The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-27
BRIEF AND POINTED
|PeupIs andThlngs Glyan Paragraphlc Men
ton Without Any Waste Of Words.
| BAY OF DOWDEA's DOOM DRAWING NEAR
|He VIII BE Hanged Thursday-Meat-
ing of Sunday school Association
To.Morrow-Shoi ut by some One
Unknown-wiIl Attend the Elks'
Grand Lodge Meeting.

II The hot spell CONTINUES .
81 The County Court adjourned Tor The
q erm yesterday.
II Grimes Battery will leave Tor Rich-
8mond on Tuesday.
a This is the Sc a.son for election OF DILL
Eers In all the lodges.
Il There were light showers last night,
(which kept people indoors
a The potato crop Is improving a Mite
#Prices were little better yesterday.
q Mr. Thomas Nolan won the bicycle
(which was raffied at McGrath's on First
#Rtreet.
i The July term OF the County Court
Twill be u lengthy one, there being large
8locket.
hampton Democrat, walls In the city yes
8etday.
Il Master Joseph Saunders, student at
33Nill!am and Mary College, arrived home
yesterday.
a The regular monthly meeting OF the
SEunday School Association will be held
- o. morrow.
81 P. ]. Lyons won the horse which was
;3Thursday night.
a The only business in the Mayor
3Eourt yesterday was one case Of assault.
(which was continued
81 The negro Dowden's time Is drawing
hear. On Thursday next he will pay the
13oen0lty OF MS CRIME.
81 There is dangerous hole on the corner
#pf Chestnut and Clifford streets which
5Bhould be attended to.
"a There was collision of blcyclists on
&1igh street last night, which drew quite
Al crowd. No one was hurt very badly.
a DR.. A. a. Bil!soly will leave here July
sB to attend the E!ks' meeting of the
85rand Lodge, which meets in Cincinnati.
N Two b!cyclhats were arrested last night.
8Pne without a light and the other for
Hiding on the sidewalk. They Will have
IA hearing this morning.
d MIR. jesse Whitehead won Mr. Flatcher
HCain's horse, which was raffled Thurs
May night at Demands saloon. Forty
RfiX was the highest throw.
81 Masters Walton, Willie and Smith
SFiytne are spending their two weeks
Vacation with their grandmother, Mrs.
rs II. Flythe. OF Corroy, n. c.
"a A small white child was bitten by a
Hog on Clifford street yesterday. This
lis ahe second person that has been bitten
9bn this street inside OF three days.
~ Rev. T.. l.. NJ ilttare will occupy the pull
S3bt of Park View Church Sunday morn
Hing. and Rev Harry Walton at night.
Rev. Mr.. Proctor being in Lynchbure.
Fl The members of Grice Lodge are ie-
a3luested TO assemble at their hall Sunday
IN fternoon al o'clock to engage in memo
,$dal services at the Court Street Baptist
,HChurch.
ID a negro named Nathan Smith was
t4ocked up in the couir:y Jail yesterda y
Nippon warrant sworn out by woman
34yho claims that Smith threatened 10
fk3lill her.
II Mr.. John Dickerson, student at VIII
61iam and Mary College from this city
mas gone to Knoxville, Tenn, TO repre-
8$ent the college Y NJ. c. a of Virginia
MT the State association.
- y negro man rcDOI'.ed Ia n cn,Jr,. -
&tonstable yesterday ohat he had been
sEhot at by some unknown person while
= ton!!ng from Primers Point Thu officer
3Ilid not seem TO take much stock in The
eBtatement.
I'll Major Purnell, colored prisoner in
1.-The county jail, who finished a thirty
Hdiays' sentence yesterday for carrying
8asoncealed weapons, was rscommitted fol-
81 Namnatio on on a charge of i,obbing a Ia
8Porer employed on the Ballen;ine farm
a IN Tanners Greek district, of an outfit
SPf clothing.
III Last night a negro man came riding
saadown High street on his wheel. BY some
means his lamp dropped Off Some one
.s},alled his attention TO it. The darlley
$ftarted back. a policeman SAW him
S}vkhou light, and hollooed at him. The
Ehegro jumped off and left his wheel.
famp and all, and has not been Seen
sEince.
81 MI. Phillip Lyden says that when his
6Poat struck the piles in THE rear of Old
&Po!nt which caused her to sink he wa.
4 n 20 feet of water and that there was no
4pne IN the boat but Mr.. Gallagher and
5Hlimself. He lost $40 in money and a
iAfold watch. He estimates his loss at s4OC
$$hnd will make am effort to recover dam.
hges from the government