William Coley was engaged yes
:erday in trying 10 toa, the Old Do
minion steamer Enola which was run
ashore on the Berkeley flats TUESDAY
evening, after having hole stove In her
bottom.
The barge Thomas McNaiIy. in tow
OF the tug Enterprise ran into the barge
G. {. Chapman off Sandy Point on the
18th Of February during a thick fog.
hole was stove in the port bow of the
Chapman ana six or seven blanks will
nave 10 be taken out ana new ones pu;
IN The damage 10 the McNally is not
known, but believed To be considera bic.
The salvage claims OF tho fishing
schooner Emily u. Wright. and the tug
Asher }. Hudson against the schooner
Harriet c. kerlin have been settled be-
tween Inc owners of those vessels with
out carrying the matter into court. The
owners OF the schooner Kerlu paw the
fishing schooner Wright 81 800. and "a
the tug Hudson (after the tug delivers
ne kerlin at Baltimore without further
dainage) S2,2aO, a total of s3.75O.
The Atlantic and DanviIle's railway
Jugs, CITY of Chester and Thomas 4
sam. rendered valuable aid to the fire
q. partment in extingu!shinG the fire AT
McCuliough'S oyster-housc. in Atlantic
city. Tuesday morninG--the former by
saving the Norfolk and Carolina rail
road barge No with six loaded cars
which was tied up ut the burn; dock, and
the latter by putting out the fire on tho
end of the pier, which could not be
reached by the department.
Pure blood is the safeguard OF
health. Keep the blood ntre with
Hoods Sarsaparilla IL you would always
be we'll.