The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-26
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
hatters of Small Moment About the City
Very Briefly Chronlced.
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL NEWS NOTES.
A Full and Concise Record of the
port City laid Hare 20 the 3Inny
Headers OF the Ncwsicst OF Nor.
folk Papers.

The EDworth League of Centenary NJ.
~. church conducted the services ut
Union Mission last night
At st. Marks Church. Lamberts
Point. tonight, there will be prayers
and lecture on confirmation.
Try Murray's flfty-cent dinners-the
best IN tac State. Everything in season.
Roanoke avenue. near Main street.
~ concert by the Epworth League OF
Cumberland Street NJ. T.. Church was
given last night, a large audience be-
ing present.
The Old Dominion Steamship Com
pany's new river steamer Hampton
Roads is expected here from Whining
ton. Del. by March 18th
The steamer Columbia. on Il cruise
around the world with an excursion
party. passed In the Capes yesterday
morning at ESQ O'clock
"a gentleman. stranger in the city
was stricken with paralysis while on
Main street yesterday and was carried
10 ST. Ninccnt's Hospital
~ colored man had his left eye badly
cut yesterday by piece of iron flying in
ii while engaged In breaking up an old
boiler III IL vacant lot IN Water street
The three-mastcd schooner Harriet
l.. kcrlin is anchored fifteen miles T.
). l.. from Cape lIattcras. with her rud-
der carried away. She is not damaged
otherwise.
The new law which permits prisoners
to waive trial by jurS in misdemeanor
eases. is greatly facilitating business in
the Corporate Court. and saves con
siderable expense.
y merry band of ma suueraders left
this city'for Lambcrt's Point last night
fhe fun-makcrS We're charmingly enter
tanned at the home of Mr. Leland and
n hn f.it -.
Rev. Thomas Dixon delivered his lee
turc on Backbone" here on Friday
evening of this week at the Y NJ c.
y. ltall under the auspices Of the Church
Workers Society OF the Epworth Metho-
dist Church.
Mr.. VIM. a. Graves is building his
new railway on the property purchased
by liim lust east of and next to Co
lonna's ship-yard on the Berkeley side
.of the Eastern branch. The property
comprises five or six acres.
An entertainment and Iynuh.,yen
oyster supper will be given at EbeneZer
Hall. Princess Anne county. Thursday
AT $50 p. m, for the benefit of the new
church of that section. Snme OF Nor
folks favoritc talent will assist
The schooner Gcorrotta Lawrence
which arrived here with the loss of her
forctopmast and headgear. WAS yester-
Iay morning towed to Hampton Roads.
She will leave for Charleston as soon
as the wind becomes favora BILE.
The deck load of lumber Of the water
logged schooner Centennial is being
transferred 10 the schooner I.ulu Al
CULLEN. nfcr which the wnterlorccd
vessel VIII he pumped out and the lum-
her In the hold also transferred to the
CULLEN and carried to Washington. u.
|C.
If the second bill introduced bv AIR.
Cook" III The Legislature in regard To
Noriolk'S Polio" .lustlccship becomes ;,
law II Will fix the salary of that posi-
ton at $1,000 II year ana make the
Justice settle directly with the state
Auditor. thus cutting the Clerk of the
Courts Of Norfolk out OF u large par,
of his income. which is now derived rart
~ from fees allowed him for forwarding
Ia Richmond the fines collected in the
Police Court.
Captain Records. Of the schooner
Mary and Francis. which WAS reported
III distress off the Rappaha mock river.
arrived here yesterday on the schooner
Annie l.. Reynolds, Captain Records
SAYS that his vessel filled and sank be-
fore the ting Hercules could tow her
III the mouth of the Piankatank river
He ana the crew managed to strip The
schooner after which the Hercules
transferred all hands and the strippings
To the schooner Annie T.. Reynolds
winch brought them to this city.