The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-20
SOME CITY GLlMPsEs
The Sum and Substance of the Less In
portant Events Of Yesterday.
FAITHFUL SUMMARY OF THE DAYS NEWS
NOT Much About Anything hut
Something About Many ThinKs-
a photographic View of safe An
Norfolk in Its Many aud vary
Ing Phaxes-Brier. Faithful. vivid.

Mr.. w. B. Roper left last evening for
Ocean Grove. N. ].
MISS Bessie Allyn left last evening
FOR Buena Vista, Va.
a big excursion from North Carolina
VIII arrive here to-day.
An excursion arrived over the Allan
TIC Coast Line yesterday.
Mr. c. Wilke Tyree. late Of Richmond.
has returned to Norfolk.
Mr.. w. Fl. Hill. oyster packer, has
gone North on business.
Mrs. w. A. Thorn and family left last
evening for Blue Ridge Summit, Pa.
or l31 alarms of fire turned in during
the past fiscal year only 10 were false.
Mr.. Merrick. of the editorial staff of
the Washington Post, was here yester-
dav.
Col. w. A. Boykin. general agent Sea-
hoard Air Line at Richmond, was here
Yesterday
Mr.. and Mrs. John q. Triton returned
Yesterday from a trip to Niagara and
other Northern points,
Mr.. S. L. Sears has gone to Cleveland,
O.. in connection with the approaching
Pvthian Encampment there.
Rev. L. r. Wright, of the Grace Bap-
tiFt Church. has returned to the city
after an absence of some months.
Rev. L. b. Johnson of South Boston,
Va, conducted the mid-week services at
the Second Presbyterian Church last
night.
Rev. w. T. Green. of Danville, and
formerly of the Churchland Methodist
Church. Norfolk county. was here yes
terday.
The steamer Pocahontas carried q
large crowd to White Shoai Light last
night on the occasion Of the orphans
excursion.
The little girl babe found on q door
step in York Place some time ago and
adopted by a lady In Atlantic City
Ward died YESTERDAY
The Uniformed Pythians will leave
for Cleveland next Sunday, instead Of
Saturday General Turner leaves for
Cleveland Saturday next.
CAPTAIN Lelous and Mr.. Alexander
Strause. of Gatewood. N. c., have been
here several days prospecting. and are
greatly pleased with this section.
Deputy Sheriff Ware, OF James City
county, arrived here yesterday and took
back with him John Gaylor, who is
wanted there on charge of larceny.
officer Moore, of the S. p. c. A., yes
terday afternoon arrested the driver Of
one of ]. T. Bonney's teams, charged
with working mule with sore back.
The negro who recently attempted a
criminal assault upon a young lady
residing at Bay View, Princess Anne
county, has been sent on TO the grand
jury
colored man named Tony Perry,
who had his leg broken at Lamberts
off train. was carried to the Retreat
for the Sick.
|. The chase of policeman after a COL
ored man, who had been fighting,
caused considerable excitement at the
corner of Plume and Church streets
yesterday afternoon.
The Nirginian acknowledges the re-
ceipt Of very excellent souvenir of the
war ships of the United States Navy
from Thomas Allen. who is the authoriz-
ed agent for sale of same.
Rev. ]. T. Whitley, formerly of Queen
Street Methodist Church, this city, and
family. have been sojourning at Port
Norfolk for several days. They leave
| for their home. in Bedford City, to-day
MANY of the employees OF the Norfolk
and Southern railway were given an
| excursion by the company to Ocean
| View Yesterday. Another excursion.
under the same auspices. will be run
| TODAY.
Rabbi Herman Benmoshe, formerly Of
the Spital Square Synagogue of London,
has been elected to fiji the position of
Rabbi of the Orthodox Hebrew Gongre-
cation Bethel of this city. Rabbi Ben
moshe is the author of an English trea-
tise on the civil and criminal laws OF the
Talmud and OF other works.