The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-04
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
Matters OF Small Moment About the City
Very Briefly ChrOnICIad.
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL NEWS NOTES.
a Full and Concise Record of thc
Minor Events Of Growing scn.
port CITY Laid Bare to the Many
Readers of the Ncwsicst OF Nor.
folk Papers.

The Common Council meets Tonight.
The new chemical engine FOR the FIRE
Department was Shipped from Chicngo
yesterday.
~ large number OF vessels have been
engaged to lead grain ut this port for
foreign ports.
Deputy Marshal Cross yesterday sold
the tug Geo. w. Smith to T.. Il. Free
man. for $1.7o0.
The schedule of the Southern railway
appears in another column and should
be consulted by travellers.
Owing to the condition of the roads
the Norfolk Cycle Clubs run 10 I,v,n-
haven has been postponed to next Sun
day.
The Uniformed Odd Fellows went over
to Portsmouth yesterday afternoon TO
attend the funeral of Mr.. Il. 4. i.the-
ridge.
The committees from Norfolk ana
Portsmouth TO endcavor to secure work
for the Navy Yard here left for WASH
ngton last night.
Clnrctta Avery, the evangelist over
whom the colored people of Suffolk have
been greatly enthuscd. comes to Nor
folk tomorrow.
Sunday afternoon about ( o'clocl;
there was shooting scrape between
negroes at the east end of Charlotte
street. No one was hurt.
Extensive arrangements are being
made for IL concert and presentation TO
be given by the Twilight Musical Assoc
citation (colored) at the butte Street Bap-
list Church, February nth
colored man, whose foot had been
badly mashed, was taken to the hosl.i-
tai Sunday from one of the vessels living
ut the Norfolk and Western Railroad
pier.
Mr.. ]. *. Eming. Jr.. of Uniontown
Pa, and Fl. +. Snyder. of the Courier,
ConEellsville. Pa, are i'm the city. Roth
are newspaper men and are on their
way home from n trip TO Florida
"a musical and literary entertainment
Church. Charlotte street. between Brew
er and CRANKY streets. tonight at 9
o'clock by the Diamond Quartettc and
Mr.. Portius DcminE.
Rev. w j. Young. of the Epworth
Methodist Church. delivered an clog. ent
Sunday afternoon. SiNty-tive members
were added making 81 total of ll5 since
the membership contest began.
G. j. Cannon, President of the State
League OF Oystermen. has Just returned
from n weeks organizing tour. While
absent he visited Toquosin. Back River
Fox I'M and Hampton, and succeeded In
adding 500 members to his organiza,
ton.
The funeral of Clifton Cherry. the
colorcd l:Lrber. took place at o'clock
yesterday afternoon from st. Johns 4
NJ. L. Church, Rev. y. l.. Gaines oi,iciat-
ing. The Odd Fellows and Union Lea
que Club, of which he was n member
attended.
The remains of Mr.. Joseph LYMAN
| formerly Of this city. arrived here sun
cay morning over the Scaboard Air
| Line, from Faldosta. Ga. The inter
| ment took place that afternoon at $40
o'clock. In the Hebrew Cemetery. Rev
| DIR. IGberSon officiating.
| At meeting of the Merchants and
Manufactured Association last night
! Mr.. Robert Johnston, of the Old Do
mlnion Paper Company, was appointed
| TO represent the association on the COM
| mittce to go to Washington I'm behalf OF
work for the navy-yard
AT the childrcn's service ut old st.
PauI's Episcopal Church Sunday after,
noon the boys of the choir rendered the
music, and acquitted themselves finely
Mr.. James T.. Scott. .Jr has success
| fully passed the examination and will
enter the Marine Hospital Service. rs
an apothccary and will he stationed al
| Tiosinn
| Mr.. ID. II. Dyer who has been station
| Cd IN this city For some time as trlc-
ph operator for the Southern Asso.
ciatsd Press. left for New York last
night where he goes to take a similar
| position on N" New York Evening Trle-
gram. Mir Dyer Is one Of the best oper-
| atOrs in this section and will be a val.I-
abie addition to the corps OF tclegraphcrs
on the Telegram.