The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-01
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
Matters of Small Moment About the City
Very Briefly Chronlclsd.
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL HEwsiAoTEs.
A Fui aud Concise Record or the
Minor Events of Growing Sea.
port City Laid Baro to the Many
Readers OF the Newsiest or Nor.
folk Papers.

The Ocean View Hotel opens TODAY
Mr.. Z. G. Cohoon, Of Suffolk was here
yesterday.
To-day is May day and a number of
parties will take an outing.
Mrs. b. Hoffiin Is quite sick at her
nome. on East Main street.
Ex-Congressman John w. Lawson. of
Smithheld, was in the city yesterday.
me Norfolk and Washington Line
steamers begin carrying the mails TODAY
Rev. j. e. Chasteen will preach at the
street. tonight at 8 O'Clock.
Judge William Bruce Martin. of the
Court of Law and Chancery was able
to be out yesterday, after an illness.
Mrs. John Moser. mother of Mr.. Geo
l.. Moser, the architect, continues cri-
ticaily Ill at her home In this city.
Charles p. Mahood Virginia state
agent for r. j. Reynolds Tsbacco Com
pany. of Winston, n. c., Is in the city.
Key VIM A. Borum and Mrs. Borum
OF Middlesboro, KY. are the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Clay I<ilby, on York
street
Prof. A. F. Koerner last night enter
tanned the members of Epworth NJ. T..
Church choir at his home on Yarmouth
street.
Rev. j. c. Hayes. the blind preac cher,
will exhibit his panorama of Pilgrims
Progress ut the First Baptist Church
tonight.
Extensive improvements are being
made to the old CRANKY Street Methodist
church by Its purchasers. the First Bap-
list Church
Fifty-three marriage licenses were is
sued from the Corpora tion Court clerks
office last month, and 1874 deeds were en-
tered for record
An alarm of fire from Clay and Will
ioughby avenues. at O'Clock last
night, was caused by burning Chin
ney. No damae:. 7
The pupils of Norfolk College of Young
Ladies will celebrate to-day with q May
party at the Park. The occasion is en-
pected to be u merry one
An open-air meeting under the aus
pieces of the Union Mission will be held
on old Market Square tonight at
O'Clock Rev. DR.. Barrett, of the Chris
tan Memorial Temple will preach.
a meeting for young people Will be held
al Atlantic City w. c. r. L. headquar-
ters on Friday evening. May l. All
young people are especially invited The
meeting will be addressed by Com
mandant Todd, of Fort Norfolk.
Second Engineer j, j. Waters and
Oilcr Charles Reinler of the Old DO
minion steamship Wyanoke, have been
taken to St Nincent's Hospital, where
| they are doing well
MI. Il. II. Hughes. manager Of the Pos
tai Telegraph Company"s office I'm Nor
folk, for the past fifteen months. leaves
Today for Savannah. Ga, to take charge
OF the company's big Office in that city.
Hospital Steward F.. j. Herty. OF the
Marinei Hospital Service. now stationed
| at Savannah. Ca, has besn directed to
report to-day for duty on the Quaran.
llne snip jamestown, at the Cane
Charles Quarantine Station
Eddie King, a l4-year-old boy living
at NO. l22 Fenchurch street, eXtinguished
fire in the hallway at No. 93S Church
street on Wednesday night He was
passing along the street, and seeing the
blaze rushed in and smothered il with
| his coat.
The box office at the Academy of NIL
sic is now open FOR the sale of reserved
seats for "Elma the Fairy Child" far
Saturday matinee 1t would be adyisa
| PIE TO secure seats at once as crowd
| is expected
| The case OF T.. b. Mars. charged with
| assaulting Officers Hobbs and Simpson
of this city, in the county. to have been
| heard by Justice Hawks yesterday. was
again postponed until The 9th ult, owing
to the Inability of Mars TO be present
he now being in the Portsmouth iail
| Ar. Carte" Scott, ~ the Attorney
erals Office. was here yesterday investi
eating the Stu:man case. II viii he re-
tnempered ;Aat Mrs Sturman was taken
| from the custody of a Baltimore do.
tceiive while being carried 10 that city
10 stand ;riai :. n charge of obtaining
goods under false prc,enses.
a mass meeting will be held AZ Ouean
Street NJ. f. Church. South. to-nieht
IN the interest Of missions. 1t will he
conducted by the Ladies Missionary So-
ciety, Ladies' League and Epwortb
| League. There will be an address hv
Rev. DR.. Young. of Epworth church
ana me musical and literary pro.
! gramme. There Will be no collection.
| Charged With n Nuisou.o