The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-09
NOT MANY PRISONERS
County jail Contains a Smaller Number
of Inmates Than For Some Time.
COMMITTEE OF FIRE LADOlES LEAVE
Store Robbed-FuneraIs and Deaths
white Child FIogged by n Negro
The Texas VIII BE Ready by the
2Oth-Norfoik County Court to Be-
gan on Monday Council Tonight.

AN the churches were we'll attended
Sunday.
The City Council will hold an adjourn
ed meeting tonight.
The Board of Trade did not meet yes
terday for want of a quorum.
The Norfolk County Court will begin
its June term on Monday next.
w. Jones Williams qualified as a
Councilman from the Fifth Ward yes
terday.
fhe w. C. T. U. will meet this after
noon at o'clock, with E. j. Lumley,
404 Middle street.
The Board of Supervisors will meet
to-day at / o'clock, for the transaction
of business.
There was no meeting of the Police
Commissioners held last night for want
Of quorum.
a number of carpenters were called In
the yard yesterday to help get the Texas
ready by the goth.
A license was issued yesterday to
James Condor Wallace to wed Minnie
Emory, of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Ames are con-
fined to their homes from sickness Mrs.
Ames is extremely Ill.
There was considerable excitement on
Columbia street Sunday night by a
colored man elapping a white child.
The stack to the sewer pump-house
was completed yesterday. This winds
up the building. The machinery will
all be In shortly.
The only business in the Mayors
Court yesterday was Annie Mann, a
drunken white woman, and colored
family disturbance.
Street Inspector Wood began digging
on the corner Of Glasgow and Dillingham;
street yesterday. and will work down
towards Water street.
Police officer Winningder. who has
been off duty for nearly three months
on account Of sickness, reported for
duty again yesterday.
The call wire In the telephone Office
got out of order yesterday and for a
little while 1t put the subscribers to
considerable inconvenience.
A negro woman named Sarah was
locked up in the county jail last nigh,
for stealing some clothing and money
from ]. V. Owens at West Norfolk.
There are less prisoners in the Nor
folk county jail now than there has
been for months. There are thirty
seven blacks and six whites; total
forty-three.
Mr.. Ned Borum. who was sent to
the lunatic asylum at Williamsburg
Va. about three months ago, was
brought back home Sunday to die He
is not expected to live over few days.
Sunday afternoon two well-known
young men collided with their bicy Giles
in the Hospital Park One OF the men
was badly bruised up; the other one
was not hurt. Both wheels were in
5ured some.
About sixty pistols, belonging to the
city, which have been conflscated from
time to time, will be sold at public auc-
ton in front of the Court -house to-
day. The proceeds will be turned over
to the school fund.
On Sunday the Central Sunday School
unanimously decided to have their an
nual picnic again at Newport News, on
the oath of this month. The commit
tee is trying to make arrangements with
the shipyard company to let the eXcur-
sionists pass into the shipyard all
through the day, instead of the regular
time. which is between IL m. and 12:45
as the rule has been
In mentioning the illness of Mr. J.
w. Borum on Sunday it was made to
read j. w. Brown. This caused the
venerable Captain and Mr.. j. w
Brown, passenger agent of the Sea
board Air Line, considera BILE annoyance
Their friends thought that they had
been taken suddenly i'll. and came to
see them to make inquiries about them
Ihey found both the elderly gentleman
and young man well and hearty and
We're glad'to know that the announce
ment was mistake